Corey Perry Named Canadian Hockey League Player of the Week

Toronto – The Canadian Hockey League today announced that London Knights right winger Corey Perry is the OHL Player of the Week for the week ending Monday October 11 after scoring five goals and 10 points in three wins.

Perry, a 19-year-old native of Peterborough, had a hat trick in an 8-0 win over the Windsor Spitfires on October 8. He added two goals, including the 100th of his four-year OHL career, and two assists in a 6-1 win over the Sarnia Sting on October 9 and finished the week with three assists in a 6-3 win over the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds on October 10. Perry, a first round pick of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in 2003, leads all OHL scorers with eight goals and 20 points in eight games this season.

Clarke MacArthur of the Medicine Hat Tigers was the WHL Player of the Week after scoring two goals and seven points in three games last week. Stanislav Lascek of the Quebec Remparts was the QMJHL’s offensive player of the week after scoring two goals and eight points in four games and PEI Rocket goaltender Maxime Joyal was the QMJHL’s defensive player of the week after posting a 1-1-1 record, along with a 1.64 goals against average and .955 save percentage in three games.

2004-05 CHL Player of the Week

October 12 – Corey Perry, London Knights (OHL)
October 5 – Jonathan Boutin, PEI Rocket (QMJHL)
September 28 – Sidney Crosby, Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)