Week of Nov. 29, 2023
Games of Nov. 21-28, 2023
Forward: Parker Osborn, Ogden Mustangs
Osborn (‘05/Mound, Minn.) came up huge for the Mustangs to help them get a pair of wins and keep up their six-point lead in the NCDC Mountain Division. He put up three goals and added five assists for eight points, including a 1-2-3 to be involved in all three goals in their 3-2 win over Rock Springs. He was also a +4 to lead the team on the weekend. He now has 31 points in 18 games.
Defense: Jakub Cervenka, Utah Outliers
The Outliers won three games over the last week, and Cervenka (‘04/Czechia) registered a pair of assists and also registered 11 takeaways to help the Outliers sweep the three games and climb to second in the Mountain Division. A first-year North American player, he has two assists in six games since joining the Outliers in mid-November.
Goaltender: Vladislav Bryzgalov, Ogden Mustangs
The Mustangs got another top-flight performance from Bryzgalov (‘06/Haddonfield, N.J.), who stopped 31 of 32 shots from the Provo Predators. He climbed to 6-2-1-1 with a .945 save percentage, second in the league, and a 1.80 goals against average, good for third.
Rookie*: David Utkin, Utah Outliers
Utkin (‘05/Murmansk, Russia) posted three goals and three assists for six points over the past three games for the Outliers, all victories. He registered two of his five game-winning goals (good for second in the league) on Nov. 22 and Nov. 25. He enters December on a six-game point streak, with a 4-6-10 line over that stretch.
* = no more than 10 Tier II games prior to 2023-24 / ’04 or younger
