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He collected three assists in a 6-0 win over the Sun County Panthers, two goals and two assists in a 5-0 triumph over the Eastern Ontario Wild and a goal and two helpers in a 4-1 win over TPH Academy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forward &#8211; Brayden Grima (Toronto Jr. Canadiens)<br \/>\n7 GP, 5 G, 8 A, 13 PTS.<br \/>\nBrayden Grima\u00a0<\/strong>joined Kwajah with 13 points including three separate three-point efforts. He came up big with a goal and assist in JRC&#8217;s 3-2 Semi-Final win over Upper Canada College, collecting an assist on Kade O&#8217;Rourke&#8217;s game-winner.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defence &#8211; Kade O&#8217;Rourke (Toronto Jr. Canadiens)<br \/>\n7 GP, 4 G, 6 A, 10 PTS.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Underage standout <strong>Kade O&#8217;Rourke<\/strong> flashed his skill throughout the tournament, putting up points in six different contests. The right-shot blueliner scored a highlight reel game-winner in the Semi-Finals and managed to find the back of the net in three consecutive games.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defence &#8211; Ryan Beaulieu (London Jr. Knights)<br \/>\n6 GP, 5 G, 6 A, 11 PTS.<br \/>\nRyan Beaulieu<\/strong> of the London Jr. Knights led all defencemen with 11 points, registering six consecutive multi-point outings. Beaulieu earned MVP honours for the Jr. Knights in their Quarterfinal and Semi-Final action, and was a constant presence on the ice for the green and gold throughout the week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goaltender &#8211; Carter Nash (Detroit HoneyBaked)<br \/>\n5-0, 1.80 GAA, .940 SV%<br \/>\nCarter Nash\u00a0<\/strong>backstopped Detroit HoneyBaked to an OHL Cup title, making 23 saves in Saturday&#8217;s Championship Final. He was also busy in the Semi-Final, making 38 saves to help Detroit outlast the London Jr. Knights in a 5-3 triumph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six players have been named to the 2026 OHL Cup Gatorade All-Star Team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":7533,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[{"term_id":143,"name":"2026 OHL Cup","slug":"2026-ohl-cup","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":143,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":34,"filter":"raw","term_order":"4"}],"class_list":["post-7532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-2026-ohl-cup","category-2","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/04\/04215201\/Apr4GatoradeAllStarTeam.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":7530,"date":"2026-04-04T21:26:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T21:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/?p=7530"},"modified":"2026-04-04T21:26:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T21:26:01","slug":"austin-hall-earns-tim-adams-memorial-award-as-ohl-cup-mvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/article\/austin-hall-earns-tim-adams-memorial-award-as-ohl-cup-mvp","title":{"rendered":"Austin Hall earns Tim Adams Memorial Award as OHL Cup MVP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TORONTO &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Scoring twice in Saturday&#8217;s OHL Cup Championship Final, Detroit HoneyBaked forward <strong>Austin Hall<\/strong> earned both Player of the Game recognition as well as the Tim Adams Memorial Award as the Most Valuable Player of the 2026 OHL Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Hall led the tournament with 14 points (7-7&#8211;14) over seven games, turning heads in Saturday&#8217;s final to help HoneyBaked become the first American-based team to hoist the OHL Cup. His 46 shots on goal led the tournament and his plus-10 rating was the second-highest.<\/p>\n<p>A product of Livonia, Michigan, Hall had points in all seven OHL Cup contests, with six of those of the multi-point variety. He opened the showcase with a hat-trick in a 3-1 win over the Toronto Marlboros on Tuesday. He was prominent in both of Detroit&#8217;s Thursday wins, collecting two assists in an 8-3 victory over the Markham Majors in the Quarterfinals before chipping in a goal and assist in a 5-3 Semi-Final win over the London Jr. Knights.<\/p>\n<p>Hall was also named to the OHL Cup All-Star Team alongside HoneyBaked teammate\u00a0<strong>Carter Nash<\/strong> in the crease.<\/p>\n<p>The Tim Adams Memorial Award is annually presented in honour of Tim Adams, who was a graduate of the Greater Toronto Hockey League and a long-time coach of both the Toronto Marlboros and Toronto Young Nationals prior to his passing following a battle with cancer.