Katherine Purchase of the women’s hockey team and Scott Oke of the men’s hockey team have been named PJ’s Pub Concordia Stingers athletes of the week for the period ending Nov. 30.
Purchase, a rookie goaltender, was exceptional in 1-0 victory over the Ottawa Gee-Gees last Friday. She turned away 25 shots to earn the shutout. Purchase has played four games this season and has two shutouts. Her goals-against average is 0.72 and her save percentage is .966 which ranks her No. 1 in the CIS in both categories.
An 18-year-old native of Halifax, Purchase is an Accounting student at Concordia.
Oke, a rookie left wing, came up big in a 5-4 double overtime victory over the RMC Paladins on Saturday. He scored the winning goal at 3:23 of the second overtime period. He collected two goals and an assist in the game. In 18 games this season, he has seven goals and 11 assists for 18 points.
The 21-year-old student from Candiac, Que. is working towards a degree in Economics at Concordia.
