Playing a leading role in his club’s third-best record in the Western Hockey League, Burnaby Winter Club product Mathew Barzal was selected this week as the Western Conference Player of the Year.
He was also named to the West Conference’s first all-star team.
The 19-year-old Seattle Thunderbirds centre enjoyed a stellar season despite missing a third of the year due to injuries and national team commitments.
He counted 10 goals and 69 assists in 41 games, after starting the season with the New York Islanders.
Barzal sits third overall in T-bird history for career assists, with 215, and sixth in career points, with 278 in 202 games.
A first-round draft pick of the Islanders in 2015, Barzal was a member of Canada’s 2017 world junior team.
