Rakhshani Named Rookie Of The Week

(left) Cali surfer Rhett Rakhshani was named co-Rookie of the Week
A pair of first-year forwards who helped their respective teams to successful showings last weekend - Paul Crowder of the University of Alaska Anchorage and Rhett Rakhshani of the University of Denver - have been named Red Baron WCHA co-Rookies of the Week for Jan. 2-8, 2007.
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Rakhshani, a 5-10, 170-pound right wing from Huntington Beach, Calif., earned tournament Most Valuable Player honors after producing three assists to help the Pioneers to their own Wells Fargo Denver Cup championship on Dec. 29-30. A draft choice of the NHL's New York Islanders, Rakhshani had an assist on teammate Geoff Paukovich's game-winner in a 3-0 win over Mercyhurst last Friday and then added two more in the 2-1 championship game win over UMass-Lowell last Saturday.
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Rakhshani also earned the WCHA's weekly rookie honor back on Nov. 14. Rakhshani has 4-17-21 in 22 games played this season to rank third among DU players in scoring.

3 comments:

du78 said...

Where did you find that picture, it is great.

dggoddard said...

It was taken by his local paper, I believe the Orange County Register. They ran an article on him and two other local boys that had a shot at being drafted. Here's the Link...

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/sports/homepage/article_1192289.php

du78 said...

Thanks