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Tre-Prospects

Date:  Source: OJHL - Markham Royals

November 14, 2019 - Markham, ON: The Markham Royals organization is proud to announce and congratulate defenseman Austin D’Orazio and forwards Shane Hyman and Johnny Ulicny, who have been named to Team Caggulia for the 2019 OJHLs All-Star Celebration Prospects Game.

D’Orazio (2002) is currently in his second season in the OJHL after playing his rookie year with the former Newmarket Hurricanes. The Vaughan, ON native joined the Royals organization before the start of the 2019-20 season and has played in 21 of the teams first 22 games. Austin played his Minor Midget season with the Vaughan Kings AAA team and participated in the 2017-18 OHL recording 3 points in 7 games.

Hyman (2003) is currently in his rookie season with the OJHL and also played his Minor Midget year with the Vaughan Kings AAA. The Toronto, ON native is one of nine 2003 born players named to the 25-man roster for Team Caggulia and has played in all 22 games for Markham so far this season. He has continued to grow and adjust to life in the OJHL at just 16 years of age and currently has 3 goals and 7 points in his rookie year.

Ulicny (2002) is currently in his first season in the OJHL and his second season in Junior hockey. The Tecumseh, ON native spent his first Junior year with the Leamington Flyers of the GOJHL before joining Markham at the start of the 2019-20 season where he has played in all 22 games recording 7 goals and 13 points. Johnny played his Minor Midget season with the Sun County Panthers which also made it to the 2017-18 OHL Cup; Ulicny would score 5 points in 5 games in the Tournament.

The three prospects will join forwards Vincent Bonaiuto and Zac Sirota and defenseman Kevin Weaver-Vitale at the OJHLs All-Star Celebration on Nov 30, bringing the total number of Markham Royals represented to 6 players. The Royals Organization is extremely proud of Austin, Shane and Johnny for their accomplishments so far this season and wish them the best of luck at the All-Star Celebration.

For more details on the Prospects Game, see the full press release from the OJHL below.

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November 14, 2019, Mississauga, ON – The Ontario Junior Hockey League today announced the rosters for its teams that will face off in the OJHL Prospects Game during the All-Star Celebration in the OJHL November 30, 2019 in Oakville. 

The festival, held at Sixteen Mile Sports Complex, promises to be a day-long celebration of the game, including games, clinics, presentations and a free public skate.

The OJHL Prospects Game, consisting of OJHL young guns, closes out activities beginning at 7:30 p.m.

The teams are named in honour of two childhood friends from Durham Region who are now playing in the NHL.

The North/West Prospects will play on Team Caggiula, named for Chicago Blackhawks forward Drake Caggiula. The MVP of the 2012 OJHL playoffs played two seasons for the Stouffville Spirit. He signed as a free agent with the Edmonton Oilers following four years at the University of North Dakota.

The South/East Prospects are on Team Shore, named in honour of former Whitby Fury forward Devin Shore. Shore was a second-round pick of the Dallas Stars from the Fury in the 2012 NHL draft. He then played three seasons at Maine. Shore now plays for the Anaheim Ducks.

Caggiula and Shore played played eight years of minor hockey together in the Ajax-Pickering Raiders organization.

North/West

 

South/East

  

Team Caggiula

 

Team Shore

  

Christian Linton - Brantford

1 - G

Curtis Boothe - JRC

  

Matteo Lalama - Collingwood

30 - G

Ethan Robertson - Cobourg

  

Luke Pavicich - Buffalo

A - G

Will Craig - Whitby

  

Kaleb Nelson - Aurora

8 - F

Christian Stevens - Whitby

  

Brenden Sirrizzoti - Pickering

9 - F

Cole O'Hara - NYR

  

Vladislav Dvurechenskii - Collingwood

10 - F

Ryan Alexander - St Mike’s

  

Luke Strickland - Stouffville

11 - F

Ryan Tverberg - JRC

  

