Wilmer Becomes Second Storm Player to Win Forward of the Year |
| The United States Hockey League (USHL) and Tri-City Storm announced Tuesday Jeremy Wilmer was named the League’s Forward of the Year for the 2021-22 season. League awards are voted on by each Member Club’s General Manager after each Club nominates their players for awards. Wilmer finished the season with a league-leading 98 points (25-73-98) in 60 games. The 73 assists from the Boston University commit was 13 more than the next skater in the USHL. Wilmer’s 98 points was the third-most in a single season in USHL Tier I history, trailing only Sean Farrell (29-72-101) last season and Kevin Roy (54-50-104) in the 2011-12 season and his 73 assists was the most in a single Tier I USHL season. The Rockville Centre, N.Y. native finished among league leaders with 30 powerplay assists (1st), 36 powerplay points (2nd) and a +38 plus-minus rating (3rd). Wilmer previously played 49 League games over the past two seasons with the United States Hockey League National Team Development Program (NTDP) and collected 30 points (8-22-30) in those games. For his career, Wilmer now has 128 points (33-95-128) in 109 regular season games as well as eight points (1-7-8) in Tri-City’s five Clark Cup Playoffs appearances this season. Wilmer joins Jaden Schwartz (2009-10) as the only Storm forwards to win USHL Forward of the Year. That season, Schwartz registered a league-leading 83 points (33-50-83) in 60 appearances. The current Seattle Kraken forward was Drafted by the St. Louis Blues that summer 14th overall and has since appeared in 597 NHL games with 408 points (162-246-408) over 11 seasons. (USA Hockey Photo) |
