(From the OJHL, Photo by Ray MacAloney - OJHL Images)

January 8, 2019, Mississauga, Ontario – The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) announced today that Alessio Luciani (Photo by Andy Corneau / OJHL Images) of the Markham Royals has been named the Kewl North-West Conference Player-of-the-Month for December after he tallied 15 points during 10 games.

The 5-foot-8 forward’s OJHL-best 12 goals included six on the power play, three shorthanded and two game-winners.

Luciani and the red-hot Royals are challenging the Aurora Tigers for the North Division lead.

The 20-year-old from Woodbridge joined the Royals midway through last season from the Whitecourt Wolverines of the Alberta Junior Hockey League. He had 32 points in 30 OJHL games in 2017-18.

Luciani had 58 points in 50 games and was MVP with the Jr. B St. Mary’s Lincolns in 2016-17. The previous season, he played AA midget for Duffield Devils in the GTHL.

Jordan Crocker of the Georgetown Raiders was runner-up to Luciani as the North-West Conference Player-of-the-Month. The Brampton native had three goals – all on the power play – and 14 assists in nine games. Crocker is in his fourth OJHL season with Georgetown. He played a year of junior B with the Brampton Bombers after his AAA minor midget season with the Toronto Titans.

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The Ontario Junior Hockey League is the largest Junior ‘A’ league operating under the auspices of the Canadian Junior Hockey League with 22 member clubs.  A proud member of the Canadian Junior Hockey League and Ontario Hockey Association, the OJHL was originally named the Ontario Provincial Junior ‘A’ Hockey League, formed out of the Central Junior ‘B’ Hockey League in 1993-94.  With a long and storied history of developing players for the next level, including U Sports, the NCAA, CHL, minor pro ranks and the NHL, the OJHL had more than 135 commitments in 2017-18, including 65 NCAA Division I scholarships.