Sometime soon, the OHL will release the results of their annual Coaches Poll, where the league's bench bosses vote on a number of categories within their own Conference. As is the annual tradition, below you can find my own opinion on how the results should look.
One thing worth noting though. OHL teams are only allowed to submit the name of one player per category for the ballot, thus on the results you won't notice any teams having more than one player per category. On my ballot, you'll see that I don't follow that rule (and never have), as the intention of this from my end is to highlight the very best of the league without that restriction. So this works as both a prediction, and also a fake ballot if I were indeed an OHL coach (which I am obviously not).
It goes without saying that these are not the results and below is strictly my opinion. As mentioned, the results should be released soon-ish.
As is the case every year, some of these categories were really hard to narrow down; a testament to the talent level in the Ontario Hockey League. So if your favourite player isn't listed...my apologies.
Most Underrated Player:
Eastern Conference:
1. Finn Harding, Brampton
2. Will Gerrior, Ottawa
3. Luke Torrance, Oshawa & Jack Brauti, Niagara
Western Conference:
1. Noah Morneau, Windsor
2. Charlie Paquette, Guelph
3. Matthew Mania, Flint & Jackson Parsons, Kitchener
Most Improved Player:
Eastern Conference:
1. Kieron Walton, Sudbury
2. Joey Willis, Kingston
3. Owen Griffin, Oshawa
Western Conference:
1. William Nicholl, London
2. Marco Mignosa, Sault Ste. Marie
3. Noah Morneau, Windsor & Jack Nesbitt, Windsor
Smartest Player:
Eastern Conference:
1. Jake O’Brien, Brantford
2. Luca Marrelli/Cal Ritchie, Oshawa
3. Jacob Battaglia, Kingston
Western Conference:
1. Liam Greentree, Windsor
2. Jett Luchanko, Guelph
3. Zayne Parekh/Michael Misa, Saginaw/Ilya Protas, Windsor
Hardest Worker:
Eastern Conference:
1. Cole Beaudoin, Barrie
2. Luca Pinelli/Will Gerrior, Ottawa
3. Ethan Procyszyn, North Bay/Quinton Burns, Kingston
Western Conference:
1. Brady Martin, Sault Ste. Marie
2. Kristian Epperson, Saginaw
3. Noah Morneau/AJ Spellacy, Windsor/Denver Barkey, London
Best Playmaker:
Eastern Conference:
1. Jake O’Brien, Brantford
2. Cal Ritchie, Oshawa
3. Porter Martone, Brampton/Jacob Battaglia, Kingston/Henry Mews, Sudbury
Western Conference:
1. Zayne Parekh, Saginaw
2. Ilya Protas, Windsor
3. Jett Luchanko, Guelph/Michael Misa, Saginaw
Most Dangerous In Goal Area:
Eastern Conference:
1. Nick Lardis, Brantford
2. Carson Rehkopf, Brampton
3. Beckett Sennecke, Oshawa
Western Conference:
1. Michael Misa, Saginaw
2. Liam Greentree, Windsor
3. Sam Alfano, Erie/Charlie Paquette, Guelph
Best Skater:
Eastern Conference:
1. Kevin He, Niagara
2. Nick Lardis, Brantford
3. Luke Misa, Brampton/Henry Mews, Sudbury
Western Conference:
1. Matthew Schaefer, Erie
2. Sam Dickinson, London
3. Easton Cowan, London/Jett Luchanko, Guelph
Best Shot:
Eastern Conference:
1. Nick Lardis, Brantford
2. Carson Rehkopf, Brampton
3. Ryan Roobroeck, Niagara
Western Conference:
1. Michael Misa, Saginaw
2. Liam Greentree, Windsor
3. Kasper Halttunen/Sam Dickinson, London
Hardest Shot:
Eastern Conference:
1. Carson Rehkopf, Brampton
