OHL’s Draft Eligible Stat Leaders: End of Season

The Ontario Hockey League’s regular season has come to an end and we look at the statistical leaders in a variety of categories. Listed are players available for the National Hockey League Draft on June, 2016 for the first time – players passed over in previous drafts are not included.

Peterborough Petes forward Logan DeNoble appears on the list in three categories – the only player not ranked by NHL Central Scouting on their midterm rankings in January.  DeNoble ranked sixth in shooting percentage at 16.95%. Will Bitten of the Flint Firebirds led the way with 20.55% followed by Boris Katchouk of the Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds at 20.17%. Alex DeBrincat of the Erie Otters was third at 18.96% followed by Katchouk’s teammate Hayden Verbeek at 17.95%. Another Otter, Kyle Maksimovich placed fifth at 17.65%.

DeNoble also finished third in faceoff win percentage at 53.9%. Jack Kopacka of the Greyhounds tops the list at 60.9% followed by Michael McLeod of the Mississauga Steelheads at 58%. Logan Brown of the Windsor Spitfires followed DeNoble at 53%.

Finally, DeNoble finished eighth in plus-minus with a plus-22. Four London Knights topped the plus-minus, Victor Mete (plus-53), Matthew Tkachuk (plus-45), Olli Juolevi (plus-38) and Max Jones (plus-30). Maksimovich placed fifth (plus-25) Brown sixth (plus-24) and Sarnia Sting defenceman Jakob Chychrun (plus-23) finished ahead of DeNoble.

DeNoble finished just outside the top ten in goals with 22.

Points Leaders
Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Matthew Tkachuk	London Knights	57	30	77	107
Alex DeBrincat	Erie Otters	60	51	50	101
Adam Mascherin	Kitchener Rangers	65	35	46	81
Alexander Nylander	Mississauga Steelheads	57	28	47	75
Logan Brown	Windsor Spitfires	59	21	53	74
Taylor Raddysh	Erie Otters	67	24	49	73
Kyle Maksimovich	Erie Otters	68	27	44	71
Will Bitten	Flint Firebirds	67	30	35	65
Michael McLeod	Mississauga Steelheads	57	21	40	61
Nathan Bastian	Mississauga Steelheads	64	19	40	59

Goal Scoring Leaders
Player	Team	GP	G	GPG
Alex DeBrincat	Erie Otters	60	51	0.85
Adam Mascherin	Kitchener Rangers	65	35	0.54
Matthew Tkachuk	London Knights	57	30	0.53
Will Bitten	Flint Firebirds	67	30	0.45
Dmitry Sokolov	Sudbury Wolves	68	30	0.44
Alexander Nylander	Mississauga Steelheads	57	28	0.49
Max Jones	London Knights	63	28	0.44
Kyle Maksimovich	Erie Otters	68	27	0.40
Taylor Raddysh	Erie Otters	67	24	0.36
Boris Katchouk	Soo Greyhounds	63	24	0.38

Assist Leaders
Player	Team	GP	A	APG
Matthew Tkachuk	London Knights	57	77	1.35
Logan Brown	Windsor Spitfires	59	53	0.90
Alex DeBrincat	Erie Otters	60	50	0.83
Taylor Raddysh	Erie Otters	67	49	0.73
Alexander Nylander	Mississauga Steelheads	57	47	0.82
Adam Mascherin	Kitchener Rangers	65	46	0.71
Cam Dineen	North Bay Battalion	68	46	0.68
Kyle Maksimovich	Erie Otters	68	44	0.65
Michael McLeod	Mississauga Steelheads	57	40	0.70
Nathan Bastian	Mississauga Steelheads	64	40	0.63

