With the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) regular season complete and the playoffs well underway, league officials have announced League Award winners for 2024/25, including a member of the Whitecourt Wolverines.
Wolverines goaltender Zac Onyskiw has been named the recipient of the Top Goaltender Award and the AJHL Most Valuable Player Award. This is the first time in franchise history that a Wolverines player has won both these awards in the same season.
Onyskiw had a dominant season, posting a league-best 1.87 GAA, a .939 save percentage and had the most wins of all AJHL goaltenders with a record of 26-7-1-3. He was also recognized as the Viterra AJHL Player of the Game 10 times and the Alberta Ford Dealers AJHL Defensive Player of the Week in the middle of an eight-game winning streak in October of 2024. He also put together a five-game win streak before the holiday break in December and won eight of his last 10 games to wrap up the regular season.
Wolverines alternate goaltender Elliot Pratt also had a good season, posting a 2.56 GAA, a .911 save percentage and a record of 8-4-2-0. League officials recognized both goaltenders as recipients of the Top Goaltender award of 2024/25 for the second consecutive season after the pair posted a league-best 124 goals against for a 2.29 GAA.
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Other winners this year include:
- Jack Plandowski of the Calgary Canucks – Top Forward Award.
- Easton Denault of the Drumheller Dragons – Rookie of the Year.
- Nathan Maloney of the Calgary Canucks – Outstanding Defeceman.
- Jaxson Martin of the Devon Xtreme – Most Dedicated Player.
- Head Coach Chris Schmidt of the Grande Prairie Storm – Coach of the Year.
Officials say additional award winners and scholarship winners will be announced throughout the 2025 Inter Pipeline Cup AJHL Playoffs.
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Zac and the Wolverines are back in action on Tuesday, March 25, and Wednesday, March 26, as they head out to Fort McMurray for games three and four of the first round of the playoffs.
The series is currently tied 1-1.
Puck drop is at 7:30 p.m. and you can catch all the action live on XM105Fm, home of the Whitecourt Wolverines.