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Tim Adams Memorial Trophy Winners (MVP)<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">:<\/span><br \/>\n2026 \u2013 Austin Hall \u2013 <\/strong>Detroit HoneyBaked (7G, 7A)<strong><br \/>\n2025 \u2013 Cam Warren \u2013 <\/strong>Toronto Jr. Canadiens (6G, 7A)<strong><br \/>\n2024 \u2013 Ethan Belchetz \u2013 <\/strong>Oakville Rangers (5G, 6A)<strong><br \/>\n2023 \u2013 Jake O&#8217;Brien \u2013 <\/strong>Toronto Jr. Canadiens (7G, 10A)<strong><br \/>\n2022 \u2013 Michael Misa \u2013 <\/strong>Mississauga Senators (10G, 10A)<strong><br \/>\n2019 \u2013 Shane Wright \u2013 <\/strong>Don Mills Flyers (8G, 10A)<strong><br \/>\n2018 \u2013 Dylan Robinson \u2013 <\/strong>Toronto Jr. Canadiens (6G, 5A)<strong><br \/>\n2017 \u2013 Mike Petizian <\/strong>\u2013 Mississauga Reps (5G, 8A)<strong><br \/>\n2016 \u2013 Andrei Berezinskiy<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 York Simcoe Express (5-0, 2.09 GAA)<strong><br \/>\n2015 \u2013 Ryan McLeod<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Toronto Marlboros (3G, 4A)<strong><br \/>\n2014 \u2013 Michael McLeod \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Toronto Marlboros (7G, 4A)<strong><br \/>\n2013 \u2013 Adam Craievich \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Oakville Rangers (5G, 2A)<strong><br \/>\n2012 \u2013 Connor McDavid \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Toronto Marlboros (11G, 8A)<strong><br \/>\n2011 \u2013 Aaron Berisha<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Toronto Marlboros (8G, 5A)<strong><br \/>\n2010 \u2013 Sean Monahan<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Mississauga Rebels (7G, 6A)<br \/>\n<strong>2009\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0<strong>Lucas Lessio<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Toronto Marlboros (5G, 6A)<br \/>\n<strong>2008 \u2013 John McFarland<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Toronto Jr. Canadiens (8G, 7A)<br \/>\n<strong>2007 \u2013 Casey Cizikas<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Mississauga IceDogs (2G, 1A)<br \/>\n<strong>2006 \u2013 Steven Stamkos<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Markham Waxers (4G, 7A)<br \/>\n<strong>2005 \u2013 Sam Gagner<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Toronto Marlies (7G, 10A)<br \/>\n<strong>2004 \u2013 Harrison Reed<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 York Simcoe Express<br \/>\n<strong>2003 \u2013 Jhase Sniderman<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Toronto Young Nats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit HoneyBaked forward Austin Hall is the MVP of the 2026 OHL Cup, earning the Tim Adams Memorial 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HoneyBaked comes out on top at 2026 OHL Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TORONTO &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>For the first time in OHL Cup history, an American-based team has come away as champions. Detroit HoneyBaked outlasted the Toronto Jr. Canadiens 3-1 to come out on top at the annual showcase of OHL Draft eligible talent, closing out the event with a perfect 7-0 record.<\/p>\n<p>A big Saturday afternoon crowd took in the action at Mattamy Athletic Centre, formerly Maple Leaf Gardens in downtown Toronto as tournament MVP <strong>Austin Hall<\/strong> lit the lamp twice for HoneyBaked, scoring the deciding goal on a rebound four minutes into the third period.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the latest in a series of momentous victories for HoneyBaked, who emerged as Michigan state champions last month and also won the Whitby International Silver Stick tournament back in November.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Words can&#8217;t describe it,&#8221; said Hall, who led the OHL Cup in scoring with 14 points. &#8220;First American team to do it &#8211; it&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been a third period team all year long, coming back from behind and just pushing and having grit. Our saying is &#8216;grittiness,&#8217; we just love to play hockey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reid Fallon<\/strong> opened the scoring with his first of the tournament 5:08 into the first period with assists from <strong>Max Mitchell<\/strong> and <strong>Max Lappan<\/strong>. HoneyBaked led 1-0 after a tight-checking first period.<\/p>\n<p>The Jr. Canadiens drew even on a goal from <strong>Jackson Zinkie<\/strong> 1:29 into the second as he was the beneficiary of a hard net drive from blueliner <strong>Anthony Peragine <\/strong>who rushed down the wing.