Sting's Taylor Dupuis Named OHL Player of the Week
Tuesday december 2, 2014
Toronto, ON – The Ontario Hockey
League announced that goaltender
Taylor Dupuis of the Sarnia
Sting is the Pioneer Energy OHL
Player of the Week for the week
ending November 30 after posting
a 3-0-0-0 record with a
goals-against-average of 1.67
and save percentage of .950.
Dupuis becomes the first
goaltender to earn the award
this season after backstopping
the Sting to three victories
last week as part of the club’s
season-high five-game winning
streak. He stopped 95 shots in
three games beginning last
Wednesday night with a 32-save
performance to earn first star
honours in a 3-1 win over the
Saginaw Spirit. Dupuis then
earned second star honours on
Friday with 28 saves as part of
a 2-1 win over the Owen Sound
Attack, and wrapped up his week
Sunday with 35 saves in a 4-3
win over the Kingston Frontenacs.
Sunday’s victory boosts the
Sting to a 13-11-1-1 record for
second place in the West
Division standings.
Dupuis, a 20-year-old from New
Liskeard, ON, is playing in his
third OHL season and second with
the Sting after beginning his
career with the Sudbury Wolves.
The overage netminder currently
holds an 8-4-0-0 record with a
league-high save percentage of
.932 and a goals-against-average
of 2.34 which ranks fourth in
the league.
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