Knights’ Tyler Parsons named Vaughn CHL Goaltender of the Week

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Toronto, ON – The Canadian Hockey League today announced that 2016 NHL Draft prospect Tyler Parsons of the London Knights is the Vaughn CHL Goaltender of the Week for the week ending November 1 after posting a record of 3-0-0-0 with two shutout victories along with a goals-against-average of 1.00 and save percentage of .964.

Parsons turned aside 81 of the 84 shots he faced last week to backstop the Knights to three straight victories earning second star honours in all three games.  On Friday night he made 27 saves as part of a 6-3 win over the Windsor Spitfires, then picked up his first of back-to-back shutouts with a 22-save performance on Saturday in a 7-0 win over the Saginaw Spirit.  The win featured a pair of milestones including Parsons’ first career shutout, and the 600th career win for head coach Dale Hunter.  On Sunday Parsons wrapped up his week making 32 saves in a 6-0 win over the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds.

An 18-year-old from Chesterfield, Michigan, Parsons is playing in his second career OHL season with the Knights.  He is eligible for the 2016 NHL Draft and was given a ‘B’ rating by NHL Central Scouting in their September ‘Players to Watch’ list.  Parsons currently has a 10-1-1-1 record with a goals-against-average of 2.53 and save percentage of .919 so far this season.

Also considered for the award this week was last week’s winner Arizona Coyotes prospect Adin Hill of the Portland Winterhawks who posted a 2-1-0-0 record stopping 115 shots in three games with a goals-against-average of 1.67 and save percentage of .958, while Carolina Hurricanes prospect Callum Booth of the Quebec Remparts stopped 92 shots with a 2-0-1-0 record including a shutout victory along with a goals-against-average of 1.98 and save percentage of .939.

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 2015-16 Vaughn CHL Goaltenders of the Week:
Oct. 26 – Nov. 1: Tyler Parsons (London Knights)
Oct. 19 – Oct. 25: Adin Hill (Portland Winterhawks)
Oct. 12 – Oct. 18: Julio Billia (Chicoutimi Sagueneens)
Oct. 5 – Oct. 11: Coleman Vollrath (Victoria Royals)
Sept. 28 – Oct. 4: Louis-Philip Guindon (Rimouski Oceanic)
Sept. 21 – Sept. 27: Zack Bowman (Flint Firebirds)

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OHL’s Draft Eligible Player of the Month – October

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Although it feels like spring out there it is November and that means it’s time to look at our draft eligible player of the month for October.

And he is: Alex DeBrincat of the Erie Otters.

Alex DeBrincat of the Erie Otters. Photo by Aaron Bel/OHL Images
Alex DeBrincat of the Erie Otters. Photo by Aaron Bel/OHL Images

Through the month of October, DeBrincat played in 12 games scoring a league leading 16 goals and adding 7 assists for 23 points – also for the league lead – and finishing a plus 8. DeBrincat’s 16 goals came off of 57 shots on goal good for 28.07 shooting percentage.  He also went 28 for 59 in the faceoff circle or 47.4 winning percentage.

DeBrincat was on fire to start the month scoring 5 goals versus the Niagara Ice Dogs on October 1st in Niagara and almost repeated the feat at home scoring 4 goals on October 9th in the rematch. He had seven multi point games and was held off the score sheet just twice. He was named the game’s first star five times and second star once.

DeBrincat was named OHL player of the week for the week ending October 4, 2015 and was runner up for the CHL player of the week for the same period.

Also considered was DeBrincat’s teammate Taylor Raddysh who scored 4 goals and added 13 assists in 12 games and the Mississauga Steelheads’ Alexander Nylander with 9 goals and 9 assists in 13 games. In goal, the London Knights’ Tyler Parsons played all but 60 minutes of the Knights’ games and posted a 9-1-1-0 record with a 2.55 goals against average and .915 save percentage with one shutout.

