Tippett CHL player of the week
Peterborough native records 10 points in three games, now has 36 points in 23 OHL games
Peterborough native Owen Tippett has been named both the Canadian Hockey League player of the week and the Ontario Hockey League player of the week after he almost single-handedly ended the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds’ winning streak at 23 games
The Mississauga Steelheads forward recorded 10 points in three games, including seven goals with three assists and a plus-minus rating of plus-3, for the week ending on Sunday.
His three multi-point performances last week earned him a trio of first star honours and led the Steelheads to three straight wins to open 2018.
Last Wednesday night he scored twice with one assist in a 5-3 road win over the Erie Otters.
He then recorded a first period natural hat-trick on Thursday against the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds before scoring the shootout winner in the 4-3 triumph , stopping the CHL’s top ranked team from earning their 24th straight win.
Tippett, 18, finished the week with a season-high four points, with two goals and two assists, in a 6-2 win over the nation’s seventhranked Kitchener Rangers.
He has now delivered seven straight multi-point efforts totalling 20 points since Dec. 17 as the Steelheads continue to climb the OHL’s Eastern Conference standings with a 17-22-0-1 record. After struggling at the start of the season, the Steelheads are now tied with the Peterborough Petes in the standings.
Tippett is playing in his third season with the Steelheads, who chose him fourth overall in the 2015 OHL draft. The Florida Panthers chose him as the 10th overall pick in the 2017 NHL draft.
He now has 17 goals and 19 assists for 36 points in 23 OHL games since Nov. 10 after starting the season in Florida where he played his first seven career NHL games.
Also considered for the CHL player of the week award this week was overage forward Matteo Gennaro of the Swift Current Broncos, with seven goals and three assists for 10 points in five games, and 2019 NHL draft prospect Raphael Lavoie of the Halifax Mooseheads with four goals and four assists for eight points in three games.