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Petes' Matt Puempel Named CHL Player Of The Week

Published on March 17, 2010 under Ontario Hockey League (OHL) News Release


Toronto, ON - The Canadian Hockey League today announced that rookie forward Matt Puempel of the Peterborough Petes is the CHL Player of the Week to close out the regular season for the week ending March 14. Puempel is the second straight Pete to claim this award recording eight points in two games with four goals and four assists and a plus-minus rating of plus-3.

Puempel put together the best game of his young career Saturday night with an incredible six-point performance scoring a hat-trick and adding three assists in a 10-3 win over the Oshawa Generals. He collected his 33rd goal of the season and was named first star of the game while becoming the youngest player in Petes' history to score 33 goals in a season. Earlier in the week, Puempel scored a goal and an assist as part of a 4-1 win over the Sudbury Wolves.

Puempel, a 17-year-old from Essex, ON, led all OHL rookies in scoring with 33 goals and 31 assists for 64 points in 59 games. He was also named the OHL's Rookie of the Month for January and February and helped push the Petes into sixth place in the OHL's Eastern Conference Standings.

David Gilbert of the Acadie-Bathurst Titan received consideration for the award scoring five goals and two assists for seven points in three games highlighted by a hat-trick performance Friday night in a 6-4 win over the Halifax Mooseheads. Matt Calvert of the Brandon Wheat Kings was also considered after scoring five goals and six assists for 11 points in three games with his top performance played last Wednesday with two goals and three assists in an 8-2 win over the Moose Jaw Warriors.

2009-10 CHL Players of the Week

Mar. 8 - Mar. 14: Matt Puempel, Peterborough Petes

Mar. 1 - Mar. 7: Austin Watson, Peterborough Petes

Feb. 22 - Feb. 28: Michael Stickland, Swift Current Broncos

Feb. 15 - Feb. 21: Luke Adam, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

Feb. 8 - Feb. 14: Brandon Kozun, Calgary Hitmen

Feb. 1 - Feb. 7: Michael Bournival, Shawinigan Cataractes

Jan. 25 - Jan. 31: Mikhail Stefanovich, Quebec Remparts

Jan. 18 - Jan. 24: Tyler Seguin, Plymouth Whalers

Jan. 11 - Jan. 17: Taylor Beck, Guelph Storm

Jan. 4 - Jan. 10: Taylor Hall, Windsor Spitfires

Dec. 27 - Jan. 3: Tye McGinn, Gatineau Olympiques

Dec. 14 - Dec. 20: Brayden McNabb, Kootenay Ice

Dec. 7 - Dec. 13: Jonathan Audy-Marchessault, Quebec Remparts

Nov. 30 - Dec. 6: Johnny Lazo, Tri-City Americans

Nov. 23 - Nov. 29: Philippe Cornet, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

Nov. 16 - Nov. 22: Tyler Toffoli, Ottawa 67's

Nov. 9 - Nov. 15: Matt Calvert, Brandon Wheat Kings

Nov. 2 - Nov. 8: Trevor Parkes, Montreal Juniors

Oct. 26 - Nov. 1: Tomas Kubalik, Victoriaville Tigres

Oct. 19 - 25: Taylor Hall, Windsor Spitfires

Oct. 12 - 18: Mark Isherwood, Medicine Hat Tigers

Oct. 5 - 11: Jason Bast, Moose Jaw Warriors

Sept. 28 - Oct. 4: Jordan Weal, Regina Pats

Sept. 21 - 27: Jonathan Hazen, Val-d'Or Foreurs

Sept. 14 - 20: Luke Pither, Barrie Colts

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