Tom Kuhnhackl – The Windsor Spitfires Player of the Week for 3rd Time in Last 30 Days

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(Windsor) Centre Tom Kuhnhackl is the Windsor Spitfires Player of the Week as selected by the Spitfires coaching staff for the week ending Sunday, November 7th, 2010. In two games last week, he scored two goals and registered two assists for four points. Kuhnhackl is the first repeat winner of this award, claiming his first honour two weeks ago.

Tom Kuhnhackl
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On Friday, Kuhnhackl posted two assists and was selected as the game’s third star in Windsor’s 5-3 road loss to the Guelph Storm. The following night, he scored the first two goals for the Spitfires en route to earning first star honours in Windsor’s 3-2 road win over the CHL’s #4 ranked Saginaw Spirit.

Kuhnhackl, an 18 year-old native of Landshut, Germany is in his first season with Windsor and was selected by the Spitfires with the 24th overall pick in the 2010 CHL Import Draft. He was also selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the fourth round, 110th overall in the 2010 NHL Draft. In 18 games this season, he has eight goals and five assists for 13 points.

The two-time defending MasterCard Memorial Cup and Rogers OHL Champions will play their next home game at the WFCU Centre on Wednesday, November 10th as they welcome the London Knights to town. Game time is set for 7:05 p.m.

2010-2011 Windsor Spitfires’ Players of the Week
Tom Kuhnhackl – Nov. 1 – Nov. 7, 2010
Jack Campbell – Oct. 25 – Oct. 31, 2010
Tom Kuhnhackl – Oct. 18 – Oct. 24, 2010
Eric Locke – Oct. 11 – Oct. 17, 2010
Zack Kassian – Oct. 4 – Oct. 11, 2010
Kyle Tarini – Sep. 27 – Oct. 3, 2010
Alexander Khokhlachev – Sep. 21 – Sep. 27, 2010

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