Week of Jan. 17, 2025
Games of Jan. 7-13, 2025
New England
Forward: Chase Darcey, South Shore Kings
Darcey (‘06/Billerica, Mass.) put up five goals and added one assist during a busy week of moving frequently between the Elite and Premier Kings. With the Premier squad, he also had a goal and an assist over the past week.
Defense: Daniel Mordas, Springfield Pics
Mordas (‘07/Lithuania) registered two goals and two assists for four points recently, giving him 26 points in 24 games. He has seen a huge improvement, offensively, from the seven points he registered in 31 games last season.
Goaltender: Nick Cowles, Northern Cyclones
Cowles (‘05/Irvine, Calif.) took a shootout loss, but he was fantastic during the Jan. 10 game against the rival Islanders Hockey Club, stopping 53 of 55 shots in 65 minutes. He stands at 9-2-0-1 overall.
Atlantic Division
Forward: Tobias Tokos, Connecticut Jr. Rangers
Tokos (‘05/Bratislava, Slovakia) just recently joined the Jr. Rangers, and he’s already made a huge impact with three goals and five points in his first two games with Connecticut.
Defense: Jake Strong, P.A.L. Jr Islanders
Strong (‘07/Shirley, N.Y.) joined up to the Elite Islanders this year from the Atlantic Hockey Federation P.A.L. 16U squad. He put in three assists during the team’s recent pair of games against Connecticut and the Rockets Hockey Club. He has 22 points in 29 games.
Goaltender: Brody Teitelbaum, Rockets Hockey Club
Teitelbaum (‘07/Livingston, N.J.) stopped all 42 shots he faced against P.A.L., giving him his first shutout and fourth win in seven games played with the Rockets this year.
Midwest Division
Tyler Dix, Metro Jets
The second-year Jet and homegrown talent Dix (‘05/Mount Clemens, Mich.) scored a hat trick, the first of his two-year career, to improve to a career-best 28 points in 31 games.
Defense: Logan Landmeier, Chicago Crush
Landmeier (‘05/South Elgin, Ill.) had his first point streak of the season and registered a 1-3-4 line for the Crush in a three-game series with the Decatur Blaze. He now has 10 points in 28 games after joining the Crush out of the Fox Valley High School team.
Goaltender: Johnny Augusta, Chicago Crush
Augusta (‘04/Medinah, Ill.) stopped all 31 shots he faced on Jan. 11, giving him his third shutout of the season and a 9-3-1-0 record for this season, which matches his wins total from his full 2023-24 season.
Selection Process: Divisional statistical leaders are presented to coaches, who are able to vote on the leaders, or nominate and vote on alternate candidates.
Summaries by Joshua Boyd
