OJHL Stouffville Spirit
HELP WANTED: EQUIPMENT MANAGER
Date:05/26/2023 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
The Stouffville Spirit is searching for an equipment manager for the 2023-24 Ontario Junior Hockey League season. You must be a team player and have experience sharpening skates and working on equipment. We can help with ancillary employment depending on what jobs you're willing to do to help with income. To apply or get more information email General Manager Ken Burrows at stouffvillespiri...
CAGGIULA RETURNED TO FORM IN PIVOTAL SEASON WITH PENGUINS
Date:05/01/2023 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Story courtesy Wilkes-Barre Penguins Drake Caggiula played for the Stouffville Spirit from 2010-12. As a 17-year-old, he led Stouffville to the 2012 OJHL championship. He was named MVP of the playoffs by the OJHL. WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Coming off of neck fusion surgery in early 2022, Drake Caggiula still had a lot of questions going into the summer. Questions like how his body would hold up...
SPIRIT'S 2023 DEVELOPMENT CAMP FULL
Date:04/30/2023 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
The Stouffville Spirit's 2023 Development Camp is a sell-out. Eight teams of prospects will taken part in the camp May 1, 2 and 4 at the Stouffville Arena. "Thank you to all the players," said Spirit GM Kenny Burrows."We look forward to seeing you perform this week." ...
RYAN HARVEY NAMED TO OJHL TOP-PROSPECT SQUAD
Date:03/24/2023 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Stouffville Spirit defenceman Ryan Harvey is one of six players named to the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s First Prospect Team for 2022-23, the league announced Thursday. Harvey led all Spirit blueliners in points this season, his first in the OJHL, with 33 (9 goals/24 assists) in 51 games, good for fifth overall in Stouffville. Two of his goals were game-winners. “Just a grea...
COMMUNITY THANKED FOR SEASON TO REMEMBER
Date:03/17/2023 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Our season ended last night with a 4-1 loss to the Collingwood Blues in the Ontario Junior Hockey League playoffs. It was a great year in Spiritville for so many reasons. BIG thanks to: ☑️ our fans, who returned in large numbers during 2022-23 ☑️ our dedicated volunteers ☑️ the Lions Club of Stouffville who was with us from the home opener through the OJHL playoffs ☑️ our sponsor...
SPIRIT PLAYERS MOURNING LOSS OF BELOVED BUS DRIVER
Date:03/11/2023 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Stouffville Spirit players are skating in this year’s Ontario Junior Hockey League playoffs with heavy hearts and a new sticker on their red helmets. Popular Spirit bus driver Peter Reddy passed away Tuesday due to complications from an automobile accident. Players are playing for their buddy Pete by wearing ‘PETE’ helmet stickers this weekend. “Pete was such a great guy...
SPIRIT THIS WEEK: FIRST ROUND OF PLAYOFFS BEGINS THIS WEEKEND
Date:03/09/2023 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Stouffville Spirit Head Coach TJ Hill talks to his team at the Stouffville Arena during practice this week. It's the most wonderful time of the year! The Stouffville Spirit open the 2023 Ontario Junior Hockey League playoffs in Collingwood Friday night. The Spirit and Collingwood Blues are playing one of eight best-of-seven, opening round series in the 22-team league. The series shifts to ...
SPIRIT THIS WEEK: BILLETS, EQUIPMENT MANAGER BEING HONOURED BEFORE TONIGHT’S GAME
Date:02/23/2023 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Brad Sedore will be honoured before tonight’s Spirit game in Stouffville. He is retiring after serving as an OJHL equipment manager for 17 years. (Photo by Amy Deroche/OJHL Images) The Spirit will honour some special people involved with the Jr. A hockey club before tonight’s Ontario Junior Hockey League game at the Stouffville Arena. The Spirit hosts the Milton Menace in their final...
SPIRIT THIS WEEK: PUSH FOR THE PLAYOFFS RAMPS UP IN STOUFFVILLE
Date:02/18/2023 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Stouffville Spirit players celebrate Ryan Russell’s game-winning goal in Minden last Saturday. Stouffville won 2-1 over the Haliburton County Huskies in overtime. (Andy Corneau / OJHL Images) ‘The push for the playoffs’ is for real in Spiritville. Stouffville’s entry in the Ontario Junior Hockey League won two of three games during the past week to solidify its hold on a ...
SPIRIT THIS WEEK: YORK REGION TEAMS IN LOGJAM IN OJHL STANDINGS
Date:01/30/2023 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Stouffville Spirit Head Coach TJ Hill addresses his players during practice at the Stouffville Arena. (Jim Mason photo) There’s a logjam in the Ontario Junior Hockey League North-West Conference standings involving the three York Region squads in the 21-team league. The Stouffville Spirit and Markham Royals have 37 points apiece and are tied for seventh place in the 10-team division. Markh...
