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Calgary Hitmen ahead Riley Fiddler-Schultz and defenceman Carter Yakemchuk have been named to this season’s Western Hockey League Central Division all-star groups.
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Captain and fifth-year Hitmen Fiddler-Schultz is a first-team choice after posting career-high and club-leading totals of 31 objectives, 44 assists and 75 factors in 64 regular-season video games. The centre additionally led the WHL in faceoffs gained with 885.
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Yakemchuk made the second all-star group in his sophomore marketing campaign with the Hitmen. He completed third amongst WHL defencemen with 19 objectives, and led the league in power-play objectives amongst blueliners with 15. Yakemchuk added 28 assists and recorded 47 factors in 67 video games.
The Hitmen, who completed seventh within the Eastern Conference, are gearing as much as face the second-seeded Red Deer Rebels in a first-round, best-of-seven playoff collection that begins on Friday.
Central Division First All-Star Team
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(G) Rhett Stoesser – Red Deer Rebels
(D) Christoffer Sedoff – Red Deer Rebels
(D) Owen Pickering – Swift Current Broncos
(F) Josh Filmon – Swift Current Broncos
(F) Kai Uchacz – Red Deer Rebels
(F) Riley Fiddler-Schultz – Calgary Hitmen
Central Division Second All-Star Team
(G) Harrison Meneghin – Lethbridge Hurricanes
(D) Carter Yakemchuk – Calgary Hitmen
(D) Dru Krebs – Medicine Hat Tigers
(F) Mathew Ward – Swift Current Broncos
(F) Jayden Grubbe – Red Deer Rebels
(F) Oasiz Wiesblatt – Medicine Hat Tigers
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