The CSSHL has announced the eight division winners of the February Player of the Month Award.
Eastern U17: Yehor Pyshalko, Ontario Hockey Academy
The Odessa, Ukraine forward tallied a division best 9 goals while finishing third with 13 points in February. His first season in the CSSHL, Pyshalko currently sits inside the top 10 with 16 goals, 22 assists and 38 points, all of which are team bests.
Eastern U18: Grady Betts, King’s-Edgehill School
Betts led the U18 Prep division with 10 assists and 15 points in 5 games for KES. Now in his second CSSHL season with KES, Betts sits third with 19 assists and fifth in the division with 14 goals and 33 points. The Fredericton, NB forward tallied 11 points in 22 games last season.
Female U18 Prep: Jenna Ring, Edge School
A netminder from Calgary, AB, Ring went 4-0-0 with 1 shutout, a .954SV% and 1.24GAA in February. This season Ring is 9-6-0 with 3 shutouts, a 2.57GAA and .918SV%, after going 9-5-1 with 2 shutouts, a 2.19GAA, and .918SV% last season.
U15: Jagger Clark, Coeur d’Alene Hockey Academy
It was an entire season’s worth of production for Clark in his 10 games in February as he led the division with 27 goals, while finishing with 49 points, 1 behind teammate TJ Podollan. This season the Boise, Idaho forward had a CSSHL single season record of 67 goals, recording 111 points on the year.
U15 Prep: Deacon Gillespie, OHA Edmonton
A 2012 born defenseman from Ponoka, AB, Gillespie led all skaters with 15 assists, while pacing defensemen with 6 goals and 21 points in 10 games. This season he finished with 13 goals and 35 assists, good enough for third among defenders with 48 points.
U17: Kase Gellner, Prairie Hockey Academy
In 11 games in February Gellner finished with a division best 26 points and 14 goals. His 31 goals, 37 assists, and 68 points this season are all good for third among U17 skaters. This is the Southey, SK forwards second season with Prairie, tallying 28 points in 34 U17 games in 2024/25.
U17 Prep: Maddox Slater, Okanagan Hockey Academy
Slater went 5-0-0 with 1 shutout and a division best 1.19GAA and .958SV% in February. This season the St. Andrews, MB netminder has a 12-2-0 record and leads the division with 4 shutouts and a 1.42GAA, while sitting second with a .947SV%. This is Slater’s third season in the CSSHL, having spent a season with OHA in both the U15 and U15 Prep divisions.
U18 Prep: Drake Mooney, Prairie Hockey Academy
The Regina Pats prospect went 4-0-0 with a division best 2 shutouts, 1.49GAA, and .950SV%. This season the Blackfalds, AB netminder sits first with 4 shutouts, third with a 2.13GAA and third with a .932SV%. Mooney spent last season with the Prairie U17 Prep team going 6-10-2 with 1 shutout, a 3.56GAA and .897SV%.
