Vote for February’s European Player of the Month
10 Mar 2012 | - eurohockey.com
Which one of our six candidates do you think has been the most outstanding player in February? Damien Brunner, Jakob Silfverberg, Viktor Fasth, Juhamatti Aaltonen, Robert Nilsson or Justin Hodgman?
Vote here for your favorite of the six candidates.
Damien Brunner, ZugAs in the previous year (Glen Metropolit) again a Zug player became NLA topscorer - the 26 year old Swiss international Damien Brunner. With 24 goals and 36 assists (60 points) in 45 games he kept second placed Fribourg attacker Julien Sprunger (51) on distance by a large margin. By that the attacker is the first Swiss player in 30 (!) years to get this title. In February's six NLA games he scored 4+4 points.
Jakob Silfverberg, BrynäsJakob Silfverberg scored 6+7 points in 8 games in Elitserien for Brynäs. He has scored points in 14 games in a row. He finished second in Elitserien in both points and goals.
Viktor Fasth, AIKViktor Fasth dominated Oddset Hockey Games (Euro Hockey Tour) where he was named MVP amd Best Goalie. He was also selected to the All-Star Team. He has also been solid in AIK's net in Elitserien.
Juhamatti Aaltonen, Metallurg MagnitogorskJuhamatti Aaltonen was named Best Forward of Oddset Hockey Games (Euro Hockey Tour) and he was also selected for the All-Star Team. IN KHL he scored 4 goals in February.
Robert Nilsson, Torpedo Nizhny NovgorodRobert Nilsson had an astounding end to the regular season, scoring points in each of the ten games in February, including 2 points in the opening playoff game against Riga. Nilsson had 16 points in total, which included 8 goals, and was a big part of Torpedo's strong finish, which saw them finish 2nd in the Western division.
Justin Hodgman, PelicansThis Ontario native scored 5 goals and assisted 6 times in 7 February games. Hodgman is one of Pelicans' key players when they are fighting for the first regular season title in clubs history.
Vote here for your favorite of the six candidates.