Toronto, ON – The Ontario Hockey
League today announced that
Andrew Yogan of the Peterborough
Petes is the OHL Player of the
Week for the week ending March
18 after leading the league with
eight points in three games
scoring four goals and four
assists along with a plus-minus
rating of plus-4 to close out
the OHL’s 2011-12 regular season
schedule.
Yogan finished his OHL career
with a five-point game including
a career-high four goals as
first star of an 8-6 win over
the Oshawa Generals on Sunday
evening. Yogan’s hat-trick goal
in the third period on Sunday
gave him 40 goals on the season
for the first time in his
five-year career and finished
off an impressive month of March
where he recorded 17 points in
seven games for the Petes. Yogan
also picked up an assist on
Thursday despite an 8-1 loss to
the Niagara IceDogs, and two
assists on Tuesday in a 4-3 loss
to the Generals.
Yogan, a 20-year-old from Boca
Raton, Florida, played five OHL
seasons beginning his career in
2007 with the Windsor Spitfires.
He also played parts of three
seasons with the Erie Otters
before scoring a career-high 78
points in 66 games with 41 goals
and 37 assists as a member of
the Petes this season. Selected
in the fourth round of the 2010
NHL Entry Draft by the New York
Rangers, Yogan finishes his OHL
career with 186 points in 240
career games.
Honourable mention for the award
this week goes to two-time
winner Michael Sgarbossa of the
Sudbury Wolves who clinched the
OHL scoring title with seven
points in four games including
three goals and four assists to
earn the Eddie Powers Memorial
Trophy with 102 points. Josh
Shalla of the Saginaw Spirit was
also considered after scoring
four goals and one assist for
five points in three games while
setting a new Spirit record for
career goals with 119. In goal,
Garret Sparks of the Guelph
Storm went 2-0-0-0 including a
shutout victory with a
goals-against-average of 0.50
and save percentage of .984
helping the Storm clinch a berth
in the OHL playoffs for the 20th
consecutive season.
2011-12 OHL Players of the Week:
Mar.
12 – Mar. 18: Andrew Yogan,
Peterborough Petes
Mar.
5 – Mar. 11: Brandon Maxwell,
Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors
Feb.
27 – Mar. 4: Michael Sgarbossa,
Sudbury Wolves
Feb.
20 – Feb. 26: Brandon Maxwell,
Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors
Feb.
13 – Feb. 19: Michael Sgarbossa,
Sudbury Wolves
Feb.
6 – Feb. 12: Cameron Brace, Owen
Sound Attack
Jan.
30 – Feb. 5: Mathias
Niederberger, Barrie Colts
Jan.
23 – Jan. 29: Mark Visentin,
Niagara IceDogs
Jan.
16 – Jan. 22: Ryan Murphy,
Kitchener Rangers
Jan.
9 – Jan. 15: Josh Shalla,
Saginaw Spirit
Jan.
2 – Jan. 8: Tyler Toffoli,
Ottawa 67’s
Dec.
26 – Jan. 1: Beau Schmitz,
Plymouth Whalers
Dec.
12 – Dec. 18: Andrew Agozzino,
Niagara IceDogs
Dec.
5 – Dec. 11: Philip Lane,
Brampton Battalion
Nov.
28 – Dec. 4: Christian Thomas,
Oshawa Generals
Nov.
21 – Nov. 27: Brendan Gaunce,
Belleville Bulls
Nov.
14 – Nov. 20: Tanner Pearson,
Barrie Colts
Nov.
7 – Nov. 13: Ryan Spooner,
Kingston Frontenacs
Oct.
31 – Nov. 6: Matt Puempel,
Peterborough Petes
Oct.
24 – Oct. 30: Shane Prince,
Ottawa 67’s
Oct.
17 – Oct. 23: Brandon Saad,
Saginaw Spirit
Oct.
10 – Oct. 16: Nail Yakupov,
Sarnia Sting
Oct.
3 – Oct. 9: Greg McKegg, Erie
Otters
Sept. 26 – Oct. 2: Seth
Griffith, London Knights
Sept. 21 – Sept. 25: Tanner
Pearson, Barrie Colts
