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This report highlights the latest news and stats from around the WHL and the source for the majority of this information is the Western Hockey League's website www.whl.ca.

LATEST TRANSACTIONS/INJURIES

Mitchell Chapman – Kelowna Rockets (out for season due to ankle sprain)
Eric Comrie - Tri-City Americans (out for season due to hip surgery)

LATEST SUSPENSIONS

Jon Martin – Kootenay Ice, 1 game
Coda Gordon - Swift Current Broncos, TBD
Lukas Walker - Tri-City Americans, 1 game

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK (SKATER & GOALIE)

Alex Gogolev - Victoria Royals (3 goals, 9 assists and plus 2 rating in 4 games)

Cam Lanigan - Medicine Hat Tigers (2-0-0-0 record, 1 shut-out, stopped 54 of 55 shots, .982 SV% and 0.50 GAA in 2 games)

NEWS FROM AROUND THE WHL

Kelowna Rockets goaltender Jordon Cooke is on a 18 game winning streak. SOURCE: http://www.whl.ca/roster/gameByGame/id/6774

Prince George Cougars has relieved Dean Clark of his duties as Head Coach. Under Clark the Cougars went 85-163-5-11 since he took over as coach in April of 2009. SOURCE: http://www.whl.ca/article/cougars-re...d-coach/136802

Since leaving the Prince George Cougars at the Christmas Break Alex Forsberg has been playing for the Humboldt Broncos of the SJHL. Forsberg has record 1 goal and 3 assists in 5 games. SOURCE: http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=134441

Former Chilliwack Bruins defenseman Brandon Manning was named to the AHL All-Star game roster. Manning played 200 WHL games, scoring 45 goals and 136 points. This season in the AHL Manning has 5 goals and 11 points in 37 games. SOURCE: http://theahl.com/miller-manning-named-to-all-star-roster-p181510

PLAYERS OF THE MONTH (DECEMBER)

Adam Lowry - Swift Current Broncos (13 goals, 8 assists and plus 7 in 13 games)

Jordon Cooke - Kelowna Rockets (6-0-0-0 record, 0 shut-out, stopped 119 of 131 shots, .908 SV% and 2.00 GAA in 6 games)

WHL YOUTUBE VIDEO OF THE WEEK

TOP 10 SCORING LEADERS (as of January 22, 2013)

PLAYER	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS
Nicolas Petan	Portland Winterhawks	46	31	49	80
Brendan Leipsic	Portland Winterhawks	43	30	46	76
Colin Smith	Kamloops Blazers	49	30	41	71
Adam Lowry	Swift Current Broncos	48	31	32	63
Myles Bell	Kelowna Rockets	45	27	35	62
Justin Feser	Tri-City Americans	47	26	35	62
JC Lipon	Kamloops Blazers	40	22	39	61
Tim Bozon	Kamloops Blazers	46	27	33	60
Curtis Valk	Medicine Hat Tigers	47	27	33	60
Ty Rattie	Portland Winterhawks	37	21	39	60

TOP 5 GOALTENDING LEADERS

PLAYER	TEAM	GP	W	SO	GAA
Jordon Cooke	Kelowna Rockets	35	25	3	2.50
Chris Driedger	Calgary Hitmen	37	25	1	2.26
Luke Siemens	Prince Albert Raiders	42	25	4	2.73
Eric Williams	Spokane Chiefs	38	23	2	2.99
Patrik Polivka	Victoria Royals	36	21	2	3.07

2013 DRAFT WATCH (ISS TOP 30) JANUARY 2013

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS
1	Seth Jones, D	Portland Winterhawks	36	8	21	29
11	Curtis Lazar, C	Edmonton Oil Kings	47	20	13	33
14	Hunter Shinkaruk, C	Medicine Hat Tigers	43	26	30	56
17	Ryan Pulock, D	Brandon Wheat Kings	37	10	21	31
20	JT Morrissey, D	Prince Albert Raiders	44	12	21	33

TOP 3 CURRENT SCORING STREAKS

GP	PLAYER	TEAM	FROM	POINTS
5	Steven Hodges	Victoria Royals	Jan 12, 2013	8G 1A
4	Jesse Mychan	Tri-City Americans	Jan 15, 2013	6G 1A
3	Jaedon Descheneau	Kootenay Ice	Jan 16, 2013	4G 2A

2010, 2011 & 2012 1ST ROUND NHL DRAFT PICKS - NHL POINTS

DRAFT	PLAYER	NHL TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1-4 (2010)	Ryan Johansen	Columbus Blue Jackets	69	9	13	22	26
1-5 (2010)	Nino Niederreiter	New York Islanders	64	2	1	3	20
1-6 (2010)	Brett Connolly	Tampa Bay Lightning	68	4	11	15	30
1-1 (2011)	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	Edmonton Oilers	63	18	34	51	16
1-13 (2011)	Sven Baertschi	Calgary Flames	7	3	0	3	8

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