Three Stars: December 8, 2019

1ST STAR: TY DELLANDREA (FLINT FIREBIRDS) – 2G, 2A
Ty Dellandrea registered his second four-point night of the week on Sunday, recording two goals and two assists for the Firebirds in their 5-3 road win over the North Bay Battalion. The 19-year-old centreman from Port Perry, Ont. scored 7:50 into the second period to tie the game, and later scored nearly six minutes into the third to push his team up 4-2. Dellandrea, who was drafted 13th overall by the Dallas Stars in 2018, has now earned 11 points (6-5-11) in his last three games and continues to lead all Firebird skaters with 37 points (17-20-37) this season. Dellandrea will join 11 other OHLers vying for a spot on Canada’s National Junior Team this week at Hockey Canada’s selection camp in Oakville.
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2ND STAR: BENJAMIN GAUDREAU (SARNIA STING) – 44 SV
Sarnia’s Benjamin Gaudreau put on a stellar 44-save performance in Sunday afternoon’s 6-3 road win over the Erie Otters. The 16-year-old rookie netminder registered a 22-save first period that included multiple highlight-worthy stops. Sunday’s win would be his second-most saves in a single game this season, and his third game with 40 saves or more. A native of Corbeil, Ont., Gaudreau improves to 4-4-0-0 with a 4.62 goals-against average and .886 save percentage over eight games. He was drafted seventh overall by the Sting last April, having spent his previous three seasons with the NOHA’s North Bay Trappers. Last season, he posted a 1.13 goals against average.
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3RD STAR: MARCO ROSSI (OTTAWA 67’S) – 1G, 2A
Three points (1-2-3) in Ottawa’s 5-1 victory over the interleague rival QMJHL’s Gatineau Olympiques extended Marco Rossi’s point streak to 11 games, a run that has seen him accumulate 27 points (12-15–27). Rossi’s goal came with under five minutes remaining on the clock to lift the Barber Poles up 4-1. The reigning OHL ‘On the Run’ Player of the Week and 2020 NHL Draft hopeful continues to dazzle with the OHL’s fifth-highest point total of 53 (17-36-53) on the season and a league-high 36 assists.
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