Mavericks' Forward Sebastien Thinel Named CHL's Player Of The Week

The Central Hockey League announced Monday that Missouri Mavericks’ forward Sebastien Thinel has been named the Oakley Central Hockey League Player of the Week for the period ending December 30, 2012.   

Thinel helped his team to points in all three of their games last week scoring four goals with five assists to go along with a +2 plus/minus rating.  The St. Jerome, Quebec native’s least productive game of the week came on Wednesday in a 4-3 overtime loss in Quad City where he contributed on assist.  In his other two games, Thinel had two goals and two assists in each contest which included two goals and an assist in the third period of the Mavs come from behind 5-4 overtime loss in Wichita and the game-winning shorthanded goal in the Mavs 5-3 win over Tulsa on Saturday.

Thinel is the first CHL player this season to hit 50 points (15-35=50).  The two-time CHL scoring champion leads the league in scoring and is tied for third with his +16 plus/minus rating.

Oakley CHL Player of the Week

Sebastien Thinel, Missouri Mavericks

Position: F

(Weekly Totals)

Games Played: 3

Goals: 4

Assists: 5

Points: 9

Plus/Minus: +2