NA3HL Announces Stars of the Week

The North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL) is pleased to announce the Divisional Stars of the Week for the week ending in December 29th. The Divisional Stars of the Week is an award given each week of the regular season to the top performing players in each of the five divisions of the NA3HL as nominated by their head coaches. This past weekend, the Central was the lone division with scheduled games.   

Central Division Star of the Week: Mason Andrew, Forward, St. Louis Jr. Blues

NA3HL rookie Mason Andrew had an impressive weekend with the Jr. Blues, helping the team secure three out of a possible four points during their series against the West Bend Power. On Friday night, the 6’0” forward was by far the key player in terms of the team’s success. Andrew scored not one but two goals for his team, including the game winning goal in overtime, his second game winning tally of the season. Despite the shootout loss on Saturday, the St. Louis native had a strong performance, notching three points on the scoresheet. Andrew not only assisted the first two goals of the contest, he also found the back of the net 16:09 mark in the third period to tie things up at 3 goals a piece, sending his team into overtime. After a scoreless overtime, the game went to a shootout, where he netted two goals — the only two scored by the Jr. Blues in the shootout.

“Mason had a great weekend for the team and had big impacts in both games. He buried a very nice breakaway to take the lead and then scored a fantastic back door two on one goal to clinch the OT winner on Friday. Saturday night he continued his efforts with contributions on all 3 goals and included a shootout goal in which we still fell short,” stated St. Louis Head Coach Matt Ocello. “In addition to him continuing his focus on the defensive side of the play, we are looking forward to more offensive contributions from Mason as we get into our final 20 games of the regular season.”

2nd Star: Hugh Deinema, Wisconsin Woodsmen

3rd Star: John Kriz, Wausau Cyclones