Defencemen Point Leaders
Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Cam Dineen	North Bay Battalion	68	13	46	59
Mikhail Sergachev	Windsor Spitfires	67	17	40	57
Jakob Chychrun	Sarnia Sting	62	11	38	49
Olli Juolevi	London Knights	57	9	33	42
Victor Mete	London Knights	68	8	30	38
Benjamin Gleason	Hamilton Bulldogs	66	7	26	33
Jordan Sambrook	Erie Otters	67	9	18	27
Markus Niemelainen	Saginaw Spirit	65	1	26	27

Plus/Minus Leaders
Player	Team	GP	+/-
Victor Mete	London Knights	68	+53
Matthew Tkachuk	London Knights	57	+45
Olli Juolevi	London Knights	57	+38
Max Jones	London Knights	63	+30
Kyle Maksimovich	Erie Otters	68	+25
Logan Brown	Windsor Spitfires	59	+24
Jakob Chychrun	Sarnia Sting	62	+23
Logan DeNoble	Peterborough Petes	63	+22
Adam Mascherin	Kitchener Rangers	65	+19
Austin Osmanski	Mississauga Steelheads	65	+19

Penalty Minutes Leaders
Player	Team	GP	PIM	M/G
Givani Smith	Guelph Storm	65	146	2.25
Max Jones	London Knights	63	106	1.68
Logan Stanley	Windsor Spitfires	64	103	1.61
Michael Pezzetta	Sudbury Wolves	64	98	1.53
Matthew Tkachuk	London Knights	57	80	1.40
Ben Hawerchuk	Barrie Colts	60	78	1.30

Faceoff Leaders (Minimum 60 faceoffs)
Player	Team	GP	FOA	FOW	%
Jack Kopacka	Soo Greyhounds	67	69	42	60.9
Michael McLeod	Mississauga Steelheads	57	1284	745	58.0
Logan DeNoble	Peterborough Petes	63	154	83	53.9
Logan Brown	Windsor Spitfires	59	1148	609	53.0
Alex DeBrincat	Erie Otters	60	183	97	53.0
Cliff Pu	London Knights	63	851	445	52.3
Brandon Saigeon	Hamilton Bulldogs	43	502	259	51.6
Boris Katchouk	Soo Greyhounds	63	72	37	51.4
Matthew Tkachuk	London Knights	57	74	38	51.4
Connor Bunnaman	Kitchener Rangers	68	193	99	51.3

Shooting Percentage Leaders (Min 75 shots)
Player	Team	GP	Shots	Goals	SH%
Will Bitten	Flint Firebirds	67	146	30	20.55
Boris Katchouk	Soo Greyhounds	63	119	24	20.17
Alex DeBrincat	Erie Otters	60	269	51	18.96
Hayden Verbeek	Soo Greyhounds	63	78	14	17.95
Kyle Maksimovich	Erie Otters	68	153	27	17.65
Logan DeNoble	Peterborough Petes	63	118	20	16.95
Jonathan Ang	Peterborough Petes	68	127	21	16.54
Alexander Nylander	Mississauga Steelheads	57	178	28	15.73
Matthew Tkachuk	London Knights	57	191	30	15.71
Domenic Commisso	Oshawa Generals	66	117	18	15.38

Goaltenders Leaders – Goals Against Average
Player	Team	GP	Min	GA	Avg
Tyler Parsons	London Knights	49	2835	110	2.33
Stephen Dhillon	Niagara Ice Dogs	27	1317	59	2.69
Evan Cormier	Saginaw Spirit	58	3246	201	3.72
Dylan Wells	Peterborough Petes	27	1516	116	4.59
Troy Timpano	Sudbury Wolves	35	2000	158	4.74

Goaltending Leaders – Save Percentage
Player	Team	GP	SH	SVS	SV%
Tyler Parsons	London Knights	49	1397	1287	0.921
Stephen Dhillon	Niagara Ice Dogs	27	639	580	0.908
Evan Cormier	Saginaw Spirit	58	1825	1624	0.890
Troy Timpano	Sudbury Wolves	35	1296	1138	0.878
Dylan Wells	Peterborough Petes	27	896	780	0.871