OHL’s Draft Eligible Statistical Leaders: February

Another February 29th is over and it’ll be 4 years until the next one. Welcome to March!

Today, we look at the Ontario Hockey League’s draft eligible statistical leaders in a variety of statistical categories. As always, we look at players eligible for the National Hockey League draft for the first time. Those previously passed over are not included – except for goaltenders.

Matthew Tkachuk of the London Knights has gained a somewhat comfortable lead in the points race with 93 points in 48 games. He now holds an 11 point lead over the Erie Otters’ Alex DeBrincat. Adam Mascherin of the Kitchener Rangers continues to climb the board with 73 points and has surpassed Mississauga Steelheads rookie Alexander Nylander’s 72 points.

North Bay Battalion’s fine rookie defenceman Cam Dineen not only leads draft eligible defencemen in points, but all OHL defencemen with 55 points. He’s gained a comfortable lead on fellow rookie defenceman, Mikhail Sergachev of the Windsor Spitfires, who has 47 points. Sarnia Sting’s Jakob Chychrun has come on this month and sits third with 45 points.

Points Leaders
Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Matthew Tkachuk	London Knights	48	23	70	93
Alex DeBrincat	Erie Otters	51	43	39	82
Adam Mascherin	Kitchener Rangers	56	32	41	73
*Alexander Nylander	Mississauga Steelheads	52	28	44	72
Taylor Raddysh	Erie Otters	58	20	45	65
Kyle Maksimovich	Erie Otters	59	25	39	64
Logan Brown	Windsor Spitfires	51	16	46	62
Will Bitten	Flint Firebirds	58	26	31	57
Nathan Bastian	Mississauga Steelheads	57	19	38	57
Michael McLeod	Mississauga Steelheads	50	19	37	56

Goal Scoring Leaders
Player	Team	GP	G	GPG
Alex DeBrincat	Erie Otters	51	43	0.84
Adam Mascherin	Kitchener Rangers	56	32	0.57
*Alexander Nylander	Mississauga Steelheads	52	28	0.54
Will Bitten	Flint Firebirds	58	26	0.45
Kyle Maksimovich	Erie Otters	59	25	0.42
*Dmitry Sokolov	Sudbury Wolves	60	24	0.40
Matthew Tkachuk	London Knights	48	23	0.48

Assist Leaders
Player	Team	GP	A	APG
Matthew Tkachuk	London Knights	48	70	1.46
Logan Brown	Windsor Spitfires	51	46	0.90
Taylor Raddysh	Erie Otters	58	45	0.78
*Alexander Nylander	Mississauga Steelheads	52	44	0.85
*Cam Dineen	North Bay Battalion	59	43	0.73
Adam Mascherin	Kitchener Rangers	56	41	0.73
Alex DeBrincat	Erie Otters	51	39	0.76

Defencemen Point Leaders
Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
***Cam Dineen	North Bay Battalion	59	12	43	55
*Mikhail Sergachev	Windsor Spitfires	59	14	33	47
Jakob Chychrun	Sarnia Sting	57	10	35	45
*Olli Juolevi	London Knights	48	7	27	34
Benjamin Gleason	Hamilton Bulldogs	59	7	26	33
Victor Mete	London Knights	59	7	25	32
*Jordan Sambrook	Erie Otters	58	9	16	25

Plus/Minus Leaders
Player	Team	GP	+/-
Victor Mete	London Knights	59	+46
Matthew Tkachuk	London Knights	48	+36
*Olli Juolevi	London Knights	48	+31
Kyle Maksimovich	Erie Otters	59	+30
Logan Brown	Windsor Spitfires	51	+21
*Max Jones	London Knights	54	+21
*Cam Dineen	North Bay Battalion	59	+20

Penalty Minutes Leaders
Player	Team	GP	PIM	M/G
Givani Smith	Guelph Storm	56	115	2.05
Logan Brown	Windsor Spitfires	57	101	1.77
*Max Jones	London Knights	54	94	1.74
Michael Pezzetta	Sudbury Wolves	56	89	1.59
Matthew Tkachuk	London Knights	48	76	1.58
*Sean Allen	Oshawa Generals	39	70	1.79
*Brock Philips	Guelph Storm	42	70	1.67

Faceoff Leaders (Wins)
Player	Team	GP	FOA	FOW	%
Michael McLeod	Mississauga Steelheads	50	1117	651	58.3
Logan Brown	Windsor Spitfires	51	979	515	52.6
Hayden Verbeek	Soo Greyhounds	54	793	400	50.4
Cliff Pu	London Knights	54	749	392	52.3
*Domenic Commisso	Oshawa Generals	59	720	349	48.5
Michael Pezzetta	Sudbury Wolves	56	765	345	45.1

Shootout Leaders
Player	Team	SOG	SOA	Goals	%
Nicolas Sicoly	Guelph Storm	2	2	2	100.0
*Alexander Nylander	Mississauga Steelheads	4	4	2	50.0
Adam Timleck	Peterborough Petes	2	2	1	50.0
Matyas Kantner	Flint Firebirds	2	2	1	50.0
Will Bitten	Flint Firebirds	2	2	1	50.0

Shooting Percentage Leaders
Player	Team	GP	Shots	Goals	SH%
Boris Katchouk	Soo Greyhounds	56	111	23	20.72
Will Bitten	Flint Firebirds	58	127	26	20.47
Alex DeBrincat	Erie Otters	51	221	43	19.46
Kyle Maksimovich	Erie Otters	59	129	25	19.38
*Alexander Nylander	Mississauga Steelheads	52	166	28	16.87

Goaltenders Leaders – Goals Against Average
Player	Team	GP	Min	GA	Avg
Jeremy Helvig	Kingston Frontenacs	22	1221	44	2.16
Tyler Parsons	London Knights	42	2445	99	2.43
*Stephen Dhillon	Niagara Ice Dogs	23	1257	59	2.82
Jeremy Brodeur	Oshawa Generals	48	2796	132	2.83
Leo Lazarev	Ottawa 67’s	41	2356	111	2.83
Evan Cormier	Saginaw Spirit	53	2960	175	3.55
Joseph Raaymakers	Soo Greyhounds	25	1401	85	3.64
Connor Hicks	Hamilton Bulldogs	27	1492	96	3.86
Zack Bowman	Sudbury Wolves	33	1750	129	4.42
Troy Timpano	Sudbury Wolves	30	1699	128	4.52
Dylan Wells	Peterborough Petes	26	1451	113	4.67

Goaltending Leaders – Save Percentage
Player	Team	GP	SH	SVS	SV%
Jeremy Helvig	Kingston Frontenacs	22	625	581	0.930
Tyler Parsons	London Knights	42	1211	1112	0.918
Jeremy Brodeur	Oshawa Generals	48	1421	1289	0.907
*Stephen Dhillon	Niagara Ice Dogs	23	608	549	0.903
Leo Lazarev	Ottawa 67’s	41	1120	1009	0.901
Evan Cormier	Saginaw Spirit	53	1632	1457	0.893
Joseph Raaymakers	Soo Greyhounds	25	792	707	0.893
Connor Hicks	Hamilton Bulldogs	27	868	772	0.889
Zack Bowman	Sudbury Wolves	33	1106	977	0.883
Troy Timpano	Sudbury Wolves	30	1094	966	0.883
Dylan Wells	Peterborough Petes	26	864	751	0.869
*Rookie
**Leads League