Ontario Junior A Hockey League
MCDONALD COMMITTED TO ELMIRA SOARING EAGLES
Date:05/29/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
Stephan McDonald of the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s St. Michael’s Buzzers (photo credit - Ray MacAloney | OJHL Images) has confirmed his commitment to join the NCAA Elmira College Soaring Eagles in Elmira, NY beginning with the 2023-24 season. The 20-year-old from Scarborough began his OJHL career in 2019-20 with the Cobourg Cougars. He joined the Lindsay Muskies ...
OJHL UNVEILING NEW-LOOK WEBSITE THIS WEEK
Date:05/29/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
May 29, 2023, Mississauga, ON – …. The Ontario Junior Hockey League is unveiling its new-look website this week. Created in collaboration with Ontario-based HockeyTech (FloSports), the new site will provide fans, players, scouts and teams with the latest in online technology available across the hockey world. Aside from a fresh, updated appearance, the site will include additional gr...
OJHL ALUMNI WIN GOLD AT IIHF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Date:05/29/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
TAMPERE, Finland – A three-goal third period helped Canada’s National Men’s Team win gold at the 2023 IIHF World Championship, downing Germany 5-2 in the gold medal game at Nokia Arena on Sunday. Ontario Junior Hockey League graduates on the team include a pair of former Toronto Jr. Canadiens, Jack McBain (Arizona Coyotes) and Jake Walman (Detroit Red Wings) and former Stouffvil...
SAGE COMMITS TO LAURIER FROM OJHL CHAMPION COLLINGWOOD BLUES
Date:05/26/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
Owen Sage of the Ontario Junior Hockey League champion Collingwood Blues (photo credit - Andy Corneau| OJHL Images) has confirmed his commitment to join the Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks in Waterloo, ON beginning with the 2023-24 season. Sage signed with Collingwood from his hometown Oakville Rangers U18 program in 2020. “My three years here in Collingwood have been no...
TRENTON ALL-STAR DEFENCEMAN COMMITS TO UTICA PIONEERS
Date:05/24/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
Austin D’Orazio of the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Trenton Golden Hawks (photo credit - Amy Deroche \ OJHL Images) has confirmed his commitment to join the NCAA’s Utica University Pioneers in Utica, NY. beginning with the 2023-24 season. The 21-year-old from Vaughan played his entire five-year junior career in the OJHL, save for the COVID-19 cancelled season ...
COLLINGWOOD ELIMINATED FROM CENTENNIAL CUP
Date:05/19/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
The Collingwood Blues were eliminated from the 2023 Centennial Cup in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba Friday. The Ontario Junior Hockey League champions fell 4-2 to the Ottawa Jr. Senators in the first of two quarterfinals at the national Jr. A championships. Carter Diceman had his second straight two-goal game for Collingwood, who trailed 2-1 after two periods. Ottawa scored the game winner with ...
MILTON'S HUGHES COMMITS TO UTICA UNIVERSITY
Date:05/19/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
Aidan Hughes of the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Milton Menace (photo credit - Christian Bender | OJHL Images) has confirmed his commitment to join the NCAA Utica University Pioneers in Utica, NY beginning with the 2023-24 season. Hughes joined the Menace in 2019 from the Burlington Cougars. He scored 31 goals and had 45 assists in 53 games to lead the Menace in po...
COLLINGWOOD'S PAK SETS HIMSELF UP FOR SUCCESS
Date:05/18/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
Collingwood Blues goaltender Noah Pak accepts a player-of-the-game award from Ontario Junior Hockey League Commissioner Marty Savoy at the Centennial Cup in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba this week. (Photo credit / Hockey Canada) By Jonathan Yue / Hockey Canada For Collingwood Blues goaltender Noah Pak, playing in the blue paint wasn’t always his first choice. But that changed after he reluc...
COLLINGWOOD WILL PLAY OTTAWA IN CENTENNIAL CUP QUARTER-FINAL
Date:05/18/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
The Collingwood Blues lost a heartbreaker to close out the round-robin round at the 2023 Centennial Cup in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba Wednesday night. The Ontario Junior Hockey League champions fell 4-3 to the host Portage Terriers, who scored the game-winner with 20 seconds remaining in regulation time. The Blues will play the Ottawa Jr. Senators in the first of two quarterfinals at the natio...
OJHL ANNOUNCES LEAMINGTON FLYERS AS NEW EXPANSION TEAM
Date:05/17/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
May 17, 2023, Mississauga, ON – The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) announced today that the Leamington Flyers have been approved as a 2023-2024 OJHL expansion team to begin play in the league next season. “The OJHL is extremely excited to welcome the Leamington Flyers to the OJHL starting in the 2023-2024 season,” said OJHL Commissioner Marty Savoy. “Through...
