OJHL: SCOTIABANK NEW TITLE SPONSOR OF FAN FAVOURITE AWARD
Voting in 7th annual competition now open across 22-team league
The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) today announced that Scotiabank will be the title sponsor of the of the seventh annual Scotiabank Fan Favourite Award.
“We are extremely happy to have Scotiabank as part of the OJHL Fan Favourite Award”, said Marty Savoy, Commissioner of the OJHL. Scotiabank’s commitment to the sport of hockey is very evident with all that they do at the grass roots level and is certainly a welcomed addition to the OJHL, Savoy said.
The Scotiabank Fan Favourite Award was presented for the first time following the 2011-12 season and has OJHL fans vote online to choose their favourite OJHL star. All fans will be allowed to submit players names in an online form found on the homepage of the OJHL website, www.ojhl.ca. The winner will be the player that receives the most submissions (votes) through the course of the online voting.
Voting begins today (February 1, 2018) and will run throughout the playoffs, ending at 5pm EST on Saturday, March 31, 2018. The winner of the seventh annual Scotiabank Fan Favourite Award will be unveiled prior to Game 1 or 2 of the OJHL Championship Series during the seventh annual OJHL Awards Ceremony.
Once again this year, the award will be presented to the winning player by a selected fan from the winning player’s city, on-ice, during the award ceremony prior to Game 1 or 2 of the OJHL Championship Series.
Last year saw more than 30,000 votes cast for more than 170 different players and through six years of Scotiabank Fan Favourite Award balloting, close to 200,000 votes have been registered.
Previous OJHL Scotiabank Fan Favourite Award recipients (runner-up in brackets):
2011-12 Andrew Doyle, Stouffville Spirit (Christian Finch, Stouffville Spirit)
2012-13 Travis Dermott, Newmarket Hurricanes (Adrian Ignagni, St. Michael's Buzzers)
2013-14 Stuart Fierheller, Lindsay Muskies (Michael Casale, Kingston Voyageurs)
2014-15 Cole Bolton, Kingston Voyageurs (Blayne Oliver, Trenton Golden Hawks)
2015-16 Blayne Oliver, Trenton Golden Hawks (Andrew Lee, Burlington Cougars)
2016-17 Chris Janzen, Trenton Golden Hawks (Mitchell Mendonca, Wellington Dukes)
As the end of the 2017-18 OJHL regular season approaches, other annual awards remain in competition. All OJHL year-end awards are voted upon by the OJHL Awards Committee that is comprised of a select group of General Managers and Media Members.
2017-18 OJHL Awards in competition are as follows (last season's winner in brackets):
• Leading Scorer (Jack Jacome, Georgetown Raiders)
• Best Goaltender (Stefano Durante, Cobourg Cougars)
• Volunteer-of-the-Year (Lorna Burrows, Stouffville Spirit)
• Humanitarian-of-the-Year (Kyle Clarke, North York Rangers)
• Trainer-of-the-Year (Sarah Ditmars, Trenton Golden Hawks)
• Executive-of-the-Year (Greg Walters, Georgetown Raiders)
• Scholastic Player-of-the-Year (Lee Lapid, Toronto Patriots)
• Most Improved Player (Ryan Casselman, Cobourg Cougars)
• Coach-of-the-Year (Greg Walters, Georgetown Raiders)
• Most Gentlemanly Player (Nik Coric, Whitby Fury)
• Top Defenceman (Brennan Roy, Cobourg Cougars)
• Goaltender-of-the-Year (Josh Astorino, Georgetown Raiders)
• Rookie-of-the-Year (Mel Melconian, Aurora Tigers)
• Top Prospect (Nick Campoli, North York Rangers)
• Most Valuable Player (Jack Jacome, Georgetown Raiders)
• Scotiabank Fan Favourite (Chris Janzen, Trenton Golden Hawks)
• Playoff MVP (Jack Jacome, Georgetown Raiders)
• Chairman's Award (Izak Westgate, OJHL)
• 1st & 2nd OJHL All-Star Teams
• 1st & 2nd OJHL All-Prospect Teams
The OJHL Awards will be unveiled throughout the course of the playoffs with the first awards, Top Scorer and Top Goaltender (Goals Against Average) announced immediately following the completion of the regular season based on final regular season statistics.
For more information please visit www.ojhl.ca.
