Press Release
Toronto, ON – The Ontario Hockey League today announced that Los
Angeles Kings prospect Zac Leslie of the Guelph Storm is the OHL Player
of the Week for the week ending November 24 after scoring six goals and
four assists for 10 points in four games with a league-high plus-minus
rating of plus-9.
Leslie becomes the first defenceman in the OHL to win the award this
season and third member of the Storm after helping his club win three
games to keep pace in the competitive Midwest Division producing
back-to-back four-point performances to finish the week. On Saturday
night Leslie recorded the first multi-goal game of his OHL career
scoring four times including the game-winner and was named first star of
a 6-2 win over the Plymouth Whalers. One day later he picked up his
second straight multi-goal game netting two and adding a pair of assists
as first star of a 6-0 win over the Kitchener Rangers. He was held
scoreless on Friday night in a 4-2 loss to the Windsor Spitfires, but
picked up two assists on Tuesday night in a 9-3 win over the Mississauga
Steelheads.
Leslie, a 19-year-old from Ottawa, ON, is playing in his third OHL
season with the Storm. Selected by the Kings in the sixth round of the
2013 NHL Draft, Leslie has eight goals and 13 assists for 21 points in
18 games after recording 40 points in 68 games played last season.
Click here to see highlights of Leslie and the Storm against the Kitchener Rangers
Storm forward and Dallas Stars prospect Jason Dickinson was also
considered for the award this week with 10 points in four games
including three goals and seven assists, while Dane Fox of the Erie
Otters picked up four goals and four assists for eight points in three
games. In goal, Philadelphia Flyers prospect Anthony Stolarz of the
London Knights went 2-0-0-0 with a shutout victory along with a
goals-against-average of 0.50 and save percentage of .985.
(Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)
Monday, November 25, 2013
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