PSECU Player of the Week Pascal Laberge 12-23

PSECU Player of the Week — Pascal Laberge (12/23)

Lehigh Valley, Pa. — With two goals in Saturday’s contest against the Charlotte Checkers, as well as taking first-star honors and leading the team in shots with five, Lehigh Valley Phantoms forward Pascal Laberge has been named the PSECU Player of the Week.

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The Phantoms headed south for a pair of games against the Charlotte Checkers before heading into the holiday break this past weekend beginning on Saturday night.

After a scoreless first period, Lehigh Valley found its way onto the scoreboard first when Laberge redirected a shot pass from Chris Bigras into the net.  Bigras, who took player of the week honors last week, skated down to the left dot before firing a cross-ice pass to the stick of Laberge who was waiting on the back door for a tap in with 11:26 remaining in the middle frame.

10:22 later, Laberge found the back of the net for his second marker of the night when the he located a loose puck through a mess of bodies in front of the Charlotte net, spun around and fired it home to give Lehigh Valley a 2-0 lead heading into the second intermission.

Mark Friedman added a third tally for the Phantoms in the third period and despite the Checkers scoring twice, Lehigh Valley hung on to edge Charlotte 3-2.

Laberge finished the game with a total of five shots, a team high, and took first-star honors for his two-goal performance.

Saturday’s game became Laberge’s third multi-point contest through just 28 games with the Phantoms.  This season, the 21-year-old forward now has five goals and six total points across 11 games.

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Prior PSECU Players of the Week

12-16-19 Chris Bigras
12-9-19 Alex Lyon
12-2-19 Andy Welinski
11-25-19 Tyler Wotherspoon
11-18-19 Greg Carey
11-11-19 Kyle Criscuolo
11-4-19 Morgan Frost
10-28-19 Nic Aube-Kubel
10-21-19 Morgan Frost
10-14-19 Joel Farabee