Toronto, ON – The Canadian Hockey League today announced that Jordan Binnington of the Owen Sound Attack is the Vaughn CHL Goaltender of the Week for the week ending February 12 after posting a 3-0-0-0 record including a shutout victory with a 0.97 goals-against-average and a save percentage of .972.

Binnington made 105 saves last week in three wins for the Attack who currently sit fifth in the OHL’s Western Conference standings.  He began his week with 29 saves Wednesday night against the Erie Otters, also stopping five of six attempts in the shootout and was named first star of the 2-1 win.  On Thursday night he made 45 saves and was named second star of a 4-2 win over the Brampton Battalion.  His week wrapped up Saturday night where he earned his first shutout of the season with 31 saves as third star of a 12-0 win over the Peterborough Petes.

Binnington, an 18-year-old from Richmond Hill, ON, is playing in his third season with the defending OHL champion Attack.  Selected in the third round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues, Binnington was named Top Goaltender at the 2011 MasterCard Memorial Cup.

Also considered for the award this week was Halifax Mooseheads rookie Zachary Fucale who went 2-1-0-1 with a goals-against-average of 1.44 and save percentage of .958.  In the WHL, Nathan Lieuwen of the Kootenay Ice posted a 2-1-0-0 record with one shutout and a goals-against-average of 1.33 and save percentage of .952.

Toronto, ON – The Canadian Hockey League today announced that Cameron Brace of the Owen Sound Attack is the CHL Player of the Week for the week ending February 12 after scoring nine points in three games with four goals and five assists and a plus-minus rating of plus-6.

Brace had the best performance of his career and one of the best in Attack franchise history on Saturday when he tied a team-record with seven-points scoring four goals and three assists as first star of a 12-0 win over the Peterborough Petes.  The last Owen Sound player to record seven points in a game was Jim Ensom back in 1996.  Brace’s week also included a two-assist effort on Thursday night in a 4-2 win over the Brampton Battalion after being held without a point on Wednesday in a 2-1 shootout win over the Erie Otters.

Brace, an 18-year-old from Markham, ON, is playing in his second full season with the defending OHL champion Attack.  He has a career-high 22 goals and 23 assists for 45 points in 54 games so far this season.

Also considered for the award this week was Brendan Ranford of the Kamloops Blazers and Jonathan Huberdeau of the Saint John Sea Dogs.  Ranford scored three goals and five assists for eight points in three games, while Huberdeau scored four goals and two assists for six points in two games.