OHL Coaches Poll - My Predictions

With the 2008-09 OHL regular season wrapped up, the Ontario Hockey League should be set to announce the results of this years Coaches Poll sometime this week (perhaps even tomorrow).

With that in mind, Ryan and I have decided to enter a friendly competition to see who could predict the results better.

Here is how I think it could possibly look, based on my observations this season.

Eastern Conference

Most Underrated Player:
1. Jared Gomes
2. Brett Parnham
3. Chris DeSousa

Most Improved Player:
1. Tony Romano
2. Corey Cowick
3. Andrew Agozzino

Smartest Player:
1. Cody Hodgson
2. Bryan Cameron
3. Cameron Gaunce

Hardest Worker:
1. Stefan Della Rovere
2. Anthony Nigro
3. Cory Tanaka

Best Playmaker:
1. Logan Couture
2. Eric Tangradi
3. Pat Daley

Most Dangerous in the Goal Area:
1. Eric Tangradi
2. Bryan Cameron
3. Brett Parnham

Best Skater:
1. Shawn Lalonde
2. Evgeny Grachev
3. Tony Romano

Best Shot:
1. Cody Hodgson
2. Bryan Cameron
3. Evgeny Grachev

Hardest Shot:
1. P.K. Subban
2. Alex Pietrangelo
3. Cameron Gaunce

Best Stickhandler:
1. Cody Hodgson
2. Logan Couture
3. Matt Kang

Best on Face-Offs:
1. Luke Pither
2. Cody Hodgson
3. Anthony Nigro

Best Body Checker:
1. Stefan Della Rovere
2. Julien Demers
3. Chris DeSousa

Best Defensive Forward:
1. Cory Tanaka
2. Thomas Kiriakou
3. Anthony Nigro

Best Penalty Killer:
1. Cory Tanaka
2. Thomas Kiriakou
3. Kale Kerbashian

Best Offensive Defenseman:
1. Alex Pietrangelo
2. P.K. Subban
3. Cameron Gaunce & Shawn Lalonde

Best Defensive Defenseman:
1. Alex Pietrangelo
2. Cameron Gaunce
3. Marc Cantin

Western Conference

Most Underrated Player:
1. Jason Akeson
2. Matt Kennedy
3. Ryan Hayes

Most Improved Player:
1. Matt Hackett
2. Chris Chappell
3. Peter Holland & Chris MacKinnon

Smartest Player:
1. John Tavares
2. Ryan O’Reilly
3. Peter Holland

Hardest Worker:
1. Taylor Beck
2. Matt Martin
3. Adam Henrique

Best Playmaker:
1. Taylor Hall
2. Ryan O’Reilly
3. Jack Combs & Jason Akeson

Most Dangerous in the Goal Area:
1. John Tavares
2. Chris Terry
3. Justin DiBenedetto & Greg Nemisz

Best Skater:
1. Mark Katic
2. Nazem Kadri
3. Taylor Hall

Best Shot:
1. John Tavares
2. Ryan Ellis
3. Taylor Hall

Hardest Shot:
1. John Carlson
2. Ryan Ellis
3. Adam Comrie

Best Stickhandler:
1. John Tavares
2. Nazem Kadri
3. Taylor Hall

Best on Face-Offs:
1. John Tavares
2. Jamie Arniel
3. Adam Henrique

Best Body Checker:
1. Zac Rinaldo
2. Dale Mitchell
3. Luke Gazdic

Best Defensive Forward:
1. Ryan O’Reilly
2. Scott Timmins
3. Matthew Lyall

Best Penalty Killer:
1. Ryan O’Reilly
2. Scott Timmins
3. Andrew Wilkins

Best Offensive Defenseman:
1. Ryan Ellis
2. John Carlson
3. Michael Del Zotto

Best Defensive Defenseman:
1. Dan Kelly
2. John Carlson
3. T.J. Brodie & Mark Cundari

It should be interesting to see how close 'my votes' are to the actual results. In years past the results have been released on the Wednesday or the Thursday after the regular seasons completion, so whenever those are released, I'll get them posted here.

I'll have Ryan's up later today.