2. Nick Lardis, Brantford
3. Kashawn Aitcheson, Barrie
Western Conference:
1. Sam Dickinson/Kasper Halttunen, London
2. Liam Greentree, Windsor
3. Lukas Fischer, Sarnia
Best Stickhandler:
Eastern Conference:
1. Beckett Sennecke, Oshawa
2. Nick Lardis, Brantford
3. Kieron Walton, Sudbury/Porter Martone, Brampton
Western Conference:
1. Zayne Parekh/Michael Misa, Saginaw
2. Ilya Protas/Liam Greentree, Windsor
3. Brady Martin, Sault Ste. Marie/Jimmy Lombardi, Flint
Best on Face-Offs:
Eastern Conference:
1. Ethan Hay, Kingston
2. Nathan Villeneuve, Sudbury
3. Cole Beaudoin, Barrie
Western Conference:
1. Pano Fimis, Erie
2. Owen Allard, Sault Ste. Marie
3. Jett Luchanko/Sam O’Reilly, London
Best Body Checker:
Eastern Conference:
1. Kashawn Aitcheson, Barrie
2. Owen Protz, Brantford
3. Matthew Mayich, Ottawa/Maleek McGowan, Kingston
Western Conference:
1. Matt Andonovski, Kitchener
2. AJ Spellacy, Windsor/Brady Martin, Sault Ste. Marie
3. Connor Clattenburg, Flint/Rowan Topp, Guelph
Best Shot Blocker:
Eastern Conference:
1. Ben Danford/Andrew Gibson, Oshawa
2. Quinton Burns, Kingston
3. Carson Cameron, Peterborough
Western Conference:
1. Matt Andonovski, Kitchener
2. Anthony Cristoforo, Windsor
3. Oliver Bonk/Jared Woolley, London
Best Defensive Forward:
Eastern Conference:
1. Ethan Procyszyn, North Bay
2. Cole Beaudoin, Barrie
3. Patrick Thomas/Jake O’Brien, Brantford/Luke Misa, Brampton
Western Conference:
1. Jett Luchanko, Guelph
2. Pano Fimis, Erie/Ilya Protas, Windsor
3. Brady Martin, Sault Ste. Marie/Connor Clattenburg, Flint/Sam O’Reilly, London
Best Penalty Killer:
Eastern Conference:
1. Cole Beaudoin, Barrie
2. Ben Danford, Oshawa
3. Kevin He, Niagara/Patrick Thomas, Brantford
Western Conference:
1. Sam Dickinson/Sam O’Reilly, London
2. Michael Misa, Saginaw
3. Matt Andonovski, Kitchener/Noah Morneau, Windsor/Marco Mignosa, Sault Ste. Marie
Best Offensive Defenceman:
Eastern Conference:
1. Henry Mews, Sudbury
2. Luca Marrelli, Oshawa
3. Emil Pieniniemi, Kingston
Western Conference:
1. Zayne Parekh, Saginaw
2. Sam Dickinson, London
3. Matthew Schaefer, Erie
Best Defensive Defenceman:
Eastern Conference:
1. Ben Danford, Oshawa/Andrew Gibson, Oshawa
2. Quinton Burns, Kingston
3. Owen Protz, Brantford/Matthew Mayich, Ottawa/Finn Harding, Brampton
Western Conference:
1. Matthew Andonovski, Kitchener
2. Jared Woolley, London
3. Tnias Mathurin, Windsor/Matthew Schaefer, Erie
Best Puck-Handling Goaltender:
Eastern Conference:
1. Owen Flores, Niagara
2. Jacob Oster, Oshawa
3. Jack Ivankovic, Brampton/Nate Krawchuk, Sudbury
Western Conference:
1. Carter George, Owen Sound
2. Noah Erliden, Erie
3. Nathan Day, Flint, Nolan Lalonde, Sault Ste. Marie
Best Shootout Shooter:
Eastern Conference:
1. Porter Martone, Brampton
2. Caden Taylor, Peterborough
3. Patrick Thomas, Brantford/Jacob Battaglia, Kingston
Western Conference:
1. Trent Swick, Kitchener
2. Nathan Aspinall, Flint
3. Jacob Julien, London
Best Shootout Goaltender:
Eastern Conference:
1. Mike McIvor, North Bay
2. Jack Ivankovic, Brampton
3. Ben Hrebik, Barrie/Jacob Oster, Oshawa
Western Conference:
1. Noah Erliden, Erie
2. Austin Elliott, London
3. Jackson Parsons, Kitchener
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