July 8, 2010
ODHA Media Release
Ottawa ON- the Ottawa District Hockey Association in partnership with the ODMHA and OEMHL is pleased to announce the selection of our first ever ODHA Under 16 Team that will take part in the Inaugural Ontario Under 16 Prospect Tournament in Kitchener August 12-15, 2010. The Tournament will take place at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex, with our first game taking place on Thursday August 12th at 5:00pm
Against Hockey Northwestern Ontario (HNO); Please see below for more tournament information.
The best 2011 OHL draft eligible Under 16 players in Ontario will compete in the 6-team tournament with representation from each of the following organizations: ALLIANCE Hockey, GTHL, HNO, NOHA, ODHA and OMHA. The tournament is being held to identify potential players for Team Ontario who will represent the Province and compete for a gold medal at the 2011 Canada Winter Games being held in Halifax, Nova Scotia in February 2011.
Team ODHA started the process of putting this team of very talented young men together in April 2010 at Carleton University where 42 players were invited to attend the first ever ODHA U16 camp. This group was then paired down to 30 players who participated in a summer orientation camp in June at the Ray Friel Recreation Complex where the players competed in three (3) very high tempo, competitive scrimmages. It was the task of our Coaching Staff to select 20 players to play for Team ODHA. Our dedicated coaches are:
Head Coach – Gregg Kennedy – Ottawa Junior Senators AAA
Associate Coach – Mike Miller – Ottawa Junior 67’s AAA
Associate Coach – Joe Rathwell – Upper Canada Cyclones AAA
Associate Coach – Lloyd Switzer – Ottawa Valley Titans AAA
We have also assembled a great training staff:
Head Trainer – Dan McDowell – Nepean Raiders Jr. A
Associate Trainer – Steve Pellerin – Eastern Ontario Wild AAA
Staff Assistant – Tyler Baker – Cumberland Jr. Grads AA
Please see our roster attached:
# / Player / Position / Height / Weight / GP / GAA / Team30 / Justin Laforest / G / 6’0” / 160 / 29 / 3.28 / Titans
31 / Arun Kumar / G / 5’10” / 140 / 22 / 2.65 / Sens
Position / Height / Weight / GP / Goals / Assists / Total Pts
7 / Owen Stewart / D / 6’2” / 180 / 25 / 4 / 11 / 15 / Cyclones
6 / William Petschenig / D / 6’2” / 185 / 27 / 10 / 16 / 26 / Cyclones
21 / Evan DeHaan / D / 5’7” / 125 / 50 / 4 / 16 / 20 / Titans
4 / Alex Robinson / D / 6’1” / 165 / 28 / 1 / 10 / 11 / Titans
20 / Patrick Crampton / D / 6’3” / 174 / 34 / 3 / 10 / 13 / 67’s
5 / David Wilkie / D / 5’11” / 150 / 28 / 0 / 12 / 12 / Sens
17 / Riley Hennigar / F / 5’11” / 180 / 41 / 39 / 33 / 72 / Sens
18 / Blain Byron / F / 5’8” / 135 / 40 / 24 / 34 / 58 / Cyclones
12 / Evan Mancini-Welsford / F / 5’10” / 180 / 26 / 20 / 22 / 42 / Sens
14 / Colin Kruse / F / 5’9” / 140 / 32 / 20 / 12 / 32 / Sens
8 / Daniel Disipio / F / 5’9” / 140 / 25 / 7 / 18 / 25 / 67’s
16 / Jacob Jammes / F / 5’9” / 150 / 32 / 27 / 21 / 48 / 67’s
11 / Karson McCartney / F / 5’11” / 155 / 40 / 6 / 11 / 17 / Titans
19 / Brandon Seatter / F / 5’8” / 152 / 26 / 18 / 29 / 47 / 67’s
10 / Matthew Morin / F / 5’8” / 150 / 28 / 17 / 10 / 27 / Wild
9 / Joshua Hartley / F / 5’10” / 165 / 27 / 17 / 22 / 39 / 67’s
15 / Derian Plouffe / F / 5’11” / 160 / 39 / 42 / 35 / 77 / Sens
13 / Nicholas Baptiste / F / 6’0” / 165 / 40 / 35 / 49 / 84 / Sens
Here is a list of our upcoming practices:
July 27th, 13:30 – 15:00, Bell Sensplex – Team Photo will be taken.
August 5th, 17:30 – 19:30 Carleton U Rink B
August 9th, 15:00 – 17:00 Bell Sensplex
The Team will depart for Kitchener on the morning of Wednesday August 11th, 2010, and will practice from 17:00 – 18:00 in Kitchener.
Special Thanks go to our many dedicated volunteers:
Ron McRostie – ODHA V.P. Development
Ron Thompson – ODHA President, and HDCO Policy Committee Member.
Richard Waldroff – ODHA Past President, and HDCO Vice Chairman.
Jim Powell – OEMHL AAA President, and Team ODHA GM.
For all Team enquiries please contact Jeff Baker: ODHA Technical Coordinator and Team ODHA Director of Operations at:
(613) 224-7686 – Office
(613) 229-9835 – Cell
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