Luke Tchor - Oakville

12- F

Jacob Vreugdenhil - Wellington

  

Jack Richard - Burlington

14- F

Finn Brown - St Mike’s

  

Nolan Dann - Georgetown

15 - F

Logan Maunder - Lindsay

  

Matteo Costantini - Buffalo

16 - F

Mateo Dixon - Patriots

  

Johnny Ulicny - Markham

17 - F

Matt Sop - Mississauga

  

Elijah Pilosof - Pickering

18 - F

Ryan Holmes - Brampton

  

Cam Garvey - Oakville

19 - F

Ayrton Martino - St. Mike’s

  

Ryan Brown - Georgetown

20 - F

Ryan Mansfield - Pats

  

Aidan Hughes - Milton

A - F

Lee Chiang - Pats

  

Shane Hyman - Markham

A - F

Jacob Dupis - Lindsay

  

Deven Nagra - Milton

2 - D

Erik MacNiel - Cobourg

  

Declan Ride - Oakville

3 - D

Owen Simpson - Whitby

  

Andre Anania - Stouffville

4 - D

Julien Jacob - Trenton

  

Payton Robinson - Burlington

5 - D

Ryan Hall - Lindsay

  

Brenden Kennette - Burlington

6 - D

Thomas Haynes - Brampton

  

Auston D'Orazio - Markham

7 - D

Owen McGowan - Mississauga

  

Connor Olson - Pickering

A - D

Aydin Parekh - NYR

  

Coleton Panowyk - Georgetown

A - D

Darren Beattie - Cobourg

  

 

 

 

  
 

The event’s centrepiece is the OJHL All-Star Game at 3 p.m. The game will feature the best players from across the 22-team OJHL as selected by the league’s competition committee.

All-day admission is $5 with all proceeds going to the OJHL Foundation. The All-Star game will be broadcast live across the country on CHCH-TV. It’s the first of nine OJHL on CHCH telecasts shown on Saturdays during the 2019-20 season.

Festivities begin at 9:30 a.m. with a one-hour initiation program clinic for Oakville minor hockey players with the ice donated by Goodlife Fitness.

OJHL graduates will play in the alumni game at 10:30 a.m. Alumni will learn how the league’s Foundation assists players during a postgame presentation.

The free public skate is on from 1:30-2:15 p.m with the ice sponsored by Goodlife Fitness.

A one-hour, on-ice skill development clinic is scheduled for 5:45 p.m. The clinics are being conducted by the Ontario Junior Hockey League and sponsored by Goodlife Fitness.

An All-Star game for OJHL Affiliate Players begins at 12 noon. Players will be selected by the Ontario Junior Hockey League with final approval from the Ontario Hockey Federation.  Rosters for the AP teams will be announced later this month.

Sixteen Mile Sports Complex is the home arena of the defending OJHL champion Oakville Blades. The fully-accessible complex features: an Olympic-sized ice pad with seating for 1,500 spectators, three NHL-sized ice pads, 20 change rooms, two community rooms, two shooter pads and a pro shop.

Founded as a Jr. C team in 1966, the Oakville Blades joined the Jr. B ranks in 1970 and became a Jr. A team in the mid-1990s. The Blades won the OJHL (Buckland Cup) and Central Canadian (Dudley-Hewitt Cup) championships in 2008, 2010 and 2019.

About the OJHL Foundation

The OJHL Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation based in Mississauga. The proceeds raised are invested directly into the core mandates of the organization. The OJHL Foundation is designed to provide support to financially disadvantaged junior hockey players, create and provide education bursaries and scholarships, raise health and concussion awareness and develop and implement programs on mental health and wellness, life skill development, substance abuse, depression and bullying for all the players of the OJHL.

About the OJHL – “League of Choice”

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 CJHL and Ontario Hockey Association, the OJHL was originally named the Ontario Provincial Junior ‘A’ Hockey League and it was 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 125 commitments in 2018-19 – including more than 65 NCAA Division I scholarships.