Chantz Pertuic of the Yorkton Hyundai Terriers has been named the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s RBC Player Of The Year, and SGEU Most Valuable Player.
The awards come as Petruic also sits atop the SJHL scoring ladder with a league-best 58-goals, with one game to play, to go along with 51 assists for 109 points, 22 points better than Cole Rafuse of Flin Flon with 87 points this season.
Petruic eclipsing the 50-goal put him elite company in the history of the Terriers becoming only the sixth player to score 50, or more in a season. The others are Darrell Spelay who did it four times, Bryan Kuspira, Pat Ford, Ed Zawatzky and most recently in the 1991-92 season Dean Seymour.
Through 157 career games, Petruic has 243-points, including 110-goals.
The Moose Jaw product played one year of WHL hockey with his hometown Warriors so isn’t eligible for NCAA hockey.
So, what will come next for Petruic after his final season with the Terriers is compete – with a league championship and beyond he hopes?
“I’m not really sure really. It’s still up in the air,” he said in an interview with Yorkton This Week after hitting the 50-goal mark, adding it might be a pro contract somewhere, or off to a Canadian college to play hockey, although what his career path past hockey will be is still to be decided.
“I’m not sure what the best route is for me yet.”
