New records forged during 2015-16 season

The 2016 OHL Playoffs are well underway, but it’s always fun to take a look back at the season that was and review the new records and milestones written into the OHL history books.

The Erie Otters claimed the Hamilton Spectator Trophy with a record of 52-15-1-0, taking the honours for the second time in franchise history while also becoming the first team in OHL history to win at least 50 games in three straight seasons.

The Otters saw a number of individual milestones fall this past season as goaltender Devin Williams became the new career leader in wins (106) and games played (175) while becoming the fifth netminder in OHL history to win 100 games.

Elsewhere in the Western Conference the Sarnia Sting set new franchise marks in wins (42) and points (91), putting together their best regular season performance to date to claim a West Division title for the first time since 2004.

The Kingston Frontenacs set similar records atop the Eastern Conference, claiming their first East Division title since 1995 while setting new marks for wins (46), points (97) and goals against (189).

On an individual level, North Bay Battalion veterans Mike Amadio and Jake Smith re-wrote franchise records as Amadio became the first Troops player to score 50 goals in a season, also setting a new single-game mark of five goals. Smith set new career and single-season marks for wins in the crease, collecting 30 victories in his overage campaign.

The Barrie Colts were another Central Division club that saw franchise milestones eclipsed as OHL leading scorer Kevin Labanc set new single-season benchmarks for points (127) and assists (88). The Colts also set a new OHL record, scoring 28 shorthanded goals to surpass the prior mark of 27 they’d set in 2009-10.

A pair of well-established offensive producers in Michael Dal Colle of the Kingston Frontenacs and Mitchell Marner of the London Knights each hit the 300-point mark on their careers, joining an elite class of OHL scorers to accomplish the impressive feat.

These records are just a few of the many accomplishments by teams and players across the OHL throughout the 2015-16 season.

Here’s a look at a collection of new records, milestones and interesting facts from across the league:

 

TEAM RECORDS & MILESTONES:

Barrie Colts
– Set a new OHL record for most shorthanded goals in a season with 28, surpassing the Colts’ previous record of 27 set in 2009-10, also held by the 1988-89 Niagara Falls Thunder and the 1990-91 Oshawa Generals.

Erie Otters
– Became first team in OHL history to record three straight 50-win seasons on Mar. 12 vs. GUE.
– Tied the 2013-14 franchise mark of 52 wins in a season.
– Set new franchise record with 27 road wins, surpassing the 2014-15 mark of 23.
– Set the Otters longest road winning streak with 10 straight from Sept. 24 to Nov. 21.

Kingston Frontenacs
– Set new single-season marks for points (97) and wins (46).
– Set new single-season record for least goals-against (189), surpassing their 2014-15 mark of 197.

North Bay Battalion
– Set a new team record for shorthanded goals in a season with 23, surpassing the previous record of 18 set in 2008-09.

Sarnia Sting
– Set new single-season marks for wins (42) and wins (91), besting the previous record of 41 wins and 90 points during the 2002-03 season.

Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
– Set a new mark for least penalty minutes in a season with 605, less than the prior mark of 782 in 2013-14.
– New record for least shootout losses, suffering just one to finish with less than the 2008-09 and 2014-15 totals of two.

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SINGLE-GAME, INDIVIDUAL RECORDS & MILESTONES:

Erie Otters
–  Alex DeBrincat set a new franchise regular season record with five goals on Oct. 1 vs. NIAG.
– Darren Raddysh scored the first ever 3-on-3 overtime goal in OHL history on Sept. 24 vs. WSR.

North Bay Battalion
– Mike Amadio set a new Battalion single-game record with five goals on Feb. 13 at KGN.

Sarnia Sting
– Matt Mistele tied a Sting record with five goals on Feb. 15 vs. SAG.
– Nikita Korostolev set a new Sting record for fastest opening goal in a game, scoring 0:09 into the first period on Feb. 21 vs. SSM to surpass Ryan Tocher’s 1994 mark of 0:12.

