FORMER TORONTO RED WING BARRETT HAYTON WINS GOLD WITH THE CANADIAN JR. TEAM

“Captain Canada Played Through Pain”

“Even though there was a possibility of him missing the final game, Barrett Hayton had other plans. He wasn’t going to let the shoulder injury he suffered in the semi-finals make him miss the gold-medal game against Russia.
Hayton played through the pain and it was noticeable. For the first two periods, he looked to be a little reserved in his play instead of being his usual aggressive self in the offensive zone. However, he started to get more comfortable as the game went on. It wasn’t until 8:39 when Captain Canada came through and tied it for Canada.”

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WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE FORMER TORONTO RED WINGS SELECTED IN THE 2019 NHL DRAFT

Nick Robertson selected in the 2nd round 53rd overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs

Anthony Romano selected in the 6th round 176th overall by the Arizona Coyotes

SEPTEMBER EARLY BIRD TOURNAMENT
MAJOR BANTAM DIVISION IS FULL
MINOR BANTAM DIVISION IS FULL
(any teams applying now will be on a waiting list)
PEEWEE DIVISION-2 SPOTS OPEN

CONGRATUALTIONS TO OUR 2019 OHL DRAFT PICKS:

Francesco Pinelli Round 1 to Kitchener

Chandler Romeo Round 3 to Hamilton

Luca Del Bel-Belluz Round 3 to Mississauga

Justin Ertel Round 3 to North Bay

Nolan Dann Round 4 to Sudbury

Andre Anania Round 4 to Sudbury

Owen Simpson Round 4 to Hamilton

Josh Rosenzweig Round 6 to Niagara

Ryan Gillespie Round 7 to Sudbury

Nicholas Athanaskos Round 8 to Niagara

Joshua Orrico Round 15 to Sarnia

Evan Roccatani Round 15 to Guelph

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MINOR MIDGET TEAM AND THE COACHING STAFF. THEY HAD A GREAT SEASON AND AN OUTSTANDING OHL CUP LOSING THE FINAL 6-5 TO THE DON MILLS FLYERS

CONGRATUALTIONS TO FORMER TORONTO RED WINGS BARRETT HAYTON AND OWEN TIPPET ON BEING SELECTED TO THE 2018 WORLD JUNIOR TEAM

In game 2 of the tournament Barrett Hayton was awarded MVP

Greater Toronto Hockey League Announces Details Surrounding 10th annual GTHL Top Prospects Game

TORONTO –November 16, 2018 –The top 40 GTHL Minor Midget AAA players will showcase their skills in the 10th Annual GTHL Top Prospects Game, Powered by Under Armour on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. at Scotiabank Pond in Downsview Park.

Six celebrity coaches will be behind the benches at this year’s event, including NHL alumni Wendel Clark, Adam Graves, Darcy Tucker, Wayne Primeau, Mike Weaver, and Shayne Corson. Each roster will feature two goaltenders, six defencemen and 12 forwards.

“We’re very grateful to have seen support for this event for the past ten years and have excitement continue to build,” said GTHL Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer Scott Oakman. “Many big names in today’s game have participated in this event in the past and we’re always excited to give our current players the opportunity to showcase their skills. The League is grateful to Under Armour for their continued support and for providing fans and players with the best possible experience.”

Alumni of the event include current NHL stars Connor McDavid, Mitch Marner, Max Domi, as well as projected first overall 2019 NHL Draft pick Jack Hughes.

“The participants in the GTHL Top Prospects Game are among the finest players in the country and deserve the best gear,” says Matt Shearer, Vice President and Managing Director, Under Armour Canada. “It is our mission to make all athletes better and we’re excited to help take these players to the next level by outfitting them in Under Armour performance base layer and training gear.”

Nine different Minor Midget AAA clubs will be represented at the event, with the Toronto Marlboros and Toronto Red Wings leading all clubs with nine players each.

Advance tickets can be purchased online at http://bit.ly/prospect10 or at the GTHL office, located inside Scotiabank Pond at 57 Carl Hall Road in Toronto. The GTHL office is open Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at the gate. Advance ticket purchase is recommended to avoid line-ups at the arena. No passes will be accepted.

