Petes forward Connor Lockhart has been named the OHL Player of the Week after his three-game performance, helping Peterborough advance to the third round of the playoffs, announced on Monday.
Lockhart posted four goals, one assist and five points during the three-game span along with a plus/minus rating of +1.
He scored a hat trick for the Petes in Game Six to help eliminate the regular-season champion Ottawa 67’s last Monday. The Vancouver Canucks prospect scored a goal and an assist against North Bay for a Game One win on Friday.
The 20-year-old Kanata native recorded 29 goals, 50 assists and 79 points in 66 games this season.
The Petes forward has a career 154 points with 61 goals and 93 assists over 187 OHL regular-season games between Peterborough and Erie. Lockhart was the Erie Otters third overall pick of the 2019 OHL Priority Selection. He has 10 points this postseason with six goals and four assists over 12 games. Lockhart was selected in the sixth round, 178th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2021 NHL Draft.