By Voice Staff
The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) last week announced the six players that have been selected as finalists for its Top Forward Award in the 2025-26 season, and a Winkler Flyer made the cut.
Each of the finalists were determined through a voting process completed by the CJHL’s nine-member leagues.
Earning the nod from the Manitoba Junior Hockey League is 20-year-old Niklas Gudmundson.
Gudmundson’s season with the Flyers saw him contribute 29 goals and 45 assists to rank fourth overall in points and eighth in goals and assists. He was second in point-per-game average and earned the league’s Most Valuable Player Award Gudmundson recently committed to play NCAA D-I hockey next season at Northern Michigan University.
He is up against the MHL’s Anthony Gaudet (Amherst Ramblers), the CCHL’s Gabriel Le Houillier (Rockland Nationals, the OJHL’s Taeo Artichuk (Trenton Golden Hawks), Mathieu Comeau (Hearst Lumberjacks) from the NOJHL, and Jalen Bianchet (Whitecourt Wolverines) of the AJHL).
Also earning consideration for CJHL Top Forward honours were Lucas Bertolin, Thunder Bay North Stars (SIJHL), Gabriel Courchesne, Yorkton Terriers (SJHL), and Evan Courtois, Titan de Princevile (LHJAAAQ).
