EDINA, Minn. – Following a weekend where he led the Nanooks to three-points including a game-winning goal to help lead the Nanooks to a Alaska Airline's Governor's Cup triumph, Tayler Munson has been named the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Rookie of the Week, announced the league office on Monday.
Munson led the Nanooks with three points and a +3 rating over the weekend, as Alaska clinched the Alaska Airlines Governor's Cup with a road sweep at Alaska Anchorage. Munson scored the game-winning and lone goal in Alaska's 1-0 win on Friday and scored the first on Saturday, a shorthanded tally. The freshman from Fairbanks also assisted on Alaska's second goal in an eventual 3-2 Nanooks win.
This is the eighth weekly honor for a Nanook, and third straight time that an Alaskan player has been honored by the WCHA (barring the bye week). Sean Cahill was the WCHA Defensive Player of the Week following his 1-0-1 weekend against then No. 1 Minnesota State while Tyler Morley was the WCHA Offensive Player of the Week following the Minnesota State series and last week against Alabama Huntsville.
Nolan Huysmans, Davis Jones (2) and Austin Vieth have all also won weekly awards.
The Nanooks end their season as the hottest team in the nation, having won their last five and going 7-0-1 since the start of February.
