{"id":24081,"date":"2018-01-30T15:36:29","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T15:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=24081"},"modified":"2018-01-30T15:36:29","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T15:36:29","slug":"devils-netminder-named-top-elite-league-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/devils-netminder-named-top-elite-league-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Devils netminder named Top Elite League player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff Devils netminder Ben Bowns has been named the Elite League\u2019s player of the week.<br \/>\nThe 27-year-old played a pivotal role in the Devils three wins over the last week as he stopped 73 out of 76 shots.<br \/>\nThe Devils have opened up a seven-point lead at the top of the table and will face a tough test against the Sheffield Steelers in the Challenge Cup tomorrow.<br \/>\nBowns was grateful for the award but gave credit to his team mates and says it\u2019s a collective award.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24086\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24086\" style=\"width: 457px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-24086\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/devils-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/devils-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/devils-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/devils-2-770x512.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/devils-2-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/devils-2-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/devils-2-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24086\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/devils-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/devils-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/devils-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/devils-2-770x512.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/devils-2-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/devils-2-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/devils-2-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/noscript> Cardiff Devils<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s nice to receive but it&#8217;s more of a team thing for us this season,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe guys have been unreal in front of me and it\u2019s because of them, they make my job a hell of a lot easier.<br \/>\n\u201cFor me, these three games this week have been something of a goalie battle with my opponents and that added a little more pressure, but it is a challenge I enjoy.\u201d<br \/>\nDevil\u2019s coach Andrew Lord, praised his keeper\u2019s performance.<br \/>\n&#8220;We are very pleased as an organisation to hear Bownsy has been named the league\u2019s player of the week,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s well deserved and a great reflection of his performance as he has been solid all season, but his game has definitely picked up the last six weeks or so.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff Devils netminder Ben Bowns has been named the Elite League\u2019s player of the week. The 27-year-old played a pivotal role in the Devils three wins over the last week as he stopped 73 out of 76 shots. The Devils have opened up a seven-point lead at the top of the table and will face a tough test against the Sheffield Steelers in the Challenge Cup tomorrow. Bowns was grateful for the award but gave credit to his team mates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":24091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,4,113],"tags":[59,1185,5420],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-24081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ice-hockey-sport","category-sport","category-uncategorised","tag-cardiff-devils","tag-ice-hockey","tag-player-of-the-week"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Devils netminder named Top Elite League player - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/30\/devils-netminder-named-top-elite-league-player\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Devils netminder named Top Elite League player - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cardiff Devils netminder Ben Bowns has been named the Elite League\u2019s player of the week. 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