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Toronto, ON – The Ontario Hockey League today
announced that forward Tanner Pearson of the Barrie
Colts is the first OHL Player of the Week for the
2011-12 season. For the week ending September 25
Pearson led the OHL with eight points including five
goals and three assists in two games with a
plus-minus rating of plus-5.
Pearson led the Colts to two straight wins to open
the regular season beginning with a 7-4 victory over
the Kingston Frontenacs in the Colts’ home opener
Thursday night at the Barrie Molson Centre. In that
contest Pearson was named second star of the game
picking up two goals, including the club’s first
goal of the season, and adding three assists for his
first career five-point game. On Friday night in
Brampton, Pearson grabbed first star honours
spoiling the Battalion season opener with his first
career hat-trick tallying all three goals for the
Colts in a 3-1 win.
Pearson, a 19-year-old from Kitchener, ON, is
playing in his second OHL season with the Colts
after recording 42 points in 66 games last season.
Also considered for the award this week was
Pearson’s teammate Colin Behenna who finished second
in league scoring with seven points in two games
scoring a goal and six assists. Kerby Rychel of the
Windsor Spitfires scored twice and added four
assists for six points in three games. In goal,
Michael Houser of the London Knights won two games
including a shutout victory with a
goals-against-average of 0.48 and save percentage of
.988.
2011-12 OHL Players of the Week:
Sept. 21 – Sept. 25: Tanner Pearson, Barrie Colts
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