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Fort St. John player named Western Hockey League’s player of week

Ethan Semeniuk, a 20-year-old forward from Fort St. John, had five points as the Moose Jaw Warriors won their first two Western Hockey League regular-season contests.

By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

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September 25, 2025

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Ethan Semeniuk (left), formerly of Fort St. John, celebrates a goal during the Moose Jaw Warriors victory against the Brandon Wheat Kings on Saturday, September 20th. (Moose Jaw Warriors Hockey Club, Facebook)

MOOSE JAW, SASK. — A Moose Jaw Warriors forward formerly from the Peace region has been named the player of the week in the Western Hockey League (WHL).

Ethan Semeniuk, a 20-year-old forward from Fort St. John, factored heavily in the Warriors opening WHL contests on Friday, September 19th and Saturday, September 20th – a home-and-home series versus the Brandon Wheat Kings.

Semeniuk had a goal and an assist in the first leg, as the Warriors held off the Wheat Kings to win by a score of 6-4 on the road to start the 2025-26 season.

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In the return engagement just one night later, Semeniuk helped with an assist on the game’s opening goal, along with a third-period goal which spurned a comeback as the Warriors took a goal-heavy contest by a score of 9-7 in the club’s home opener.

His performance on Saturday evening earned him the game’s second star, as the Warriors took an early lead in the WHL’s East Division.

A 6’1” forward, Semeniuk is in his third season with the Warriors after a stint with the Vancouver Giants.

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He has 24 goals and 33 assists for 57 points in 105 regular-season games with the Warriors, and had a goal and six assists for seven points when the team captured the WHL championship in the 2023-24 season.

Semeniuk and the Warriors will next be in action on Saturday, September 27th against the Swift Current Broncos.

More details about the Moose Jaw Warriors are available on the team’s website.

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Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

A guy who found his calling later in life, Edward Hitchins is a professional storyteller with a colourful and extensive history.

Beginning his journey into journalism in 2012 at Seneca College, Edward also graduated from Humber College with an Advanced Diploma in Print and Broadcast Journalism in 2018. After time off from his career and venturing into other vocations, he started his career proper in 2022 in Campbell River, B.C.

Edward was attracted to the position of Indigenous Voices reporter with Energeticcity as a challenge. Having not been around First Nations for the majority of his life, he hopes to learn about their culture through meaningful conversations while properly telling their stories.

In a way, he hopes this position will allow both himself and Energeticcity to grow as a collective unit as his career moves forward and evolves into the next step.

He looks forward to growing both as a reporter and as a human being while being posted in Fort St. John.

This reporting position has been funded by the Government of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative.