ÖSTLUND NAMED HOWIES HOCKEY TAPE/AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Rookie forward totaled six points while helping Amerks inch closer to playoff spot
Mar 31, 2025The American Hockey League announced today that Rochester Americans forward Noah Östlund has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending March 30, 2025.
Östlund tallied three goals and six points in three games last week as the Amerks closed in on securing a berth in the Calder Cup Playoffs.
Östlund found the net in each of Rochester’s contests, extending his goal-scoring streak to five games. On Friday, he scored his third shorthanded goal of the season in the Amerks’ 6-0 win over visiting Bridgeport. He notched a goal and two assists on Saturday to help Rochester to a 4-2 win at Syracuse, and he picked up a goal and an assist on Sunday in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Crunch. A first-round choice (16th overall) by Buffalo in the 2022 NHL Draft, Östlund has totaled 18 goals and 17 assists for 35 points in 43 games with the Amerks this season.
The 21-year-old nativeof Stockholm, Sweden, leads all AHL rookies in plus/minus rating at plus-20, and his 14 goals since the All-Star break are fourth-most in the entire league.