Hey fans, it's time for another heap of OHL
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SCOTT HADDOW |
Let's start with the Sudbury Wolves
first.
How about that Mark Versteeg-Lytwyn? It looks
like he's getting comfortable with his surroundings.
He has a modest three-game point scoring
streak going right now, recording three goals and six points in
that span.
Not bad at all, and hopefully it
continues.
When the Wolves traded Kyle Lamb last season
to Owen Sound for Kevin Baker, there was some grumbling about
the fact the team lost the trade,
especially since Lamb was considered to have
a great offensive upside.
Fast forward to now, and it was probably one
of Foligno's smartest moves.
While Lamb was traded from Owen Sound to
Mississauga this year and has yet to make a major impact, Baker
has absolutely blossomed with Sudbury and is having a career
season.
Baker, 18, easily surpassed his 17 goals from
last season and now has 32 goals so far this year, along with
59 points.
Baker has a six-game point-scoring streak,
piling up six goals and 10 points in that time and has given
the Wolves a legitimate scorer and go-to-guy to back up Ben
Pouliot.
Lamb, meanwhile, didn't play well in Owen
Sound (scoring 12 points in 32 games and was a -14) but has
found new life with the IceDogs. In 15 games with Mississauga,
Lamb has five goals, 13 points and a +1 rating.
I have to feel for former Wolves defender
Thomas Sample. He was sent to Sarnia as part of the Nick
Tuzzolino trade and is in a tough situation.
Sarnia has lost 14 straight games and will
miss the playoffs.
Sample has played in 16 games with Sarnia,
putting up zero points, a -7 rating and 49 penalty
minutes.
From bad to good, how about the Kingston
Frontenacs? Here's a team that's playing great hockey and
tearing up the league.
Kingston is 8-1-1-0 in their last 10 games,
including shutout wins over nationally ranked teams like
Kitchener and Peterborough.
Kingston already has 33 wins and 70 points
this season, passing last year's totals of 28 wins and 63
points.
A big reason for Kingston's rise in the
Eastern Conference, where they sit fourth overall, has been the
play of their 2006 NHL draft eligible players.
Forwards Chris Stewart (79 points), Cory
Emmerton (78 points), Bobby Hughes (69 points), and defenceman
Ben Shutron (36 points) have all
exceeded expectations and helped lead the
turnaround.
Last season, the league had two players crack
100 points (London's Cory Perry with 130 and teammate Dylan
Hunter 104).
Well, five players have eclipsed the magical
100-point mark so far this season.
London's Rob Schremp has 127, followed by
teammates David Bolland (110) and Dylan Hunter (103).
Kitchener's Evan McGrath has 102, while
Toronto's Justin Donati has 100.
Three other players are within striking
distance. They are Brampton's Wojtek Wolski (98), Barrie's
Bryan Little (97) and Oshawa's Peter Tsimikalis (91).
