UND Athletics Leighton Chamblee
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND Athletics)– For the third straight week, junior defenseman Abram Wiebe was named NCHC Defenseman of the Week by the league office on Tuesday morning following a strong pair of games against St. Cloud State.
Wiebe becomes only the second defenseman to earn three straight weekly honors in NCHC history – joining Denver’s Joey LaLeggia in 2014-15.
The Mission, British Columbia, native was dominant on both ends of the ice once again in an unbeaten weekend against St. Cloud State, as he scored a goal and dished out three assists for four points.
In Friday’s 4-4 tie, Wiebe notched a pair of assists on both goals from Will Zellers to help UND rally from a multi-goal deficit in the third period and earn a big point in the NCHC standings. The next night, Wiebe scored NoDak’s first goal of the game to even the score at 1-1 before capping off a three-goal first with a primary assist on Ollie Josephson’s power play tally to help the Fighting Hawks skate to a 6-4 victory.
On the defensive side, Wiebe finished the weekend with a plus-5 rating and was not on the ice for a goal against while also blocking a trio of shots.
Wiebe has 10 points (2G, 8A) during the month of February to lead all NCHC blueliners and now leads UND defensemen with 25 points this season.
No. 3 North Dakota will close out the regular season and look to capture its seventh Penrose Cup at No. 4 Western Michigan
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