Photo credit: Tayler Stroobant
Okotoks Oilers forward Jagger Tapper has been named the Alberta Division Player of the Week.
The Calgary, Alta. product piled up three goals and three assists in Okotoks’ three-game sweep of the Spruce Grove Saints in the best-of-five wildcard series.
Tapper had a goal and an assist in Game 1 last Wednesday in the Oilers 6-2 home win. With the series shifting to Spruce Grove for Game 2 the following night, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute commit scored the game-winning goal 2:18 into the third period to help the Oilers take it by a 3-2 final.
He capped off the series with a three-point outing in Okotoks’ 5-4 win on Saturday. As the teams exchanged goals all night, Tapper had an assist in the first, a goal in the second and another helper on the game-winner in the third.
After the wildcard series, Tapper’s six points are tops in the Alberta Division.
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Honourable mentions:
Okotoks Oilers F Dean Spak: 2GP – 2G – 3A – 5PTS
Spruce Grove Saints F Teo Pisani: 2GP – 3G – 3PTS
Spruce Grove Saints F Ryan Johnstone: 3GP – 1G – 3A – 4PTS
