Gabriel Vilardi

Opening week of the Ontario Hockey League season has begun and here you’ll find all the players eligible for the first time for the 2017 National Hockey League Draft.

While there are some top notch players that will have their name’s called in June, It’s not a particularly strong or deep draft class from the O.

Michael DiPietro of the Windsor Spitfires. Photo by Terry Wilson / OHL Images.

On the high end, there is Gabriel Vilardi of the Windsor Spitfires, Owen Tippet and Nicolas Hague of the Mississauga Steelheads and Matthew Strome of the Hamilton Bulldogs to name a few. Standout goaltender Michael DiPietro of the Spitfires has the makeup to push for first round consideration as a goalie.

As for my season prediction, I like Hamilton versus Mississauga in the Eastern Final and London versus Windsor in the Western Final with London defeating Mississauga for the OHL Championship.

Here are the first time draft eligible players

#	Rookie	Player	Pos	Team
5	*	Chris Cameron	D	Barrie Colts
7	*	Kade Landry	D	Barrie Colts
8		Lucas Chiodo	LW	Barrie Colts
12	*	Joey Keane	D	Barrie Colts
15	*	Jaden Peca	RW	Barrie Colts
19	*	Jason Willms	C	Barrie Colts
25	*	Kyle Heitzner	C	Barrie Colts
26	*	Tom Hedberg	D	Barrie Colts
17		Kyle Auger	D	Barrie Colts
31		Ruan Badenhorst	G	Barrie Colts
33	*	Christian Propp	G	Barrie Colts

3	*	Ryan Martin	D	Erie Otters
8	*	Carson Edwardson	C	Erie Otters
13		Brett Neumann	C	Erie Otters
22		Josh Wainman	D	Erie Otters
27		Ivan Lodnia	C	Erie Otters
39	*	Gera Puddbnyi	C	Erie Otters
40	*	Anand Oberoi	G	Erie Otters

6	*	Samuel Duchesne	D	Flint Firebirds
9	*	Jack Phibbs	LW	Flint Firebirds
12	*	Jake Durham	RW	Flint Firebirds

5	*	Dmitri Samorukov	D	Guelph Storm
13	*	Hanna Quinn	D	Guelph Storm
14	*	Cedric Ralph	C	Guelph Storm
16	*	Nate Schnarr	C	Guelph Storm
19		Isaac Ratcliffe	LW	Guelph Storm
20		Albert Michnac	C	Guelph Storm
22		Liam Stevens	LW	Guelph Storm
26		Nick Deakin-Poot	C	Guelph Storm
32	*	Anthony Popovich	G	Guelph Storm

9	*	Reilly Webb	D	Hamilton Bulldogs
11	*	Isaac Nurse	RW	Hamilton Bulldogs
12	*	Zachary Johnson	LW	Hamilton Bulldogs
15	*	Fedor Gordeev	D	Hamilton Bulldogs
18		Matthew Strome	LW	Hamilton Bulldogs
28		Marian Studenic	C	Hamilton Bulldogs
44		MacKenzie Entwistle	RW	Hamilton Bulldogs
33		Kaden Fulcher	G	Hamilton Bulldogs

6		Jacob Paquette	D	Kingston Frontenacs
13	*	Colin Van Den Hurk	D	Kingston Frontenacs
19		Jason Robertson	LW	Kingston Frontenacs
22	*	Jakub Brahaney	D	Kingston Frontenacs
23	*	Tyler Burnie	RW	Kingston Frontenacs
75	*	Linus Nyman	RW	Kingston Frontenacs
77	*	Eemeli Rosonen	D	Kingston Frontenacs

4		Joseph Garreffa	C	Kitchener Rangers
21		Nick McHugh	LW	Kitchener Rangers
25	*	Alex Peterson	D	Kitchener Rangers
48	*	Cedric Scheimenz	C	Kitchener Rangers
81	*	Dylan Seitz	C	Kitchener Rangers
88		Greg Meireles	RW	Kitchener Rangers
98		Elijah Roberts	D	Kitchener Rangers
34		Luke Richardson	G	Kitchener Rangers

6	*	Ryley Coome	D	London Knights
15	*	Cole Tymkin	RW	London Knights
24	*	Ian Blacker	D	London Knights
26	*	Josh Nelson	C	London Knights
27		Robert Thomas	C	London Knights
42	*	Jacob Golden	D	London Knights
80	*	Alex Forementon	LW	London Knights

15		Shaw Boomhower	C	Mississauga Steelheads
17	*	Scoley Dow	LW	Mississauga Steelheads
18	*	Aidan McFarland	LW	Mississauga Steelheads
28	*	Matthew Titus	RW	Mississauga Steelheads
41		Nicolas Hague	D	Mississauga Steelheads
74		Owen Tippet	RW	Mississauga Steelheads
94	*	Jeremy Goodwin	LW	Mississauga Steelheads

