Bulldogs’ Ryerson Leenders named Mary Brown’s Chicken OHL Goaltender of the Week

TORONTO – The Ontario Hockey League (OHL) today announced that Buffalo Sabres prospect Ryerson Leenders of the Brantford Bulldogs is the Mary Brown’s Chicken OHL Goaltender of the Week, going 3-0 with a 1.12 goals-against average and .949 save percentage.

Leenders was in the crease for all three Brantford wins in their second round series against North Bay, stopping 31-of-32 in Wednesday’s 8-1 triumph in Game 1. He turned aside 20 shots in Friday’s 4-1 victory and made 24 saves across 94 minutes of action in Sunday’s 3-2 double-overtime road win.

A 19-year-old from Nanticoke, ON, Leenders is 7-0 in these playoffs with a 1.84 goals-against average and .923 save percentage. He comes off a successful fourth OHL season, playing to a 27-5-4-2 record with a 2.69 goals-against average and .910 save percentage over 39 games, backstopping the Bulldogs to the Hamilton Spectator Trophy as regular season champions. The 6-foot-1, 179Ib. Leenders has split his OHL tenure between Brantford and Mississauga, playing to an overall mark of 94-51-14-2 with a 3.09 goals-against average and .904 save percentage with six shutouts. He was Buffalo’s seventh round (219th overall) pick in the 2024 NHL Draft. The Mississauga Steelheads drafted Leenders in the second round (32nd overall) of the 2022 OHL Priority Selection.

2025-26 Mary Brown’s Chicken OHL Goaltender of the Week – Playoffs
Mar. 23-30: Joey Costanzo (Windsor Spitfires)
Mar. 31-Apr. 5: Jack Lisson (North Bay Battalion)
Apr. 6-12: Ryerson Leenders (Brantford Bulldogs)

2025-26 Mary Brown’s Chicken OHL Goaltender of the Week – Regular Season
Sept. 18-21: Jason Schaubel (Kitchener Rangers)
Sept. 22-28: Joey Costanzo (Windsor Spitfires)
Sept. 29-Oct. 5: Gavin Betts (Kingston Frontenacs)
Oct. 6-12: Mason Vaccari (Flint Firebirds)
Oct. 13-19: Patrick Quinlan (Sarnia Sting)
Oct. 20-26: Ryerson Leenders (Brantford Bulldogs)
Oct. 27-Nov. 2: Aleksei Medvedev (London Knights)
Nov. 3-9: Matthew Minchak (Kingston Frontenacs)
Nov. 10-16: Ben Hrebik (Barrie Colts)
Nov. 17-23: Easton Rye (Peterborough Petes)
Nov. 24-30: Zach Bowen (Brampton Steelheads)
Dec. 1-7: Vladislav Yermolenko (Niagara IceDogs)
Dec. 8-14: Mason Vaccari (Flint Firebirds)
Dec. 15-21: Ryder Fetterolf (Ottawa 67’s)
Dec. 28-Jan. 4: Easton Rye (Peterborough Petes)
Jan. 5-11: Zachary Jovanovski (Guelph Storm)
Jan. 12-18: Matthew Humphries (Oshawa Generals)
Jan. 19-25: Carter George (Soo Greyhounds)
Jan. 26-Feb. 1: Zach Bowen (Brampton Steelheads)
Feb. 2-8: Easton Rye (Peterborough Petes)
Feb. 9-15: Christian Kirsch (Kitchener Rangers)
Feb. 16-22: Gavin Betts (Kingston Frontenacs)
Feb. 23-Mar. 1: Ryder Fetterolf (Ottawa 67’s)
Mar. 2-8: Arvin Jaswal (Barrie Colts)
Mar. 9-15: David Egorov (Brantford Bulldogs)
Mar. 16-22: Mike McIvor (North Bay Battalion)