Game On Magazine 2017 December 2017 | Page 136

›› | S C O T T TAY L O R ’ S NOTEBOOK THE LATEST MANITOBA HOCKEY NEWS RYBUCK NAMED MMJHL PLAYER OF THE MONTH Photos by James Carey Lauder, Jeff Miller and courtesy Hockey Canada Carson Rybuck of the Raiders MMJHL Player of the Month HARNETT NAMED GM/HEAD COACH IN WAYWAY Edmonton’s Taylor Harnett has been named General Manager and Head Coach of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League’s Waywayseecappo Wolverines. Harnett has been coaching for 20 years and will have a real challenge turning around the Wolverines. The last-place Wolverines were 1-22-0-1 when Harnett was named coach and GM. Paul MacLean, who replaced the previous head coach Arnie Caplan in early November, as the interim head coach, will be retained a Associate Coach. Dustin Korlak will remain with the club as Director of Player Operations. 1 3 6 | G AM E O N | D E CEM BER 2 0 1 7 Raiders forward Carson Rybuck, one of the most talented – and tough – players in the Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League was named the league’s Player of the Month for October. Rybuck, who was instrumental in last year’s MMJHL championship run, had nine goals and 23 points in 13 games in October. Ryan Hall of the Charleswood Hawks was named October Goalie of the Month. In six games (361 minutes), Hall made 191 saves and allowed only nine goals. He went 4-1-1 with three shutouts and had a goals against average of 1.50 along with an eye-popping save percentage of .953. The gifted Nicolas Gravel (see page 34) of the Transcona Railer Express was named the defenseman of the month. Gravel had four goals and 22 points in 13 games on October. And Owen Stebnitsky of the St. Boniface Riels was named Rookie of the Month. In 13 games, he had eight goals and 14 points.