First Blizzstar of week 3 is Luke Laraque! First time this season being on the list, Luke has had a solid week putting up 5 more points in just as many games compared to last week. On top of that, he improved his +/- rating by +12 this week, which means he is a positive impact while he is on the ice, keeping the opposition from being effective in the EDM defensive zone. His 13 Assists this week has also propelled him into 8th in the top 10 assist list. As so many other Blizzards this season, Luke Laraque is also on track to set career numbers this season. Putting up 83 points in 66 games last season, Luke has 11 games to gain 9+ points to tie or best his previous season, the main difference here is he finished season 70 at Minus-11, and is currently +18 (the +12 this week provided a massive boost). Overall, Laraque is finding his groove in the league and is coming into his prime.

From Honorable Mention to Second Blizzstar of the week, Bejamin Surkhi-Ze’ev! Following up last week’s performance, Surkhi-Ze’ev put up almost identical numbers showing that the previous week’s performance was no fluke. Benjamin now sits second on the team with 30G, 45A, 75Pts leapfrogging Oles Kobliska who was last weeks First Blizzstar. Coming into the final week of the regular season, Benjamin will need to amass 8 points or more to have another career season. Similar to fellow Blizzstar and S65 draftee, Benjamin is coming into his prime and will be essential to Edmonton’s cup aspirations on and off the ice.

IT’S A BACK-TO-BACK BLIZZSTAR OF THE WEEK!  Who does this guy think he is?! What can I say that wasn’t already said (last week)? Luca is still on track for a career year, only needs 9 more point in these last 11 games to best his production. However, as of the end of week 3, Hunziker has already obliterated his career high takeaways with 71 so far (S68 – TOR – 50TA), and lowest Giveaway total of his career and the team with 7..SEVEN! SEVEN GIVEAWAYS IN 55 GAMES?! And that’s with first line pairing minutes, so you can’t say he doesn’t have giveaways because he’s not on the ice or touching the puck. Another fun fact, almost half of his giveaways came this week as he had an insane ratio of 23:3 (TA:GA)

Honorable mention goes to Evan Winter this week! This fine piece of German engineering is a piece of art, Winter has been chugging along and producing at an unreal pace all season, if the Blizzstar list was base only on scoring production, he would be first star every week, no questions asked. The only gap in Winter’s game is finding some consistency between scoring in bunches and being left off the score sheet. He has a very important role in Edmonton, usually when he scores, they will win the game. Evan is currently top 10 in Goals, Assists, Points, Shots, and Powerplay Goals.