The nation's leading goal scorer, junior Cory Conacher earned Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week honors on Monday after leading the
Canisius College hockey team to a 1-0-1 week.
In two games against Army, Conacher recorded five points,
two goals and three assists. He posted three points in the Griffs' 5-2 victory,
scoring a pair of goals and adding one assist. Conacher then followed with two
helpers in the finale, including the primary assist on the game-tying goal with
7:07 left in regulation.
Conacher registered his 10th and 11th multi-point games of
the season during the weekend. He has recoded at least one point in his last 12
games, the longest streak by a Griff since the 2001-02 season. Conacher has not
been held off the scoreboard since Nov. 15 and has recorded 25 points during
the 12-game stretch. In total, he has posted at least one point in 18-of-22
games this season.
As a junior, Conacher has amassed 36 points, 17 goals and 19
assists. He currently ranks first nationally with his 17 goals, second with 36
points and 10th with 19 assists. He also ranks first in the country with five
game-winning goals and 24th with five power-play tallies.
In 79 career games, Conacher has totaled 88 points, 36
goals, 52 assists, 11 power-play goals and eight game-winning scores. The
junior was also named the Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week earlier in the
season after recording his first collegiate hat trick at Lake Superior State
Conacher and the Griffs return to the ice on Friday,
beginning a two-game set against Sacred Heart.