Monday 1 November 2010

Silver claims first FBB Player of the Month

Excel Hull Stingrays forward Jason Silverthorn has claimed F Block Blog's first ever player of the month award after putting in a string of team leading performances in October.

Despite arriving late for his second year with the club, the Canadian forward lead the club with points (13) last month, registered six goals and seven assists in 13 games along the way. Although the opportunistic Jereme Tendler currently leads the club in goals and also has 13 points on the year, Silverthorn has lead by example offensively, helping the club into seventh place in the Elite League.

Silverthorn pipped Christian Boucher to the post, claiming FBB's first star in the home and home double header against Belfast and Newcastle last weekend after the Rays netminder had claimed the opening two awards in standout performances against Cardiff and Nottingham.

Despite missing much of the month with a knee injury, Lee Mitchell finished in joint third, after being awarded second star in his goalscoring return to action against Cardiff weekend, alongside Finn Matti Uusivirta, who impressed in his first month in the UK.