The Ontario Hockey League, in collaboration with the Canadian Hockey League, Owen Sound Attack and Sudbury Wolves hockey clubs, and Hockey Canada, announced the rosters for Team OHL, which will compete against Team Russia in the 2017 CIBC Canada-Russia Series this November.
Team OHL faces the Russian National Junior Team in game three of the series in Owen Sound on Thursday Nov. 9, with game four to be played in Sudbury on Monday Nov. 13.
Sudbury Wolves forward Macauley Carson will suit up for Team OHL when the two teams square off in Sudbury on Nov. 13. Wolves head coach Cory Stillman will be behind the bench for the game as an assistant coach, along with the team's equipment manager/athletic therapist Dan Buckland, assistant athletic therapist Shawn Charron and assistant equipment manager Brandon Grace.
A total of 28 players will represent the OHL in the 2017 CIBC Canada Russia Series including 11 players who will compete in both games. There are 16 players listed on Team OHL rosters that received invites to Canada’s National Junior Team Summer Showcase led by returning World Junior silver medalist Taylor Raddysh of the Erie Otters.
The rosters feature 24 players who have been selected in the NHL Draft including first round picks Nick Suzuki of the Owen Sound Attack (Vegas Golden Knights, 13th in 2017), Logan Stanley of the Kitchener Rangers (Winnipeg Jets, 18th in 2016), Robert Thomas of the London Knights (St. Louis Blues, 20th in 2017), and Morgan Frost of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (Philadelphia Flyers, 27th in 2017).
The Team OHL rosters were assembled by a selection committee that includes Attack General Manager Dale DeGray and Ottawa 67’s General Manager James Boyd in consultation with Hockey Canada Head Scout Brad McEwen.
In 14 years of competition against the Russian National Junior Team, the OHL has a record of 23-4-1 in this series following a 4-3 loss in North Bay and 5-2 victory in Hamilton last season.
Full team rosters can be found below:
Game 3 – Thursday November 9 - Owen Sound
Goaltenders:
Jacob Ingham (Mississauga Steelheads)
Dylan Wells (Peterborough Petes)
Defencemen:
Evan Bouchard (London Knights)*
Nicolas Hague (Mississauga Steelheads)
Markus Phillips (Owen Sound Attack)
Jordan Sambrook (Erie Otters)*
Logan Stanley (Kitchener Rangers)
Conor Timmins (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)*
Forwards:
Jonathan Ang (Peterborough Petes)*
Will Bitten (Hamilton Bulldogs)*
Alex Formenton (London Knights)*
Jonah Gadjovich (Owen Sound Attack)*
Boris Katchouk (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)*
Jordan Kyrou (Sarnia Sting)
Adam Mascherin (Kitchener Rangers)
Cliff Pu (London Knights)*
Taylor Raddysh (Erie Otters)
Givani Smith (Guelph Storm)*
Nick Suzuki (Owen Sound Attack)*
Robert Thomas (London Knights)
Game 4 – Monday November 13 - Sudbury
Goaltenders:
Michael DiPietro (Windsor Spitfires)
Matthew Villalta (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
Defencemen:
Kevin Bahl (Ottawa 67’s)
Evan Bouchard (London Knights)*
Keaton Middleton (Saginaw Spirit)
Jordan Sambrook (Erie Otters)*
Conor Timmins (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)*
Forwards:
Jonathan Ang (Peterborough Petes)*
Will Bitten (Hamilton Bulldogs)*
Macauley Carson (Sudbury Wolves)
Alex Formenton (London Knights)*
Morgan Frost (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
Jonah Gadjovich (Owen Sound Attack)*
Boris Katchouk (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)*
Cliff Pu (London Knights)*
Nate Schnarr (Guelph Storm)
Givani Smith (Guelph Storm)*
Jack Studnicka (Oshawa Generals)
Nick Suzuki (Owen Sound Attack)*
*Players competing in both games