<\/p>\n<p>Knotted at one to start the third, HoneyBaked came up with the decisive goal-ahead goal as Hall put-home a rebound off <strong>Ivan Belikov<\/strong>&#8216;s initial point shot.<\/p>\n<p>Hall cashed-in on the empty net for his seventh goal of the showcase with 21 seconds to go, sealing the win for HoneyBaked to make OHL Cup history.<\/p>\n<p>HoneyBaked outshot the Jr. Canadiens 28-24 as goaltender <strong>Carter Nash<\/strong> turned in 23 saves to improve to 5-0 in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so proud of the boys, they&#8217;ve worked hard for this and it&#8217;s been one of our goals since the start of the season,&#8221; said HoneyBaked Head Coach <strong>Matthew Romaniski<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were serious about coming and winning this. It was good to come up here and finish out the year the right way. The boys have been focused and dedicated. I think we did a pretty good job this week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>OHL Commissioner Bryan Crawford was on-hand to present the OHL Cup to Detroit HoneyBaked captain <strong>Max Lappan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Toronto Jr. Canadiens come away as silver medalists with a tournament record of 6-1, appearing in the OHL Cup Championship Final for the third time in the last four years.\u00a0<strong>Brayden Grima<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Kash Kwajah<\/strong> finish tied for second in OHL Cup scoring with 13 points respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit HoneyBaked emerged victorious from a field of 25 teams, the most the OHL Cup has featured in its 23-year history. The event was once again hosted in partnership with the Greater Toronto Hockey League.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/gamecentre\/1071\/\">Game Centre<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/video\/ohl-cup-highlights-detroit-honeybaked-toronto-jr-canadiens-apr-4-2026\">Highlights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/article\/austin-hall-earns-tim-adams-memorial-award-as-ohl-cup-mvp\">Austin Hall earns Tim Adams Memorial Award as OHL Cup MVP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/article\/2026-ohl-cup-gatordade-all-star-team\">Six named to 2026 OHL Cup Gatorade All-Star Team<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit HoneyBaked defeated the Toronto Jr. Canadiens 3-1 to be crowned 2026 OHL Cup champions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":7528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[{"term_id":143,"name":"2026 OHL Cup","slug":"2026-ohl-cup","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":143,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":34,"filter":"raw","term_order":"4"}],"class_list":["post-7527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-2026-ohl-cup","category-2","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/04\/04210052\/Apr4HoneyBakedChampions.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":7524,"date":"2026-04-04T18:49:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/?p=7524"},"modified":"2026-04-04T18:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:55:19","slug":"ohl-announces-2026-u16-aaa-player-of-the-year-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/article\/ohl-announces-2026-u16-aaa-player-of-the-year-awards","title":{"rendered":"OHL Announces 2026 U16 AAA Player of the Year Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TORONTO<\/strong> \u2013 With the 2026 OHL Cup Championship Final underway, the Ontario Hockey League has announced the seven recipients of 2026 U16 AAA Player of the Year Awards for players representing the four Ontario Hockey Federation Member Partners including the Minor Hockey Alliance of Ontario (ALLIANCE), Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL), Northern Ontario Hockey Association (NOHA), and both the Ontario Minor Hockey Association\u2019s (OMHA) East and West regions, along with Hockey Eastern Ontario (HEO) and Hockey Northwestern Ontario (HNO).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA big congratulations goes out to the recipients of this year\u2019s awards. Thank you to the families, coaches, and teammates for their tremendous support of these remarkable players over the course of the season and throughout their minor hockey careers,\u201d said Brodie Barrick, the OHL\u2019s Director of Player Experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe OHL is proud to recognize all the hard work, dedication, and extraordinary accomplishments from across Ontario. We thank all players for another great season and wish them the very best of luck in their hockey and academic careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The awards are presented annually to honour the U16 AAA players who best exemplify outstanding ability and the qualities of sportsmanship and leadership as selected by a panel of Ontario Hockey League hockey operations staff.