SUPERIOR INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
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Release Date: Monday, April 1, 2013
Mike Dietrich of the Minnesota Wilderness named Pizza Hut – SIJHL player of the year
THUNDER BAY, Ont. – The Superior International Junior Hockey League announced Monday that Mike Dietrich of the Minnesota Wilderness has been named Pizza Hut player of the year, emblematic of the SIJHL’s most valuable player.
The 20-year-old native of South Hampton, N.J. earned the accolades over fellow nominees Jordan Christianson of the Fort Frances Lakers and Chris Belhumeur of the Dryden Ice Dogs in voting done by each of the SIJHL’s member clubs.
During the course of the 2012-13 regular season, the Wilderness captain led all SIJHL skaters in offensive production accumulating 77 points in just 46 games on 28 goals and 49 assists.
The forward’s tally total tied for the fifth-best number in the league and was knotted for the best assist numbers overall.
Dietrich also shared the SIJHL-lead in game-winning goals with six and paced all league players in point-per-game average at 1.67.
The following is the list of the all-time SIJHL Pizza Hut player of the year award recipients:
2012-13: Mike Dietrich, Minnesota Wilderness
2011-12: Byron Katapaytuk, Fort Frances Lakers
2010-11: Jon Mitchell, Dryden Ice Dogs
2009-10: Trevor Gamache, Fort William North Stars
2008-09: Trevor Gamache, Fort William North Stars
2007-08: Quinn Amiel, Fort Frances Jr. Sabres
2006-07: Justin Gvora, Thunder Bay Bearcats
2005-06: Chris Bryson, Schreiber Diesels
2004-05: Nathan Breukelman, Fort William North Stars
2003-04: Kevin Webb, Borderland Thunder
2002-03: Trevor Karasiewicz, Thunder Bay Bulldogs
2001-02: Charly Washipabano, Feathermen Hawks