The 12 months of dominance for Sam O’Reilly continues.
As the Kitchener Rangers swept the Barrie Colts to seize their fifth OHL title, essentially the most key of their deadline acquisitions has walked away with much more {hardware} to his identify.
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After already winning the regular season MVP award, O’Reilly has now additionally been awarded the Wayne Gretzky ’99’ Award because the playoff MVP in 2026.
The Tampa Bay Lightning prospect recorded 17 objectives and 11 assists in 18 playoff video games in Kitchener’s championship run, together with many clutch moments alongside the way in which.
It needs to be no shock O’Reilly has been as skilled as he performed this post-season, as it is from his first rodeo. In truth, that is now his third straight J. Ross Robertson Cup, alongside fellow commerce addition Jared Woolley from London this season.
The great thing about ‘Peanut’ is his versatility and two-way play. On prime of all of the offence he offered, the defensive sport is simply as vital. The Toronto native is used as a matchup centre, a key member of the penalty kill that operated at 88.7%, and scored six shorthanded objectives besides.
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O’Reilly will proceed to prepared the ground for the Rangers as they head to Kelowna for the Memorial Cup for the primary time since 2008.
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