Otters' Connor McDavid Named CHL Player of the Week
April 28, 2015 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL) News Release
Toronto, ON - The Canadian Hockey League today announced that 2015 NHL Draft top prospect Connor McDavid of the Erie Otters is the CHL Player of the Week for the playoff week ending April 26 after recording nine points in three games scoring seven goals and two assists.
McDavid earns the award for the second time this post-season after extending his playoff-long point-streak to 12 games helping the Otters take a 2-1 series lead against the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the OHL's Western Conference Championship Series. In Game 1 last Thursday night, the Otters trailed 3-0 when he scored a natural hat-trick to tie the game before the Greyhounds prevailed 6-3. McDavid earned third star honours in the contest. His four-point performance in Game 2 on Friday night led the Otters to a 5-2 win scoring twice including the game-winner plus two assists, followed by a two-goal effort on Sunday scoring a shorthanded marker plus the game-winner as second star of a 4-2 victory in Game 3. The series continues with Game 4 on Tuesday night in Erie and Game 5 Thursday night in Sault Ste. Marie with both games to be broadcast live on Sportsnet 360.
McDavid, an 18-year-old from Newmarket, ON, is playing in his third OHL season with the Otters. The OHL playoff scoring leader has 32 points in 12 games including 18 goals and 14 assists after finishing the regular season campaign with 120 points in 47 games. McDavid is the top ranked skater for the 2015 NHL Draft appearing first in NHL Central Scouting's final rankings.
Also considered for the award this week was Antony DeLuca of the Rimouski Oceanic who scored four goals and one assist for five points in two victories against the Val-d'Or Foreurs in the QMJHL Semi-Final series, and New Jersey Devils prospect John Quenneville of the Brandon Wheat Kings who scored two goals and three assists for five points in two games against the Calgary Hitmen in the WHL's Eastern Conference Final.
2014-15 CHL Playoff Players of the Week:
Apr. 20 - Apr. 26: Connor McDavid (Erie Otters)
Apr. 13 - Apr. 19: Ivan Barbashev (Moncton Wildcats)
Apr. 6 - Apr. 12: Connor McDavid (Erie Otters)
Mar. 30 - Apr. 5: Adam Tambellini (Calgary Hitmen)
Mar. 23 - Mar. 29: Brandon Magee (Victoria Royals)
2014-15 CHL Regular Season Players of the Week:
Mar. 16 - Mar. 22: Dylan Strome (Erie Otters)
Mar. 9 - Mar. 15: Louick Marcotte (Gatineau Olympiques)
Mar. 2 - Mar. 8: Nikolaj Ehlers (Halifax Mooseheads)
Feb. 23 - Mar. 1: Anthony DeAngelo (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
Feb. 16 - Feb. 22: Jayce Hawryluk (Brandon Wheat Kings)
Feb. 9 - Feb. 15: Conor Garland (Moncton Wildcats)
Feb. 2 - Feb. 8: Danick Martel (Blainville-Boisbriand Armada)
Jan. 26 - Feb. 1: Oliver Bjorkstrand (Portland Winterhawks)
Jan. 19 - Jan. 25: Jérémy Grégoire (Baie-Comeau Drakkar)
Jan. 12 - Jan. 18: Anthony Beauvillier (Shawinigan Cataractes)
Jan. 5 - Jan. 11: Evgeny Svechnikov (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles)
Dec. 29 - Jan. 4: Mathieu Lemay (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies)
Dec. 15 - Dec. 28: Trevor Cox (Medicine Hat Tigers)
Dec. 8 - Dec. 14: Christian Dvorak (London Knights)
Dec. 1 - Dec. 7: Connor Rankin (Calgary Hitmen)
Nov. 24 - Nov. 30: Nikolaj Ehlers (Halifax Mooseheads)
Nov. 17 - Nov. 23: Mitch Marner (London Knights)
Nov. 10 - Nov. 16: Conor Garland (Moncton Wildcats)
Nov. 3 - Nov. 9: Conor Garland (Moncton Wildcats)
Oct. 27 - Nov. 2: Mitch Marner (London Knights)
Oct. 20 - Oct. 26: Daniel Audette (Sherbrooke Phoenix)
Oct. 13 - Oct. 19: Cole Cassels (Oshawa Generals)
Oct. 6 - Oct. 12: Nikita Korostelev (Sarnia Sting)
Sept. 29 - Oct. 5: Madison Bowey (Kelowna Rockets)
Sept. 22 - Sept. 28: Christopher Clapperton (Rimouski Oceanic)
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