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALLIANCE U16 AAA Player of the Year \u2013 Drew Bate (London Jr. Knights)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Leading the London Jr. Knights to an ALLIANCE championship, Drew Bate led the circuit in scoring with 72 points (34-38&#8211;72) over just 27 games during the regular season. He added 21 points (7-14&#8211;21) over eight playoff contests, helping one of the best Jr. Knights teams in recent memory reach the OHL Cup Semi-Final, recording 13 points (6-7&#8211;13) in the showcase.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Past Winners:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>2025 \u2013 Jaakko Wycisk, Sun County Panthers<br \/>\n2024 \u2013 Parker Vaughan, Elgin-Middlesex Canucks<br \/>\n2023\u00a0\u2013 Ryan Roobroeck, London Jr. Knights<br \/>\n2022\u00a0\u2013 Lucas Karmiris, Brantford 99ers<br \/>\n2020 \u2013 Bryce McConnell-Barker, London Jr. Knights<br \/>\n2019 \u2013 Deni Goure, Chatham-Kent Cyclones<br \/>\n2018 \u2013 Matthew Maggio, Sun County Panthers<br \/>\n2017 \u2013 Ryan Suzuki, London Jr. Knights<br \/>\n2016 \u2013 Owen Lalonde, Windsor Jr. Spitfires<br \/>\n2015 \u2013 Nick Suzuki, London Jr. Knights<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2014 \u2013 Anthony Salinitri, Windsor Jr. Spitfires<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2013 \u2013 Travis Konecny, Elgin-Middlesex Chiefs<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2012 \u2013 Jared McCann, London Jr. Knights Gold<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2011 \u2013 Bo Horvat, Elgin-Middlesex Chiefs<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>GTHL U16 AAA Player of the Year \u2013 Kash Kwajah (Toronto Jr. Canadiens)<br \/>\n<\/strong>The Jr. Canadiens produce the GTHL U16 AAA Player of the Year for a second straight season, with high-scoring forward Kash Kwajah claiming the honour. He racked up 63 points (28-35&#8211;63) over 31 games, helping lead JRC to the GTHL Finals. The Etobicoke, ON product has enjoyed an impressive OHL Cup, entering the final with 13 points (3-10&#8211;13) over six contests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Winners:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2025 \u2013 Cam Warren, Toronto Jr. Canadiens<br \/>\n2024 \u2013 Adam Valentini, Toronto Marlboros<br \/>\n2023 \u2013 William Moore, Toronto Marlboros<br \/>\n2022\u00a0\u2013 Malcolm Spence, Mississauga Senators<br \/>\n2020 \u2013 Pano Fimis, Toronto Jr. Canadiens<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2019 \u2013 Shane Wright, Don Mills Flyers<br \/>\n2018 \u2013 Jamie Drysdale, Toronto Marlboros<br \/>\n2017 \u2013 Nick Porco, Vaughan Kings<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2016 \u2013 Ryan Merkley, Toronto Jr. Canadiens<br \/>\n2015 \u2013 Ryan McLeod, Toronto Marlboros<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2014 \u2013 Adam Mascherin, Vaughan Kings<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2013 \u2013 Dylan Strome, Toronto Marlboros<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2012 \u2013 Connor McDavid, Toronto Marlboros<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2011 \u2013 Nick Ritchie, Toronto Marlboros<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>HEO U16 AAA Player of the Year \u2013 Cole Krottner (Ottawa Valley Titans)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Cole Krottner gives the Ottawa Valley Titans organization a second-straight U16 AAA HEO Player of the Year. The forward from Stittsville, ON produced a league-leading 50 points (18-32&#8211;50) over 31 regular season games, and added six points (2-4&#8211;6) over seven playoff outings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Winners:<\/strong><br \/>\n2025 \u2013 Kaden McGregor, Ottawa Valley Titans<br \/>\n2024 \u2013 Max Crete, Upper Canada Cyclones<br \/>\n2023 \u2013 Quinn Beauchesne, Nepean Raiders<br \/>\n2022\u00a0\u2013 Cole Beaudoin, Nepean Raiders<br \/>\n2020 \u2013 Cedrick Guindon, Rockland Nationals<br \/>\n2019 \u2013 Mason McTavish, Pembroke Lumber Kings<br \/>\n2018 \u2013 Josh Barnes, Cornwall Colts<br \/>\n2017 \u2013 Alexandre Hogue, Cumberland Grads<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2016 \u2013 Paul Larabie, Nepean Raiders<br \/>\n2015 \u2013 Gabriel Vilardi, CIH Academy<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2014 \u2013 William Bitten, Ottawa Jr. 67\u2019s<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2013 \u2013 Andrew Peski, Ottawa Jr. 67\u2019s<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2012 \u2013 Andrew Abou-Assaly, Ottawa Jr. 67\u2019s<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2011 \u2013 Nicholas Baptiste, Ottawa Senators<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>HNO U16 AAA Player of the Year \u2013 Charlie Crane (Thunder Bay Kings)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Thunder Bay Kings defenceman Charlie Crane is this year&#8217;s HNO U16 AAA Player of the Year. The late 2010-born rearguard logged big minutes for the Kings all season long.