Toronto, ON – The Canadian
Hockey League announced that
Vancouver Canucks prospect
Cole Cassels of the Oshawa
Generals is the CHL Player
of the Week for the week
ending October 19 with two
goals and eight assists for
10 points in four games
along with a plus-minus
rating of plus-6.
Cassels had four multi-point
performances last week
helping the Generals earn
four victories. Last Monday
afternoon he scored once and
added an assist as part of a
7-1 win over the Ottawa
67’s, then recorded a pair
of assists in a 6-4 win over
the Sarnia Sting on Friday.
On Saturday night he matched
a career-high with four
points in a 6-0 win over the
Owen Sound Attack scoring
once with three assists and
earning first star honours.
His week wrapped up Sunday
with two assists in the 4-2
win over the Sault Ste.
Marie Greyhounds lifting the
Generals into first place in
the OHL’s Eastern Conference
standings with a 9-1-1-0
record.
Cassels, a 19-year-old from
Columbus, OH, is playing in
his fourth OHL season with
the Generals. Selected by
the Canucks in the third
round of the 2013 NHL Draft,
Cassels has 20 points in 11
games so far this season
after recording 73 points in
61 games last season.
Also considered for the
award this week was Detroit
Red Wings prospect Joe
Hicketts of the Victoria
Royals who scored a goal and
six assists for seven points
in four games, and Phoenix
Coyotes prospect Yan-Pavel
Laplante of the
Victoriaville Tigres who
scored three goals and two
assists for five points in
two games.
2014-15 CHL Players of
the Week:
Oct. 13 – Oct. 19: Cole
Cassels (Oshawa
Generals)
Oct. 6 – Oct. 12: Nikita
Korostelev (Sarnia
Sting)
Sept. 29 – Oct. 5:
Madison Bowey (Kelowna
Rockets)
Sept. 22 – Sept. 28:
Christopher Clapperton
(Rimouski Oceanic)
