With the hockey season drawing to a close, the Sudbury Wolves presented their year-end awards on Tuesday, during which they highlighted this season’s strengths.
Rookie David Goyette of Hawkesbury led both the Wolves and OHL among all first-year forwards this season with 72 points and is expected to be a high NHL draft pick this summer, according to a news release issued by the Wolves.
The team also credited Kocha Delic, Evan Konyen, Nolan Collins and Quentin Musty with carrying strong rookie campaigns.
“While we were extremely happy to be playing again after last season, this year definitely had its challenges with COVID shutdowns, injuries and a very unbalanced schedule in which we played 40 of our games out of 68 versus 4 of the top teams in the league,” team vice-president and general manager Rob Papineau said in a release.
“The bright side of it is that we had 14 players get their first year of OHL hockey experience and we will be much better for it as we move forward into next year. We have high expectations for this group over the next couple seasons and look to return to being a top team in our division like we were in the previous two seasons.”
The Wolves will wrap up the season on Friday, April 15, with a home game against the North Bay Battalion beginning at 7:05 p.m.
The team will then shift their attention to the 2022 OHL Priority Selection to take place on April 29 and 30. The OHL Lottery will also take place in the coming days. As information becomes available, fans can follow along online at sudburywolves.com or on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Season Ticket Holders are also reminded that the early pricing deadline is May 31.
2021–22 Award Winners:
Samuel Rothschild MVP – Mitchell Weeks
Leadership Award – Liam Ross
Bud Burke Top Rookie – David Goyette
Scholastic Award – Evan Konyen
Joe Drago Players’ Player – Ethan Larmand
Gord Ewin Most Improved – Nick DeGrazia
Best Defensive Player – Nolan Collins
Top Defenceman – Liam Ross
Top Plus Minus Player – Kocha Delic
Bill Plaunt Top Scorer – David Goyette
Most Goals – David Goyette
Pete Shields Most Assists – David Goyette
