Photo Courtesy of the Green Bay Gamblers [https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/ddc5e318-6250-4f9c-93e8-4a13ef67818f.png] Photo Courtesy of the Green Bay Gamblers As the USHL continues to hand out its end-of-season awards, Will Zellers of the Green Bay Gamblers has added more hardware to his collection. On Tuesday, the league announced Zellers is the USHL [https://thehockeynews.com/ushl/]Forward of the Year for the 2024-25 season. Zellers’ selection marks the first time in team history a player from Green Bay [https://gamblershockey.com/]has won the award. All end-of-season league awards were nominated and voted upon by team general managers. Zellers piled up the points for the Gamblers this season, tallying 71 in 52 games. He also recorded a league-leading 44 goals and 27 assists with a 1.37 point-per-game average, the highest mark for any skater this season. The North Dakota commit was a key piece of the Gamblers' top-ranked power play, which came in at 27.8%. He contributed 10 goals and 12 assists on the man advantage. Despite missing 10 games in the regular season, Zellers took a league-leading 214 shots on goal with a 20.6% shooting percentage. The Maple Grove, Minn. native was selected in the 2024 NHL Draft by the Colorado Avalanche [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/colorado-avalanche]. The Boston Bruins [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/boston-bruins]acquired his rights midway through the season. Zellers was named to the All-USHL First Team on Monday.
