Fransoo, Kotchorek up for league awards
North Stars defenceman Kendall Fransoo and goaltender Taryn Kotchorek are on this year’s SJHL awards ballot, as the league released the list of nominees up for five awards this past weekend.
Fransoo is up for defenceman of the year along with Eric Sinclair of Flin Flon, Josh Rieger of Estevan, and Mike Eskra of Weyburn, while Kotchorek is up for goaltender of the year along with Kristian Stead of Nipawin and Colby Entz of Melville.
The ballot for each award has one player per division, although an exception was made for defenceman of the year as both Rieger and Eskra were nominated from the Viterra division.
Fransoo is in his second year as captain and has seen his offensive numbers explode.