NEWS

A pair of Ontario Junior Hockey League grads won player-of-the-week honours in their NCAA Division III conference.

Adrian College junior Rex Moe (Grand Rapids, Mich.) is the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association Men’s Offensive Player of the Week and senior teammate Cameron Gray (Austin, Texas) is the NCHA Men’s Defensive Player of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday.

Adrian College is located in Adrian, Mich.

Moe, who played for the Trenton Golden Hawks from 2016-18, earned the NCHA Offensive Player of the Week honor after coming up with back-to-back game-winning goals in the weekend series against MSOE to open the Bulldogs' title defense. He scored the first goal of the game Friday for all the offense Adrian would need in the 6-0 shutout.

He then netted the go-ahead goal for a 2-1 advantage with 29 seconds remaining in regulation in spectacular fashion Saturday. As he was cross-checked down to the ice between the face-off circles, he scored when he redirected a shot from the point that was going wide. He leads Adrian with eight goals and 13 points on the season.

Gray, who played goal for the Toronto Patriots in 2016-17, was excellent in the two games against the Raiders on the road to pick up the NCHA Defensive Player of the Week award. He stopped all 22 shots he faced to record his second shutout in a row for 6-0 win Friday.

On Saturday, he made 27 of 28 saves to hold the Raiders at bay in 2-1 victory. Gray, who spent two seasons at NCAA Division 1 St. Lawrence, did see his personal-record scoreless streak of 132:50--spanning four games--snapped with the goal.

The Northern Collegiate Hockey Association has 11 men’s teams in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

NCHA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Feb. 9: Rex Moe, Adrian College
Feb. 2: Justin Meers, Trine University

NCHA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Feb. 9: Cameron Gray, Adrian College
Feb. 2: Liam McGarva, Concordia University Wisconsin

2020-21 WEEKLY NCHA TOP PERFORMERS

Josh Boyko, Aurora (G)
Boyko made his 2021 debut for the Spartans as Aurora swept Trine, winning 6-3 and 3-1. Boyko picked up an assist in the 6-3 home win. On the weekend, three of the four goals allowed came on the power play.

Nick Guerra, Concordia Wisconsin (F)
Guerra had two goals and one assist against St. Scholastica, including game-winning goal in overtime.

Jack Jaunich, Aurora (F)
Jaunich had two goals with one being the game winning goal in AU's season opening 6-3 win over Trine. He added an assist in the victory as well.

Liam McGarva, Concordia Wisconsin (G)
McGarva made 37 saves in the 5-1 victory over St. Scholastica

Colby Muise, Marian (G)
Muise earned his second win of the season and opened NCHA play defeating Finlandia. Muise made 23 saves in the opener against the Lions allowing just one goal for a .958 save percentage. The former North York Ranger also helped anchor the penalty-kill unit to a perfect night holding Finlandia scoreless on three power-play chances.

Gianni Vitali, Marian (F)
Vitali put together a five-point weekend to help lead Marian to a sweep of Finlandia. In the opener, Vitali had a power-play goal to go with a pair of assists and followed that up with a goal and an assist in the finale. Vitali now has seven points on the season coming from his two goals this weekend with five assists and has scored 41 points in 32 games in his Marian career.