Michigan senior forward Jayden Perron and Western Michigan freshman forward Adam Benák picked up national monthly awards from the Hockey Commissioners Association on Friday, Nov. 6. Perron was named the men’s Forward of the Month for October, and Benák shared the men’s Rookie of the Month award with Vermont goaltender Jacob Oster.
Perron leads the nation
Perron, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, led all of Division I in scoring in October with 16 points in eight games. His 10 goals were also the most in the country, and he added six assists as Michigan opened the season 8-1. The Wolverines were idle this weekend and return to Yost Ice Arena to host Penn State on Nov. 13 and 14.
Benák’s fast start
Benák, from Plzen, Czechia, had 13 points, including 10 assists, in seven October games. Both totals led all NCAA freshmen for the month. He has kept it going in November, scoring in both games of Western Michigan’s NCHC-opening weekend at North Dakota. The Broncos host Colorado College on Nov. 13 and 14.
Other Michigan names on the list
Several more players from the state’s schools were runners-up. Western Michigan senior William Whitelaw was a finalist for Forward of the Month, Michigan sophomore defenseman Drew Schock for Defender of the Month, Michigan Tech goaltender Owen Bartoszkiewicz for Goalie of the Month, and Lake Superior State freshman Cooper Foster for Rookie of the Month.
The other October winners were Army West Point’s J.J. Cataldo and Colorado College’s Jackson Unger, who shared Goalie of the Month, and Minnesota Duluth junior Ty Hanson, the Defender of the Month.
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