For the 7th time in team history an ICE player is the WHL Player of the Month. (Jarret Stoll twice, Zdenek Blatny, Mike Comrie, Duncan Milroy and the most recent Adam Cracknell March/06)
The Western Hockey League announced today that forward Dustin Sylvester, of the Kootenay Ice, has been named the HUSKY WHL Player of the Month for November.
The 19-year-old native of Kelowna, British Columbia, recorded 20 points through November, netting nine goals and 11 assists all while maintaining an outstanding plus minus rating of +12. Sylvester led all WHL players in the points per game category through November averaging 2.00 Pt/G and is currently on a nine game point streak which includes two shorthanded goals.
Sylvester’s consistent play helped the Kootenay Ice post a 6-4-0-0 record through the month of November, which included a five game win streak, and helped move the Ice into a tie for second place in the WHL Central Division with the Medicine Hat Tigers. His efforts also earned him a Three Star selection in four of the Ice’s 10 games played.
Sylvester’s play through the start of the WHL season earned him a selection to participate with Team WHL at the 2008 ADT Canada Russia Challenge which took place last week in Swift Current and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.