The BCHL has announced the winners of its year-end awards for the 2024-25 season and a Cranbrook Buck has made the list.
Bryce Sookro has been honoured with the Top Defenceman Award.
League officials note the Clarkson University commit finished as the BCHL’s highest scoring defenceman with 56 points in 53 games, while his 43 assists were also the most among league blueliners and his 13 goals were just one back of top spot.
In his third and final BCHL season, Sookro saw his point total jump up by 25 compared to his previous career high of 18 set last season.
The 21-year-old was deadly with the man advantage throughout 2024-25 with six of his goals and 14 of his assists coming on the power play.
Sookro’s strong play in his own end helped the Bucks achieve the fifth ranked penalty kill in the league with a rate of 81.1 per cent.
He is the first player in Bucks franchise history to win this award.
Runners up: Connor Gengle (Sherwood Park Crusaders), Nolan Stevenson (Penticton Vees)
Award winners were determined after a vote was conducted between the league’s 21 head coaches and general managers.
Elsewhere, Jeremy Loranger (F) – Sherwood Park Crusaders, won the Vern Dye Memorial Trophy for Most Valuable Player and also the Bruce Allison Memorial Trophy for Rookie of the Year.
The Trail Smoke Eaters Teagan Kendrick, was named Top Goaltender by winning the Michael Garteig Trophy, while Dylan Kinch (F) – Nanaimo Clippers won the Bob Fenton Trophy for Most Sportsmanlike Player.
Tim Fragle – Trail Smoke Eaters won the Joe Tennant Memorial Trophy for Coach of the Year, while Sherwood Park’s Jeremy Loranger also won the Brett Hull Trophy for the league’s Top Scorer.
Ethan Buenaventura & Will Ingemann from the Penticton Vees, meantime, were named the Best Goaltending Duo for GAA (Goals Against Average) thereby winning the Wally Forslund Trophy with a 2.52 team goals-against average.
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