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Toronto,
ON – The Ontario Hockey League announced the top OHL
Performers of the Month for January, 2011.
OHL Player of the Month – Ryan Strome, Niagara
IceDogs
Ryan Strome of the Niagara IceDogs led the OHL in
January scoring with 26 points in 13 games including
four goals and 22 assists. His 26 points fell one
point shy of matching his rookie season total of 27
points one year ago in 61 games split between the
IceDogs and the Barrie Colts. He recorded points in
11 of his 13 games played with 10 multi-point
performances leading the IceDogs to a 9-2-0-2
record. He had five three-point games including
January 13 against the Erie Otters where he scored
the game-winning goal with two assists as third star
of a 3-0 win.
Strome, a 17-year-old from Mississauga, ON, ranks
second in league scoring with 78 points in 48 games.
He is eligible for the 2011 NHL Entry Draft and is
ranked 19th overall among North American skaters by
NHL Central Scouting and competed as a member of
Team Cherry in the recent 2011 Home Hardware CHL/NHL
Top Prospects Game.
OHL Rookie of the Month – Nail Yakupov, Sarnia
Sting
Nail Yakupov of the Sarnia Sting claims this award
for the second time this season after tying for the
rookie lead in January scoring with 11 goals and
eight assists for 19 points in 12 games. He recorded
points in 11 of his 12 games played and had a
career-high 11-game point streak stretch from
December 10 through January 14. His month included
five multi-point games including his first career
OHL hat-trick recorded on January 21 plus an assist
for his third four-point game of the season despite
a 6-4 loss to the Erie Otters.
Yakupov, a 17-year-old from Nizhnekamsk, Russia,
leads all OHL rookies in scoring with 35 goals and
35 assists for 70 points in 46 games. He is eligible
for the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.
OHL Defenceman of the Month – Ryan Ellis, Windsor
Spitfires
Ryan Ellis of the Windsor Spitfires led all OHL
defencemen and his club in scoring with 20 points in
10 games scoring four goals and adding 16 assists. A
winner of this award for the second time this
season, he also tied for a league-high with a
plus-minus rating of plus-12 in January. He recorded
points in nine of his 10 games including seven
straight games after returning from the 2011 World
Junior Championship where he served as Captain of
Canada’s National Junior Team. His month also
included a career-best six-point game on January 28
where he scored a goal and five assists as first
star of a 7-1 win over the Kitchener Rangers.
Ellis, a 20-year-old from Freelton, ON, leads the
Windsor Spitfires and currently ranks second among
OHL defencemen in scoring with 60 points in 37
games. A Nashville Predators prospect, Ellis was
selected in the first round, 11th overall, in the
2009 NHL Entry Draft.
OHL Goaltender of the Month – JP Anderson,
Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors
JP Anderson of the Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors
posted a 6-0-0-1 record in January with a league-low
goals-against-average of 1.30 and a league-high save
percentage of .941. He recorded his OHL-best fourth
shutout of the season on January 13 with 22 saves as
first star of a 4-0 win over the Brampton Battalion.
Anderson wrapped up January by being named the
Vaughn CHL Goaltender of the Week for the week
ending January 30.
Anderson, an 18-year-old from Toronto, ON, is
playing in his third OHL season and is tied for
first in wins with a career-high of 25 but leads the
OHL with four shutouts. He also leads the league
with a goals-against-average of 2.17 and has one of
the top save percentages at .919. After signing with
the San Jose Sharks as a free agent in September,
Anderson was called up by the big club and served as
an emergency backup on January 22 in the Sharks’ 4-3
win over the Minnesota Wild.
2010-11 OHL Top Performers of the Month
Player of the Month:
January – Ryan Strome, Niagara IceDogs
December – Tyler Toffoli, Ottawa 67’s
November – Jason Akeson, Kitchener Rangers
October – Garrett Wilson, Owen Sound Attack
Rookie of the Month:
January – Nail Yakupov, Sarnia Sting
December – Nick Ebert, Windsor Spitfires
November – Eric Locke, Windsor Spitfires
October – Nail Yakupov, Sarnia Sting
Defenceman of the Month:
January – Ryan Ellis, Windsor Spitfires
December – Ryan Murphy, Kitchener Rangers
November – Ryan Ellis, Windsor Spitfires
October – Ryan Murphy, Kitchener Rangers
Goaltender of the Month:
January – JP Anderson, Mississauga St. Michael’s
Majors
December – Petr Mrazek, Ottawa 67’s
November – Scott Wedgewood, Plymouth Whalers
October – Mavric Parks, Saginaw Spirit
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