OHL Alumni Central

OHL Grads Relegated to Enforcer Roles in Great Britain?

Tom — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:43:18 +0000

Is Great Britain’s Elite Ice Hockey League just using Ontario Hockey League grads for their fists? The EIHL typically has more than a few OHL alumni among the top ten scorers in the league. This year, there are just two in the top 20 with approximately 10 games to go in the regular season. These [...]

Finland’s Pelicans Load Up On OHL Grads For Playoff Run

Tom — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:00:32 +0000

The Lahden Pelicans of Finland’s SM-Liiga are treading in rare territory. Three quarters of the way through the 2011-12 season, Pelicans find themselves in second place in the fourteen team Finnish elite league. The team has never never won a championship and has really never enjoyed any great playoff success. 2011-12 might just be the [...]

5 Ontario Born OHL Grads Competing in Sweden’s Division 1

Tom — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:00:47 +0000

Sweden’s Division 1 is two steps below the country’s top league, the Elitserien (a sort of Swedish ECHL). Currently, in 2011-12, there are five Ontario-born OHL grads playing in the league. Russ Moyer is in his first season with Bjorkloven, averaging just over a point per game with the club. Moyer played four years on the point [...]

Cuba Moving Up In The World Hockey Ranks?

Tom — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:00:14 +0000

As this article goes live, I am already in my sixth day in Cuba at a small resort near Cienfuegos. Not a vacation, of course, but another hockey scouting mission. The Cuban ice hockey scene is flourishing and it won’t be long before they’re challenging Canada at the Olympics (ok – it’s hard enough to [...]

Kitchener Rangers Grad Looking For a Championship in the Czech Republic

Tom — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:00:12 +0000

Michal Dvorak played in the Ontario Hockey League for the Kitchener Rangers for three seasons from 1996-97 to 1998-99. The Czech born player arrived part way through his rookie season after starting the year in the Czech Extraliga. That year, the Rangers won the Central Division title and fell to the eventual Robertson Cup champions, [...]