CONGRATULATIONS TO FORMER TORONTO RED WING

BARRETT HAYTON

SELECTED 5TH OVERALL BY THE ARIZONA COYOTES

Barrett Hayton reportedly makes Arizona Coyotes opening day roster

by James Reeve2 days agoFollow @JamesRJReeve

The Arizona Coyotes have reportedly confirmed their roster for the opening day of the 2018/19 NHL season and first-round pick Barrett Hayton has made the cut.

Hayton was the Coyotes’ first-round draft pick this year (fifth overall), surprising many due to Czech winger Filip Zadina still being available.

The Canadian centre, who stands at 6-foot-1, 190lbs, was drafted after an impressive second year playing for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the OHL.

Hayton registered 60 points (21 goals, 39 assists) in 63 regular season games and added a further 21 points (eight goals, 13 assists) in 24 playoff games.

He also picked up the Bobby Smith Trophy as the OHL Scholastic Player of the Year.

Since arriving at training camp, Hayton hasn’t looked out of place among the team’s regular NHL players but does look to be benefitting from the number of injuries the Coyotes are struggling with at the moment.

Centres Alex Galchenyuk and Christian Dvorak are set to miss the team’s opening game of the season against the Dallas Stars, forcing Ric Trocchet into some tactical changes with his line-up.

Hayton could now find himself playing third or fourth line minutes at centre for the Coyotes, giving him the best opportunity of impressing the coach.

Hayton could find himself sent back down to juniors, however, with the team allowed to play him in nine regular season games before needing to make a decision on where he plays for the rest of the season.

If Hayton plays ten games for the Coyotes, he will forfeit one year of his entry-level contract.

If, however, he is returned to the Greyhounds before this point, he would be eligible for an entry-level slide – allowing the team to keep him on his entry-level deal for three years from next season.

Considering the surprise many felt when Hayton was drafted, it appears that the Canadian could turn out to be the kind of player the Coyotes envisaged on draft day – with Zadina, who was considered the third-best player in the 2018 draft, starting the season in the AHL.

CONGRATULATIONS TO KYLE JACKSON

Selected in the 3rd Round 49th overall by the North Bay Battalion

WE ARE VERY PROUD TO CONGRATULATE FORMER TORONTO RED WING OWEN TIPPETT
SELECTED IN THE NHL DRAFT 10TH OVERALL BY THE FLORIDA PANTHERS

Owen was the highest player from the GTHL selected in the NHL draft.

CONGRATULATIONS TO FORMER RED WING FEDOR GORDEEV SELECTED 141 st OVERALL BY THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2017 OHL DRAFT PICKS:

Nick Robertson – Round 1 – 16th overall to Peterborough

Joe Kennedy – Round 4 – 64th overall to Saginaw

Braeden Agresti – Round 14 – 267th overall to Windsor

WE ARE VERY PROUD OF FORMER RED WINGS PLAYER KYLE CLARKE:

CLARKE NAMED HUMANITARIAN OF YEAR

The Ontario Junior Hockey League today announced that Kyle Clarke (pictured during humanitarian aid trip to Sousa, Dominican Republic – photo courtesy of the Clarke Family) of the North York Rangers has been named the 2016-17 recipient of the OJHL Humanitarian-of-the-Year Award.

More than doubling his offensive output this season as one of the Rangers veteran leaders, the 19-year old native of Mississauga, Ontario set a high standard of excellence for his teammates, both on-and-off the ice.

Named the club’s captain entering the 2016-17 season, Clarke has not disappointed during his third full year with North York. He would finish second in scoring on the Rangers with both 20 goals and 50 points in 52 regular season games played, while also leading the team with four game-winning goals. Clarke’s offensive output was more than double his previous career best, set in 2015-16 and was significantly more than his entire 129 game OJHL career combined.

