Couture Named CCHL Player of the Month

The Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL) is pleased to announce the CCM/HESN Player/Goalie/Rookie of the Month awards for January.

The Player of the Month is Xavier Couture of the Cumberland Grads.  Couture was the model of consistency this past month registering points in all 8 games Cumberland played collecting 15 (8G, 7A) points for January.  The Grads forward helped Cumberland post a 4-2-1-1 record for the month keeping the Grads in play-off contention.  His efforts also earned him (3) game stars including a 1st, a 2nd and 3rd. The Rouyn-Noranda, QC native is enjoying a 16-game point streak and is 2nd in Grads scoring with 54 (27G, 27A) points in 47 games.

In addition to his Player of the Month honours, Couture has been named as the CJHL’s Gongshow 3rd star of the month.