2006 OHL PRIORITY SELECTION MEDIA GUIDE OHL PRIORITY SELECTION • MAY 6, 2006 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 2006 OHL Priority Selection will once again be conducted online on Saturday May 6, 2006 beginning at 9:00 a.m. at www.ontariohockeyleague.com. This media guide has been prepared as a resource to all media covering the 2006 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 Selected Player Profiles 7 Eligible Player List 12 Eligible Player List - Goaltenders 21 First Round Draft Picks 22 2005 Priority Selection Results by Team 25 2004 Priority Selection Results by Team 27 2003 Priority Selection Results by Team 29 2002 Priority Selection Results by Team 31 2001 Priority Selection Results by Team 33 2000 Priority Selection Results by Team 35 1999 Priority Selection Results by Team 37 1998 Priority Selection Results by Team 40 1997 Priority Selection Results by Team 42 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 - Jay Keller GM - Michael 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 - Gerry Liscumb Jr. 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 - Dave Brown; PR - 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 VP - Warren Rychel; PR - Rob Gagnon 2006 OHL PRIORITY SELECTION Player Eligibility North American players born between January 1, 1987 and December 31, 1990 from protected OHL territories are eligible for selection in the 15 rounds of the 2006 OHL Priority Selection. Selected Players in the OHL OHL Member Teams are permitted to dress and play a maximum of three(3) 16 year old skaters selected in the OHL Priority Selection. Those 16 year old skaters that are allowed to dress and play are the first two(2) 16 year old skaters selected and/or those 16 year old skaters selected in the first two rounds of the OHL Priority Selection, and an additional 16 year old skater selected in any 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 affiliate player” and rotated into the line-up 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. OHL Member Teams are allowed to dress and play 16 year old goaltenders selected in the OHL Priority Selection and would not be included in the three(3) 16 year old players that an OHL Member Team may oth- erwise dress and play. 4 OHL PRIORITY SELECTION • MAY 6, 2006 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 May 2, 2006. Please note that teams are permitted to trade selections, other than their first round selection, during the draft selection trading period from Monday May 1 to Friday May 5, 2006 at 3:00 p.m. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 SARNIA SARNIA S. S. MARIE SARNIA BRAMPTON S. S. MARIE BRAMPTON SARNIA OSHAWA OSHAWA OSHAWA OSHAWA OSHAWA OSHAWA OSHAWA SUDBURY MISSISSAUGA SARNIA MISSISSAUGA MISSISSAUGA PETERBOROUGH MISSISSAUGA WINDSOR MISSISSAUGA ERIE OSHAWA ERIE S. S. MARIE ERIE ERIE ERIE ERIE S. S. MARIE S. S. MARIE ERIE MISSISSAUGA S. S. MARIE BELLEVILLE S. S. MARIE GUELPH OTTAWA OTTAWA OTTAWA OTTAWA OTTAWA WINDSOR OTTAWA OTTAWA WINDSOR WINDSOR SAGINAW WINDSOR WINDSOR WINDSOR SAGINAW WINDSOR OWEN SOUND OTTAWA KINGSTON OWEN SOUND BARRIE KINGSTON GUELPH OWEN SOUND BELLEVILLE WINDSOR BARRIE BARRIE BELLEVILLE BELLEVILLE S. S. MARIE LONDON TORONTO TORONTO TORONTO TORONTO BRAMPTON TORONTO LONDON TORONTO SUDBURY SUDBURY SUDBURY SUDBURY SUDBURY SUDBURY SUDBURY SUDBURY SAGINAW SARNIA BELLEVILLE SAGINAW SARNIA BELLEVILLE PLYMOUTH SAGINAW PLYMOUTH BELLEVILLE PLYMOUTH PLYMOUTH PLYMOUTH ERIE S. S. MARIE PLYMOUTH KINGSTON KINGSTON GUELPH BRAMPTON KINGSTON OWEN SOUND KINGSTON KINGSTON GUELPH GUELPH S. S. MARIE GUELPH GUELPH GUELPH GUELPH GUELPH BARRIE BARRIE BELLEVILLE PLYMOUTH ERIE BARRIE BARRIE S. S. MARIE BRAMPTON BRAMPTON BRAMPTON LONDON SAGINAW BRAMPTON BRAMPTON BRAMPTON KITCHENER KITCHENER KITCHENER KITCHENER KITCHENER KITCHENER WINDSOR KITCHENER PETERBOROUGH OTTAWA PETERBOROUGH PETERBOROUGH WINDSOR PETERBOROUGH GUELPH PETERBOROUGH LONDON MISSISSAUGA TORONTO LONDON LONDON LONDON LONDON LONDON Round 9 Round 10 Round 11 Round 12 Round 13 Round 14 Round 15 SARNIA SARNIA SARNIA SARNIA SARNIA SARNIA BRAMPTON OSHAWA OSHAWA OSHAWA OSHAWA OSHAWA OSHAWA OSHAWA MISSISSAUGA S. S. MARIE MISSISSAUGA MISSISSAUGA MISSISSAUGA MISSISSAUGA MISSISSAUGA ERIE ERIE ERIE ERIE ERIE ERIE ERIE GUELPH S. S. MARIE S. S. MARIE WINDSOR S. S. MARIE S. S. MARIE S. S. MARIE OTTAWA OTTAWA OTTAWA OTTAWA OTTAWA OTTAWA OSHAWA WINDSOR WINDSOR WINDSOR SAGINAW WINDSOR WINDSOR WINDSOR OWEN SOUND OWEN SOUND OWEN SOUND OWEN SOUND OWEN SOUND OWEN SOUND OWEN SOUND BELLEVILLE BELLEVILLE BELLEVILLE BELLEVILLE BELLEVILLE BELLEVILLE BELLEVILLE SARNIA TORONTO TORONTO TORONTO TORONTO TORONTO TORONTO SUDBURY OWEN SOUND BARRIE SUDBURY SUDBURY SUDBURY SUDBURY SAGINAW SAGINAW SAGINAW SAGINAW SAGINAW SAGINAW SAGINAW PLYMOUTH BRAMPTON PLYMOUTH PLYMOUTH PLYMOUTH PLYMOUTH PLYMOUTH BELLEVILLE KINGSTON KINGSTON KINGSTON KINGSTON PETERBOROUGH KINGSTON GUELPH MISSISSAUGA GUELPH GUELPH GUELPH GUELPH GUELPH BARRIE BARRIE BARRIE BARRIE BARRIE SAGINAW BARRIE BRAMPTON BRAMPTON BRAMPTON BRAMPTON BRAMPTON SUDBURY BRAMPTON KITCHENER KITCHENER KITCHENER KITCHENER KITCHENER KITCHENER KITCHENER PETERBOROUGH PETERBOROUGH PETERBOROUGH PETERBOROUGH PETERBOROUGH KINGSTON PETERBOROUGH LONDON LONDON PETERBOROUGH 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.