Karhunen Named The
OHL Player of the Week
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Toronto, ON
- The
Ontario
Hockey
League today
announced
that Sarnia
Sting
goaltender
Tomi
Karhunen is
the Boston
Pizza OHL
Player of
the Week for
the week
ending
Sunday
November 18
after
backing the
Sting to
three road
wins last
week with a
1.33 goals
against
average and
.953 save
percentage.
Karhunen
started the
week with 24
saves in a
5-3 win over
the
Peterborough
Petes on
Thursday. He
followed up
with a
35-shutout
performance
and was
named second
star in
Sarnia’s 6-0
win over the
Kingston
Frontenacs
on Sunday
and wrapped
up the road
trip with 22
saves in a
first star
performance
that gave
Sarnia a 3-1
win over the
Ottawa 67’s
on Sunday. |
The
19-year-old native of
Joensuu, Finland
improved his season
record to 13-7-0-0 with
a 2.85 goals against
average and .913 save
percentage and two
shutouts in 20 games. He
is the first goaltender
to win the OHL Boston
Pizza Player of the Week
award this season.
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