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Winners:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2025 \u2013 Eleazer Andrusco, Thunder Bay Kings<br \/>\n2024 \u2013 Brady Cates, Thunder Bay Kings<br \/>\n2023\u00a0\u2013 Carter Poddubny, Thunder Bay Kings<br \/>\n2020 \u2013 Brodie McLeod, Thunder Bay Kings<br \/>\n2019 \u2013 Jack Michaelis, Thunder Bay Kings<br \/>\n2018 \u2013 Michael Stubbs, Thunder Bay Kings<br \/>\n2017 \u2013 Christian Cicigoi, Thunder Bay Kings<br \/>\n2016 \u2013 Quintin Loon-Stewardson, Thunder Bay Kings<br \/>\n2015 \u2013 Kyle Auger, Thunder Bay Kings<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2014 \u2013 Brad Belisle, Thunder Bay Kings<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2013 \u2013 Zach Grzelewski, Thunder Bay Kings<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2012 \u2013 Bryce Martyn, Thunder Bay Kings<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2011 \u2013 Nolan Nicholas, Thunder Bay Kings<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOHA U16 AAA Player of the Year \u2013 Tayden Smith (Sudbury Jr. Wolves)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Sudbury Wolves U16 defenceman Tayden Smith takes top honours in the NOHA, finishing the year with 29 points (8-21&#8211;29) over 34 games on the blue line. He had a solid OHL Cup showcase, producing a goal and two assists over four contests with Team NOHA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Winners:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2025 &#8211; Adam Pseniczny, Soo Jr. Greyhounds<br \/>\n2024 \u2013 Mason Walker, Sudbury Jr. Wolves<br \/>\n2023 \u2013 Hudson Chitaroni, Soo Jr. Greyhounds<br \/>\n2022 \u2013 Nolan Newton, Sudbury Nickel Capitals<br \/>\n2020 \u2013 Connor Toms, Soo Jr. Greyhounds<br \/>\n2019 \u2013 Chase Stillman, Sudbury Minor Midget Wolves<br \/>\n2018 \u2013 Pacey Schlueting, North Bay Trappers<br \/>\n2017 \u2013 Camaryn Baber, Soo Midget Greyhounds<br \/>\n2016 \u2013 Damien Giroux, Sudbury Minor Midget Wolves<br \/>\n2015 \u2013 Cayse Ton, New Liskeard Cubs<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2014 \u2013 Zach Dorval, Soo Thunder<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2013 \u2013 Blake Speers, Soo Thunder<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2012 \u2013 Michael Amadio, Sault Ste. 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The left-wing from Uxbridge, ON added 16 points (7-9&#8211;16) over 10 playoff matchups.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Winners:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2025 \u2013 Brock Chitaroni, Barrie Jr. Colts<br \/>\n2024 \u2013 Maddox Dagenais, Quinte Red Devils<br \/>\n2023\u00a0\u2013 Owen Griffin, York-Simcoe Express<br \/>\n2022\u00a0\u2013 Ethan Procyszyn, North Central Predators<br \/>\n2020 \u2013 Donovan McCoy, Quinte Red Devils<br \/>\n2019 \u2013 Brenden Sirizzotti, Whitby Wildcats<br \/>\n2018 \u2013 Quinton Byfield, York Simcoe Express<br \/>\n2017 \u2013 Alex Newhook, York Simcoe Express<br \/>\n2016 \u2013 Aidan Dudas, North Central Predators<br \/>\n2015 \u2013 Brady Gilmour, Quinte Red Devils<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2014 \u2013 Chris Paquette, Greater Kingston Jr Frontenacs<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>OMHA West U16 AAA Player of the Year \u2013 Evan Bannister (Credit River Capitals)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Evan Bannister helped lead the Credit River Capitals to an OHL championship, and is this year&#8217;s OMHA West U16 AAA Player of the Year. Credit River&#8217;s captain led the OMHA with 38 goals, finishing the year with 64 points (38-26&#8211;64) over 33 games before adding 17 points (9-8&#8211;17) over six playoff outings. Bannister&#8217;s OHL Cup featured eight points (5-3&#8211;8) over four games.