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Canada West "Husky-WHL Graduate of the Month": Manitoba's Blair Macaulay
Source: Canada West Communications / Photo credit Chris Zuk, Manitoba Athletics
EDMONTON - The Canada West Universities Athletic Association and
Western Hockey League proudly announce University of Manitoba
right-winger and former Tri-City American Blair Macaulay as Canada
West men’s hockey Husky-WHL Graduate of the Month for
November / December 2011.
Each monthly winner throughout the season receives a $500 cheque
towards the cost of education, a plaque, a letter from WHL
Commissioner Ron Robison and a computer bag.
Award History
Macaulay, in his third season at Manitoba, picked up a
conference-best nine goals, adding three assists for 12 points in
10 games while leading the Bisons to a 6-3-1 record. U of M was
6-1-0 when Macaulay registered a point. He scored two game-winning
goals, was named First Star twice and, on November 19 at UBC,
recorded the second three-goal game of his Canada West career. The
Business major also scored thrice during a March 2010 playoff game.
The Bisons are now 10-4-2 on the season for 22 points, in third
place and just two points out of first.
For Macaulay, this marks his second Husky-WHL monthly award this
calendar year, as he was also the January 2011 winner. The
23-year-old winger becomes the 11th monthly winner for the Bisons
since the award’s inception in October 1989, also joining
Paul Deniset and Karry Biette on the list of Bisons
student-athletes to earn multiple selections.
Macaulay now sits tied with October’s Husky-WHL Graduate
winner Kyle Bortis of the Saskatchewan Huskies with a
league-leading 13 goals, while Macaulay’s 18 points leave him
tied for fifth in Canada West scoring. In 68 career Canadian
Interuniversity Sport (CIS) regular season games Macaulay has
racked up in 68 points (34G, 34A) over 72 games. He finished tied
for third in league scoring during 2010-11 and was named a Canada
West All-Star.
Macaulay was one of 155 Canada West student-athletes to receive a
WHL scholarship for the 2011-12 and the University of Manitoba had
total 27 recipients.
Before joining the Bisons, Macaulay had three full seasons in the
WHL - two with the Saskatoon Blades (2005-07) and one with the Tri
City Americans (2007-08). In 212 career WHL games, the 5-11
Winnipeg native had 27 goals and 40 helpers for 67 points. In 26
playoff games Macaulay registered 2-4-6, going to the seventh game
of the Western Conference final in 2008 with Tri-City.
Blair Macaulay's career stats at... www.hockeydb.com
Former WHL teammates include Minnesota Wild forward Devin
Setoguchi, Boston Bruins goaltending prospect Anton Khudobin,
Washington Capitals netminding prospect Braden Holtby, 2010 Canada
West MVP Chad Klassen, now a member of the East Coast Hockey
League’s Idaho Steelheads, and runner-up in this
month’s award voting, Saskatchewan Huskies forward Derek
Hulak.
Other nominees for the November / December 2011 Husky-WHL honour
were Hulak, Dustin Moore (Lethbridge), Scott Wasden (UBC), Partik
Bungal (Regina) and Real Cyr (Alberta)
“HUSKY, proud sponsor of the WHL Education Program & the
Canada West men’s hockey Graduate of the Month”
Manitoba’s
Blair Macaulay in November / December 2011
Date
Opponent
Result
G-A-P
+/- Notes
Nov.
4
at
Saskatchewan
L,5-4 (OT)
0-0-0
-1 5
shots
Nov.
5
at
Saskatchewan
L,2-1
0-0-0
E 5 shots
Nov.
11
vs.
Lethbridge
W,5-2
1-0-1
E
Nov.
12
vs.
Lethbridge
W,5-2
2-0-2
+2 3rd Star,
11 shots
Nov.
18
at
UBC
L,2-1
0-0-0
E 3 shots
Nov.
19
at
UBC
W,4-2
3-0-3
+2 1st Star,
hat trick, GWG
Nov.
25
vs.
Calgary
W,8-1
2-0-2
+2 1st Star,
5 shots
Nov.
26
vs.
Calgary
W,4-2
0-2-2
+1 3rd Star,
3 shots
Dec.
2
vs.
Alberta
W,3-2
1-0-1
E GWG,
6 shots
Dec.
3
vs.
Alberta
L,4-3
0-1-1
-2
TOTALS
6-3-1
9-3-12
+4 2 x
1st Star, 2 GWG
University of
Manitoba “HUSKY-WHL GRADUATE OF THE MONTH”
winners:
Bisons
(11)
No. Months
Paul Deniset
(F)
3 Oct. 03, Jan. 05, Feb.
06
Karry Biette
(F)
2 Nov. 94, Jan. 95
Blair
Macaulay 2
Jan. 11, Dec. 11
Scott Laluk
(D)
1 Jan. 99
David Cameron (F)
1 Nov. 02
Krister Toews (G)
1 Nov. 07
Mike Hellyer
(F)
1 Mar. 10
About Canada West Universities Athletic Association
Canada West is consistently the most decorated of the four
conferences in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), winning at
least 10 CIS national titles every year, 1997 to 2010. Comprised of
16 schools from the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta
and British Columbia, Canada West produces numerous major award
winners and Academic All-Canadian student-athletes each year, with
many going on to athletic success around the globe in pro leagues
or events such as the Olympics, Paralympics or Universiade Games.
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