OHL’s Draft Eligible Statistical Leaders as of December

Everyone saw it coming, or at least should have. At least we here at OHL Writers were paying attention in October. There’s a new king at the top of the pack among the Ontario Hockey League’s players eligible for the 2020 National Hockey League Draft.

That player: Marco Rossi of the Ottawa 67’s.

Rossi leads in just about every offensive category. First in goals, assists, points, tops in faceoff winning percentage and a whopping plus/minus of +41, well ahead of his counterparts. Rossi also possesses the longest goal scoring streak, assist streak and point streak of the season.

Someone is sure to mention this: Quinton Byfield of the Sudbury Wolves, who has been at the top of the lists and projected as the second overall pick at the NHL Draft has missed time while at Team Canada’s Camp and the 2020 World Junior Championships.

Sure, that is a fact. But Rossi has missed time himself, albeit for a suspension and has played in 4 fewer games then Byfield.

This is not an attempt to make a case for Rossi to be ranked ahead of Byfield. Central Scouting has him ranked in the first round as does many others. Where in the first round is anyone’s guess right now.

One thing we do know for sure is the NHL GM’s shy away from pick a 5’9” forward such as Rossi too early. Over the years, they haven’t learned that these smaller guys can excel at the NHL level. Maybe, just maybe, they’ve learned from watching Alex DeBrincat and Rossi gets selected where he deserves to be.

Let’s not hold our breaths though.

Here are the statistical leaders at the end of December. While we take great care in compiling stats, always refer to the OHL Website for official stats.