Knights’ Tyler Parsons named Pioneer Energy OHL Player of the Week

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Toronto, ON – The Ontario Hockey League today announced that 2016 NHL Draft prospect Tyler Parsons of the London Knights is the Pioneer Energy OHL Player of the Week for the week ending November 1 after posting a record of 3-0-0-0 including two shutout victories with a goals-against-average of 1.00 and save percentage of .964.

Tyler Parsons courtesy Aaron Bell/OHL Images
Tyler Parsons courtesy Aaron Bell/OHL Images

Parsons stopped 81 shots backstopping the Knights to three straight victories last week improving the club’s record to 11-2-1-1 for 24 points which ranks third in the Midwest Division standings.  The second goaltender to claim the award this season, Parsons opened the week on Friday with a 27-save performance as part of a 6-3 victory over the Windsor Spitfires where he earned second star honours.  Then on Saturday night, Parsons posted his first career shutout and first of two-straight with a 22-save effort as second star of a 7-0 road win over the Saginaw Spirit helping head coach Dale Hunter secure his 600th career OHL win.  He finished the week on Sunday by making 32 saves to blank the host Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 6-0 picking up his league-leading 10th win of the season while earning second star honours for the third straight game.

Parsons, an 18-year-old from Chesterfield, Michigan, is playing in his second career OHL season with the Knights.  Eligible for the 2016 NHL Draft, Parsons was one of three OHL goaltenders to be given a ‘B’ rating by NHL Central Scouting in their September ‘Players to Watch’ list.  So far this season he carries a 10-1-1-1 record with a goals-against-average of 2.53 and save percentage of .919.

Watch video highlights of Parsons and the Knights against the Spitfires, Spirit, and Greyhounds.

Also considered for the award this week was Calgary Flames prospect Andrew Mangiapane of the Barrie Colts who scored three goals and four assists for seven points in three games.  Additionally, Arizona Coyotes prospect Ryan MacInnis and 2016 NHL Draft top prospect Max Jones of the Knights both scored five goals and one assist for six points in three games.

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2015-16 Pioneer Energy OHL Players of the Week:

Oct. 26 – Nov. 1: Tyler Parsons (London Knights)
Oct. 19 – Oct. 25: Kevin Labanc (Barrie Colts)
Oct. 12 – Oct. 18: Zach Bratina (North Bay Battalion)
Oct. 5 – Oct. 11: Hunter Garlent (Peterborough Petes)
Sept. 28 – Oct. 4: Alex DeBrincat (Erie Otters)
Sept. 21 – Sept. 27: Zack Bowman (Flint Firebirds)

OHL’s Draft Eligible Statistical Leaders – October

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Halloween has come and gone and we’ve seen multiple tricks and fabulous treats through the first full month of the Ontario Hockey League season.

With October games in the books, we look at those players eligible for the National Hockey League draft and who leads in a variety of statistical categories from points, to penalty minutes to time on ice.

As in previous seasons, we look at those players eligible for the NHL draft for the first time.