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Winners:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2025 \u2013 Aleksandr Sementsov, Halton Hurricanes<br \/>\n2024 \u2013 Ethan Belchetz, Oakville Rangers<br \/>\n2023\u00a0\u2013 Matthew Schaefer, Halton Hurricanes<br \/>\n2022\u00a0\u2013 Luca Testa,\u00a0Niagara North Stars<br \/>\n2020 \u2013 Sam Alfano, Southern Tier Admirals<br \/>\n2019 \u2013 Lawson Sherk, Halton Hurricanes<br \/>\n2018 \u2013 Cameron Tolnai, Oakville Rangers<br \/>\n2017 \u2013 Matthew Dunsmoor, Guelph Jr. Gryphons<br \/>\n2016 \u2013 Adam McMaster, Niagara North Stars<br \/>\n2015 \u2013 Liam Stevens, Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2014 \u2013 Rylee St Onge, Niagara North Stars<\/p>\n<p><em>*prior to 2014 there was a single OMHA Player of the Year award recipient<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Past OMHA Players of the Year:<br \/>\n<\/strong>2013 \u2013 Matt Spencer, Oakville Rangers*<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>2012 \u2013 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hard-fought 3-2 win over Upper Canada College Blues in semifinal action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">JRC struck early in the opening period, as Khov Long (2) gave the Jr. Canadiens the lead. Upper Canada responded shortly after, with Carmine Liss (3) finding the back of the net to even things up at one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brayden Grima (5) would regain the lead for Toronto less than a minute later with his fifth of the tournament, making it 2-1 heading into the intermission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Upper Canada, however, would pull even once again in the second period, as George Majic (1) scored on the power play to tie the game at two.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the third, it was underaged defenceman Kade O\u2019Rourke (4) who would play hero in the final minutes with a tough-angle top-shelf goal that would stand as the eventual game-winner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite UCC pulling their goalie for the extra attacker, JRC held strong the rest to secure the victory and punch their ticket to the championship game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 2010-born Jr. Canadiens now carry the program back to the final, following last year\u2019s 2009 group that captured the OHL Cup championship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>New Era Players of the Game:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Upper Canada College: Max Fransen (D)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toronto Jr. Canadiens: Brayden Grima (F) \u2013 1G, 1A<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/gamecentre\/1070\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gamecentre<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><b>HoneyBaked Advances to Final with Win Over Jr. Knights<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>London Jr. Knights vs. Detroit HoneyBaked<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Final: 5 (HB) \u2013 3 (LDN)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Detroit HoneyBaked punched their ticket to the OHL Cup Final with a 5-3 victory over the London Jr. Knights in semifinal action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">HoneyBaked opened the scoring early in the first period, as Easton Dozark (4) capitalized on the power play to give Detroit the lead. London, though, would answer back, with Finley Butler (4) scoring on the man advantage to even the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Detroit regained the lead before the end of the frame, as Liam Voit (2) found the back of the net to make it 2-1 heading into the intermission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The momentum carried into the second period, where Voit (3) struck again to extend the HoneyBaked lead. Austin Hall (5) followed not long after with what would stand as the game-winning goal, giving Detroit a 4-1 advantage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">HoneyBaked added another early in the third, with Blake Stephens (4) scoring on the power play.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">London pushed back late with a pair of power-play goals from Ryan Beaulieu (4), cutting into the deficit, but it was not enough to mount a comeback as HoneyBaked held on for the win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>New Era Players of the Game:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">London Jr. Knights: Ryan Beaulieu (D) \u2013 2G<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Detroit HoneyBaked: Liam Voit (F) \u2013 2G, 1A<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/gamecentre\/1069\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gamecentre<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stay tuned throughout the day for rolling updates from the OHL Cup, with quarter-final recaps and top performers from every matchup. &nbsp; 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Kash Kwajah (3) evened the score on the power play before Kade O\u2019Rourke (3) followed it up just moments later, also on the man advantage, to give Toronto their first lead of the game.