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Created: Monday, 26 September 2016 15:06
Our own ETA OMHA scout, Matt Barbara, was in attendance for the North Central Predators and Oshawa Generals regular season tilt on September 22nd and filed the following game report.
Both teams came out flying in the first period with a combined six goals and Oshawa holding a 4-2 lead.. North Central seemed to find their groove in the second period where they were able to pot a couple goals to tie the game and take a disgruntled crowd into the third period. The third period was a bit conservative on both sides as neither team wanted to fall behind and would rather play to a tie, but #89 Alex Bourre was having no thoughts of a tie as he was relentless on the penalty kill all night and was able to jam home a loose puck shorthanded which would be the game winning goal. Oshawa came away with the 5-4 victory on home ice.
Read more: OMHA ETA Game Report: Predators vs Generals (Sep 22, 2016)
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Created: Wednesday, 21 September 2016 17:30
Originally posted at OHL Prospects Blog by Brock Otten
The 2016 preseason is over and the regular season is just around the corner. It's time to take a look at some of the top performances of this year's exhibition action.
As always, this list is populated by players without NHL affiliations (first or second year players, and undrafted veterans), because they get into more games.
Read more: Top 10 - 2016 OHL Preseason Performers (OHL Prospects Blog
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Created: Wednesday, 21 September 2016 17:21
Originally posted at OHL Prospects Blog by Brock Otten
The 2016/17 OHL season starts up this week and that means it's prediction time. As always, predicting the OHL can be a bit of a crapshoot. NHL teams may choose to keep certain players on their roster and that can negatively impact an OHL team. Erie is a perfect example of that with Dylan Strome. But I'm operating under assumptions with these rankings. Assumptions that certain players will return. Assumptions that certain players will take massive steps forward in their development. And even, assumptions that certain players could be, and will be traded.
Not only do I see the West as completely stacked this year, but I also see it as completely open. I said it on twitter recently, but I truly do believe that "on paper" the top 5/6 teams in the Western Conference are currently better than any team in the Eastern Conference. The Conference should be a dogfight. The divisions should be a dogfight. Heck, teams like Saginaw and Guelph should be much better and I've still got them at the bottom of the conference. Nothing will surprise me when it comes to looking back at this at the end of the year.
Read more: 2016-17 OHL Season Preview - Western Conference (OHL Prospects Blog)
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Created: Wednesday, 21 September 2016 17:15
Originally posted at OHL Prospects Blog by Brock Otten
Part two of my season preview for the 2016/17 season examines the Eastern Conference. As mentioned in the West preview, I'm just not enamored with what the East has to offer at this current time. Even the top teams have some serious holes and just don't have the same quality of depth (especially offensively) that the teams in the West do this year. Someone has to win it though. And that someone will no doubt improve their roster through trade at some point this year. One of these teams will have players step up that we don't expect. In other words, I'm not sure I'm going to want to look back at this prediction at the end of the year. I really don't know what to expect. But here's my best guess.
Read more: 2016-17 OHL Season Preview - Eastern Conference (OHL Prospects Blog)
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Created: Friday, 16 September 2016 11:43
As released by the Ontario Hockey League
Thursday September 15, 2016
Toronto, ON - The Ontario Hockey League is proud to announce that 164 OHL players have been invited to attend National Hockey League Training Camps this season.
All 164 players listed are eligible to compete in the OHL for the 2016-17 season including 108 players born in either 1997 or 1998, while 56 of the players are 1996-born and would return as overage players. 159 of the players listed competed in the OHL last season, while five of the players are committed to their OHL clubs for 2016-17.
Of the 164 players attending Training Camps, 111 are going to clubs that selected them in the NHL Draft, 46 are free agent invites, five are undrafted NHL signed prospects, and two players are undrafted AHL signed prospects. In total, 55 of the players attending NHL Camps have signed entry-level contracts including 29 1996-born players who are overage eligible.
All 20 OHL clubs have at least four players attending NHL Training Camps with the London Knights leading the way by sending 16 players to various camps, followed by the Kitchener Rangers with 12 players, the Windsor Spitfires with 11 players, and both the Niagara IceDogs and Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds with 10 players each.
29 of the NHL’s 30 clubs will have at least one OHL eligible player attending their Training Camp. The Arizona Coyotes lead the way with 13 returning eligible OHL players, followed by the St. Louis Blues with 12, the Carolina Hurricanes with 10, followed by the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings, New Jersey Devils, and Toronto Maple Leafs each with nine.
The OHL continues to be the leading supplier of talent to the NHL.
Read more: 164 OHL players invited to 2016 NHL Training Camps
