Chay Genoway named WCHA Defensive Player of the WeekGRAND FORKS, N.D.--University of North Dakota senior captain Chay Genoway has been named Red Baron Western Collegiate Hockey Association Defensive Player of the Week for his three-goal performance in a win and a tie last weekend against ninth-ranked Minnesota.
Genoway scored a key power-play goal to put the Sioux up 3-0 in an eventual 4-0 win on Friday night, then added two more power-play goals on Saturday as UND and Minnesota battled to a 3-3 overtime tie. Genoway was also named the game's first star on Saturday as voted by the media.
The three-goal performance matched Genoway's output from the entire 2008-09 season when he was a second-team All-American and the WCHA Defensive Player of the Year.
In the two games against the Gophers, Genoway also quarterbacked a Sioux power-play that went 4-for-12 and anchored a penalty kill unit that was a perfect nine-for-nine.
Through four games this season, Genoway leads UND in goals (three) and points (six) and leads all WCHA defensemen in scoring. With 83 career points, the Morden, Manitoba, native is the leading scorer among active WCHA defensemen.
Minnesota Duluth forward Justine Fontaine was named offensive player of the week and Colorado College goalie Joe Howe was named rookie of the week.
Genoway and the Sioux are on the road this week to face Alaska Anchorage on Friday and Saturday.
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