#22 Erin Drummond
John Burroughs
Senior
Defense

Erin is a senior at Cor Jesu Academy and plays Varsity hockey for John Burroughs School. Starting Affton hockey at just five years old, she has played boys hockey her entire life, almost always as the only girl on the team. Erin plays defense, and constantly amazes everyone with her physical and aggressive play. She is currently speaking with several college hockey programs all over the country about her next four years on the ice.

#25 Will Rourke
Priory
Senior
Forward

Will Rourke has been on a tear to start the season.  Will has recorded at least one goal in every game of the young season.  From Sat. Nov. 16 to Saturday, Nov 23rd, Will recorded 7 goals and 2 assists in three games.  That includes a natural hattrick against division rival John Burroughs on his way to a four-goal night and what proved to be the goal that secured a tie against Kirkwood.  Will is a captain on the team and a multisport athlete at Priory.  He's a positive influence on his teammates and a big help to the coaching staff.

#96 Eric Papuga
Fort Zumwalt West
Senior
Center

Senior Captain Eric Papuga helped lead the Ft. Zumwalt West Jaguars to victory in their last two games with his stellar performance.  Since transitioning to a forward position, Eric's leadership has been instrumental in helping the Jags win and during this time frame Eric has six goals and one assist.

#11 Sam Gibbons
Edwardsville
Senior
Forward

Sam scored 1 goal in a 200 win over Seckman, 1 goal in the 6-4 win over Oakville on New Year's Day and 4 goals 3 assists in a 14-2 win over Parkway South on Thursday.  He helped Edwardsville to 3 wins
this week with a total of 6 goals and 3 assists.

#18 Kaleb Burt
Seckman
Senior
Forward

Kaleb Burt is a senior Captain for Seckman, who has been instrumental in leading the team during a tough week of injury and illness. Always ready to work hard and contribute on both sides of the puck. Kaleb has lead his team to a one win, one loss record last week.

#77  Rusty Hess
Lindbergh
Senior
Forward

Rusty is a senior captain for Lindbergh High School. He is one of nine seniors that have led the Lindbergh Flyers to the second round of the Wickenheiser Cup. His leadership on and off the ice has made him a positive role model for his teammates. Rusty has nine points in the first four games of the Playoffs.

#35 Jack Dobbs
Kirkwood
Senior
Goalie

Jack is off to a solid start for the 2019-20 campaign. Through five games so far he posts a 1.33 GAA and a .929 SAVE percentage.

#9 Ty Waddell
Parkway West
Junior
Forward

Ty Waddell is second in Midstates points with 27. Through 10 games, Ty has 15 goals and 12 assists. On 12/9, Ty had 2 goals and 1 assist to lead the Longhorns to a 4-3 win over MICDS. Ty is a key reason to Parkway West's early-season success.  The Longhorns are 6-4-1 and are currently in 2nd place in the Suburban Conference.

#19 Ben Parres
Westminster Christian Academy
Senior
Forward

Ben had 2 goals in a 4-2 win over Ladue, 1 goal and 3 assists to beat Edwardsville 6-4 and 1 goal to help Westminster tie Rockwood Summit 3-3. He finished the week with 4 goals and 3 assists.

#1 Ryan Yaeger
CBC
Senior
Goalie

On Friday, Jan. 10th, Ryan was in goal and the big reason why we beat Vianney 2-1.  The following night he shut out Oakville 3-0.  Ryan has also been a very valuable leader for the Cadets and a big reason we are currently in first place in the Municipal Conference.

#12 Gage Vierzba
Fort Zumwalt East
Senior
Forward

Gage had 2 goals and 4 assists in Fort Zumwalt East's win over Francis Howell Central and then followed it up the very next night with a hat trick in a 4-3 win vs Fort Zumwalt West. He also leads the league in scoring with 30 goals and 22 assists for a total of 52 points in just 13 games.

#40 Chase McClellan
Parkway South
Senior
Defense

In two playoff games, Chase has had 2 game-winning goals. In our last game against Lutheran South, he recorded a hat trick. Chase is an accomplished player and an excellent student carrying a 3.493GPA.

NAME:  Drew LaBeau
TEAM:  Fort Zumwalt East
GRADE:  Senior
POSITION:  Left Wing

Drew is a senior forward who has been a leading scorer in the league the last three years. Now he has a real nice first week of the season with three goals and an assist vs Lutheran South and an assist vs Wentzville Holt having a total of six points so far.

NAME:  Logan Oliver
TEAM:  Francis Howell Central
GRADE:  Senior
POSITION:  Forward

In his last three games, the Senior Forward has 15 points - 2 goals and 3 assists vs Wentzville Holt, 2 goals and 2 assists vs  Timberland and 3 goals and 3 assists against Francis Howell North.  He is the team leader in scoring, averaging 3 points per game and  Logan leads the league in assists (13) and total points (25) in eight games played.

NAME: Sam Haupfear
TEAM:  Westminster Christian
GRADE:  Senior
POSITION:  Goal Tender

Sam has been the backbone of Westminster hockey for the last two seasons.  He has consistently been the best player on the ice this season as well, including posting a 93% save percentage against two top five ranked teams last  week.  He provides senior leadership on a young team and gives them the chance to compete every time he is in the net.

NAME:  Nick Mellanby
TEAM:  MICDS
GRADE:  Senior
POSITION:  Forward

Nick is leading MICDS in goals with 16 and has 23 points in 12 games.  In Nick's last 4 games, he has 8 goals and 3 assists.  Nick had a 2 goals against Division rival Westminster in a 4-2 last week.