For much of Clarke’s life, he has battled an asthmatic condition, and has chosen to not only overcome all the obstacles that he has faced, but to become a spokesperson for the condition and do his part to assist others with the disease. For more than a decade, dating back to his minor hockey years in the atom age group (9-10 years of age), Clarke has been an ambassador and spokesperson for the Lung Association, speaking on living with the condition as a high-performance athlete. All the while, he has taken part in speaking engagements aimed at encouraging kids with asthma to not let it stop them from achieving their dreams, as well as coping mechanisms to deal with day-to-day life. Featured in newspaper articles, television shows and as a spokesperson for different camps and foundations, Clarke has set an exemplary standard for players across the league to follow.

As if his work with young people dealing with the effects of asthma isn’t enough, Clarke has more recently taken on a new charitable endeavour with the Live Different organization. Over the past couple of years, he has volunteered his own personal time with two separate humanitarian aid trips to Sousa, Dominican Republic, helping
to build four houses and a school, as well as other community improvements for the impoverished area. Clarke would personally raise more than $5,000 over two years that was contributed directly to the build and impacting the lives of less fortunate individuals was a very humbling and rewarding experience that he cherished and looks
forward to continuing in the future. Finally, this summer, Clarke is also volunteering his time as an assistant coach with a Toronto-area Under-14 team, called the “Canada Red Cottons” that will compete in a tournament being held in Beijing, China.

The OJHL Humanitarian of the Year is awarded to the player adjudged to have made the most notable contribution to his community in a humanitarian sense, including, but not limited to charitable work, school visits and extracurricular off-ice activities.

Josh Maguire of the Cobourg Cougars was named runner-up in the OJHL award selection to Clarke.

The Cobourg Cougars captain, and recent commit to the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) Ridgebacks, is the heart-and-soul of his club as he looks to lead them to a national championship as host of the 2017 RBC Cup, National Junior ‘A’ Championship. Maguire is extremely active in the community, working with various minor hockey team programs, as well as the kids ‘Learn to Play.’ Perhaps most importantly, he is the founder of the Bryan Rose Sports Fund in memory of his late Grandfather, raising thousands of dollars for families
that cannot afford to have their children participate in hockey.

Later this week, the Trainer-of-the-Year Award recipient will be announced.

PEEWEE RED WINGS AND THE PEEWEE MARLIES PLAY A FRIENDLY GAME DURING THE INTERMISSION OF THE NHL ALUMNI GAME ON NEW YEARS EVE. AN HONOUR AND A WIN FOR BOTH TEAMS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ATOM TEAM WINNERS OF THE HAMILTON JR BULLDOGS TOURNAMENT

THE TORONTO RED WINGS AND THE BURLINGTON EAGLES MINOR PEEWEES PLAY AN EXHIBITION TO SUPPORT THE GIFT OF GIVING BACK FOOD DRIVE

MAJOR BANTAMS WIN THE NIAGARA BAUER INVITATIONAL IN A SHOOTOUT!

CONGRATULATIONS TO JEEREMY HELVIG SELECTED IN THE NHL DRAFT 134TH OVERALL TO CAROLINA HURRICANES

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2016 OHL DRAFT PICKS

Barrett Hayton-Round 1-9th overall Sault Ste Marie

Luke Moncada-Round 3-42nd overall Guelph

Joseph Rupoli-Round 5-87th overall Oshawa

Emmett Gordon-Round 5-90th overall Kingston

Travis Mailhot-Round 5-94th overall North Bay

Matt Hayami-Round 6-116th overall Sault Ste Marie

Alexander Tower-Round 11-204th overall Owen Sound

Michael Hill-Round 14-262 overall-Niagara

Antonio Pirone-Round 14-267th overall Oshawa

Chris Giroday-Round 14-279th overall Kingston

Adam Trotman-Round 14-281st oerall Erie

Christian Lepone-Round 15 286th overall Saginaw

Barrett Hayton                         Luke Moncada                        Joseph Rupoli

Emmett Gordon                        Travis Mailhot                        Matt Hayami

Alexander Tower                        Michael Hill                        Antonio Pirone

Chris Giroday                        Adam Trotman                        Christian Lepone