MVP and WHL player of the week

 photo courtesy CJ Relke

from whl.ca:

The BOSTON PIZZA WHL Player of the Week is goaltender Drew Owsley of the Tri-City Americans.
Owsley posted a 3-0-0-1 record this past week, stopping 124 of 132 shots faced for a 1.970 goals-against average and 0.939 save percentage to help lead the Americans’ to a 4-2 series win over the Vancouver Giants in the Kal Tire WHL Western Conference Championship.

With the Western Conference Final tied at 1-1, the Americans were in Vancouver to face the Giants for game three on Tuesday, April 20^th.  Owsley stopped 24 of 27 shots faced losing to the Giants 3-2 in over-time.  In game four of the series, on Thursday, April 22^nd in Vancouver, Owsley helped the Ams’ bounce back stopping 30 of 32 shots and was named the games 1^st Star in the Americans 5-2 victory.  With the series tied 2-2, game five was in Tri-City on Friday, April 23^rd.  Owsley stopped an incredible 40 of 41 shots and was named the games 1^st star in the Americans 4-1 win.  The Americans had a chance capture their franchise’s first Western Conference Championship on Sunday, April 25^th at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver.  For the third straight game Owsley had a 1^st Star performance, stopping 30 of 32 shots faced leading the Ams’ to a 5-2 win to take the series 4-2.  He was also named the 2010 WHL Western Conference Championship Series MVP, as voted on by the media.

The Tri-City Americans will now face the Husky WHL Eastern Conference Champion Calgary Hitmen in the WHL Championship Series starting this Friday in Calgary.  For ticket information visit www.whl.ca/tickets.

Owsley, a 19 year old (in his 18 year old season) from Lethbridge, Alberta, is currently playing his second season with the Tri-City Americans.  He finished the regular season 5^th among WHL goaltenders with a 2.51 GAA and posted a 33-11-1-1 record and was named to the WHL Western Conference 2^nd All Star Team.