OHL Alumni Central

Ontario Hockey League grad Evan McGrath will remain in Sweden’s tier 2 Allsvenskan for the 2011-12 season, but has switched teams. This season, 2010-11, was McGrath’s first season in Europe and he led Västerås is points with 43 in 49 games and placed 16th in the league. In 2011-12, Evan will play for Oskarshamn.

Evan McGrath played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 2002-03 to 2005-06, all with the Kitchener Rangers. In his final season, McGrath placed fifth in the OHL in total points with 114 on 37 goals and 77 assists. He was a member of the 2002-03 Rangers team that won the Robertson Cup as OHL playoff champ and won the Memorial Cup.

After his second season in the Ontario Hockey League, McGrath was taken by the Detroit Red Wings in the fourth round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, 128th overall. He spent the better part of four seasons with Detroit’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins. He was wearing the ‘A’ on his jersey during the 2009-10 season when Grand Rapids traded him to the Syracuse Crunch at the trade deadline.

One of the newest Ontario Hockey League grads to enter the world of professional hockey and a 99-point man with the Oshawa Generals are the two newest members of Västerås in Sweden’s Allsvenskan. The Allsvenskan is Sweden’s second league behind the Elitserien.

Matt Sisca has just come off a great season with the Guelph Storm where he put in 35 goals and added 30 assists for 65 points while playing the full 68 regular season games. Matt started his Ontario Hockey League career with the Niagara IceDogs in 2007-08 and played the full 2008-09 season with the club.

Peter Tsimikalis played five seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 2002-03 to 2006-07. In his final two OHL seasons, Peter saw action in the American Hockey League. In 2005-06, he played 11 games with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers and the following season he played 19 games with the Albany River Rats.

Tsimikalis began his Ontario Hockey League career with the Ottawa 67′s and played there until he was traded to the Oshawa Generals during the 2004-05 season. As an Ottawa 67 in 2003-04, Peter played for Team Canada at the Under-18 World Junior Hockey Championships.

Peter had an excellent season with the Oshawa Generals in 2005-06, scoring 29 goals and adding 70 assists for 99 points in 64 games. The 99 points placed him tied for eighth in OHL scoring. In 2006-07, Peter found himself in Kitchener with the Rangers and in just 37 games he contributed 56 points.

Tsimikalis played in North America for the 2007-08 (Columbus Inferno – ECHL, Toronto Marlies – AHL) and 2008-09 (Charlotte Checkers – ECHL) seasons. This past season, Peter played in the Allsvenskan with Växjö Lakers.

Check out Peter Tsimikalis’ profile page on the Växjö Lakers official website.

Check out Matt Sisca’s profile page on the Guelph Storm official website.

The Västerås official website has not been updated with the two players’ profiles yet, but the site can be found through this link.