(Windsor) Right-winger Zack Kassian is the Windsor Spitfires Player of the Week as selected by the Spitfires coaching staff for the week ending Monday, October 11th, 2010. In three games last week, Kassian scored two goals and registered seven points with a +2 plus-minus rating.
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| Zack Kassian Photo by Joe Lemire / In Play! Magazine |
On Thursday, Kassian assisted on both Spitfire goals in Windsor’s 5-2 loss to the Saginaw Spirit at the WFCU Centre. Two nights later, he helped lead the Spitfires back from an early 4-0 deficit against the London Knights, scoring the game tying goal with 1:24 left in the contest to send the game into overtime and a subsequent shootout where the Knights pulled out a narrow 5-4 victory. Kassian was named first star of the game for his efforts. He finished the week with a monster one goal and three assist performance in leading the Spitfires to a 5-3 victory over the Sarnia Sting on Monday and was selected as the game’s first star.
Kassian, a 19 year-old native of LaSalle, Ontario is in his second season with the Spitfires and was part of Windsor’s 2009-2010 MasterCard Memorial Cup championship squad. He was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres with the team’s first round selection, 13th overall at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. Kassian is currently tied for the team lead in scoring and is tied for 14th overall in the OHL’s scoring race with 11 points (3 goals and 8 assists) in just four games played.
The two-time defending MasterCard Memorial Cup and Rogers OHL Champions will host the Erie Otters this Thursday (October 14th) at the WFCU Centre. Game time is set for 7:05 p.m.
2010-2011 Windsor Spitfires’ Players of the Week
Zack Kassian – Oct. 4 – Oct. 11, 2010
Kyle Tarini – Sep. 28 – Oct. 3, 2010
Alexander Khokhlachev – Sep. 21 – Sep. 27, 2010
