Tri City Americans’ Zachary Yuen Named HockeyShot.com Defensive POTW – Junior Hockey News

JuniorHockey.com today announced that Zachary Yuen, of the Western Hockey League’s Tri-City Americans, has been named HockeyShot.com’s National Defensive Player of the Week for the period ending February 19th.

Yuen recorded two points (1g, 1a) and a plus-two rating while also helping Tri-City go 2-2 in a tough four-game week. The 6’0″, 200 pounder from Vancouver, BC has a plus 37 rating through the first 52 games this season, leading all defensemen in the WHL and #2 overall. The nineteen-year-old also has 29 points (9g, 20a) on the season.

Zach Yuen became the first Chinese blueliner to be drafted into the league, selected 119th overall. And Yuen is hoping his ethnicity and rising exposure will help him become the perfect role model for Chinese kids looking to get into the sport.

“I didn’t see too many Asians play hockey when I was growing up,” Yuen said. “Hopefully, this will help other Chinese Canadians, inspire them and get them to pursue hockey too in the future. If they look up to me and they see me doing something good, they’ll follow suit.”

via Americans’ Yuen Named HockeyShot.com Defensive POTW – Junior Hockey News.