NAME:  Brendan Rasch
TEAM: SLUH
GRADE:  Senior
POSITION:  Goalie

In his first 2 starts, Brendan has notched two shut-out wins, including 33 saves against Chaminade and 16 saves against DeSmet.  In addition, he only allowed 1 goal on 23 shots against CBC in a 2-1 win, all in his last 3 starts.

NAME:  Alex Koeller
TEAM:  Seckman
GRADE:  Senior
POSITION:  Forward

Alex finished the regular season with 12 goals and 13 assists.  In playoffs, Alex scored a goal with just 20 seconds left in the third period to tie Fox High School.  He followed up with a hat-trick against Westminster Christian Academy leading to a 4-1 victory, advancing them to the Wickenheiser Cup Quarter Finals.

NAME:  Joseph Solimando
TEAM:  Fort Zumwalt South
GRADE:  Senior
POSITION:  Left Wing

Joseph is being nominated for player of the week because of his 8 points in 3 games last week including a 4 goal effort in the Bulldogs 6-3 victory over rival Fort Zumwalt West. 

Joseph is currently leading the Bulldogs with 11 points, while only playing in 5 games so far this season. 

NAME:  Hunter Bulger
TEAM: CBC
GRADE:  Sophmore
POSITION:  Center

In two big municipal conference games vs. Vianney and St. Louis University (SLUH),  Hunter scored one goal and five assists.  Also, he contributed on the penalty kill as well as on critical faceoffs.

NAME:  Trevor Buchanan
TEAM: Kirkwood
GRADE:  Senior
POSITION:  Forward

Trevor led Kirkwood to a 9-0 win over Parkway South on Saturday 12/15.  The senior forward tallied 4 goals including a natural had trick, all coming in the 1st period.  Through the first 10 games of the regular season, Buchanan leads Kirkwood in goals (8), assists (8) and points (16).

NAME:  Vinny Conti
TEAM:  Duchesne
GRADE:  Senior
POSITION:  Forward

Vinny is a standout forward and captain of the Duchesne Hockey Club.  In his last 3 games he has lead Duchesne to 3 wins while accumulating 9 goals and 5 assists.  He is currently leading all Mid States scores with 54 points in 17 games.  He has, also, recorded six hat tricks in those 17 games.

NAME:  Sam Watson
TEAM:  Fort Zumwalt South
GRADE:  Senior
POSITION:  Right Wing

Sam was instrumental in the Bulldogs advancing to the Quarterfinals in the Wickenheiser Cup by notching 3 goals  and 2 assists. Sam's play on the ice is only surpassed by his leadership off the ice.  As Captain of the Bulldogs, his work ethic and leadership is what fuel the team and it was on display in the final pool game vs Francis Howell Central.

NAME: Charlie Wind
TEAM:  CBC JV Purple
GRADE:  Freshman
POSITION:  Forward

Charlie is a freshman standout of the CBC JV Purple.  Throughout the season, Charlie has played an integral role in leading the CBC JV Purple to a #1 seed.  Being called upon in various critical situations, Charlie has led the team in the first two games of playoffs with two goals and tow assists.

NAME: Tyler Brown
TEAM:  Chaminade
GRADE:  Junior
POSITION: Forward

Player of the Week is Chaminade Junior forward, Tyler Brown.  This is Tyler's second year on the Varsity Red Devils

Tyler scored three goals and added three assists, helping the Chaminade Red Devils beat Lindbergh this week.  He, also, added one assist in a 5-4 victory over Kirkwood. 

NAME:  Levi Wright
TEAM:  Westminster
GRADE:  Senior
POSITION:  Forward

Levi is the captain for the Wildcats and has been a leader in every game.  He had two goals on Monday. November 20th, in a 3-3 tie against Seckman.  He had 3 goals on Friday, November 24th, in a 9-2 win against Eureka.  His week ended with 5 goals in two games for the week.

NAME:  Keegan Hegger
TEAM:  St. John Vianney High School
GRADE:  Junior
POSITION:  Goalie

Keegan stopped 45 shots in a Vianney 2-1 win over previously unbeaten St. Louis University High.  Keegan has proven to be a solid keeper for the Griffins and has dressed for every varsity during this season.  He currently has a 3.20 GAA.

NAME:  Jacob Kasten
TEAM:  Parkway South
GRADE:  Junior
POSITION:  Forward

Jacob had 2 goals in a 5-0 win vs Webster, 2 goals and 1 assist in a 7-2 playoff win against Francis Howell Central.  Against Westminster, he had 1 goal and 1 assist in a 6-3 playoff win, which helped Parkway South to a #2 seed in the Wickenheiser Cup. 

NAME:  Jack Williams
TEAM: MICDS 
GRADE:  Sophmore
POSITION:  Goalie

Jack's play against Vianney in a 3-1 victory was steller and Jack stopped 43 of 44 shots. The game was a one goal game until his MICDS teammates netted on an empty net goal in the last minute of the game

NAME:  Anthony Willis
TEAM:  Fort Zumwalt East
GRADE:  Senior
POSITION:  Goalie

Last week Anthony allowed only 2 goals on 68 shots and earned his first shutout of the regular season in a 3-0 win over Fort Zumwalt South.

Fox Sports Midwest and St. Louis Blues pre-game ceremony including the Midstates Player of the Week, Jacob Kasten from Parkway South Patriots.

NAME:  Hampus Blomdahl

TEAM:  Chaminade

GRADE:  Junior

POSITION:  Goalie

Hampus, a Junior from Sweden, recorded 32 saves on 35 shots in Friday nights 5-3 win over CBC.  11 of those saves came in the third period when CBC was given a 10 minute power play.  With several key players out of town Hampus came up big for the Red Devils.  This was Chaminades first win over CBC since 2013.