Shane Prince OHL Player of the Month
Thursday February 9, 2012
Toronto, ON – The Ontario Hockey League today announced the top OHL Performers of the Month for January, 2012, including forward Shane Prince of the Ottawa 67’s, defenceman Ryan Murphy of the Kitchener Rangers, rookie forward Radek Faksa of the Rangers, and goaltender Mark Visentin of the Niagara IceDogs.
OHL Player of the Month – Shane Prince, Ottawa 67’s
Shane Prince led the OHL in scoring in January with 24 points in 12 games netting a league-high 12 goals plus 12 assists leading the Ottawa 67’s to nine wins. In those nine wins he scored three game-winning goals and also recorded the insurance marker in four other victories. Prince also produced a league-high plus-minus rating of plus-16 and recorded a point in 11 January games with six multi-point performances and finished the month with a nine-game scoring streak. He was recognized as a star of the game five times including one first star performance on January 19 when he recorded a career-high six points with two goals and four assists in a 9-4 win over the Peterborough Petes.
Prince, a 19-year-old from Spencerport, New York, claims Player of the Month honours for the first time in his four-year OHL career. Selected 61st overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, Prince is currently sixth in OHL scoring with a career-high 30 goals along with 36 assists for 66 points in 41 games and is tied for the league-lead with a plus-minus rating of plus-31.
2011-12 OHL Top Performers of the Month
Player of the Month:
January – Shane Prince, Ottawa 67’s
December – Charles Sarault, Sarnia Sting
November – Tanner Pearson, Barrie Colts
October – Nail Yakupov, Sarnia Sting
Defenceman of the Month:
Ryan Murphy, Kitchener Rangers
Adrian Robertson, Sarnia Sting
November – Dougie Hamilton, Niagara IceDogs
October – Dougie Hamilton, Niagara IceDogs
Kal Tire Rookie of the Month:
January – Radek Faksa, Kitchener Rangers
December – Connor Brown, Erie Otters
November – Radek Faksa, Kitchener Rangers
October – Artur Gavrus, Owen Sound Attack
Vaughn Goaltender of the Month:
January – Mark Visentin, Niagara IceDogs
December – Franky Palazzese, Kitchener Rangers
November – Malcolm Subban, Belleville Bulls
October – Brandon Maxwell, Sarnia Sting
