Former Vipers Defenceman Weinstein Named Atlantic Hockey's Player Of The Week:

Former Vernon Vipers defenceman Steve Weinstein was named Atlantic Hockey Player of the week Monday.  Weinstein is in his second season with the Bentley Falcons played three seasons in Vernon (2008-2011) collecting (10-49-59) in 153 regular season games.

Steve Weinstein's Player Profile:

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=119315

This is posted on the Falcons website:

Weinstein Named Player of the Week; Gladiuk Takes Rookie Honors

November 26, 2012

WALTHAM, Mass. – Atlantic Hockey announced on Monday that Bentley University's sophomore defenseman Steve Weinstein (Los Angeles, Calif./Vernon Vipers) was named the conference's Travel Team USA Player of the Week. The conference also announced that Andrew Gladiuk (White Rock, British Columbia/Nanaimo Clippers) was chosen as the Rookie of the Week for the second time this season.

Weinstein and Gladiuk each had four points over the weekend during Bentley's two-game split with Mercyhurst. Weinstein had one goal and three assists, and Gladiuk had two goals and two assists.

Weinstein is the first defenseman this season to win the AHA Player of the Week award, and is the second Falcon in three weeks to earn the award after Brett Gensler (St. Charles, Mo./Youngstown Phantoms) won it Nov. 19.

He had three assists in Saturday's 5-1 win, assisting on three straight power play goals. In Friday's 4-3 overtime defeat to the Lakers, he scored the tying goal with 29 seconds left in regulation with Bentley on a 6-on-4 advantage.

Weinstein leads all Division I defensemen in points per game (1.27), and is 18th in points per game overall. He's second on the team in total points with 14 (5 goals, 9 assists).

Gladiuk had two goals in Saturday's win, scoring Bentley's second and third goals of the game, and notched two assists in Friday's game. He's now tied for the team lead in goals with Gensler (8), and is fifth on the squad in points (12). Nationally, Gladiuk is fourth in points per game among rookies (1.09).

Gladiuk, who previously won the Rookie of the Week award Oct. 29, is the second straight Falcon to claim this award after defenseman Matt Blomquist (Blaine, Minn./Coulee Region Chill) won it last week.

Bentley is now 6-5-0 overall and 5-3-0 in Atlantic Hockey, good for third place with 10 points. They play Army at home Thursday night before facing Dartmouth on the road Saturday night.