SPIRIT THIS WEEK: OAKVILLE IN TOWN WITH PLAYOFF SPOTS ON THE LINE
Date:01/19/2023 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Spirit rookies Zach Benayon (from left), Ryan Harvey and Zack Corte at the OJHL All-Star Celebration in Collingwood Saturday. (Jim Mason photo) All four Spirit players who took part in the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s All-Star Celebration in Collingwood last weekend acquitted themselves well. Odaro Ewere took part in the league’s inaugural Skills Competition Friday night at Eddie B...
SPIRIT THIS WEEK: TYLER TURCOTTE JOINS STOUFFVILLE COACHING STAFF
Date:01/06/2023 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Stouffville Spirit players visited the Stouffville OSPCA Animal Centre Wedneday in advance of the team’s OSPCA home game Jan. 15. The Stouffville Spirit rounded out its coaching staff this week. Head coach TJ Hill welcomed assistant coach Tyler Turcotte to the squad The 34-year-old from Bowmanville was head coach of the Oshawa Generals AAA U18 team the past two years. He played in t...
FOUR FIRST-YEAR PLAYERS NAMED TO PROSPECTS GAME ROSTER
Date:12/31/2022 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Four Stouffville Spirit players have been selected to play in the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s InStat Top Prospects Game in Collingwood on Jan. 14. Goaltender Nicolas Morvan, defenceman Ryan Harvey and forwards Zac Corte and Zach Benayon were named to Team Justin Danforth and will represent the North-West Conference. All four were born in 2005 and are in their rookie seasons in the OJHL....
CAPTAIN EWERE SELECTED TO PLAY IN OJHL ALL-STAR GAME
Date:12/30/2022 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Stouffville Spirit captain Odaro Ewere has been selected to play in the Ontario Junior Hockey League All-Star Game in Collingwood on Jan. 14. The second-year forward from Richmond Hill leads the Spirit with 42 points (11G/31A) in 34 games this season. He has scored three game-winning goals. OJHL All-Star Celebration weekend presented by Dairy Farmers of Ontario is scheduled for J...
SPIRIT THIS WEEK: ASSISTANT COACH ADDED TO STAFF
Date:12/21/2022 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
New assistant coach Rob Ascenzi (right) and head coach TJ Hill at Stouffville Spirit practice at the Stouffville Arena Monday. Veteran York Region minor hockey coach Rob Ascenzi has been named an assistant coach by the Stouffville Spirit. The King City resident has 15 years of coaching experience, including time working with Spirit head coach TJ Hill. Ascenzi, 41, has coached from...
SPIRIT THIS WEEK: YOUNG SQUAD ‘GROWING EVERY GAME’
Date:12/17/2022 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Goaltender Matteo Gennaro of the Stouffville Spirit loses his mask as Jacob Roach of the Brantford 99ers shoots the puck during the Spirit’s 3-1 win at the Wayne Gretzky Centre in Brantford Sunday. (Photo by Michelle Malvaso / OJHL Images) Thursday’s snowstorm that blanketed much of the GTA created a home-and-home series for the Spirit and the Brantford 99ers. Treacherous road condit...
KIOUSSIS AT TEAM CANADA EAST CAMP THIS WEEK
Date:12/05/2022 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Sixty-three players from across the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) are at a selection camp ahead of the 2022 World Junior A Challenge this week. Stouffville Spirit second-year forward Peter Kioussis is one of 18 Ontario Junior Hockey League players invited to the Team Canada East camp. The announcement was made Thursday. The 18-year-old from Oakville has a Spirit-leading 16 goals plus 18 a...
SPIRIT THIS WEEK: TJ HILL ELEVATED TO HEAD COACH
Date:11/29/2022 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Longtime Ontario Junior Hockey League assistant coach TJ Hill has been promoted to head coach of the Stouffville Spirit. (Photo by Christian Bender of OJHL Images) TJ Hill has been named head coach of the Stouffville Spirit. An assistant coach with the franchise the past 18 months, Hill replaces Scott Donato who resigned Nov. 1, citing “family and business reasons.” A junior A and m...
SPIRIT THIS WEEK: DERBIDGE SCORES TWICE IN SPIRIT DEBUT
Date:11/25/2022 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Spirit players collected two truckloads of winter clothing during their second annual Coats for Kids blitz with the Stouffville Lions Club Sunday. Donations can be dropped at Stouffville Honda. Michael Derbidge made his Stouffville Spirit debut a memorable one. The Holland Landing product scored two goals and added an assist as the Spirit took the top-ranked team in the Ontario Junior Ho...
