• Former Guelph Storm Captain Finishes First Season In Italy

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  May 20
  

  Andrew Archer on the right in red (#2)

  Andrew Archer played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League. He started out with the Oshawa Generals in 1999-00 and was traded to the Guelph Storm shortly after the start of the 2000-01 season. Archer finished out his OHL career with the Storm in 2002-03.

  In his final season with the Storm, he had the honour of being team captain. In 2000-01, he was the team’s Most Improved Player. During his captaincy, he was honoured by the team as Most Valuable Player, Humanitarian of the Year, Community Involvement Player of the Year, Top Defenseman and was honoured with the team’s Leadership Award.

  Andrew spent the past season, 2009-10, in Italy’s Liga Italiana Hockey Ghiaccio Serie A with Alleghe. This was Archer’s first season in Europe after six years in the American Hockey League.

  He was a 7th round pick, 203rd overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2001 NHL draft. His first five years in the AHL were spent with Montreal’s affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs. In 2008-09, he moved to the Rockford IceHogs.

  Alleghe is a small town in the Northeastern part of Italy, near the border of Austria. The team’s official website is only in Italian, but can be found here. Andrew Archer’s profile page at Alleghe’s page on PointStreak can be found here.

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3 Responses to “Former Guelph Storm Captain Finishes First Season In Italy”

1. OHL Alumni Central » Blog Archive » 4 OHL Alumni Help Fort Wayne Komets to Third Straight Turner Cup said on June 6th, 2010 at 6:06 am

   [...] Colin lead the Komets in scoring this year and finished fourth in league scoring with 85 points. He lead the team for four straight seasons from 2002-03 to 2005-06. This past season was his seventh season with Fort Wayne. He took a year away from the Komets in 2006-07 when he played a season for Alleghe HC in Italy. [...]

2. OHL Alumni Central » Blog Archive » OHL Grad Named Player Of The Year In Italy’s Serie A2 said on June 12th, 2010 at 6:03 am

   [...] Andrew Archer [...]

3. OHL Alumni Central » Blog Archive » Windsor Spitfires Grad Holding The Blueline In Italy said on September 28th, 2010 at 6:02 am

   [...] numbers for Alleghe with 16 points in 40 games. Last season Bowman was teammates with former OHLer Andrew Archer and this season he will team up with Ontario Hockey League grad, Colin [...]