Thursday, December 6, 2018
BC Hockey announced that Zac Funk of the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds has been named the Major Midget League (MML) Player of the Month for November 2018.
Funk, a 15-year-old forward from Coldstream, BC, has helped the defending MML champion Thunderbirds to first place in the league standings with a 16-3-1 record on the year. Funk currently leads Fraser Valley in goals with 18 and is second on the team in points with 27 in 20 games. In November, Funk scored an impressive 13 points (6 goals, 7 assists) in eight (8) games in which the Thunderbirds were 6-1-1.
Funk volunteers his time with the Abbotsford Minor Hockey Association (MHA) helping provide development to minor hockey teams.
Funk was chosen from a high-calibre list of other nominees, including:
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PLAYER
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TEAM
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Xavier Cannon
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Cariboo Cougars
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Garrett Wicks
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Greater Vancouver Canadians
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Wyatt Peterson
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Kootenay Ice
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Ben Kotylak
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North Island Silvertips
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Chase Dafoe
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Okanagan Rockets
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Michael Hoekstra
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South Island Royals
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Ashton Taylor
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Thompson Blazers
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Mason Beaupit
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Valley West Giants
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Logan Kurki
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Vancouver North East Chiefs
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Jackson Glassford
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Vancouver North West Hawks
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Connor Elliott has been named Minor Midget League Player of the Month for November. Elliott, 15, is a defenceman for the Okanagan Rockets and has helped lead the team to a 10-1-1 record, good for first place in the standings. Elliott, from Coldstream, BC, had eight (8) points in 10 games for the Rockets and is listed by the Western Hockey League’s (WHL) Swift Current Broncos.
Elliott was selected from a list of outstanding nominees, including:
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PLAYER
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TEAM
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Jaydon Merritt
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Cariboo Cougars
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Abram Wiebe
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Fraser Valley Thunderbirds
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Josh Doherty
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North Island Silvertips
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Duncan Judge
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South Island Royals
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Brandon Toye
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Thompson Blazers
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Owen Elson
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Valley West Giants
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Ante Zlomislic
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Vancouver North East Chiefs
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Anthony Reimer
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Vancouver North West Hawks
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The MML was established in 2004 to provide elite level 15, 16 and 17-year-olds an opportunity to play within their own age group at a high level and be developed for the next level of hockey. These teams have an opportunity each year to compete for the TELUS Cup, Canada’s National Midget Championship.
The BC Hockey Minor Midget League is in its inaugural season and gives an opportunity for 15-year-old players to develop with other athletes of the same age and is affiliated with the MML.
For more information about the BC Hockey Midget leagues, please visit the league’s website at www.bcmml.net, follow along on social media at twitter.com/bchockey_mml, or email us at midgethockey@bchockey.net.
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