SUPERIOR INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
SIJHL MEDIA UPDATE
Release Date: Thursday, March 26, 2015
Iron Rangers’ Anderson named SIJHL’s Gongshow Gear best defenceman
THUNDER BAY, Ont. – The Superior International Junior Hockey League announced Thursday that Noah Anderson of the Minnesota Iron Rangers has been named the Gongshow Gear best defenceman award recipient for the 2014-15 season.
In earning the accolades, Anderson topped fellow nominees Tim Cavar of the Thunder Bay North Stars and and Troy Williams for the award in voting done by each of the SIJHL member clubs.
The veteran reaguard in his final season of Jr. A hockey led all SIJHL defencemen in scoring in 2014-15 averaging just under a point-per-game with 54 in 55 outings on 17 goals and 37 assists.
The Groveland, N.Y., product also paced all league blueliners in tallies and helpers.
Anderson was earlier named a CCM first team all-star for his efforts on the ice for Minnesota.
This marks the second straight season a player from the Iron Rangers has captured Gongshow Gear best defenceman laurels, following Austin Frank’s win in 2013-14.
Frank will be recognized for his efforts with a gift package courtesy of Gongshow Gear Inc., the SIJHL’s official lifestyle hockey apparel partner and sponsor of the league’s best defenceman award.
The following is the list of the all-time SIJHL best defenceman award recipients:
2014-15: Noah Anderson, Minnesota Iron Rangers
2013-14: Austin Frank, Minnesota Iron Rangers
2012-13: Len Pelletier, Dryden Ice Dogs
2011-12: Anthony Calabrese, Wisconsin Wilderness
2010-11: Jon Mitchell, Dryden Ice Dogs
2009-10: Jon Mitchell, Dryden Ice Dogs
2008-09: Brad Pawlowski, Thunder Bay Bearcats
2007-08: Brad Pawlowski, Thunder Bay Bearcats
2006-07: Jordan Smith, Fort William North Stars
2005-06: Ryan Baird, Fort William North Stars
2004-05: Ryan Baird, Fort William North Stars
2003-04: Kurt Hogard, Borderland Thunder
2002-03: Jay Philips, Borderland Thunder (Co-winner)
2002-03: Lloyd Stansell, Thunder Bay Bulldogs (Co-winner)
2001-02: Mike Kavanaugh, Dryden Ice Dogs (Co-winner)
2001-02: Jarris Blacksmith, Featherman Hawks (Co-winner)
ABOUT GONGSHOW GEAR INC.
Founded in 2002 by three teammates in the Central Junior “A” Hockey League after identifying the need for a hockey apparel brand that would accurately represent the exciting and exclusive lifestyle that hockey players live. Gongshow was the first Lifestyle Hockey Apparel brand in the world to hit the market in 2002, and this game changing company has since grown into the largest hockey lifestyle clothing brand in the world – selling in over 500 retail locations, in 15 countries internationally, and has hailed comparisons to such pioneering lifestyle brands as Billabong (Surfing Lifestyle), and Burton (Snowboarding Lifestyle).
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