Hendirx Lapierre is heating up after a slow start to the 2024-25 season.
The Capitals’ 2020 first-round pick was named AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Feb. 16, 2025 after posting five points (2g, 3a) in 2 games.
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Hendrix Lapierre has been named the Howies Hockey Tape/@TheAHL Player of the Week!
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— Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) February 17, 2025
The 23-year-old center first broke a 38-game goalless streak (NHL/AHL combined) on Tuesday, scoring on a breakaway and later adding an assist. On Saturday, Lapierre scored the overtime game-winner and tallied two assists, including a secondary apple on the Bears’ game-tying goal late in the third period. Both of Lapierre’s performances led to consecutive victories over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
Lapierre is the first Hershey Bears player to receive the honor since Connor McMichael did so on May 16, 2021.
Congratulations to @con91mcmichael! He's been named the @CCMHockey/@TheAHL Player of the Week, and also takes home our final @psecu honors of the season. https://t.co/HDGMCMGkkJ pic.twitter.com/aP89xUoj5z
— Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) May 17, 2021
Here’s the press release from the Hershey Bears:
HENDRIX LAPIERRE NAMED HOWIES HOCKEY TAPE/AHL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Forward collected five points (2g, 3a) in two games and tallied in overtime in Saturday’s win
(Hershey, PA–Feb. 17, 2025) – The American Hockey League announced today that Hershey Bears forward Hendrix Lapierre has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Feb. 16, 2025.
Lapierre, 23, recorded five points (2g, 3a) in two games last week, helping the Chocolate and White to a pair of victories over the rival Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
Hershey hosted Wilkes-Barre/Scranton last Tuesday at GIANT Center, and Lapierre registered a goal, an assist, and a team-high five shots to help the Bears to a 5-4 win. His tally that night was his first goal of the AHL campaign after he started the season by playing in 27 games for the NHL’s Washington Capitals.
In Saturday’s rematch in Wilkes-Barre, Lapierre’s three-point night sent Hershey to a come-from-behind 4-3 win over the Penguins. The native of Aylmer, Que. assisted on two game-tying goals, including one with 12.5 seconds left in regulation, and scored the first overtime goal of his AHL career at 3:13 of the extra-session.
Lapierre has 11 points (2g, 9a) in 13 games this season for Hershey. The third-year pro has 58 career points (22g, 36a) in 94 career regular-season games with Hershey, along with 28 points (10g, 18a) in 40 postseason contests while helping the Bears to Calder Cup championships in 2023 and 2024. Lapierre won the Jack Butterfield Trophy as the most valuable player of the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs.
Selected 22nd overall in the 2020 NHL Draft, Lapierre has compiled 31 points (9g, 22a) in 84 career NHL games with the Capitals, including eight assists in 27 games this season.
Lapierre is the first Bear to claim AHL Player of the Week honors since current Washington Capital Connor McMichael did so on May 16, 2021.