<\/p>\n<p>The momentum continued to swing in JRC\u2019s favour as Jude Litman (1) added an insurance marker later in the frame, extending the lead to 3-1 heading into the third period.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto would put the game out of reach early in the final frame, as Alessandro Cadorin (2) scored just 10 seconds into the period to make it 4-1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say it&#8217;s confidence as much as it is trust in one another, which makes us feel comfortable on the ice,\u201d said Kash Kwajah. \u201cI know we\u2019re going to be bringing our best effort tonight so we can advance to the finals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From there, the Jr. Canadiens shut things down defensively to secure the win and punch their ticket to the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m expecting them to bring their best, as will we, so we will have to see who comes out on top,\u201d Kwajah added.<\/p>\n<p>With the victory, the Jr. Canadiens will face Upper Canada College at 8:00 p.m. tonight in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Era Players of the Game:<\/strong><br \/>\nTPH Academy: Jake Hall (D)<br \/>\nToronto Jr. Canadiens: Kash Kwajah (F) \u2013 1G, 2A<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>U<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>CC Punches Ticket to Semi-Finals with 4-2 Win Over Don Mills<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Don Mills Flyers vs Upper Canada College Blues<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Final: 4 (UCC) &#8211; 2 (DMF)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A strong first period from the Upper Canada College Blues helped propel them to a 4-2 victory over the Don Mills Flyers in the 2026 OHL Cup quarter-finals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe have the confidence to [win close games],\u201d explained UCC forward Bohdan Gorenstein, \u201cwe\u2019ve been in these situations all year long, even against these guys. We live for those types of games where it\u2019s close and we know we\u2019ll get the job done.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was Cole Coristine (2) of Don Mills who opened the scoring early in the first period to get the Flyers off to a good start. Max Fransen (2) answered right back for UCC to even the game 1-1 and get the ball rolling for his team. That momentum continued for the Blues when Cammie List (2) added another just 42 seconds later. With under a minute to go in the first period Logan Prud\u2019Homme (5) netted his fifth of the tournament to make it a 3-1 at the intermission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Don Mills needed a good start to the third period and that\u2019s exactly what they got, taking advantage of an early powerplay with Gavin Godick (2) scoring to bring his team within one. Fans moved to the edge of their seats late in the game when UCC\u2019s Jay Nimchonok got called for hooking to send Don Mills to the powerplay again with a chance to tie the game. Instead, it was UCC\u2019s Bohdan Gorenstein (5) with a short handed goal that gave the Blues enough breathing room to wrap up the win.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThroughout the tournament me and Norris have gotten a couple of those and I saw that he had the chance to go with the puck so I followed him and he sent it across,\u201d said Gorenstein, \u201cit was a surreal feeling.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Upper Canada College will play the winner of the TPH versus Toronto Jr Canadiens quarter-final game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>New Era Player of the Game<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Don Mills Flyers &#8211; Ryder Evans<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Upper Canada College &#8211; Cole Guizzetti<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/gamecentre\/1067\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gamecentre<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Jr. Knights Outlast Little Caesars to Advance to Semi-Finals<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>London Jr. Knights vs. Detroit Little Caesars<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Final: 8 (LDN) \u2013 6 (DLC)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The London Jr. Knights secured their spot in the OHL Cup semi-finals with an 8-6 