AHL names award winners for October | TheAHL.com

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League introduced immediately that Utica Comets ahead Reid Boucher, Chicago Wolves ahead Lucas Elvenes and Hartford Wolf Pack goaltender Igor Shesterkin have been chosen because the league’s award winners for October.Boucher, the CCM/AHL Participant of the Month, scored 10 objectives and added three assists for 13 factors in eight video games to assist lead the Comets to an ideal Eight-Zero-Zero-Zero begin to the 2019-20 season.Boucher started the 12 months with two objectives and an help in Utica’s Four-Three win at Binghamton on Oct. 5, and scored twice extra because the Comets defeated Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Four-Three in time beyond regulation, on Oct. 12. Boucher tallied a shorthanded purpose as a part of an Eight-2 win over Charlotte on Oct. 18 earlier than one other three-point night time in a 7-1 victory over Rochester on Oct. 19, and he ran his goal-scoring streak to 6 consecutive video games with a power-play marker within the Comets’ 5-1 win over Binghamton on Oct. 25.Sparking a Comets offense that has scored a league-high Four.88 objectives per sport thus far, Boucher leads the AHL in objectives and ranks second in factors whereas getting his season off to a different torrid begin; in 23 October contests over the past three seasons, Boucher has totaled 22 objectives and 12 assists for 34 factors. The seventh-year professional and two-time AHL All-Star from Grand Ledge, Mich., reveals 129 objectives and 102 assists for 231 factors in 278 profession AHL video games with Utica, Milwaukee and Albany. Boucher was a fourth-round decide by New Jersey within the 2011 NHL Draft and has compiled 20 objectives and 22 assists in 42 NHL contests with the Devils, Nashville and Vancouver.Elvenes, the CCM/AHL Rookie of the Month, registered 4 objectives and 11 assists for 15 factors in 10 video games in October for Chicago, racing to the highest of the AHL scoring web page.Making his North American debut in opposition to Grand Rapids on opening night time, Elvenes notched a purpose and three assists for his first of 4 multiple-point efforts in October. He scored the Wolves’ solely regulation purpose in a 2-1 shootout victory at San Antonio on Oct. 12, and had back-to-back two-assist nights in wins over Texas on Oct. 23 and Manitoba on Oct. 26. Elvenes completed the month by potting the game-winning purpose as Chicago defeated Tucson, Three-Zero, on Oct. 30.A 20-year-old native of Angelholm, Sweden, Elvenes leads the AHL in assists (11) and factors (15), figuring in on the scoring of 62.5 p.c of Chicago’s 24 non-shootout objectives to this point. A fifth-round choice by Vegas within the 2017 NHL Draft, Elvenes performed 82 video games over three seasons for Rogle BK within the Swedish Hockey League earlier than becoming a member of Chicago as a “black ace” throughout their run to the Calder Cup Finals in 2019.Shesterkin, the CCM/AHL Goaltender of the Month, allowed 9 objectives on 155 pictures in six outings throughout October, going 5-1-Zero with a 1.49 goals-against common, a .942 save proportion and one shutout to assist Hartford to its finest begin in 15 years.Shesterkin made 26 saves in opposition to Charlotte on Oct. 5, starting his North American profession with a victory over the defending Calder Cup champions. He earned back-to-back wins over Springfield, together with a 36-save shutout to protect a 1-Zero determination on Oct. 18, and prolonged his scoreless streak to greater than 137 minutes earlier than permitting a purpose in a 2-1 time beyond regulation win over Laval on Oct. 25. Shesterkin earned his fifth win in a row and was named the sport’s first star with a 29-save effort as Hartford beat Bridgeport, 2-1 in time beyond regulation, on Oct. 27.A fourth-round alternative by the New York Rangers within the 2014 NHL Draft, Shesterkin got here to North America this fall after spending components of the final six seasons within the KHL with Spartak Moscow and SKA St. Petersburg. The 23-year-old native of Moscow gained a gold medal as a member of the Olympic Athletes from Russia crew on the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, and was a silver medalist with Russia on the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship.Every month-to-month award winner might be introduced with an etched crystal award previous to an upcoming dwelling sport in recognition of his achievement.