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Duco named Boston Pizza Player of the Week

Written by: League Press Release on 05/03/2008 Subscribe to HF's RSS Feed

The Ontario Hockey League today announced that Mike Duco of the Kitchener Rangers is the Boston Pizza OHL Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday April 27 after scoring three goals and finishing with a plus-6 plus/minus rating in two playoff games.

Duco helped the Rangers to a pair of wins that helped them beat the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in five games in the Rogers OHL Western Conference Championship Series.

Duco scored two goals, including a short-handed effort, and was the second star in a 7-3 win over the Greyhounds in Game 4 on Monday and added another goal in a 5-0 win in the series-clincher on Wednesday. He has scored 12 goals and had three assists for 15 points in 13 playoff games.

Duco, a 20-year-old native of Scarborough, scored a career-high 32 goals and 22 assists for 54 points in 62 games this season.

2007-08 Boston Pizza OHL Players of the Week
Sep. 23 - John Tavares, Oshawa Generals
Sep. 30 - Alex Pietrangelo, Niagara IceDogs
Oct. 7 - Dustin Jeffrey, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Oct. 14 - John Tavares, Oshawa Generals
Oct. 21 - Nick Spaling, Kitchener Rangers
Oct. 28 - Yannick Weber, Kitchener Rangers
Nov. 5 - Brett MacLean, Oshawa Generals
Nov. 12 – Bobby Sanguinetti, Brampton Battalion
Nov. 19 – Tomi Karhunen, Sarnia Sting
Nov. 26 – Jeremy Smith, Plymouth Whalers
Dec. 3 – Kyle Gajewski, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Dec. 10 – Justin Hodgman, Erie Otters
Dec. 17 – Thomas McCollum, Guelph Storm
Dec. 31 – Jack Combs, Saginaw Spirit
Jan. 7 – Brett Parnham, Oshawa Generals
Jan. 14 – John Tavares, Oshawa Generals
Jan. 21 – Joshua Bailey, Windsor Spitfires
Jan. 28 – Sebastian Dahm, Niagara IceDogs
Feb. 4 – Thomas McCollum, Guelph Storm
Feb. 11 – Michael Swift, Niagara IceDogs
Feb. 18 – Dustin Jeffrey, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Feb. 25 – Kyle Gajewski, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
March 3 – Taylor Hall, Windsor Spitfires
March 10 – Taylor Hall, Windsor Spitfires
March 17 – Adam Courchaine, Ottawa 67’s
March 24 – Sebastian Dahm, Niagara IceDogs
March 31 – Michael Hutchinson, Barrie Colts
April 7 – Steve Mason, Kitchener Rangers
April 14 - Kyle Gajewski, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
April 21 – Matt Beleskey, Belleville Bulls
April 28 – Mike Duco, Kitchener Rangers

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