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Toronto,
ON – The Ontario Hockey League announced that
forward Tyler Toffoli of the Ottawa 67’s is the OHL
Player of the Week for the second time this season.
Toffoli, who was also recently named the OHL’s
Player of the Month for December, scored four goals
and five assists for nine points in three games with
a plus-minus rating of plus-5 for the week ending
January 9.
Toffoli led the 67’s to three straight wins
highlighted by a four-point game on Sunday in a 6-4
win over the Owen Sound Attack. He was named the
game’s first star scoring his third hat-trick of the
season while adding an assist in the win. Earlier in
the week he recorded three assists as part of a 4-3
road win over the Peterborough Petes on Thursday,
before scoring a goal and an assist in a 6-0 win
Friday against the Petes at Rona Centre in Ottawa.
Toffoli, an 18-year-old from Scarborough, ON, is
playing in his third OHL season with the 67’s. He
currently leads the OHL in scoring with 38 goals and
37 assists for 75 points in 41 games and is
currently on a 23-game point streak which includes
six-straight multi-point games. Toffoli was selected
47th overall by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2010
NHL Entry Draft.
Also considered for the award was a pair of
Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors and 2011 World
Junior Hockey Championship participants including
Casey Cizikas and Maxim Kitsyn. Cizikas scored four
goals and two assists for six points in two games,
while Kitsyn scored three goals and two assists for
five points in his first two career OHL games. In
goal, 2011 NHL Entry Draft prospect Mike Morrison of
the Kitchener Rangers won two games and posted a
1.50 goals-against-average with a save percentage of
.954.
2010-11 OHL Players of the Week:
Jan. 3 – Jan. 9: Tyler Toffoli, Ottawa 67’s
Dec. 27 – Jan. 2: Joey Hishon, Owen Sound Attack
Dec. 13 – Dec. 19: Colin Behenna, Barrie Colts
Dec. 6 – Dec. 12: Nick Ebert, Windsor Spitfires
Nov. 29 – Dec. 5: Ryan Strome, Niagara IceDogs
Nov. 22 – Nov. 28: Greg McKegg, Erie Otters
Nov. 15 – Nov. 21: Christian Thomas, Oshawa Generals
Nov. 8 – Nov. 14: Tyler Toffoli, Ottawa 67’s
Nov. 1 – Nov. 7: Jason Akeson, Kitchener Rangers
Oct. 25 – Oct. 31: Justin Shugg, Mississauga St.
Michael’s Majors
Oct. 18 – Oct. 24: Joey Hishon, Owen Sound Attack
Oct. 11 – 17: Garrett Wilson, Owen Sound Attack
Oct. 4 – 10: Nathan Moon, Kingston Frontenacs
Sept. 27 – Oct. 3: Greg McKegg, Erie Otters
Sept. 23 – Sept. 26: Alex Aleardi, Plymouth Whalers
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