Mark Cooper voted as Player of January!

Photo: William Cherry

With almost 4,500 voted cast across Facebook and Twitter, fans across the Premier Sports Elite League have chosen their player of January: Belfast Giants' Mark Cooper!

Te Giants' Canadian forward had an exceptional month in January: in 10 games, he scored five goals and assisted on 10 others for 15 points overall and ended +6. The 29-year-old hit a hat trick in the 6-1 thrashing of Coventry to move to 31 points in 28 league games thus far.

Full combined voting results:

• 1,582 votes Mark Cooper (Belfast Giants)
• 1,520 votes Evan Mosey (Sheffield Steelers)
• 911 votes Mark Carruth (Cardiff Devils)
• 483 votes Sebastian Bengtsson (Dundee Stars)