SUPERIOR INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
SIJHL MEDIA UPDATE
Release Date: Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016
Photo credit: Leith Dunick, tbnewswatch.com
North Stars’ Corbin named SIJHL Gongshow Gear performer of the month
THUNDER BAY, Ont. – The Superior International Junior Hockey League announced Thursday that Thunder Bay North Stars goaltender Riley Corbin has been named the Gongshow Gear Inc. performer of the month for January.
In seven starts during the opening month of 2016, the 20-year-old Thunder Bay native posted a 6-1 record while registering a stingy 1.86 goals-against average and an equally solid .945 save percentage along with one shutout.
Since mid-November Corbin has helped the North Stars turn their fortunes around as he has gone 11-3-0-0 in that span while his 17 overall wins are currently the second most in the SIJHL.
For his efforts,Corbin will receive a prize pack courtesy of Gongshow Gear, the official lifestyle hockey apparel of the SIJHL.
Also earning consideration for the SIJHL’s Gongshow Gear performer of the month award was Dylan Robertson, (F) Fort Frances Lakers; Jake Ellingson (F) Minnesota Iron Rangers; Kyle Pouncy, (F) Dryden GM Ice Dogs and Ryker Moreau, (F) English River Miners.
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).
COMPANY PROFILE
For more information on Gongshow Gear Inc., visit their website at www.gongshowgear.com or via Facebook at www.facebook.com/gongshowgear or Twitter at twitter.com/gongshowgear.
Gongshow Gear performer of the month recipients
October: Landon Matechuk, (F) English River Miners (Includes first two weeks of league play in September)
November: Nick Minerva, (D) Fort Frances Lakers
December: Nick Minerva, (D) Fort Frances Lakers
January: Riley Corbin, (G) Thunder Bay North Stars