Spirit’s Rodwin Dionicio named Cogeco OHL Player of the Week
Toronto, Ont. – The Ontario Hockey League today announced that Anaheim Ducks prospect Rodwin Dionicio of the Saginaw Spirit is the Cogeco OHL Player of the Week, leading the league with nine points including three goals and six assists in three games.
Dionicio helped the West Division-leading Spirit collect four of a possible six points on the road last week, starting an Eastern trek with a career night on Thursday in Barrie, putting up two goals, three assists and five points in a 7-6 win over the Colts. All three of Dionicio’s assists in the game were primary in nature while he also scored a highlight reel goal to me named the game’s first star. Dionicio and the Spirit lost 6-3 in Sudbury on Friday, though Dionicio managed to earn third star recognition with a pair of assists. The Spirit closed out their weekend trip with a 5-3 win on Sunday in North Bay, with Dionicio contributing a goal and an assist to give him points in six of his last seven games.
A 19-year-old born in Newark, New Jersey but having spent most of his life in Herisau, Switzerland, Dionicio is enjoying a career-best 58-point (20-38–58) season over 46 games between Saginaw and Windsor. The 18th overall pick of the 2021 CHL Import Draft by the Niagara IceDogs, the 6-foot-2, 205Ib. defender has recorded 139 points (41-98–139) over 153 career OHL regular season games between Niagara, Windsor and Saginaw. The Anaheim Ducks selected Dionicio in the fifth round (129th overall) of the 2023 NHL Draft. He’s represented Switzerland at the World Juniors three different times, including this past January when he registered four points (2-2–4) in five games.
Also considered for the award this week, Soo Greyhounds forward Jack Beck recorded seven points (1-6–7) in three games while Montreal Canadiens prospect Florian Xhekaj of the Brantford Bulldogs scored four times, putting up six points (4-2–6) as the Dogs went 3-0.
2023-24 Cogeco OHL Players of the Week – Regular Season:
Feb. 12 – Feb. 18: Rodwin Dionicio (Saginaw Spirit)
Feb. 5 – Feb. 11: David Goyette (Sudbury Wolves)
Jan. 29 – Feb. 4: Gavin Bryant (Niagara IceDogs)
Jan. 22 – Jan. 28: Liam Greentree (Windsor Spitfires)
Jan. 15 – Jan. 21: Quentin Musty (Sudbury Wolves)
Jan. 8 – Jan. 14: Oliver Bonk (London Knights)
Jan. 1 – Jan. 7: Anthony Romani (North Bay Battalion)
Dec. 28 – Dec. 31: Sam Dickinson (London Knights)
Dec. 11 – Dec. 18: Ruslan Gazizov (London Knights)
Dec. 4 – Dec. 10: Nick Lardis (Brantford Bulldogs)
Nov. 27 – Dec. 3: Pano Fimis (Erie Otters)
Nov. 20 – Nov. 26: Matyas Sapovaliv (Saginaw Spirit)
Nov. 13 – Nov. 19: Donovan McCoy (Peterborough Petes)
Nov. 6 – Nov. 12: Denver Barkey (London Knights)
Oct. 30 – Nov. 5: Braeden Kressler (Flint Firebirds)
Oct. 23 – Oct. 29: Kirill Kudryavtsev (Soo Greyhounds)
Oct. 16 – Oct. 22: Anthony Romani (North Bay Battalion)
Oct. 9 – Oct. 15: Carson Rehkopf (Kitchener Rangers)
Oct. 2 – Oct. 8: Jordan D’Intino (Soo Greyhounds)
Sep. 28 – Oct. 1: Jax Dubois (Peterborough Petes)