OHL’s DRAFT ELIGIBLE STATISTICAL LEADERS ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2021

Happy New Year everyone! Here’s to hoping for a fantastic 2022 and hockey everywhere will be able to continue their seasons.

As you know, the Ontario Hockey League had to postpone a large number of games due to the COVID-19 pandemic as over half the league is in COVID protocol. As much as I hate to admit it, I hope that the OHL follows the lead of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and suspends all action for a couple of weeks.

That said, there were games played in the month of December, and as is always the case, we look at players eligible for the National Hockey League Entry Draft and the statistical leaders in a variety of different categories. Some players have obviously played more games than others due to the postponement of games, but eventually, those games will be made up.

In past years, we’ve always looked at first time draft eligible players. But, because of the lost OHL season a year ago, there are too many players re-entering the draft this time around and we are including them. There are some third-time eligible players re-entering the draft, but we are not including them here with the exception of Brett Brochu of the London Knights as he only made the 2020 NHL Entry Draft by 5 days. If an NHL team is interested in those players, they are more likely to sign a professional contract as free agents rather than a team using a draft pick on them.

One of those players re-entering the draft is Tucker Robertson of the Peterborough Petes. Robertson leads all draft eligible players in points, goals and goals, sits second in assists and third in faceoff winning percentage. A pair of Hamilton Bulldogs are also on the list. Avery Hayes is second to Robertson in goals and fourth in points, while Gavin White is second among defencemen in points and assists.

While we take great care in compiling stats, always refer to the OHL website for official statistics.

