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MLN
PowerPlayers
& StellarStoppers
The AHL & ECHL's Top Players and Goalies.
For the week of 01.12.03
AHL
PowerPlayer
ECHL
PowerPlayer
AHL
StellarStopper
ECHL
StellarStopper
Hamilton Bulldogs right wing Mariusz Czerkawski has been named the AHL PowerPlayer for the period ending January 12, 2003.
In four games, Czerkawski recorded five goals and three assists for eight points as the Bulldogs extended their points streak to 24 games (20-0-2-2).
Czerkawski recorded two goals and an assist each in back-to-back games at St. John's to start the week, helping Hamilton to a 5-4 victory on Tuesday night and a 5-1 win on Wednesday, as the Bulldogs tied an AHL record with their 13th consecutive road victory. Hamilton then returned home for a pair of games against Milwaukee, and Czerkawski registered an assist in Friday's 2-0 win and scored a goal in a 6-5 overtime loss on Saturday.
A veteran of 611 National Hockey League games with Boston, Edmonton, the N.Y. Islanders and Montreal, Czerkawski made his AHL debut on Dec. 28, 2002, and has recorded six goals and nine assists for 15 points in eight games with the Bulldogs. The native of Radomsko, Poland, is a two-time 30-goal scorer in the NHL. He appeared in the 2000 NHL All-Star Game, and represented Poland at the 1992 Olympic Games.
ECHL PowerPlayer
Peoria's Greg Day is the East Coast Hockey League PowerPlayer for January 6-12.
The 25-year-old Day scored six points (3g-3a) and was +6 in three games helping the Rivermen go 3-0 and increase their winning streak to six games.
Returning to the lineup after missing 25 days because of a knee injury, Day had an assist and was +2 in Peoria's 4-3 win at Lexington on Friday. The 5-11 and 185-pound Day scored the game-winning goal and had three points (2g-1a) in Peoria's 5-2 win at Greensboro on Saturday. He scored the game-winning goal and added an assist in the Rivermen's 2-0 win at Wheeling on Sunday.
In his first professional season, Day has scored seven goals and 14 points and is tied for second on the team with three game-winning goals while playing in 18 of Peoria's first 37 games.
Saint John's Maple Leafs goaltender Mikael Tellqvist is the AHL StellarStopper for January 12.
Mikael started three games for the Baby Leafs this past week, going 2-0-1.
Friday night, he stopped 31 shots in the Leafs 4-3 win over the Baby Pens, breaking a six game winless streak.
Tellqvist also made 43 saves against Wilkes Barre in a 5-2 victory and 48 stops in a 1-1 tie versus the St. John Flames.
Trenton's Cody Rudkowsky is the ECHL StellarStopper for January 6-12.
The 24-year-old Rudkowsky was 3-0 with a 2.00 goals against average and a .938 save percentage as Trenton went 3-1 on its four-game road trip.
Rudkowsky opened the week making 31 saves in a 4-3 win at Charlotte on Tuesday. He made 31 saves in a 4-2 win at Columbia on Thursday and had 29 saves in a 3-1 win at South Carolina on Friday.
The 6-1 and 201-pound Rudkowsky is 12-2-5 and ranks seventh in the ECHL with a 2.58 goals against average and has a .918 save percentage.
Rudkowsky opened 2002-03 with Trenton, making 15 saves in the Titans' 4-3 season-opening win over Richmond on October 11. He was called up to Worcester of the American Hockey League on October 14, but did not appear in a game before being called up to St. Louis of the National Hockey League. He won his NHL debut on October 24 making 10 saves after entering the game in the second period to replace former Peoria teammate Curtis Sanford, who was forced to leave because of injury. Rudkowsky is the only player in history to win in the ECHL, win in the NHL and return to win in the ECHL all in the same season.
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