Points Leaders
Player Team GP G A Pts
**Alex DeBrincat Erie Otters 13 17 8 25
Matthew Tkachuk London Knights 14 5 17 22
*Alexander Nylander Mississauga Steelheads 15 10 11 21
Kyle Maksimovich Erie Otters 14 5 14 19
Taylor Raddysh Erie Otters 14 5 14 19
Adam Mascherin Kitchener Rangers 12 7 10 17
Will Bitten Flint Fireberids 14 7 9 16
Michael McLeod Mississauga Steelheads 15 4 12 16
Logan Brown Windsor Spitfires 10 2 12 14
*Alan Lyszczarczyk Sudbury Wolves 14 4 8 12
Goal Scoring Leaders
Player Team GP G G/GM
**Alex DeBrincat Erie Otters 13 17 1.31
*Alexander Nylander Mississauga Steelheads 15 10 0.67
*Max Jones London Knights 12 7 0.58
Adam Mascherin Kitchener Rangers 12 7 0.58
Will Bitten Flint Fireberids 14 7 0.50
*Boris Katchouk Soo Grreyhounds 12 6 0.50
Nathan Basian Mississauga Steelheads 13 6 0.46
Assist Leaders
Player Team GP A A/GM
Matthew Tkachuk London Knights 14 17 1.21
Kyle Maksimovich Erie Otters 14 14 1.00
Taylor Raddysh Erie Otters 14 14 1.00
Logan Brown Windsor Spitfires 10 12 1.20
Michael McLeod Mississauga Steelheads 15 12 0.80
*Markus Niemelainen Saginaw Spirit 15 11 0.73
*Alexander Nylander Mississauga Steelheads 15 11 0.73
Defensemen Point Leaders
Player Team GP G A Pts
*Markus Niemelainen Saginaw Spirit 15 0 11 11
Benjamin Gleason Hamilton Bulldogs 12 4 6 10
Jakob Chychrun Sarnia Sting 14 3 7 10
*Olli Juolevi London Knights 14 2 8 10
Victor Mete London Knights 14 1 9 10
Sean Day Mississauga Steelheads 15 3 6 9
Cole Candella Hamilton Bulldogs 14 2 7 9
Plus/Minus Leaders
Player Team GP +/-
Kyle Maksimovich Erie Otters 14 +17
Victor Mete London Knights 14 +14
Matthew Tkachuk London Knights 14 +14
*Olli Juolevi London Knights 14 +13
Jakob Chychrun Sarnia Sting 14 +11
Taylor Raddysh Erie Otters 14 +11
Penalty Minute Leaders
Player Team GP PIM PIM/G
Givani Smith Guelph Storm 13 30 2.31
Logan Stanley Windsor Spitfires 16 28 1.75
*Max Jones London Knights 12 21 1.75
Keaton Middleton Saginaw Spirit 15 21 1.40
Michael McLeod Mississauga Steelheads 15 16 1.07
Drake Rymsha Ottawa 67’s 15 16 1.07
Faceoff Leaders
Player Team GP FOA FOW %
Michael McLeod Mississauga Steelheads 15 326 203 62.3
Drake Rymsha Ottawa 67’s 15 209 128 61.2
Logan Brown Windsor Spitfires 10 185 110 59.5
Will Bitten Flint Fireberids 14 248 104 41.9
Jonathan Ang Peterborough Petes 15 209 93 44.5
Shoot Out Percentage
Player Team SOGP SOA Goals %
Jakob Chychrun Sarnia Sting 1 1 1 100
Dmitri Sokolov Sudbury Wolves 1 1 1 100
*Alexander Nylander Mississauga Steelheads 2 2 1 50
Michael McLeod Mississauga Steelheads 2 2 1 50
Alex DeBrincat Erie Otters 2 2 1 50
Time On Ice Leaders
Player Team GP TOI
Jakob Chychrun Sarnia Sting 14 30:00
Sean Day Mississauga Steelheads 15 29:17
*Alexander Nylander Mississauga Steelheads 15 27:52
Alex DeBrincat Erie Otters 13 26:32
Taylor Raddysh Erie Otters 14 26:08
Cole Candella Hamilton Bulldogs 14 26:05
Michael McLeod Mississauga Steelheads 15 25:00
Even strength time on ice
Goaltending Leaders – Goals Against Avg.
Player Team GP MIN GA AVG
Tyler Parsons London Knights 12 723 33 2.74
Joseph Raaymakers Soo Greyhounds 7 394 23 3.50
Evan Cormier Saginaw Spirit 12 701 42 3.59
Dylan Wells Peterborough Petes 7 427 28 3.93
Minimum 350 minutes
Goaltending Leaders – Save Percentage
Player Team GP SH SVS SV%
Tyler Parsons London Knights 12 375 342 0.912
Dylan Wells Peterborough Petes 7 262 234 0.893
Evan Cormier Saginaw Spirit 12 376 334 0.888
Joseph Raaymakers Soo Greyhounds 7 191 168 0.880
Minimum 350 minutes
*Rookie
**Leads league