Last week two Panthers where on the reciving end of the weekly awards in the OTHL. With Doug Weight taking the player of the week award, while Roberto Luongo took home the goaltender of the week award. This week, the Panthers took home one of the awards, and it was Roberto Luongo who got his second straight goaltender of the week award. The first player ever in the OTHL, to recive two weekly awards in a row.
Player of the week, was given to Carolina Hurricanes defender Mathieu Biron after a avery solid week. Biron is the second Carolina player to recive the player of the week award. Biron is also the fourth defender to take home the prize. Richard Jackman (Pittsburgh), Chris Chelios (Chicago) and Brent Sopel (New Jersey) have taken the prize prior to Biron. Mathieu Biron played two games last week, with 1 goal and 2 assists to his name. Biron edged out fellow teammate Justin Williams, who also had 1 goal and 2 assists in the 2 games the Hurricanes played. And Vyacheslav Kozlov who had 5 goals and 2 assists in the 4 games he played.
As mentioned earlier, Roberto Luongo took home the goaltender of the week award for the second time in a row. Luongo played 2 games, and he won both while allowing just 2 goals in total. (2-1 vs Tampa & 2-1 vs Buffalo). Roberto Luongo had a .955 save pct in the two games, and a 1.00 goals against average. Luongo edged out Vancouver goalie Dan Clouiter who had 3 wins in 3 starts, along with an impressive .951 save pct. And Colorado goalie John Grahame who where 3-0-0 for the week with a .944 save pct.
EARLIER WINNERS:
Week 8 - Doug Weight (Florida) & Roberto Luongo (Florida)
Week 7 - Ray Whitney / Pavel Datsuyk (Detroit) & Miikka Kiprusoff (Boston)
Week 6 - Richard Jackman (Pittsburgh) & Kevin Weeks (Carolina)
Week 5 - Chris Chelios (Chicago) & David Aebischer (Colorado)
Week 4 - Brent Sopel (New Jersey) & Jean Sebastien Giguere (Buffalo)
Week 3 - Patrik Elias (New Jersey) & Ty Conklin (Columbus)
Week 2 - Josef Vasicek (Carolina) & Dominik Hasek (Atlanta)
Week 1 - Kip Miller (Tampa Bay) & Miikka Kiprusoff (Calgary)