Points Leaders
Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Tucker Robertson	Peterborough Petes	26	19	22	41
Kyle Jackson	North Bay Battalion	23	15	22	37
Luca DelBelBelluz	Mississauga Steelheads	28	15	21	36
Avery Hayes	Hamilton Bulldogs	29	16	14	30
Shane Wright	Kingston Frontenacs	22	11	19	30
Nolan Burke	Sarnia Sting	25	14	13	27
Denis Goure	Owen Sound Attack	25	12	14	26
Ryan Humphrey	Hamilton Bulldogs	29	9	17	26
Ty Nelson	North Bay Battalion	31	5	21	26
Owen Beck	Mississauga Steelheads	28	12	13	25
Goal Scoring Leaders
Player	Team	GP	G	GPG
Tucker Robertson	Peterborough Petes	26	19	0.73
Avery Hayes	Hamilton Bulldogs	29	16	0.55
Kyle Jackson	North Bay Battalion	23	15	0.65
Luca DelBelBelluz	Mississauga Steelheads	28	15	0.54
Nolan Dann	Sarnia Sting	25	15	0.60
Nolan Burke	Sarnia Sting	25	14	0.56
Vsevolod Gaidamak	Ottawa 67’s	27	14	0.52
Denis Goure	Owen Sound Attack	25	12	0.48
Owen Beck	Mississauga Steelheads	28	12	0.43
Colton Smith	London Knights	26	12	0.46
Assist Leaders
Player	Team	GP	A	APG
Kyle Jackson	North Bay Battalion	23	22	0.96
Tucker Robertson	Peterborough Petes	26	22	0.85
Luca DelBelBelluz	Mississauga Steelheads	28	21	0.75
Ty Nelson	North Bay Battalion	31	21	0.68
Shane Wright	Kingston Frontenacs	22	19	0.86
Gavin White	Hamilton Bulldogs	29	19	0.66
Ryan Humphrey	Hamilton Bulldogs	29	17	0.59
Jake Karabela	Guelph Storm	27	16	0.59
Pavel Mintyukov	Saginaw Spirit	27	16	0.59
Kirill Kudryavtsev	Soo Greyhounds	28	16	0.57
Defencemen Point Leaders
Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Ty Nelson	North Bay Battalion	31	5	21	26
Gavin White	Hamilton Bulldogs	29	4	19	23
Pavel Mintyukov	Saginaw Spirit	27	6	16	22
Christian Kyrou	Erie Otters	26	5	15	20
Samuel Mayer	Peterborough Petes	26	8	10	18
Kirill Kudryavtsev	Soo Greyhounds	28	2	16	18
Roberto Mancini	Saginaw Spirit	27	6	9	15
Rodwin Dionicio	Niagara IceDogs	24	2	13	15
Michael Buchinger	Guelph Storm	27	0	15	15
Luca D’Amato	Flint Firebirds	24	5	7	12
Plus/Minus Leaders
Player	Team	GP	+/-
Luca DelBelBelluz	Mississauga Steelheads	28	+27
Isaiah George	London Knights	26	+17
Tnias Mathurin	North Bay Battalion	22	+16
Ryan Humphrey	Hamilton Bulldogs	29	+16
Avery Hayes	Hamilton Bulldogs	29	+15
Dylan Gordon	Mississauga Steelheads	16	+13
Matthew Poitras	Guelph Storm	27	+13
Jorian Donovan	Hamilton Bulldogs	29	+13
Ethan MacKinnon	London Knights	20	+12
Kyle Jackson	North Bay Battalion	23	+12
Penalty Minutes Leaders
Player	Team	GP	PIM	M/G
Liam Arnsby	North Bay Battalion	29	49	1.69
Thomas Johnston	Ottawa 67’s	22	43	1.95
Samuel Mayer	Peterborough Petes	26	42	1.62
Ryan Humphrey	Hamilton Bulldogs	29	41	1.41
Roberto Mancini	Saginaw Spirit	27	39	1.44
Landon McCallum	Sudbury Wolves	24	36	1.50
Teddy Sawyer	Ottawa 67’s	27	35	1.30
Lawson Sherk	Hamilton Bulldogs	27	33	1.22
Nathan Poole	Kingston Frontenacs	20	31	1.55
Stepan Machacek	Owen Sound Attack	25	28	1.12
Faceoff Leaders
Player	Team	GP	FOA	FOW	%
Owen Beck	Mississauga Steelheads	28	586	359	61.3
Landon McCallum	Sudbury Wolves	24	279	164	58.8
Tucker Robertson	Peterborough Petes	26	669	385	57.5
Jacob Maillet	Windsor Spitfires	28	243	139	57.2
Max Namestnikov	Sarnia Sting	25	301	164	54.5
Cedrick Guindon	Owen Sound Attack	25	273	148	54.2
Nolan Burke	Sarnia Sting	25	225	122	54.2
Danny Zhilkin	Guelph Storm	27	479	259	54.1
Amadeus Lombardi	Flint Firebirds	24	270	145	53.7
Ethan Larmand	Sudbury Wolves	24	381	200	52.5
Minumum 225 faceoffs
Shooting Percentage Leaders
Player	Team	GP	Shots	Goals	SH%
Jonathan Melee	Hamilton Bulldogs	26	21	6	28.6
Kyle Jackson	North Bay Battalion	26	53	15	28.3
Dean Loukus	Saginaw Spirit	25	32	9	28.1
Braeden Bowman	Guelph Storm	19	36	10	27.8
Tucker Robertson	Peterborough Petes	26	72	19	26.4
Thomas Johnston	Ottawa 67’s	22	28	7	25.0
Gavin Bryant	Owen Sound Attack	20	24	6	25.0
Nolan Burke	Sarnia Sting	25	59	14	23.7
Cameron Lowe	Erie Otters	25	17	4	23.5
Nolan Dann	Sarnia Sting	25	66	15	22.7
Goaltenders Leaders – Goals Against Average
Player	Team	GP	Min	GA	Avg
Brett Brochu	London Knights	22	1306	54	2.48
Jacob Oster	Guelph Storm	15	776	40	3.09
Dom DiVincentiis	North Bay Battalion	12	652	34	3.13
Patrick Leaver	Oshawa Generals	19	1083	58	3.21
Pavel Cajan	Kitchener Rangers	17	1023	55	3.23
Samuel Ivanov	Soo Greyhounds	20	1145	69	3.62
Nolan Lalonde	Erie Otters	22	1263	80	3.80
Ian Michelone	Flint Firebirds	8	476	32	4.03
Andrew Oke	Saginaw Spirit	14	782	55	4.22
Goaltending Leaders – Save Percentage
Player	Team	GP	SH	SVS	SV%
Brett Brochu	London Knights	22	680	626	0.921
Patrick Leaver	Oshawa Generals	19	615	557	0.906
Pavel Cajan	Kitchener Rangers	17	574	519	0.904
Dom DiVincentiis	North Bay Battalion	12	324	290	0.895
Ian Michelone	Flint Firebirds	8	287	255	0.889
Jacob Oster	Guelph Storm	15	341	301	0.883
Nolan Lalonde	Erie Otters	22	668	588	0.880
Samuel Ivanov	Soo Greyhounds	20	551	482	0.875
Michael Simpson	Peterborough Petes	18	541	471	0.871