3		Ben Jones	C	Niagara Ice Dogs
5	*	Drew Hunter	D	Niagara Ice Dogs
6		Hayden Davis	D	Niagara Ice Dogs
16	*	Danial Singer	C	Niagara Ice Dogs
18	*	Matthew Philip	C	Niagara Ice Dogs
19	*	Pavel Demin	C	Niagara Ice Dogs
20	*	Ondrej Machala	C	Niagara Ice Dogs
27	*	Cal Davis	RW	Niagara Ice Dogs
29	*	Liam Ham	D	Niagara Ice Dogs
1	*	Colton Incze	G	Niagara Ice Dogs

2	*	Eric Allair	D	North Bay Battalion
3		Adam Thilander	D	North Bay Battalion
11	*	Daniel Walker	LW	North Bay Battalion
20		Jacob Ball	LW	North Bay Battalion
22		Lyle Brady	D	North Bay Battalion
23		Daniil Vertiy	LW	North Bay Battalion
24	*	Brad Chenier	LW	North Bay Battalion
27	*	Adam McMaster	C	North Bay Battalion
35	*	Mat Woroniuk	G	North Bay Battalion

3	*	Jaimen Allison	D	Oshawa Generals
4	*	Matt Stoia	D	Oshawa Generals
7		Sullivan Sparkes	C	Oshawa Generals
15		Kyle MacLean	LW	Oshawa Generals
17		Renars Krastenbergs	LW	Oshawa Generals
18		Robbie Burt	RW	Oshawa Generals
23		Jack Studnicka	C	Oshawa Generals
38		Kyle Keyser	G	Oshawa Generals
35	*	Barrett Mundell	G	Oshawa Generals

2		Noel Hoefenmayer	D	Ottawa 67’s
5	*	Andrei Golikov	D	Ottawa 67’s
9		Austen Keating	LW	Ottawa 67’s
16	*	Ben Evans	C	Ottawa 67’s
18		Hudson Wilson	D	Ottawa 67’s
89		Sasha Chmelevski	C	Ottawa 67’s

5		Sean Durzi	D	Owen Sound Attack
7	*	Zachary Roberts	LW	Owen Sound Attack
12	*	Nick Pryce	LW	Owen Sound Attack
18		Markus Phillips	D	Owen Sound Attack
21		Jonah Gadjovich	LW	Owen Sound Attack
24	*	Maksim Sushko	RW	Owen Sound Attack
37		Nick Suzuki	C	Owen Sound Attack

2		Cole Fraser	D	Peterborough Petes
7		Nick Grima	D	Peterborough Petes
11		Zach Gallant	C	Peterborough Petes
12		C. J. Clarke	RW	Peterborough Petes
15	*	Nick Isaacson	LW	Peterborough Petes
23	*	Matyas Svoboda	LW	Peterborough Petes
25		Igor Martynov	LW	Peterborough Petes

6	*	Robert Proner	D	Saginaw Spirit
7	*	Kyle Bollers	LW	Saginaw Spirit
9		Brady Gilmour	C	Saginaw Spirit
24	*	Brock Hill	D	Saginaw Spirit
25		Kirill Maksimov	RW	Saginaw Spirit
49		Cole Coskey	RW	Saginaw Spirit
91	*	Gianluca Fuoco	LW	Saginaw Spirit
20	*	Brendan Bonello	G	Saginaw Spirit

19		Ryan McGregor	LW	Sarnia Sting
21	*	Adam Ruzicka	C	Sarnia Sting
23	*	Egert Curtis	LW	Sarnia Sting
27	*	Sean Josling	RW	Sarnia Sting
28	*	Kelton Hatcher	D	Sarnia Sting
30	*	Aidan Hughes	G	Sarnia Sting

7		Anthony DeMeo	D	Soo Greyhounds
11		Mac Hollowell	D	Soo Greyhounds
15		Calvin Martin	LW	Soo Greyhounds
16		Morgan Frost	C	Soo Greyhounds
21		Connor Timmins	D	Soo Greyhounds
22		Liam Hawel	C	Soo Greyhounds
29	*	Dougie Newhouse	G	Soo Greyhounds
31	*	Matthew Villalta	G	Soo Greyhounds

7		Reagan O’Grady	D	Sudbury Wolves
8	*	Conor Ali	D	Sudbury Wolves
12		Brady Pataki	RW	Sudbury Wolves
14	*	Owen Lane	LW	Sudbury Wolves
18		Macauley Carson	LW	Sudbury Wolves
20	*	Shane Bulitka	LW	Sudbury Wolves
22		Ben Garagan	C	Sudbury Wolves
28		Drake Pilon	RW	Sudbury Wolves
29		Darian Pilon	LW	Sudbury Wolves
30	*	Drake McGrath	G	Sudbury Wolves

13		Gabriel Vilardi	C	Windsor Spitfires
26	*	Cole Purboo	RW	Windsor Spitfires
29	*	Jasper Forgrave	RW	Windsor Spitfires
61		Luke Boka	RW	Windsor Spitfires
31	*	Lucas Patton	G	Windsor Spitfires
64		Michael DiPietro	G	Windsor Spitfires

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