
Generals' Nando Eggenberger Named OHL 'On the Run' Player of the Week
February 18, 2019 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL) News Release
Toronto, ON - The Ontario Hockey League today announced that Oshawa Generals forward Nando Eggenberger is the OHL "On the Run' Player of the Week for the regular season week ending February 17 with six points in three games including four goals and two assists and a plus-minus rating of plus-4.
Eggenberger scored in three straight games last week helping the Generals extend their winning-streak to six. His week began with first star honours on Wednesday picking up a goal and an assist as part of a 6-3 victory over division rivals the Peterborough Petes. The club then embarked on a two-game road trip through Michigan where Eggenberger scored a goal in Friday's 5-4 win against the Flint Firebirds, then tallied twice including the game-winner plus an assist as first star of Saturday's 5-1 triumph over the Saginaw Spirit for the team's league-best 20th road victory. The Generals enter Family Day action holding down third place in the Eastern Conference standings on the verge of securing a berth in the 2019 OHL Playoffs with a 36-18-3-0 record ahead of a home date with the second place Sudbury Wolves.
A 19-year-old from Chur, Switzerland, Eggenberger is playing in his first OHL season with the Generals who chose him 33rd overall in the 2018 CHL Import Draft. So far this season the left winger's scored 21 goals and 21 assists for 42 points in 48 games including 11 multi-point performances. Eggenberger captained Switzerland at the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship leading the club to an impressive fourth place finish.
Watch video highlights of Eggenberger and the Generals against the Petes, Firebirds, and Spirit.
Also considered for the award this week was Alan Lyszczarczyk of the Mississauga Steelheads scoring five goals and one assist for six points in three games, and Calgary Flames prospect Adam Ruzicka of the Sudbury Wolves with four goals and two assists for six points in three games. In goal, Kai Edmonds of the Barrie Colts posted a 2-0-0-0 record with 51 saves for a goals-against-average of 1.50 and save percentage of .944.
2018-19 OHL "On the Run' Players of the Week - Regular Season:
Feb. 11 - Feb. 17: Nando Eggenberger (Oshawa Generals)
Feb. 4 - Feb. 10: Jacob Ingham (Mississauga Steelheads)
Jan. 28 - Feb. 3: Riley Damiani (Kitchener Rangers)
Jan. 21 - Jan. 27: Liam Foudy (London Knights)
Jan. 14 - Jan. 20: Morgan Frost (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
Jan. 7 - Jan. 13: Isaac Ratcliffe (Guelph Storm)
Dec. 31 - Jan. 6: Arthur Kaliyev (Hamilton Bulldogs)
Dec. 24 - Dec. 30: Kyle Maksimovich (Erie Otters)
Dec. 10 - Dec. 16: Andrew MacLean (Owen Sound Attack)
Dec. 3 - Dec. 9: Brett Neumann (Kingston Frontenacs)
Nov. 26 - Dec. 2: Jason Robertson (Niagara IceDogs)
Nov. 19 - Nov. 25: Morgan Frost (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
Nov. 12 - Nov. 18: Owen Tippett (Mississauga Steelheads)
Nov. 5 - Nov. 11: Jason Robertson (Kingston Frontenacs)
Oct. 29 - Nov. 4: Kevin Hancock (Owen Sound Attack)
Oct. 22 - Oct. 28: Stephen Dhillon (Niagara IceDogs)
Oct. 15 - Oct. 21: Justin Brazeau (North Bay Battalion)
Oct. 8 - Oct. 14: Damien Giroux (Saginaw Spirit)
Oct. 1 - Oct. 7: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (Sudbury Wolves)
Sept. 24 - Sept. 30: Lucas Chiodo (Barrie Colts)
Sept. 19 - Sept. 23: Akil Thomas (Niagara IceDogs)
Ontario Hockey League Stories from February 18, 2019
- Firebirds' Morgan Records First-Career Hat-Trick as Flint Earns Holiday Point in Guelph Monday - Flint Firebirds
- Steelheads Put Nine Past the Knights in Family Day Win - Brampton Steelheads
- No Answer to Chmelevski - North Bay Battalion
- Bulldogs Celebrate Family Day with 7-5 Win over Barrie - Brantford Bulldogs
- Sting Withstand Saginaw, 7-6 in a Shootout - Sarnia Sting
- Generals Top Wolves in Shootout - Oshawa Generals
- Back and Forth Family Day Ends in Bulldogs 7-5 Win over Colts - Barrie Colts
- Fronts Push Back in the Third But Fall 3-2 to Rangers - Kingston Frontenacs
- Spirit Salvage Point in 7-6 Shootout Loss to Sting - Saginaw Spirit
- Attack Lose Tight One to Spitfires, 2-1 - Owen Sound Attack
- Chmelevski Scores Five as 67's Beat Battalion 6-3 - Ottawa 67's
- Rangers Win against the Frontenacs in Kingston, 3-2 - Kitchener Rangers
- IceDogs return home from Peterborough with two points - Niagara IceDogs
- OHL 'On the Run' Player of the Week: Nando Eggenberger - Oshawa Generals
- Generals' Nando Eggenberger Named OHL 'On the Run' Player of the Week - OHL
- Sleeman "Pick up the Tab" Night at the Sleeman Centre March 8th - Guelph Storm
- Game Preview: Gens vs. Wolves Today in a Family Day Tilt at Home at 2:05pm - Oshawa Generals
- Preview: Spirit, Sting Play Monday Matinee in Sarnia - Saginaw Spirit
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