Monday January 19, 2015

Toronto, ON – The Ontario Hockey League today announced that Dallas Stars prospect Remi Elie of the Erie Otters is the Pioneer Energy OHL Player of the Week for the week ending January 18 with seven points in two games scoring four goals and three assists with a plus-minus rating of plus-5.

Elie becomes the third Otter to claim the award this season after collecting two multi-point games last week helping his club pick up a pair of victories on home ice. On Friday night he scored his first hat-trick of the season with three straight goals including the game-winner while adding an assist as first star of a 7-4 win over the Kingston Frontenacs. Then on Saturday night, Elie scored once and picked up two assists including a helper on Connor McDavid’s overtime winner earning second star honours in a 6-5 triumph over the North Bay Battalion. The two wins improve the Otters’ record to 31-9-1-2 as they stand second place in the OHL’s Western Conference with 65 points.

Elie, a 19-year-old from Green Valley, ON, is playing in his third OHL season. Acquired from the Belleville Bulls earlier this month, Elie has 44 points in 40 games this season including 10 points in five games with the Otters. He was selected by the Stars in the second round, 40th overall, in the 2013 NHL Draft.

Also considered for the award this week was 2015 NHL Draft prospect and top scorer Mitchell Marner of the London Knights who scored twice with five assists for seven points in two games, and Anaheim Ducks prospect Nick Ritchie of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds who scored five goals and one assist for six points in two games. In goal, 2015 NHL Draft prospect Michael McNiven of the Owen Sound Attack posted a 2-0-0-0 record with a goals-against-average of 1.00 and save percentage of .970.

2014-15 Pioneer Energy OHL Players of the Week:

Jan. 12 – Jan. 18: Remi Elie (Erie Otters)

Jan. 5 – Jan. 11: Trevor Murphy (Windsor Spitfires)

Dec. 28 – Jan. 4: Mackenzie Blackwood (Barrie Colts)

Dec. 15 – Dec. 21: Chris Bigras (Owen Sound Attack)

Dec. 8 – Dec. 14: Christian Dvorak (London Knights)

Dec. 1 – Dec. 7: Max Domi (London Knights)

Nov. 24 – Nov. 30: Taylor Dupuis (Sarnia Sting)

Nov. 17 – Nov. 23: Mitch Marner (London Knights)

Nov. 10 – Nov. 16: Justin Bailey (Kitchener Rangers)

Nov. 3 – Nov. 9: Tyler Bertuzzi (Guelph Storm)

Oct. 27 – Nov. 2: Mitch Marner (London Knights)

Oct. 20 – Oct. 26: Connor McDavid (Erie Otters)

Oct. 13 – Oct. 19: Cole Cassels (Oshawa Generals)

Oct. 6 – Oct. 12: Nikita Korostelev (Sarnia Sting)

Sept. 29 – Oct. 5: Joseph Blandisi (Barrie Colts)

Sept. 22 – Sept. 28: Dylan Strome (Erie Otters)