CALGARY, Alberta — The Western Hockey League announced today that Tri-City Americans forward Patrick Holland is the WHL Player of the Week.
Holland collected six points, scoring three goals and three assists to go with a +4 rating, in two games over the past week helping the Americans to a 2-0-0-0 record. The Americans head into the WHL holiday break winning eight straight games and sit atop the WHL U.S. Division, Western Conference and entire League with 27-7-0-0 record for 54 points.
On final weekend of WHL play before the league takes a break in the schedule for the holidays, the Tri-City Americans and Seattle Thunderbirds squared-off in a home-and-home series. On Friday, Holland scored one goal, added two assists in the Americans 5-1 home win over the T-birds. The next night at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Holland scored a pair of goals, one assist in the Ams’ 5-3 victory over the Thunderbirds.
Holland ranks 17th among WHL scorers with 42 points (13 goals, 29 assists) in 34 games played. A 19-year-old from Lethbridge, Alberta, he is in his third full season with Tri-Cities and was selected in the seventh round of the 2010 NHL draft by the Calgary Flames.
He is the second Tri-City player this season to win the weekly award. Adam Hughesman took the honor for his play in the season's opening week.