Points Leaders
Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Marco Rossi	Ottawa 67’s	26	23	39	62
Quinton Byfield	Sudbury Wolves	30	22	35	57
Cole Perfetti	Saginaw Spirit	34	20	35	55
Jacob Perreault	Sarnia Sting	33	22	22	44
Tyson Foerster	Barrie Colts	33	19	23	42
Jack Quinn	Ottawa 67’s	32	21	15	36
Ty Tullio	Oshawa Generals	33	14	21	35
Rory Kerins	Soo Greyhounds	37	18	16	34
Luke Evangelista	London Knights	35	14	19	33
Jaromir Pytlik	Soo Greyhounds	31	14	18	32
Goal Scoring Leaders
Player	Team		GP	G	GPG
Marco Rossi	Ottawa 67’s		26	23	0.88
Quinton Byfield	Sudbury Wolves		30	22	0.73
Jacob Perreault	Sarnia Sting		33	22	0.67
Jack Quinn	Ottawa 67’s		32	21	0.66
Cole Perfetti	Saginaw Spirit		34	20	0.59
Tyson Foerster	Barrie Colts		33	19	0.58
Zayde Wisdom	Kingston Frontenacs		34	19	0.56
Rory Kerins	Soo Greyhounds		37	18	0.49
Antonio Stranges	London Knights		34	15	0.44
Ty Tullio	Oshawa Generals		33	14	0.42
Assist Leaders
Player	Team		GP	A	APG
Marco Rossi	Ottawa 67’s		26	39	1.50
Quinton Byfield	Sudbury Wolves		30	35	1.17
Cole Perfetti	Saginaw Spirit		34	35	1.03
Jamie Drysdale	Erie Otters		29	25	0.86
Tyson Foerster	Barrie Colts		33	23	0.70
Jacob Perreault	Sarnia Sting		33	22	0.67
Ty Tullio	Oshawa Generals		33	21	0.64
Tanner Dickinson	Soo Greyhounds		37	21	0.57
Brandon Coe	North Bay Battalion		33	19	0.58
Luke Evangelista	London Knights		35	19	0.54
Defencemen Point Leaders
Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Jamie Drysdale	Erie Otters	29	6	25	31
Jack Thompson	Sudbury Wolves	36	9	11	20
Ryan O’Rourke	Soo Greyhounds	27	6	14	20
Alec Belanger	Ottawa 67’s	32	4	16	20
Ruben Rafkin	Windsor Spitfires	31	1	16	17
Donovan Sebrango	Kitchener Rangers	29	3	13	16
Isaak Phillips	Sudbury Wolves	36	4	9	13
Ole Bjorgvik-Hol	Mississauga Steelheads	37	1	12	13
Plus/Minus Leaders
Player	Team			GP	+/-
Marco Rossi	Ottawa 67’s			26	+41
Ryan O’Rourke	Soo Greyhounds			27	+23
Jack Quinn	Ottawa 67’s			32	+23
Cole Perfetti	Saginaw Spirit			34	+18
Quinton Byfield	Sudbury Wolves			30	+17
Jaromir Pytlik	Soo Greyhounds			31	+13
Anthony Costantini	Ottawa 67’s			30	+11
Shawn Spearing	Peterborough Petes			31	+11
Dylan Robinson	Windsor Spitfires			32	+11
Alec Belanger	Ottawa 67’s			32	+9
Penalty Minutes Leaders
Player	Team		GP	PIM	M/G
Hayden Fowler	Erie Otters		33	48	1.45
Ryan O’Rourke	Soo Greyhounds		27	44	1.63
Gerard Keane	London Knights		32	44	1.38
Reid Valade	Kitchener Rangers		30	40	1.33
Michael Renwick	Hamilton Bulldogs		35	38	1.09
Faceoff Leaders (minimum 140 faceoffs)
Player	Team	GP	FOA	FOW	%
Marco Rossi	Ottawa 67’s	26	548	320	58.4
Isaac Langdon	Kitchener Rangers	30	301	175	58.1
Nick Wong	Kingston Frontenacs	34	171	96	56.1
Hayden Fowler	Erie Otters	33	204	114	55.9
Will Cuylle	Windsor Spitfires	33	141	75	53.2
Aiden Prueter	Mississauga Steelheads	37	356	188	52.8
Quinton Byfield	Sudbury Wolves	30	416	214	51.4
Rory Kerins	Soo Greyhounds	37	657	337	51.3
Cole Perfetti	Saginaw Spirit	34	198	101	51.0
Longest Goal Scoring Streak
Player	Team	From	To	Gms	Goals
Marco Rossi	Ottawa 67’s	11/17	12/1	6	10
Longest Assist Streak
Player	Team	From	To	Gms	Assts
Marco Rossi	Ottawa 67’s	11/16	12/28	11	17
Longest Point Streak
Player	Team	From	To	Gms	Pts
Marco Rossi	Ottawa 67’s	11/10	12/29	14	36
Shots On Goal Leaders
Player	Team			GP	SOG
Cole Perfetti	Saginaw Spirit			34	139
Tyson Foerster	Barrie Colts			33	121
Jacob Perreault	Sarnia Sting			33	113
Jaromir Pytlik	Soo Greyhounds			31	112
Ty Tullio	Oshawa Generals			33	108
Goaltenders Leaders – Goals Against Average
Player	Team	GP	Min	GA	Avg
Nick Chenard	Owen Sound Attack	7	371	15	2.43
Brett Brochu	London Knights	21	1007	48	2.86
Zachary Paputsakis	Oshawa Generals	20	986	51	3.10
Will Cranley	Ottawa 67’s	9	497	27	3.26
Owen Bennett	Guelph Storm	14	805	47	3.50
Goaltending Leaders – Save Percentage
Player	Team	GP	SH	SVS	SV%
Nick Chenard	Owen Sound Attack	7	841	772	0.918
Tucker Tynan	Niagara IceDogs	23	916	834	0.910
Brett Brochu	London Knights	21	485	437	0.901
Zachary Paputsakis	Oshawa Generals	20	496	445	0.897
Owen Bennett	Guelph Storm	14	451	404	0.896
Goaltending Leaders – Wins
Player	Team	GP	W	L	OL
Brett Brochu	London Knights	21	12	5	0
Tucker Tynan	Niagara IceDogs	23	11	8	4
Xavier Medina	Windsor Spitfires	16	9	4	2
Owen Bennett	Guelph Storm	14	8	5	1
Marco Costantini	Hamilton Bulldogs	21	8	9	2
Goaltending Leaders – Shutouts
Player	Team			GP	SO
Brett Brochu	London Knights			21	2
Will Cranley	Ottawa 67’s			9	1
Zachary Paputsakis	Oshawa Generals			20	1