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TORONTO –\u00a0<\/strong>The Ontario Hockey League (OHL) today announced that Windsor Spitfires forward John McLaughlin<\/a> is the OHL Rookie of the Week, scoring three times over a pair of playoff victories.<\/p>\n

McLaughlin provided both goals in Windsor’s 2-1 road win over the Guelph Storm in Game 3 of their first round series on Tuesday night. He scored again on Thursday as the Spits closed out a four-game sweep with an 11-3 win at the Sleeman Centre.<\/p>\n

A 16-year-old from Corunna, ON, McLaughlin finished his rookie season with 16 points (9-7–16) over 50 games, posting a rating of plus-9. Selected by Windsor in the first round (21st overall) of the 2025 OHL Priority Selection, McLaughlin is a graduate of the Lambton Jr. Sting AAA program. He won a World Under-17 Challenge gold medal with Canada Red, recording two assists over five games.<\/p>\n

2025-26 OHL Rookie of the Week \u2013 Playoffs
\n<\/strong>Mar. 23-29: Caleb Malhotra (Brantford Bulldogs)
\nMar. 30-Apr. 5: John McLaughlin (Windsor Spitfires)<\/p>\n

2025-26 OHL Rookie of the Week \u2013 Regular Season
\n<\/strong>Sept. 18-21: Thomas Vandenberg (Ottawa 67\u2019s)
\nSept. 22-28: Caleb Malhotra (Brantford Bulldogs)
\nSept. 29-Oct. 5: Nikita Klepov (Saginaw Spirit)
\nOct. 6-12: Jaxon Cover (London Knights)
\nOct. 13-19: Ryder Cali (North Bay Battalion)
\nOct. 20-26: Jaakko Wycisk (Guelph Storm)
\nOct. 27-Nov. 2: Ryder Fetterolf (Ottawa 67\u2019s)
\nNov. 3-9: Easton Walos (Sarnia Sting)
\nNov. 10-16: Ryder Fetterolf (Ottawa 67\u2019s)
\nNov. 17-23: Caleb Malhotra (Brantford Bulldogs)
\nNov. 24-30: Levi Harper (Saginaw Spirit)
\nDec. 1-7: Caleb Malhotra (Brantford Bulldogs)
\nDec. 8-14: Robin Kuzma (Kingston Frontenacs
\nDec. 15-21: Caleb Mitchell (London Knights)
\nDec. 28-Jan. 4: Nikita Klepov (Saginaw Spirit)
\nJan. 5-11: Charlie Murata (Flint Firebirds)
\nJan. 12-18: Nikita Klepov (Saginaw Spirit)
\nJan. 19-25: Ryerson Edgar (Niagara IceDogs)
\nJan. 26-Feb. 1: Keaton Ardagh (Brampton Steelheads)
\nFeb. 2-8: Kale Osipenko (Sarnia Sting)
\nFeb. 9-15: Nikita Klepov (Saginaw Spirit)
\nFeb. 16-22: Joe Salandra (Barrie Colts)
\nFeb. 23-Mar. 1: Evgeny Dubrovtsev (North Bay Battalion)
\nMar. 2-8: Nolan Snyder (Kingston Frontenacs)
\nMar. 9-15: Ryder Fetterolf (Ottawa 67\u2019s)
\nMar. 16-22: Cam Warren (North Bay Battalion)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Windsor Spitfires forward John McLaughlin is the OHL Rookie of the Week with three goals over a pair of victories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":297362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[{"term_id":3324,"name":"John McLaughlin","slug":"john-mclaughlin","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3324,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":5,"filter":"raw","term_order":"371"},{"term_id":3162,"name":"Rookie of the Week","slug":"rookie-of-the-week","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3162,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":60,"filter":"raw","term_order":"528"},{"term_id":2673,"name":"OHL News","slug":"ohl-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2689,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3605,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2890"},{"term_id":62,"name":"Windsor Spitfires","slug":"windsor-spitfires","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":62,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1593,"filter":"raw","term_order":"3552"}],"class_list":["post-297355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-john-mclaughlin","tag-rookie-of-the-week","tag-ohl-news","tag-windsor-spitfires","category-186","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/06120848\/16_9-Rookie-OF-THE-WEEK-copy-6.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":297368,"date":"2026-04-06T13:34:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/?p=297368"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:34:17","slug":"2026-hockey-for-the-homeless-night-raises-record-113090-for-rescue-ministries-of-mid-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/article\/2026-hockey-for-the-homeless-night-raises-record-113090-for-rescue-ministries-of-mid-michigan","title":{"rendered":"Spirit’s 2026 Hockey for the Homeless Night raises record $113,090 for Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saginaw, Mich. \u2013 <\/strong>The Saginaw Spirit and Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan partnered for their 14th Hockey for the Homeless Night earlier this season. Together, they raised a record $113, 090 in donations from fans, a broomball tournament, and specialty jersey auction.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a testament to how God continues to bless Saginaw and how great things can happen when we all work together. This year\u2019s results are truly miraculous,\u201d said Spirit President, Managing Partner and Governor Craig Goslin. \u201cWe\u2019re proud of our staff, players, and partners that contributed to the Henry the Hockey Dog season-long project to raise dollars for people in our community that desperately need our love and support. The Rescue Ministries are doing such important work in the Great Lakes Bay Region and we are honored to continue standing side-by-side with them for Hockey for the Homeless.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Spirit wore specialty black jerseys for their February 28th meeting with the Peterborough Petes, a 5-2 win in front of 4,877 fans<\/a>. Their jerseys that night were designed with input from the players themselves and auctioned off immediately following the game. Saginaw\u2019s jersey auction alone accounted for more than $14,000 raised in support of Hockey for the Homeless.<\/p>\n

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Nikita Klepov celebrates his eventual game-winning goal on Hockey for the Homeless Night<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe are so thankful for the entire Saginaw Spirit organization, as well as everyone who was part of this year\u2019s Hockey for the Homeless effort,\u201d said Rescue Ministries CEO Dan Streeter. \u201cOur sponsors, supporters, and the entire community truly come together each year to make this night very rewarding for everyone. We are grateful to the Henry the Hockey Dog season-long project as we had eight companies step up with matching dollars, and that was a major assist in the $113,090!\u201d<\/p>\n

Hockey for the Homeless Night was one of several charitable nights by the Spirit and the Saginaw Spirit Charitable Foundation in the 2025-2026 season. Others included their annual Teddy Bear Toss, Food Drive, Shocks & Saves Game, and more.<\/p>\n

Total funds raised through Hockey for the Homeless Nights over the past 14 seasons has now passed $780,000\u2014roughly 26,000 nights of shelter through the Rescue Ministries\u2019 various locations.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for more information about the Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan.<\/p>\n

Additional information about the Saginaw Spirit Charitable Foundation can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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