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SINGLE-SEASON, INDIVIDUAL RECORDS & MILESTONES:

Barrie Colts
– Kevin Labanc set new single-season franchise records in points (127) and assists (88). His 88 assists surpass the mark of 76 he set in 2014-15.
– Andrew Mangiapane became third Colt to ever reach 50-goal mark, finishing with 51 on the season. His total is two shy of Bryan Cameron’s 2009-10 single-season mark of 53. Mangiapane’s five hat-tricks equal Joseph Blandisi’s franchise mark set in 2014-15.
– Labanc and Mangiapane become first pair of teammates and third and fourth Colts in franchise history to record back-to-back 100-point seasons, joining Sheldon Keefe (99, 00) and Bryan Little (06, 07).

Erie Otters
– Devin Williams became first Otters goaltender to ever win 40 games in a season, setting franchise mark for single-season wins with his 37th on Feb. 28th at NIAG.
– Dylan Strome became first player in Otters history to put up back-to-back 100-point seasons on Mar. 11 vs. GUE.
– Alex DeBrincat became the first player in Otters history to record two 50-goal seasons on Mar. 17 vs. OS. His five hat-tricks are an Otters franchise record.
– Alex DeBrincat joined Strome as second player in Otters history to record back-to-back 100-point seasons on Mar. 19 vs. LDN.

Hamilton Bulldogs
– Matthew Strome’s 38 points are the most in franchise history by a rookie since 2003-04. (Mike Roelofsen, 40 pts.)

Kingston Frontenacs
– Spencer Watson’s 43 goals are the most by a Frontenacs player since 1998-99. (Matt Elich, 44 goals)
– Jason Robertson’s 18 goals are the most by a Frontenacs 16-year-old rookie since 2001-02. (Anthony Stewart, 19 goals)

Kitchener Rangers
– Ryan MacInnis’ 21-game point streak from Nov. 10 to Jan. 24 was tied for the longest in the OHL this season and is longest in franchise history since Justin Azevedo’s 21-game run in 2007-08.

London Knights
– Matthew Tkachuk became first Knights to player to reach 100 points in his first season on Mar. 8 at KIT. Is the first Knight to do so since Patrick Kane and Sam Gagner in 2006-07.
– Christian Dvorak became first OHL player to reach 50 goals on Mar. 12 vs. SSM. Is 11th player in Knights history to record back-to-back 100 point seasons.
– Mitchell Marner became 12th player in London Knights history to record back-to-back 100 point seasons on Feb. 27 at OTT.
– Mitchell Marner’s 21-game point streak from Oct. 17 to Jan. 9  was tied for the longest in OHL this season and longest by a Knight since Sergei Kostitsyn’s 25-game run in 2006-07.

Mississauga Steelheads
– Alexander Nylander’s 75 points are a new single-season franchise record for rookies, surpassing Sheldon Keefe’s 1998-99 mark of 74.
– Jack Flinn’s seven shutouts are a new single-season franchise record, surpassing J.P. Anderson’s prior mark of six in 2010-11.

North Bay Battalion
– Mike Amadio set a new Battalion single-season record with 50 goals, surpassing Wojtek Wolski’s mark of 47 in 2005-06 on Mar. 12 at NIAG.
– Mike Amadio set a new single-season mark for shorthanded goals in a season with eight, surpassing Barclay Goodrow’s prior mark of seven on Mar. 18 at SBY.
– Jake Smith set a new single-season mark for wins in a season (30), passing the mark of 28 that was tied last season.
– Cam Dineen set a new Battalion single-season record for points by a rookie defenceman with 59. (13-46–59)

Oshawa Generals
– Jeremy Brodeur’s sixth shutout on Feb. 27 vs. KIT tied Ken Appleby’s single-season mark set in 2014-15.

Owen Sound Attack
– Nick Suzuki’s 20 goals are the most by an Attack 16-year-old rookie since 2007-08. (Joey Hishon, 20 goals)

Peterborough Petes
– Greg Betzold (43) and Hunter Garlent (40) are first Petes 40-goal pair since 1994-95 season. (Jamie Langenbrunner, Steve Hogg)
– Hunter Garlent’s three hat-tricks are the most in a season by a Petes player since 2000-01. (Marcel Rodman, 3 hat-tricks)

Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
– Zachary Senyshyn’s 45 goals are the most by a Greyhound since Joe Seroski (54) in 1995-96.

