Barlow Named OHL 1st Team All-Star

The Accolades continue to come for Owen Sound Attack Captain Colby Barlow.  Today, the Ontario Hockey League named the 2023 NHL Draft eligible winger a 1st team all-star.

Building off a solid rookie season, Barlow had another career year tallying 46 goals, the fifth most of any OHL skater, and 33 assists in just 59 regular season games.  The 2022-23 season saw Colby named the youngest captain in team history and him earn the nickname “Captain Clutch” scoring 12 game winning goals, the most of anyone in the OHL,  including several late game or overtime winners.  In the playoffs, he continued his impressive scoring tallying 3 goals.

This is the second end of season award for Colby, earlier this spring he was named the Bobby Smith Award winner as the OHL’s Scholastic Player of the Year and a finalist for the Canadian Hockey League Scholastic Player of the Year, which will be announce this Saturday night at the Memorial Cup in Kamloops, British Columbia.

2022-23 OHL All-Star & All-Rookie Teams:

Representatives with major positional awards in brackets are default first team members, all other designations are determined by votes cast by OHL General Managers

First All-Star Team:
C – Logan Morrison, Ottawa 67’s
LW – Colby Barlow, Owen Sound Attack – voted 1st all-rookie team in 2021-22
RW – Matthew Maggio, Windsor Spitfires (Most Outstanding Player)
D – Pavel Mintyukov, Ottawa 67’s (Defenceman of the Year) – voted 3rd all-star team in 2021-22
D – Brandt Clarke, Barrie Colts – voted 2nd all-star team in 2021-22 and 1st all-rookie team in 2019-20
G – Domenic DiVincentiis, North Bay Battalion (Goaltender of the Year) – voted 2nd all-rookie team in 2021-22
Coach – Dave Cameron, Ottawa 67’s (Coach of the Year) – fifth time being voted to an OHL all-star team

Second All-Star Team
C – Amadeus Lombardi, Flint Firebirds
LW – Sasha Pastujov, Sarnia Sting
RW – Ty Voit, Sarnia Sting
D – Ethan Del Mastro, Sarnia Sting
D – Logan Mailloux, London Knights
G – Brett Brochu, London Knights – voted 1st all-star team in 2021-22 and 1st all-rookie team in 2019-20
Coach – Dale Hunter, London Knights – seventh time being voted to an OHL all-star team

Third All-Star Team
C – Owen Beck, Peterborough Petes – voted 2nd all-rookie team in 2021-22
LW – Brennan Othmann, Peterborough Petes – voted 1st all-star team in 2021-22 and 1st all-rookie team in 2019-20
RW – Avery Hayes, Peterborough Petes
D – Ty Nelson, North Bay Battalion – voted 2nd all-rookie team in 2021-22
D – Christian Kyrou, Sarnia Sting
G – Michael Simpson, Peterborough Petes
Coach – Ryan Oulahen, North Bay Battalion

First All-Rookie Team
C – Joey Willis, Saginaw Spirit
LW – Michael Misa, Saginaw Spirit (Rookie of the Year)
RW – Liam Greentree, Windsor Spitfires
D – Zayne Parekh, Saginaw Spirit
D – Sam Dickinson, London Knights
G – Zach Bowen, London Knights

Second All-Rookie Team
C – Gabriel Frasca, Kingston Frontenacs
LW – Easton Cowan, London Knights
RW – Beckett Sennecke, Oshawa Generals
D – Oliver Bonk, London Knights
D – Anthony Cristoforo, Windsor Spitfires
G – Mason Vaccari, Kingston Frontenacs

Don’t forget the Attack will announce all of its team award winners this Sunday, June 4 at the annual Awards BBQ at the Bayshore starting at 1pm.