OHL Alumni Central

Vladimir Roth played two seasons in the Ontario Hockey League, 2007-08 and 2008-09, both with the London Knights. The native of the Czech Republic provided London with solid defence in those two seasons.

Before and after his Ontario Hockey League career, Vlad has been a part of the HC Slavia Praha (Prague) hockey program, playing with the club’s Under-18 team, Under-20 team and now, the elite team. This past season, 2009-10, was Roth’s first season in the Czech Extraliga and he appeared in 36 of the senior team’s 52 regular season games, appearing regularly on the powerplay, as well as 14 in the playoffs. He also made appearances on the Under-20 club and HC Havlickuv Brod of the Czech Extraliga 2.

Roth played for the Czech Republic at the IIHF World Hockey Championships held in Saskatchewan this past season. Vlad added six points in six games from the blue line in a tournament that saw the Czechs tank in the round robin but go undefeated in the relegation round to live to see another year at this level. Roth also represented his country in 2007 at the Under-18 World Tournament.

Vlad hopes to help Slavia improve from their seventh place finish last season in the 14 team league. He is under contract with the club through the 2011-12 season, which is pretty lengthy for a European club.

Check out Vladimir Roth’s profile page on the HC Slavia Praha official website.

Check out this previous post on Ontario Hockey League alumni playing for HC Slavia Praha during the 2009-10 season.

The following video is from the 2010 IIHF World Hockey Championships. Vladimir Roth, #15 in white, assists on the first goal of the game.

Better late than never! Our apologies to Team USA fans at the 2010 IIHF World Hockey Championships - we almost passed you by.

There is one player on the roster of Team USA that is a graduate of the Ontario Hockey League. Nick Foligno played three seasons in the OHL from 2004-05 to 2006-07, all with the Sudbury Wolves. Nick led the Wolves in scoring in his final two seasons and had an impressive 29 points in 21 playoff games in his final season as the Wolves advanced to the Robertson Cup final before losing out to the Plymouth Whalers in six games.

Nick was a first round pick of the Ottawa Senators in the 2006 NHL draft. He spent a portion of his first pro season with Ottawa’s AHL affiliate, the Binghamton Senators but has been a regular with Ottawa ever since.

Check out Nick Foligno’s profile page on the Ottawa Senators official website.

Check out these posts on other OHL graduates playing in the 2010 IIHF World Hockey Championships:

Latvia

Canada

Italy – Plastino

Italy – Parco

Czech Republic

Norway

Finland

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Team Slovakia has three Ontario Hockey League alumni on the roster for the 2010 IIHF World Hockey Championships. Two of the three were also on the National team at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Olympians Peter Budaj and Andrej Sekera

 are joined by Richard Panik for the Worlds.

Richard Panik is one of the newest OHL grads to be playing at the pro level. He played his only OHL season in 2009-10 and split the year between the Windsor Spitfires and the Belleville Bulls and could potentially be back with the Bulls next season. He completed the season with the Norfolk Admirals of the AHL. Richard was a second round draft pick of the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2009 NHL draft.

Peter Budaj played three seasons between the pipes for the St. Michael’s Majors from 1999-00 to 2001-02. A second round pick of the Colorado Avalanche in the 2001 NHL draft, Peter has just completed his fifth season with the NHL club.

Andrej Sekera played two seasons in the OHL with the Owen Sound Attack, 2004-05 and 2005-06. Drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2004 NHL draft, Andrej has remained in the Sabres organization.

Click on the country to see what OHL grads are on the roster for the 2010 IIHF World Hockey Championships: Latvia, Canada, Italy(1), Italy (2), Czech Republic, Norway, Finland.

In addition to the three Ontario Hockey League grads that played for Team Latvia at the 2010 Winter Olympics, there are two more OHL alumni added to the roster for the 2010 IIHF World Hockey Championships. Juris Stals and Andris Dzerins join Olympians Arvids Rekis, Herberts Vasiljevs and Kaspars Daugavins (click here for Olympics post on Team Latvia).

Juris Stals played in the OHL for two seasons, 2001-02 and 2002-03. His first season was played with the Sarnia Sting and his second with the Owen Sound Attack. Drafted deep in the 2001 NHL draft, 269th overall, by the New York Rangers, Stals played a season with the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack and two seasons with the ECHL’s Charlotte Checkers before heading to Europe.

From 2006-07 to 2008-09, Juris alternated between the Czech Republic’s Extraliga and Russia’s KHL. This past season found him back in North America playing for the Quad City Mallards of the IHL.

Andris Dzerins played two seasons in the OHL, 2007-08 and 2008-09, both with the Kingston Frontenacs. This season he played his first of his professional career with Riga Dynamo of Russia’s KHL.

Arvid Rekis played four seasons in the OHL from 1996-97 to 1999-00, all with the Erie Otters. He spent his first three seasons of pro hockey in the ECHL with the Peoria Rivermen, with an 18 game call-up to the AHL’s Worcester IceCats during the 2001-02 season. Since the beginning of the 2003-04 season, Arvid has played in Germany’s DEL. His first five seasons were with the Augsburg Panthers and his past two have been with Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams.

Kaspars Daugavins played three seasons in the OHL from 2006-07 to 2008-09, all with the Toronto /Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors. Having been drafted by the Ottawa Senators in 2006, before he’d played a game of junior, Kaspars played a portion of each of junior seasons with the AHL’s Binghamton Senators. This past season, he played a full season with the Binghamton club with a single game with the NHL Senators.

Herberts Vasiljevs played just one season in the OHL, 1995-96 with the Guelph Storm. Vasiljevs put in 51 games in the NHL over four seasons with the Florida Panthers, Atlanta Thrashers and the Vancouver Canucks. After a year in Russia in 2003-04, Herberts has been in Germany’s DEL since, one year with Nuremburg and the past five with Krefeld. He is currently captain of the Pinguine.

Check out what other countries have OHL grads on their rosters for the 2010 IIHF World Hockey Championships:

Canada

Italy (1)

Italy (2)

Czech Republic

Norway

Finland

As with the 2010 Winter Olympic Games held in Vancouver, Mathis Olimb is the lone Ontario Hockey League grad on Team Norway at the 2010 IIHF World Hockey Championships.

Olimb played just one season in the OHL, 2004-05. He began the year with the London Knights but 10 games into the season, he was traded off to the Sarnia Sting and was denied being a part of London’s magical run to the Memorial Cup.

Mathis has represented his country in world competition throughout his junior career and as a pro.

2007-08 and 2008-09 were spent with the Augsburger Panthers of Germany’s DEL. This season, Mathis switched to Sweden’s SEL and played for the Frölunda Indians of Göteborg. He was third on the team in scoring with 33 points in 55 regular season games. He added 4 points in 7 playoff games.

Mathis Olimb’s profile page on Frölunda’s official website can be found by clicking here.

Click here for the previous post on Mathis Olimb being the lone OHL grad on Team Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Check out these other posts related to OHL alumni playing at the 2010 IIHF World Hockey Championships:

10 OHL grads on Team Canada

Nick Plastino playing for Team Italy

John Parco playing for Team Italy

2 OHL grads on Team Czech Republic

Oskar Osala playing for Team Finland

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