Rangers’ Riley Damiani named OHL ‘On the Run’ Player of the Week
The Ontario Hockey League today announced that Dallas Stars prospect Riley Damiani of the Kitchener Rangers is the OHL ‘On the Run’ Player of the Week for the regular season week ending February 3 with nine points in three games scoring four goals and five assists with a plus-minus rating of plus-8.
Damiani led the league in scoring last week while helping the Rangers earn four of a possible six points as they jostle for position in the Western Conference standings. The highlight of his week was back-to-back four point performances in a home-and-home set with the Owen Sound Attack. He recorded two goals and two assists as first star of Wednesday’s 7-4 road win, followed by a goal with a trio of assists to drive Rickard Hugg’s hat-trick earning second star in Friday’s 6-1 victory at home. On Saturday Damiani scored his 20th goal of the season, a new career-high, despite a 4-2 loss to the London Knights. The Rangers currently occupy the seventh seed in the Western Conference playoff race with a 23-23-3-0 record just two points behind the Sarnia Sting for sixth, and three points ahead of the Windsor Spitfires who are in eighth.
An 18-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., Damiani is playing in his third season with the Rangers who chose him in the second round of the 2016 OHL Priority Selection. He’s currently second on the team in scoring with 57 points in 39 games which exceeds his point total from a year ago by 20. Damiani finished an impressive month with points in 10 of his 12 games to start 2019 including a career-high five assists on January 18. He was selected by the Stars in the fifth round of the 2018 NHL Draft.
Also considered for the award this week was Colorado Avalanche prospect Brandon Saigeon of the Oshawa Generals with four goals and four assists for eight points in three games, and rookie Marco Rossi of the Ottawa 67’s with three goals and five assists for eight points in three games. In goal, rookie Jet Greaves of the Barrie Colts stopped 100 shots in two games posting a 1-0-0-1 record for an overall goals-against-average of 1.45 and save percentage of .971.
2018-19 OHL ‘On the Run’ Players of the Week – Regular Season:
Jan. 28 – Feb. 3: Riley Damiani (Kitchener Rangers)
Jan. 21 – Jan. 27: Liam Foudy (London Knights)
Jan. 14 – Jan. 20: Morgan Frost (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
Jan. 7 – Jan. 13: Isaac Ratcliffe (Guelph Storm)
Dec. 31 – Jan. 6: Arthur Kaliyev (Hamilton Bulldogs)
Dec. 24 – Dec. 30: Kyle Maksimovich (Erie Otters)
Dec. 10 – Dec. 16: Andrew MacLean (Owen Sound Attack)
Dec. 3 – Dec. 9: Brett Neumann (Kingston Frontenacs)
Nov. 26 – Dec. 2: Jason Robertson (Niagara IceDogs)
Nov. 19 – Nov. 25: Morgan Frost (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
Nov. 12 – Nov. 18: Owen Tippett (Mississauga Steelheads)
Nov. 5 – Nov. 11: Jason Robertson (Kingston Frontenacs)
Oct. 29 – Nov. 4: Kevin Hancock (Owen Sound Attack)
Oct. 22 – Oct. 28: Stephen Dhillon (Niagara IceDogs)
Oct. 15 – Oct. 21: Justin Brazeau (North Bay Battalion)
Oct. 8 – Oct. 14: Damien Giroux (Saginaw Spirit)
Oct. 1 – Oct. 7: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (Sudbury Wolves)
Sept. 24 – Sept. 30: Lucas Chiodo (Barrie Colts)
Sept. 19 – Sept. 23: Akil Thomas (Niagara IceDogs)
The Owen Sound Attack will be at Barrie Thursday & at London Friday.
You can hear both games live on 560 CFOS with Terry's Trailer Service-Kia of Owen Sound Bearadio
Bearadio is brought to you in part by McArthur Tire.
The Owen Sound Attack will host the 2nd annual REACH. Shoot. Score. Charity game in support of the REACH Centre of Grey/Bruce on Saturday when the Attack host the Kingston Frontenacs
All money raised from the evening will go towards the REACH Centre goal of providing meaningful growth and interaction opportunities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities once they have graduated high school.
