SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League introduced at present that Rochester Individuals ahead Noah Östlund has been chosen because the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Participant of the Week for the interval ending March 30, 2025.
Östlund tallied three objectives and 6 factors in three video games final week because the Amerks closed in on securing a berth within the Calder Cup Playoffs.
Östlund discovered the web in every of Rochester’s contests, extending his goal-scoring streak to 5 video games. On Friday, he scored his third shorthanded objective of the season within the Amerks’ 6-0 win over visiting Bridgeport. He notched a objective and two assists on Saturday to assist Rochester to a 4-2 win at Syracuse, and he picked up a objective and an help on Sunday in a 3-2 additional time loss to the Crunch.
A primary-round selection (sixteenth total) by Buffalo within the 2022 NHL Draft, Östlund has totaled 18 objectives and 17 assists for 35 factors in 43 video games with the Amerks this season. The 21-year-old native of Stockholm, Sweden, leads all AHL rookies in plus/minus score at plus-20, and his 14 objectives for the reason that All-Star break are fourth-most in the complete league.