SPIRIT THIS WEEK: 2ND ANNUAL COATS FOR KIDS BLITZ THIS SUNDAY
Date:11/19/2022 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Spirit players and Lions Club members promoting Sunday afternoon’s winter clothing drive, which will be held at both Stouffville arena complexes. The Stouffville Spirit is on the hunt for wins on the ice and in the community. This Sunday (Nov. 20) afternoon from noon to 4 p.m., Spirit players will be at the Stouffville Arena and the Stouffville Clippers Sports Complex collecting winter clo...
SPIRIT THIS WEEK: ‘THE FUTURE OF OUR TEAM LOOKS BRIGHT,’ SAYS OT HERO
Date:11/11/2022 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Stouffville assistant captain Nathan Twohey, with Spirit flag bearers John Barrington and Henry Holohan of the U10 Clippers during Saturday’s Remembrance Day ceremony. (Photo by Rebecca Holohan) The young Stouffville Spirit squad has proven it can play with the big boys of the Ontario Junior Hockey League. Two weeks in a row they took top-10 teams in the Canadian Junior Hockey Leag...
SPIRIT THIS WEEK: NADEAU HAS BIG DEBUT WITH CHARLOTTETOWN
Date:11/04/2022 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Spirit defenceman Raine Nadeau signed with the Charlottetown Islanders of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League this week. (Charlottetown Islanders photo) It was a week of change in Spiritville. Scott Donato officially stepped down as head coach the same day defenceman Raine Nadeau signed with the Charlottetown Islanders of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Citing “family and busines...
DONATO RESIGNS AS SPIRIT HEAD COACH
Date:11/01/2022 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Scott Donato has resigned as head coach of the Stouffville Spirit of the Ontario Junior Hockey League club, Spirit governor and general manager Ken Burrows announced today. Citing “family and business reasons,” Donato submitted his resignation a week ago, but remained with the Spirit through Sunday’s 3-1 loss in Milton. A replacement is expected to be named by early next week, ...
SPIRIT THIS WEEK: STOUFFVILLE SEEING STRETCH OF NATIONALLY-RANKED TEAMS
Date:10/27/2022 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Roger Davidson and the rest of the Stouffville Lions want Spirit fans to bring pop tabs, milk bags, eye glasses, empty prescription pill bottles and cell phones you no longer use to this week’s game on Oct. 27. The service club will reuse or recycle donated items. No one said it would be easy. The Stouffville Spirit is in a stretch of games that features teams in the Canadian Junio...
SPIRIT THIS WEEK: STOUFFVILLE GOES TO THE DOGS FOR GOOD CAUSE THIS MONTH
Date:10/18/2022 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Sportsnet’s Jeff Marek, shown with Deacon, will drop the puck before Thursday night’s OJHL game at the Stouffville Arena. The Spirit is backing Marek’s charity of choice, TEAM Dog Rescue, this month. All proceeds from 50/50 draws at Stouffville Spirit home games are donated to charity. Recipients have included the Lions Club of Stouffville, the Terry Fox Run and Royal C...
SPIRIT THIS WEEK: EWERE PICKED TO CAPTAIN YOUNG SPIRIT SQUAD THIS SEASON
Date:10/14/2022 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
The Stouffville Spirit unveiled its on-ice leadership group for the 2022-23 season this week. Second-year forward Odaro Ewere has been named team captain. The Richmond Hill resident is sixth in Ontario Junior Hockey League scoring with eight goals and 16 assists in 12 games. Full-time assistants are defenceman Nathan Twohey and forward Ryan Russell. They're also second-year players on the yo...
SPIRIT DEALS FOR BIG HOMETOWN DEFENCEMAN
Date:10/14/2022 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Welcome home, Ryan O’Dell! The Stouffville Spirit have acquired the 6-foot-4, 200-pound right-shot defenceman from the Powassan Voodoos of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League. Also acquired was defenceman Cole Douglas. Going to Powassan, near North Bay, is rookie defenceman Jaden Sturge and a player development fee. O’Dell, 18, was a late cut by the Oshawa Generals of the Ont...
STOUFFVILLE CAPTAIN TURNS PRO WITH CAROLINA
Date:10/10/2022 Source:OJHL Stouffville Spirit
Joe Kennedy of the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Stouffville Spirit (photo credit - Andy Corneau | OJHL Images) has signed with the Carolina Thunderbirds of the Federal Prospects Hockey League. "Joe is a player I have coached over his junior career," said Head Coach Garrett Rutledge. "He's going to be an exciting player to watch. Offensively minded w...