COLLINGWOOD BOOKS SPOT IN CENTENNIAL CUP PLAYOFF ROUND
Date:05/16/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
The Collingwood Blues will compete in the playoffs at the 2023 Centennial Cup in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. The Ontario Junior Hockey League champions defeated the Kam River Fighting Walleye 4-1 Tuesday afternoon to move to 3-0-0 in the 10-team tournament. Bryce Sutherland, Dylan Hudon, Cam Garvey and Ethan Broderick scored for the Blues who led the Walleye, from near Thunder Bay, ON, 2-0 aft...
NORTH YORK’S PATTERSON NAMED CJHL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Date:05/16/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
Riley Patterson of the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s North York Rangers has been named Rookie of the Year in the Canadian Junior Hockey League. Patterson, voted the OJHL’s 2022-23 Rookie of the Year this spring, is ranked 56th by Elite Prospects in its 2024 NHL Draft Rankings ‘Top 96’. Patterson earned the honour over fellow Top Rookie finalists Hudson Malinoski, (F) Bro...
EFTIMOVSKI COMMITS TO WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT
Date:05/16/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
Michael Eftimovski of the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Toronto Jr. Canadiens (photo credit - Shawn Muir | OJHL Images) has confirmed his commitment to join the NCAA University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers in Stevens Point, Wisconsin beginning with the 2023-24 season. The defenceman played the past two seasons for his hometown Jr. Canadiens, helping the team to back...
COLLINGWOOD MOVES TO 2-0 AT CENTENNIAL CUP
Date:05/13/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
The Collingwood Blues remain unbeaten at the 2023 Centennial Cup in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. The Ontario Junior Hockey League champions defeated the Battlefords Stars from Saskatchewan 3-1 Saturday to move to 2-0-0 in the 10-team tournament. Cam Garvey, Ayden Dooley and Spencer Young scored for Collingwood who led 1-0 after the first and second periods. Noah Pak earned the win for Collingw...
COLLINGWOOD WINS CENTENNIAL CUP OPENER IN OVERTIME
Date:05/11/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
Robert Strachan’s power play goal at 4:04 of overtime lifted the Collingwood Blues to a 2-1 win over the Steinbach Pistons during opening day of the 2023 Centennial Cup in Portage la Prairie, Man. Mark McIntosh had given the Ontario Junior Hockey League champions a 1-0 lead in the second period only to have the Manitoba champs from Steinbach tie it up less than three minutes later. Noah Pak, the...
ROAD TO THE CUP – FUELLED BY GATORADE TO AIR DAILY DURING CENTENNIAL CUP
Date:05/11/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. – The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) in conjunction with Rimrock Media Solutions has announced they will be producing a daily online highlight package on game action, news and information during the course of the Centennial Cup. Dubbed ‘Road to the Cup – Fuelled by Gatorade,’ the show will be provided on all CJHL soci...
KAM RIVER WALLEYE HOPE TO LAND CENTENNIAL CUP
Date:05/10/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
Ron Valentine is profiling teams participating in the 2023 Centennial Cup in Manitoba. Today: the Kam River Fighting Walleye from Northwestern Ontario BY RON VALENTINE The KAM RIVER FIGHTING WALLEYE topped the regular season standings in the Superior International Junior Hockey League in their first season of existence, 2021-22. and they repeated the feat in the 2022-23 campaign. In the ...
OTTAWA SENATORS MAKING THIRD STRAIGHT TRIP TO CENTENNIAL CUP
Date:05/08/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
Ron Valentine is profiling the 10 teams participating in the 2023 Centennial Cup in Portage la Prairie May 11-21. Today: the Ottawa Junior Senators. By Ron Valentine Representing the Central Canada Hockey League at the Centennial Cup will be the OTTAWA JUNIOR SENATORS. The club completed its regular campaign winning the six-team Yzerman Division with 42 wins and 89 points from their 55-ga...
HOST PORTAGE TERRIERS HAVE CHAMPIONSHIP PEDIGREE
Date:05/08/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
Ron Valentine is profiling the 10 teams participating in the 2023 Centennial Cup in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba May 11-21. Today: the host Portage Terriers. By Ron Valentine The host team of the 2023 Centennial Cup is the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's PORTAGE TERRIERS. During the regular season, the Terriers, under head coach Blake Spiller, finished in first place in the MGEU E...
BROOKS BANDITS HAVE 8 RETURNEES FROM 2022 CENTENNIAL CUP CHAMPIONSHIP SQUAD
Date:05/07/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
Ron Valentine is profiling the 10 teams participating in the 2023 Centennial Cup in Portage la Prairie May 11-21. Today: the Alberta champion Brooks Bandits By Ron Valentine Rated No. 1 overall in the most recent Canadian Junior Hockey League rankings, the BROOKS BANDITS, the defending Centennial Cup champions (they beat the OJHL's Pickering Panthers 4-1 in the 2022 final), will represent th...
