2005 OHL PRIORITY SELECTION MEDIA GUIDE OHL PRIORITY SELECTION • MAY 7, 2005 On May 5 2001, the Ontario Hockey League conducted the annual Priority Selection process by way of the Internet for the first time in league history. The league web site received record traffic for the single day event, topping 140,000 visitor sessions and 1.8 million page views. The 2005 OHL Priority Selection will once again be conducted online on Saturday May 7, 2005 beginning at 9:00 a.m. at www.ontariohockeyleague.com. This media guide has been prepared as a resource to all media covering the 2005 OHL Priority Selection. Additional media resources, including player head and shoulders photos and draft day informa- tion will be posted on the league’s media information web site - www.ontariohockeyleague.com/media . Contents Team Contact Information 3 Player Eligibility 4 Order of Selection 5 OHL Central Scouting 6 Jack Ferguson Award 6 Player Profiles 7 Eligible Player List 13 Eligible Player List - Goaltenders 24 First Round Draft Picks 26 2004 Priority Selection Results by Team 28 2003 Priority Selection Results by Team 30 2002 Priority Selection Results by Team 32 2001 Priority Selection Results by Team 35 2000 Priority Selection Results by Team 32 2 TEAM CONTACT INFO Barrie Colts Ottawa 67’s 555 Bayview Drive, Barrie, ON L4N 8Y2 1015 Bank Street Gate #4 , Ottawa, ON K1S 3W7 Phone: 705/722-6587 Fax: 705/721-9709 Phone: 613/232-6767 Fax: 613/232-5582 [email protected] / www.barriecolts.com [email protected] / www.ottawa67s.com GM - Mike McCann; PR - Jason Ford GM - Brian Kilrea; PR - Bryan Cappell Belleville Bulls Owen Sound Attack 265 Cannifton Road, Belleville, ON K8N 4V8 1900 3rd Ave. E., Owen Sound, ON N4K 6T5 Phone: 613/966-8338 Fax: 705/966-8761 Phone: 519/371-7452 Fax: 519/371-7990 [email protected] / www.bellevillebulls.com attack @bmts.com / www.attackhockey.com GM - George Burnett; PR - Nancy Sommerville GM - Mike Futa; PR - Dave Middleton Brampton Battalion Peterborough Petes 7575 Kennedy Road S., Brampton, ON L6V 3N2 121 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough, ON K9J 1Y4 Phone: 905/874-2393 Fax: 905/874-2394 Phone: 705/743-3681 Fax: 705/743-5497 [email protected] / www.battalionhockey.com [email protected] / www.gopetesgo.com GM - Stan Butler; PR - Stuart McCommish GM - Jeff Twohey; PR - Aaron Garfat Erie Otters Plymouth Whalers 809 French Street, Erie, PA 16501 14900 Beck Rd., Plymouth Twp, Michigan 48170 Phone: 814/455-7779 Fax: (814)455-0911 Phone: 734/453-8400 Fax: 734/453-4201 [email protected] / www.ottershockey.com [email protected] / www.plymouthwhalers.com GM - Sherwood Bassin; PR - Mark Jeanneret GM - Mike Vellucci; PR - Pete Krupsky Guelph Storm Saginaw Spirit 55 Wyndham St.N., 2nd Fl., Guelph, ON N1H 7T8 P.O. Box 6157, Saginaw, MI 48608 Phone: 519/837-9690 Fax: 519/837-9692 Phone: 989/497-7747 Fax: 989/799-9261 [email protected] / www.guelphstorm.com [email protected] / www.saginawspirit.com GM - Dave Barr; PR - Peter Williamson GM - Bob Mancini; PR - Cameron Knowles Kingston Frontenacs Sarnia Sting P.O. Box 665, Kingston, ON K7L 4X1 1455 London Road, Sarnia, ON N7S 6K4 Phone: 613/542-4042 Fax: 613/542-2834 Phone: 519/542-4494 Fax: 519/542-2388 [email protected] / www.kingstonfrontenacs.com [email protected] / www.sarniasting.com GM - Larry Mavety; PR - Jeff Stilwell GM - Alan Millar; PR - Mark Glavin Kitchener Rangers Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Box 43013, Eastwood Sq., Kitchener, ON N2H 6S9 269 Queen St. E., Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 1Y9 Phone: 519/576-3700 Fax: 519/576-7571 Phone: 705/253-5976 Fax: 705/945-9458 [email protected] / www.kitchenerrangers.com [email protected] / www.soogreyhounds.com GM - Peter DeBoer; PR - Jeff Young GM - Dave Torrie; PR - TBA London Knights Sudbury Wolves 99 Dundas Street, London, ON N6A 6K1 240 Elgin Street, Sudbury, ON P3E 3N6 Phone: 519/681-0800 Fax: 519/668-7291 Phone: 705/675-3941 Fax: 705/675-7951 [email protected] / www.londonknights.com [email protected] / www.sudburywolves.com GM - Mark Hunter; PR - Jim McKellar GM - Mike Foligno; PR - Curtis Hall Mississauga IceDogs Toronto St. Michael’s Majors 5500 Rose Cherry Pl., Mississauga, ON L4Z 4B6 1515 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON M5P 3H4 Phone: 905/502-7788 Fax: 519/502-0169 Phone: 416/651-8228 Fax: 416/651-8010 [email protected] / www.mississaugaicedogs.com [email protected] / www.stmichaelsmajors.com GM - Mario Forgione; PR - Aimee Kain GM - Bud Stefanski; PR - Parker Neale Oshawa Generals Windsor Spitfires 99 Thornton Road South, Oshawa, ON L1J 5Y1 334 Wyandotte St. E., Windsor, ON N9A 3H6 Phone: 905/721-4367 Fax: 905/433-0868 Phone: 519/254-9256 Fax: 519/254-9257 [email protected] / www.oshawagenerals.com [email protected] / www.windsorspitfires.com GM - Brad Selwood; PR - Jason Hickman GM - TBA; PR - Steve Horne 2005 OHL PRIORITY SELECTION Player Eligibility North American players born between January 1, 1986 and December 31, 1989 from protected OHL territories are eligible for selection in the 15 rounds of the 2005 OHL Priority Selection. Selected Players in the OHL OHL Member Teams shall be eligible to dress and play for the entire 2005-06 playing season their first two 16 year old players selected in the OHL Priority Selection, or any 16-year-old player selected in one of the first two rounds of the OHL Priority Selection. In addition, OHL Member Teams are eligible to dress and play one additional 16-year-old player that is selected in any other round of the OHL Priority Selection. All other 16-year-old players selected are eligible to be called up as an “affiliated player” or “floating affilate player” for a maximum of 10 games between the period of October 15 and the conclusion of the World Junior Hockey Championships or for any OHL regular season or playoff games when such player’s team has been eliminated from competition for that season. 4 OHL PRIORITY SELECTION • MAY 7, 2005 Order of Selection The order of selection is determined by inverse order of finish during the past OHL regular season schedule of games with non-playoff teams selecting ahead of playoff teams. The following is the complete order of selection as of April 30, 2005. Please note that teams are permitted to trade selections, other than their first round selection, during the draft selection trading period from Monday May 2 to Friday May 6, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 OSHAWA SAGINAW OSHAWA OSHAWA PLYMOUTH BELLEVILLE BARRIE OSHAWA SARNIA SARNIA KITCHENER TORONTO SARNIA KITCHENER BRAMPTON SARNIA SAGINAW SAGINAW SUDBURY MISSISSAUGA KITCHENER SUDBURY SAGINAW SAGINAW KINGSTON KINGSTON KINGSTON PLYMOUTH SARNIA KINGSTON OSHAWA KINGSTON GUELPH GUELPH GUELPH S.S. MARIE OSHAWA BELLEVILLE KINGSTON GUELPH WINDSOR WINDSOR WINDSOR KINGSTON WINDSOR WINDSOR WINDSOR WINDSOR TORONTO TORONTO PETERBOROUGH LONDON GUELPH BARRIE TORONTO MISSISSAUGA BELLEVILLE BELLEVILLE BELLEVILLE BELLEVILLE BELLEVILLE BELLEVILLE BRAMPTON BELLEVILLE PLYMOUTH PLYMOUTH PLYMOUTH PLYMOUTH MISSISSAUGA PLYMOUTH S.S. MARIE PLYMOUTH ERIE ERIE ERIE WINDSOR PETERBOROUGH ERIE ERIE ERIE S.S. MARIE OSHAWA KINGSTON OSHAWA S.S. MARIE S.S. MARIE TORONTO S.S. MARIE OTTAWA OTTAWA OTTAWA OTTAWA SAGINAW OTTAWA OTTAWA OTTAWA SUDBURY SUDBURY SUDBURY SUDBURY KITCHENER LONDON SUDBURY SUDBURY BRAMPTON BRAMPTON S.S. MARIE BRAMPTON BRAMPTON BRAMPTON BRAMPTON BRAMPTON BARRIE PETERBOROUGH BARRIE GUELPH GUELPH MISSISSAUGA OWEN SOUND BARRIE PETERBOROUGH PETERBOROUGH PETERBOROUGH ERIE PETERBOROUGH PETERBOROUGH LONDON PETERBOROUGH MISSISSAUGA PLYMOUTH MISSISSAUGA PETERBOROUGH MISSISSAUGA BELLEVILLE S.S. MARIE MISSISSAUGA KITCHENER KITCHENER KITCHENER BARRIE KITCHENER KITCHENER KITCHENER KITCHENER OWEN SOUND SARNIA OWEN SOUND OWEN SOUND PLYMOUTH BRAMPTON MISSISSAUGA OWEN SOUND LONDON GUELPH OTTAWA LONDON WINDSOR KINGSTON PETERBOROUGH LONDON Round 9 Round 10 Round 11 Round 12 Round 13 Round 14 Round 15 OSHAWA OSHAWA OSHAWA OSHAWA OSHAWA OSHAWA OSHAWA SARNIA SARNIA SARNIA SARNIA SARNIA SARNIA SARNIA SAGINAW SAGINAW SUDBURY SAGINAW SAGINAW SAGINAW SAGINAW KINGSTON KINGSTON OTTAWA KINGSTON KINGSTON KINGSTON KINGSTON PLYMOUTH GUELPH GUELPH GUELPH GUELPH GUELPH GUELPH WINDSOR WINDSOR WINDSOR WINDSOR WINDSOR WINDSOR WINDSOR TORONTO TORONTO TORONTO TORONTO TORONTO TORONTO BRAMPTON BELLEVILLE BELLEVILLE BELLEVILLE BELLEVILLE BELLEVILLE BELLEVILLE BELLEVILLE SARNIA PLYMOUTH PLYMOUTH PLYMOUTH PLYMOUTH PLYMOUTH PLYMOUTH ERIE ERIE ERIE ERIE ERIE ERIE ERIE S.S. MARIE S.S. MARIE S.S. MARIE S.S. MARIE S.S. MARIE S.S. MARIE S.S. MARIE OTTAWA OTTAWA OTTAWA OTTAWA OTTAWA OTTAWA OTTAWA SUDBURY SUDBURY SUDBURY SUDBURY SUDBURY SUDBURY BARRIE BRAMPTON BRAMPTON BRAMPTON BRAMPTON BRAMPTON BRAMPTON BRAMPTON BARRIE BARRIE BARRIE BARRIE BARRIE BARRIE BARRIE PETERBOROUGH PETERBOROUGH PETERBOROUGH PETERBOROUGH PETERBOROUGH PETERBOROUGH OTTAWA MISSISSAUGA WINDSOR SAGINAW MISSISSAUGA MISSISSAUGA MISSISSAUGA MISSISSAUGA KITCHENER KITCHENER KITCHENER KITCHENER S.S. MARIE KITCHENER PETERBOROUGH TORONTO TORONTO OWEN SOUND OWEN SOUND OWEN SOUND OWEN SOUND OWEN SOUND LONDON LONDON LONDON LONDON LONDON LONDON LONDON 5 OHL CENTRAL SCOUTING The Central Scouting Bureau of the Ontario Hockey League is an information service and support organization designed to provide the Member Teams with a reference in regards to the players available for selection in the annual “Priority Selection Process.” The primary objective of OHL Central Scouting is to identify, rate and rank players to be eligible for the Priority Selection, according to their OHL potential. OHL Member Teams combine player data received from the