La Broquerie players nab CRJHL honours

A pair of La Broquerie Habs were honoured for their outstanding seasons by the Capital Region Junior Hockey League.

Goaltender Jaxon Loewen was named the league’s top goaltender, while Mario Gagnon was recognized as the most sportsmanlike.

Loewen had an outstanding season for La Broquerie. Starting in 16 games, he posted a 0.916 save percentage, as he filled in with the Steinbach Pistons throughout December when the Junior A team ran into injury trouble in the crease.

Gagnon had an incredible season, racking up 45 points, while playing in all 30 regular season games for the Habs. Despite those numbers and ice time, he only took a single minor penalty across the entire regular season.

Arborg captain Brandon Burak was named the league’s most valuable player, beating out St Malo’s Keston Worley. Burak led the league in points with 54, scoring more than 30 goals across the 30 game regular season.

Arborg also had the rookie of the year and top defenseman, Tytan Johnson. Warriors’ d-man Ben Dian was nominated as top defenseman.

St Malo’s Logan Mazinke was a finalist for top goaltender and Cody Grimstrup was in the running for most sportsmanlike.

Colton Pakoo was named a league all-star alongside teammates Loewen and Gagnon earlier in the year. St Malo’s Worley and Ashton Dubois were also recognized as all-stars.