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Blackhawks prospect Alex DeBrincat ties 40-year-old OHL record with 50-goal season

Chicago Blackhawks prospect Alex DeBrincat continues to make history in the Ontario Hockey League.

The 2016 second-round pick scored his 50th goal of the season on Monday against the Oshawa Generals. DeBrincat is the first U.S.-born player to score 50 goals in three consecutive seasons and the first since Dale McCourt did it with the Hamilton Fincups in the OMJHL from 1974-77 (the OMJHL later became the OHL).

It’s not the only piece of OHL history DeBrincat has captured this season. He became Erie’s all-time leading goal scorer earlier this month and is in the top five in career scoring among U.