Sudbury Wolves
– Dmitry Sokolov became the first Wolves rookie to score 30 goals in a season since Norm Milley in 1996-97. He becomes the fourth rookie in Wolves history to score 30 in a season, joining Milley, Derek Armstrong (31, 1991-92), Craig Duncanson (38, 1983-84) and Pat Verbeek (37, 1981-82). He and teammate Alan Lyszczarczyk are the fourth and fifth Wolves rookies since 2000 to record 50 points in a season.

Windsor Spitfires
– Mikhail Sergachev’s 17 goals are the most by a Spitfires rookie defenceman since J.P. Leroux (19) in 1978-79.
– Michael DiPietro’s 2.45 goals-against average is the lowest by a rookie goaltender in Spitfires franchise history.

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CAREER, INDIVIDUAL RECORDS & MILESTONES:

Barrie Colts
– Michael Webster finished second in career games played (254) in Colts franchise history, leads all defencemen in that category.
– Justin Scott finished third in career games played (251) in Colts franchise history.
– Kevin Labanc (81-188–269) finished OHL career fourth in Colts all-time franchise scoring.
– Andrew Mangiapane (118-143–261) moved into fifth in Colts all-time franchise scoring.
– Rasmus Andersson finished the season with 124 points, the third most by a defenceman in Colts franchise history behind Luch Nasato (1995-98, 134) and Andrew Marshall (2002-07, 133).
– Head Coach Dale Hawerchuk earned his 200th career OHL win on Jan. 7th vs. MISS.

Erie Otters
– Devin Williams set new career franchise marks for Otters goaltenders in wins (106), games played (175) and minutes (4381).
– Devin Williams became fifth goaltender in OHL history and first American to win 100 career games on Feb. 21 vs. KIT.
– Dylan Strome’s eight game winning goals in 2015-16 elevate him to first in franchise history with 20.
– Dylan Strome finished the season second in Otters career assists, one behind Connor McDavid with 187 in his career.
– Nick Betz finished his career with 299 career regular season games played as an Otter, second in franchise history behind Brian Lee (319).

Hamilton Bulldogs
– Head Coach George Burnett coached his 1,300th career OHL game on Jan. 2nd at ER.

Kingston Frontenacs
– Michael Dal Colle recorded his 300th career OHL point on Feb. 21st vs. NIAG.

London Knights
– Mitchell Marner recorded his 200th career OHL assists on Mar. 12 vs. SAG.
– Mitchell Marner recorded his 300th career OHL point on Mar. 18 vs. ER.
– Head Coach Dale Hunter earned his 600th career OHL win on Oct. 31st at SAG. He finished the season with the second most wins among active OHL coaches with 641.
– Head Coach Dale Hunter coached his 900th career OHL game on Oct. 16 vs. SAG.

Mississauga Steelheads
– Josh Burnside finished his career with 264 games played, third in Steelheads all-time franchise history behind Riley Brace (304) and Jordan Mayer (267).

Niagara IceDogs
– Josh Ho-Sang recorded his 200th career OHL assist on Feb. 29th at OS.
– Anthony DiFruscia finished his overage season with 270 career games played, fourth in IceDogs franchise history behind Andrew Agozzino (318), Alex Friesen (292) and Michael Swift (276).
– Stephen Harper played in his 300th career OHL game on Jan. 23rd at ER.
– Jordan Maletta played in his 300th career OHL game on Feb. 18th vs. HAM.
– Head Coach Marty Williamson coached his 800th career OHL game on Feb. 12th vs. LDN.

North Bay Battalion
– Jake Smith set new career franchise marks for wins (90), games played (170) and tied Matej Machovsky for most all-time shutouts with nine.
– Mike Amadio finished the season with 226 career points, fourth in Battalion history behind Wojtek Wolski (328), Cody Hodgson (243) and Barclay Goodrow (229). Amadio’s 134 career assists are second in franchise history behind Wolski (198).
– Head Coach Stan Butler coached his 1,300th career OHL game on Oct. 25th at MISS.

Owen Sound Attack
– Josh Sterk played in his 300th career OHL game on Mar. 9 vs. BAR.

Peterborough Petes
– Head Coach Jody Hull earned his 100th career OHL win on Feb. 4th vs. HAM.