THUNDER BAY, Ont. – The Superior International Junior Hockey League announced Monday that Fort Frances Lakers goaltender Alex Bugeja has been named its initial Play It Again Sports Player of the Week for the 2019-20 season.
In two starts over the weekend, the 18-year-old West Vancouver, B.C., product backstopped the Lakers to a home-and-home sweep of the Thief River Falls Norskies.
Making 30-plus saves in each outing for Fort Frances, Bugeja wrapped up his first week in the league with a SIJHL-best 1.96 goals-against average, along with a solid .945 save percentage that featured a triumph at Ice for Kids Arena Friday and a come from behind overtime road decision Saturday.
Also earning consideration for player of the week honours were Jacob Anttonen, (F) Thunder Bay North Stars; Shaye Sommerfeld, (F) Red Lake Miners; Ryan Green, (F) Wisconsin Lumberjacks; Dylan Winsor, (F) Dryden GM Ice Dogs and Mason McIntosh, (F) Thief River Falls Norskies
SIJHL – Play It Again Sports Players of the Week
Week 1: Alex Bugeja, (G) Fort Frances Lakers
Photo credit: Tim Benton