victory over the highly-ranked Detroit Little Caesars in a fast-paced, back-and-forth quarter-final matchup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Detroit opened the scoring early in the first period, as Benjamin Slavick (3) gave Little Caesars the early lead. London responded later in the frame with Drew Bate (6) tying the game, but Detroit quickly regained the lead through Alexander Smidt (1) to make it 2-1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Jr. Knights answered with a strong push to close out the period, as Quinn Roberts (3) scored on the power play to even things up. Jake Readings (1) then gave London their first lead of the game early in the second period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Detroit pulled even once again with Aiden Kelly (4), but Bate (7) converted on a penalty shot to restore London\u2019s advantage and net his second of the game. The Jr. Knights continued to build momentum, as Ryan Beaulieu (3) extended the lead to 5-3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But Detroit refused to go away, as Colin Kennedy (4) cut the deficit just seconds into the third period. London answered once again through Ryan Salmoni (5), but Detroit kept pressing as Aiden Kelly (5) and Colin Kennedy (5) struck in quick succession to tie the game at six.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the pressure mounting, Cameron Jolic\u0153ur (3) delivered the game-winning goal for London midway through the third period. From there, Graham Littlejohn (3) added an empty-netter late to secure the high-scoring 8-6 victory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the win, the Jr. Knights become the second team to punch their ticket to the semi-finals. They will face Detroit HoneyBaked at 6:00 p.m. tonight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>New Era Players of the Game:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">London Jr. Knights: Ryan Beaulieu (D) \u2013 1G, 1A<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Detroit Little Caesars: Colin Kennedy (F) \u2013 2G<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/gamecentre\/1066\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gamecentre<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Honeybaked Advances to OHL Cup Semi-Finals<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Markham Majors vs Detroit Honeybaked<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Final: 8 (HB) &#8211; 3 (MAJ)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The first quarter-final of the 2026 OHL Cup saw Detroit Honeybaked take down the Markham Majors by a score of 8-3. Honeybaked led for 44:17 of the 45:00 game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe were just working hard and getting in front of the net, \u201c said Honeybaked\u2019s Easton Ozark after the win, \u201cwe\u2019re getting shots through and they\u2019re going in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The scoring started eleven seconds into the game with a goal by Blake Stephens (1). Near the midway mark of the period Joseph Fenwick (3) scored for Markham to tie the game. The tie didn\u2019t last long as Anders Ogger (2) scored just 32 seconds later to give Honeybaked the 2-1 lead that they carried into the first intermission.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Detroit based team scored four goals on nine shots in the second period and eventually skated away with the 8-3 victory. Ozark had a pretty simple plan for in between games, \u201cget a good nap in, get some food and come back\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Honeybaked will play the winner of the Detroit Little Caesars versus London Jr. Knights quarter-final game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>New Era Player of the Game<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Markham Majors &#8211; Joseph Fenwick (F) 1G<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Detroit Honeybaked &#8211; Carter Nash (G) 29 SVS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohlcup\/gamecentre\/1065\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gamecentre<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Twenty-five teams will embark on the 2026 OHL Cup Showcase, with tournament games beginning at 12:00pm on Monday, March 30th, culminating in the Championship Final that will take place on Saturday, April 4th at Mattamy Athletic Centre in downtown Toronto, with puck drop at 2:00pm.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The OHL Cup has established itself as a premier development tournament, serving as a critical showcase for the next generation of hockey talent. 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