Toronto, ON - The Ontario Hockey League today announced that Mike Duco of the Kitchener Rangers is the Boston Pizza OHL Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday April 27 after scoring three goals and finishing with a plus-6 plus/minus rating in two playoff games.
Duco helped the Rangers to a pair of wins that helped them beat the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in five games in the Rogers OHL Western Conference Championship Series.
Duco scored two goals, including a short-handed effort, and was the second star in a 7-3 win over the Greyhounds in Game 4 on Monday and added another goal in a 5-0 win in the series-clincher on Wednesday. He has scored 12 goals and had three assists for 15 points in 13 playoff games.
Duco, a 20-year-old native of Scarborough, scored a career-high 32 goals and 22 assists for 54 points in 62 games this season.
2007-08 Boston Pizza OHL Players of the Week Sep. 23 - John Tavares, Oshawa Generals Sep. 30 - Alex Pietrangelo, Niagara IceDogs Oct. 7 - Dustin Jeffrey, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Oct. 14 - John Tavares, Oshawa Generals Oct. 21 - Nick Spaling, Kitchener Rangers Oct. 28 - Yannick Weber, Kitchener Rangers Nov. 5 - Brett MacLean, Oshawa Generals Nov. 12 - Bobby Sanguinetti, Brampton Battalion Nov. 19 - Tomi Karhunen, Sarnia Sting Nov. 26 - Jeremy Smith, Plymouth Whalers Dec. 3 - Kyle Gajewski, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Dec. 10 - Justin Hodgman, Erie Otters Dec. 17 - Thomas McCollum, Guelph Storm Dec. 31 - Jack Combs, Saginaw Spirit Jan. 7 - Brett Parnham, Oshawa Generals Jan. 14 - John Tavares, Oshawa Generals Jan. 21 - Joshua Bailey, Windsor Spitfires Jan. 28 - Sebastian Dahm, Niagara IceDogs Feb. 4 - Thomas McCollum, Guelph Storm Feb. 11 - Michael Swift, Niagara IceDogs Feb. 18 - Dustin Jeffrey, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Feb. 25 - Kyle Gajewski, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds March 3 - Taylor Hall, Windsor Spitfires March 10 - Taylor Hall, Windsor Spitfires March 17 - Adam Courchaine, Ottawa 67's March 24 - Sebastian Dahm, Niagara IceDogs March 31 - Michael Hutchinson, Barrie Colts April 7 - Steve Mason, Kitchener Rangers April 14 - Kyle Gajewski, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds April 21 - Matt Beleskey, Belleville Bulls April 28 - Mike Duco, Kitchener Rangers
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