January 21, 2009

Pelle's Heroics Earn CHL Recognition

The Central Hockey League (CHL) announced today that Rapid City’s Jon Pelle, a former Harvard standout, has been voted the CHL Performance of the Week for his late-game effort on January 9th in a 4-3 victory over Wichita. Pelle scored the game-winning goal in his team’s victory with just eight seconds remaining. Pelle has 12 goals and seven assists this season in 22 games played for the expansion Rush.

Pelle’s effort earned 1,831 votes constituting 51% of the 3,584 votes cast. Coming in second place was Colorado’s Greg Pankewicz who recorded his fourth hat trick of the season on January 10th in a 6-5 win over Rocky Mountain. Pankewicz earned 42% of the votes (1,508).