Trojans Hockey Player Ranked 1st in Statewide Vote

As of midnight Tuesday, senior Blake Wojtala was ranked first in a statewide vote of the top ten high school hockey players in Michigan being conducted by State Champs! High School Sports Show.

The TV show, in conjunction with The Suburban Collection, is instituting a High School Hockey Player of the Year. The first award will be given out later this year.

Anyone can nominate a player by emailing idea@statechamps.tv. The top 10 candidates at any given time are listed on the show's website. Fans can vote for their favorite as many times as they'd like, as long as they do so with a valid email address.

At the end of the season, the top vote-getter will earn an automatic berth into the final four. Simply receiving the most votes does not automatically make that person the High School Hockey Player of the Year, however, it does increase the player's chance by 20 percent.

As of midnight Tuesday, Wojtala had 2,741 votes, a close race to Wyandotte's Tyler Groat with 2716 votes. The two Downriver athletes far surpass the rest of the contenders, with the third place player, Scott Cuthrell of Waterford Mott High School, having 1,002 votes.