More information on The REACH Centre of Grey/Bruce can be found at www.reachcentre.org.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
London Knights 49 36 7 5 1 78
Sault Greyhounds 50 33 11 5 1 72
Saginaw Spirit 50 32 14 2 2 68
Guelph Storm 50 27 13 6 4 64
Owen Sound Attack 50 24 22 2 2 52
Sarnia Sting 52 22 23 5 2 51
Kitchener Rangers 49 23 23 3 0 49
Windsor Spitfires 52 21 27 3 1 46
Erie Otters 49 20 27 1 1 42
Flint Firebirds 52 9 40 3 0 21
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Ottawa 67's 51 38 9 3 1 80
Niagara IceDogs 50 32 11 7 0 71
Sudbury Wolves 49 30 16 2 1 63
Oshawa Generals 51 30 18 3 0 63
Miss Steelheads 50 23 21 5 1 52
Peterborough Petes 50 24 24 1 1 50
North Bay Battalion 51 23 24 2 2 50
Hamilton Bulldogs 51 23 24 3 1 50
Barrie Colts 49 21 25 2 1 45
Kingston Frontenacs 51 12 38 1 0 25
Greater Metro Junior Hockey League
Oshawa Riverkings 5 Ottawa Sharpshooters 2
Ryan Dreossi had 3 goals & 4 points for Oshawa
The Riverkings are 7th in the South, 1 point back of North York
The Knights of Meaford host the South Muskoka Shield Thursday night at the Meaford & St Vincent Community Centre
North Division
Bradford Rattlers 36 31 4 0 1 63
Ville-Marie 37 27 10 0 0 54
Temiscaming 38 25 10 0 3 53
New Tecumseth 38 21 14 0 3 45
Almaguin 37 19 16 0 2 40
West Nipissing 38 18 17 0 3 39
Knights of Meaford 37 17 17 0 3 37
Bradford Bulls 35 14 17 0 4 32
South Muskoka 36 13 21 0 2 28
Ottawa 30 4 24 0 2 10
South Division
St. George 39 36 3 0 0 72
Tillsonburg 37 30 6 0 1 61
Windsor 39 25 12 0 2 52
Kingsville 38 23 14 0 1 47
Niagara-Lake 38 20 16 0 2 42
North York 38 19 18 0 1 39
Oshawa 39 19 20 0 0 38
Niagara 37 17 19 0 1 35
Northumberland 38 17 21 0 0 34
Tottenham 39 13 21 0 5 31
Toronto 39 9 27 0 3 21
London 38 3 33 0 2 8
PJHL Pollock Division Quarterfinals Tonight
Walkerton Hawks at Hanover Barons
( The Hawks lead the best of 7; 2-0 )
8 pm
Wingham Ironmen at Goderich Flyers
( The Ironmen lead the best of 7; 1-0 )
8:30 pm
PJHL Carruthers Division Quarterfinals Tonight
Schomberg Cougars at Stayner Siskins
( Game 1 of a best of 7 series )
8 pm
Alliston Hornets at Huntsville Otters
( Game 1 of a best of 7 series )
7:30
The WOAA ” AA ” Quarterfinal between the Mapleton-Minto 81's & the Saugeen Shores Winterhawks will commence Friday night at The Plex in Port Elgin
Game time Friday is 8:30 pm
Blue Water Men’s Industrial Curling League
Tenneco 8 Sound Heating & Cooling 5
Baywest Nissan 12 G & M ElectricalHooman's Home Renovation 1
Joe Tomato’s 7 Bear Wheel & Brake 1
Leeder & Associates 7 Allan Cooke, HomeLife Bayside Realty 4
Merrill Windows & Doors 7 McArthur Tire 6
Ottewell Fencing 7 Wayne Cook Trucking 5
Clancy Builders 10 Hopper Real EstateWall-Tech Drywall 4
Standings
SMC Geomatics 12 1 0 24
Tenneco 10 3 0 20
Baywest Nissan 9 3 0 18
Joe Tomato’s 9 4 0 18
Leeder & Assoc 9 4 0 18
Merrill W & Doors 9 4 0 18
Ottewell Fencing 9 4 0 18
Clancy Builders 8 5 0 16
McArthur Tire 7 6 1 15
Sound Heat & Cool 5 8 0 10
Cook Trucking 5 8 0 10
Cooke Realty 4 8 1 9
HopperWall-Tech 4 9 0 8
Bear Wheel & Brake 3 10 0 6
G & MHooman’s 1 12 0 2
The W.O.A.A. Play-Off Meeting for the North Division Novice and Atom Local League Teams will be held on Tuesday, February 12th at the Shallow Lake Arena.
The meeting will start at 7 p.m.
Saving Face: Art in Front of the Hockey Net at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery in Owen Sound honours and celebrates the art of the goalie mask.
The exhibit is on display at the gallery until March 30th and will be highlighted by the public unveiling of a GIANT goalie mask on Friday at 7 pm
The public is invited
To help cover international travel & race expenses for Georgian Bay Nordic grad Julian Smith, a “Soup For Julian ” fundraiser , will be held at Sawmill Trails from 11:30 am- 2 pm on Saturday
For details contact Heidi at 519-534-3222.
