Every week we will nominate five candidates for the Buffalo Wild Wings Boys Basketball Player of the Week.

 Voting will go until Wednesday at midnight and the winner will be named on Thursday. 

 Each winner will receive an NHSportspage t-shirt and a Buffalo Wild Wings gift certificate from our longtime partners at Buffalo Wild Wings with locations in Manchester, Nashua, Concord, Rochester, and Newington!

 Week 1 winner: Jake Kidney of Monadnock

 This week’s candidates:

 Brendan Walker of Woodsville: The sophomore shooting guard scored 21 points on seven 3-pointers in a 64-38 road win over defending champion Epping.

 Rylan Canabano of Concord: The Tide all-state guard is off to a terrific start this season and came up huge in a big road win at Londonderry. Canabano scored 24 points in the 56-53 victory.

 Devin Bedell of Pittsfield: The Panthers all-state forward scored 19 points in a big 51-50 win over a very good Sunapee team.

 Sammy Stauffeneker of Mascenic Regional: One of the best guards in the state was terrific against Somersworth, scoring 28 points in a huge 77-69 victory.

 Trevor DeMinico of Salem: The Blue Devils all-state guard came up big with 22 points in a 69-65 win over Pinkerton Academy on Friday night.