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ONTARIO JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE (OJHL)
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The Ontario Junior Hockey League’s 2023-24 All-Star Celebration presented by Dairy Farmers of Ontario begins Friday night with the popular OJHL skills competition.
The celebration is scheduled for this Friday and Saturday, Jan. 12 and 13, at Eddie Bush Memorial Arena in Collingwood, Ont.
The second annual OJHL skills competition kicks things off on Friday, Jan. 12, at 7 p.m.
The skills events include the hardest shot, accuracy shooting, fastest skater, a speed skate relay and the finale, the 18-player showdown.
Points will be awarded for each event to determine which conference’s team reigns supreme in the 2024 OJHL skills competition.
In addition, awards will be presented for top individual performances in player categories consisting of the hardest shot, most accurate shot, fastest skater and top goalie. Each winner will receive an award, bragging rights and a gift from Dairy Farmers of Ontario.
The skills competition will be managed by Top Shot Hockey. The Ontario company operates skills challenges for Junior A, professional and minor hockey leagues. The company, which runs the ECHL all-star skills event, designed and produced the electronic targets used in the accuracy challenge by the NHL at its events in Tampa and San Jose.
Team Mark Giordano won the inaugural event in 2023.
The participants in each skills competition were selected by the head coaches of each team:
- WEST TEAM
- Hardest Shot
- Carson Lloyd
- Conner Thomson-Dick
- Cameron Eke
- Accuracy
- Justin Legault
- Dylan Hudon
- Alex Hebblethwaite
- Cayden Faust
- Quinn Tavares
- Passer - Jack Guvenal
- Passer - Graeme MacAuley
- Fastest Skater
- Gavin McCarthy
- Sean Clarke
- Connnor Driscoll
- Jack Guvenal
- Graeme MacAuley
- Spencer Young
- Speed Skate
- Noah Pak
- James Johnson
- Cameron Doran
- Mark McIntosh
- Luke Johnston
- Evin Kojokaro
- Showdown
- All skaters
- Showdown goaltenders
- Noah Pak
- Gavin McCarthy
- Hardest Shot
- EAST TEAM
- Hardest Shot
- Ryan Forberg
- William Gourgouvelis
- Riley Pitt
- Accuracy
- Andy Reist
- David Elmy
- Barret Joynt
- Ben Lalkin
- Dimitri-Alexander Tzaferis
- Passer - Gavin Rocha
- Passer - Ryan Harvey
- Fastest Skater
- Ryan Piros
- Trevor Hoskin
- Patrick Saini
- Jonathan Morello
- Adam O'Marra
- Gavin Rocha
- Speed Skate
- Ethan Fraser
- Corbin Roach
- Nick Athanasakos
- Owen Wilson
- Ray Hou
- Ryan Harvey
- Showdown
- All skaters
- Showdown goalies
- Ethan Fraser
- Ryan Piros
- Hardest Shot
Saturday’s schedule will kick off with the OJHL Alumni Game at 10:30 a.m, followed by the Hudl-InStat OJHL Prospects Game at 1 p.m. and the OJHL All-Star Game at 5 p.m.
The highlight of the weekend, the All-Star Game will feature the top players from the 24-team league as selected via the OJHL’s All Star selection process.
Fans can save money by buying their tickets in advance online here.
Beyond the hockey, there’s a charitable side to the event that benefits the players in the OJHL. All net proceeds from the weekend events will go to the OJHL Foundation, which focuses on delivering the First Assist Program to aid players with mental health and life skills training.
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