OHL Player of the Week - Mitch Marner

Toronto, ON - The Ontario Hockey League today announced that 2015 NHL Draft prospect Mitch Marner of the London Knights is the Pioneer Energy OHL Player of the Week for the week ending November 2 after recording nine points in three games scoring seven goals and two assists with a plus-minus rating of plus-7.

Marner collected a trio of three-point games last week including back-to-back hat-tricks helping the Knights win all three contests in three straight days. On Friday night, Marner scored a goal with two assists as part of an 8-5 home win over the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. On Saturday night Marner recorded his first career hat-trick including the game-winner as first star of a 4-3 road win over the Windsor Spitfires, then netted another hat-trick Sunday also claiming first star honours in a 7-2 home win against the Sudbury Wolves. Sunday's win gives the Knights a six-game winning-streak boosting them into a second place tie in the Midwest Division with 20 points.

Marner, a 17-year-old from Thornhill, ON, is playing in his second career OHL season with the Knights. Originally chosen in the first round of the 2013 OHL Priority Selection, Marner is a top prospect for the 2015 NHL Draft and was one of six OHL players identified as a first round candidate in NHL Central Scouting's preliminary 'Players to Watch' list. Marner is currently seventh in OHL scoring with 22 points in 16 games after producing 59 points in 64 games last season and will represent Team OHL in the SUBWAY Super Series November 17 in Kingston.

Also considered for the award this week was last week's winner and fellow 2015 NHL Draft prospect Connor McDavid of the Erie Otters with three goals and five assists for eight points in two games, while Arizona Coyotes prospect Christian Dvorak of the Knights had two goals and five assists for seven points in three games. In goal, Jake Smith of the North Bay Battalion went 2-0-0-1 with one shutout victory posting a goals-against-average of 1.14 and save percentage of .954.