QUEBEC CHAMPS ‘WANT TO MAKE HISTORY’ AT CENTENNIAL CUP
Date:05/06/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
Ron Valentine is profiling the 10 teams participating in the 2023 Centennial Cup in Portage la Prairie May 11-21. Today: the Quebec champion the Cobras de Terrebonne By Ron Valentine It took a seven-game final to decide the representative from the Ligue de Hockey Junior AAA du Quebec but the Cobras de Terrebonne prevailed over the Condors du Cegep-Beauce-Appalaches. The Cobras, ranked thi...
OJHL GRAD NOT AFRAID TO SHAKE THINGS UP IN TIMMINS
Date:05/05/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
Ron Valentine is profiling the teams participating in the 2023 Centennial Cup in Portage la Prairie May 11-21. Today: the Northern Ontario champion Timmins Rock. By Ron Valentine The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League's TIMMINS ROCK, ranked ninth in the nation, will be one of the 10 teams competing for this year's edition of the Centennial Cup. The Rock finished atop th...
EX-OJHLERS PICKED TO PLAY FOR CANADA AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Date:05/05/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada has announced the first 20 players who will wear the Maple Leaf with Canada’s National Men’s Team at the 2023 IIHF World Championship, May 12-28 in Tampere, Finland, and Riga, Latvia. Ontario Junior Hockey League graduates on the team include a pair of former Toronto Jr. Canadiens, Jack McBain (Arizona Coyotes) and Jake Walman (Detroit Red Wings). ...
TYLER FUKAKUSA FINALIST FOR MVP OF THE CJHL
Date:05/05/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
TORONTO – The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) announced Friday the names of the five finalists, for its Most Valuable Player Award for the 2022-23 season. Each of the nominees were determined through a voting process completed by the CJHL’s nine-member leagues, for their respective efforts during the course of the regular season. The Toronto Jr. Canadiens Tyler Fukakusa, th...
SASKATCHEWAN CHAMPS ROLL INTO CENTENNIAL CUP AFTER ANSWERING ‘WAKE-UP CALL’
Date:05/04/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
Ron Valentine is profiling the 10 teams participating in the 2023 Centennial Cup in Portage la Prairie May 11-21. Today: the Saskatchewan champion Battlefords North Stars By Ron Valentine Representing the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League at the Centennial Cup will be the BATTLEFORDS NORTH STARS. The club was ranked second overall in this season's final CJHL rankings. In the re...
OAKVILLE BLADES TO HOST 2024 CENTENNIAL CUP
Date:05/04/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada and the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) have announced that the 2024 edition of the Centennial Cup will be played in Oakville, Ont., before Canada’s National Junior A Championship heads west to Okotoks, Alta., in 2025. The Oakville Blades, a member of the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL), will host the Centennial Cup for the first time in team hi...
CUP-BOUND YARMOUTH ‘BEST-KEPT SECRET IN JR. A HOCKEY’
Date:05/03/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
Ron Valentine is profiling the 10 teams participating in the 2023 Centennial Cup in Portage la Prairie May 11-21. Today: the Maritime champion Yarmouth Mariners By Ron Valentine What a season for the Maritime Junior Hockey League's YARMOUTH MARINERS! All the team from near the tip of southern Nova Scotia did was finish first in the EastLink South division with a 41-win, nine-loss and...
BELLISSIMO IS FINALIST FOR CJHL COACH OF YEAR AWARD
Date:05/03/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
TORONTO – The Canadian Junior Hockey League, in conjunction with the National Hockey League Coaches’ Association, announced Wednesday the names of the five finalists for the Darcy Haugan/Mark Cross Memorial Award, emblematic of CJHL Coach of the Year, for the 2022-23 campaign. Presented annually by the CJHL and NHLCA, this distinguished honour is in memory of Humboldt Broncos (SJHL) h...
JRC’S HEINRICH COMMITS TO NORWICH
Date:05/03/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
Hayden Heinrich of the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Toronto Jr. Canadiens (photo credit - Ed McPherson | OJHL Images) has confirmed his commitment to join the NCAA’s Norwich University Cadets in Northfield, VT beginning with the 2023-24 season. “I’m extremely proud and excited to begin the next chapter of my academic and athletic career at Norwich University,&...
‘BATTLE-TESTED’ STEINBACH WILL OPEN CENTENNIAL CUP AGAINST OJHL WINNERS FROM COLLINGWOOD
Date:05/02/2023 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
Ron Valentine is profiling the 10 teams participating in the 2023 Centennial Cup in Portage la Prairie May 11-21. Today: the Manitoba champions By Ron Valentine The Manitoba Junior Hockey League will have two representatives at the Centennial Cup, the host Portage Terriers and the league champs, the STEINBACH PISTONS. In their regular season, the Pistons were runners-up to Portage in the East...
