CHA Players of the Week

Colorado Springs, Colo. - Jan. 27, 2003
Kingston, Guerrera, Kuharski earn CHA weekly player honors

Wayne State University forward Dustin Kingston earned CHA Offensive Player of the Week honors this week, while teammate David Guerrera garnered CHA Defensive Player of the Week accolades. Bemidji State University forward Myles Kuharski was named CHA Rookie of the Week, marking his first CHA honor. Kingston is a two-time award winner and Guerrera earned his fourth weekly honor.

Offensive Player of the Week
Kingston, a 6-1, 190-pound senior from Spencerville, Ontario, helped the Warriors to a 2-1 record last week, including a weekend sweep of CHA rival Findlay, 4-3, 3-0. Kingston tallied the game-winning goals in both victories over the Oilers. He also scored a power-play goal in a loss to Bowling Green, 3-4, and added an assist on a late insurance goal Saturday vs. Findlay.

Defensive Player of the Week
Guerrera, a 5-11, 185-pound senior goaltender from St. Leonard, Quebec, posted his first shutout of the season after stopping all 45 Findlay shots Saturday. He also stopped 28-of-31 Friday and had a weekend save percentage of .961, stopping 73-of-76 shots faced.

Rookie of the Week
Kuharski, a 5-11, 185-pound forward from Neepawa, Manitoba, recorded back-to-back multi-point games as he helped the Beavers to a weekend sweep over Air Force, 4-2, 5-3. He tallied a goal and an assist each night and was a +3 for the series.

Honorable Mention Performance
Niagara junior Chris Welch scored a five-point (3g-2a) weekend vs. Canusius. Bemidji State senior Jeff McGill tallied two goals and two assists vs. Air Force. Air Force senior Andy Berg recorded his nation-leading 14th power play goal of the season vs. Bemidji State. Findlay rookie Andrew Radzak scored two of Findlay's three goals over the weekend.

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