OHL Alumni Central

Scott Dobben with Lakehead University.

Scott Dobben played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League. Dobben’s OHL career began in 2000-01 with the Erie Otters. Scott remained with the Otters through the 2001-02 season and 18 games into the 2002-03 Ontario Hockey League campaign. In 2001-02, Dobben finished third on the team in scoring with 31 goals and 63 points in a full 68 regular season games. He was part of an Erie Otter team than won the Robertson Cup, beating the Barrie Colts 4 games to 1 in the final. The team lost in the semi-final of the Memorial Cup.

Scott was traded to the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in 2002-03. In his final season, 2003-04, Dobben finished second on the Greyhounds in scoring with 30 goals and 58 points in 63 games, 8 points behind the team leader, Jeff Carter.

Dobben was a fourth round pick of the Ottawa Senators in the 2002 NHL draft, going 113th overall. Between 2004-05 and 2006-07, Scott played for seven different teams from the ECHL, AHL and UHL. All of 2006-07 was played with the Kalamazoo Wings of the UHL.

Dobben left the world of pro hockey and went the Canadian university route for two seasons, 2008-09 and 2009-10, playing for Lakehead in Ontario. This past season, Scott lead Lakehead in scoring with 52 points in 42 games.

Scott has recently signed on with  ESV Kaufbeuren in the German Bundesliga, a level below the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), Germany’s top league. In 2009-10, the team finished 10th in the 14 team league. Scott’s goal scoring ability should help the team improve in the standings.

Check out Scott Dobben’s profile page on the ESV Kaufbeuren official website.

No, not the famous director of 1980′s teen angst movies. This John Hughes played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 2004-05 to 2007-08. John began his OHL career with the Belleville Bulls and played two full seasons there before being traded midway through the 2006-07 season to the Brampton Batallion.

Hughes has played in Europe since leaving the OHL. This past season, John played for the Hannover Indians of Germany’s Bundesliga and finished off the season with Tappara Tampere in Finland. In his first season in Europe, he played for Salzburg Red Bulls in Austria’s Erste Bank Eishockey Liga.

An offensive minded forward, Hughes totalled 283 points over his 256 regular season game OHL career. In 2005-06, he led the Belleville Bulls in points with 82 on 28 goals and 54 assists.

In 2006-07, his 59 points with the Battalion was good for second on the team. With the 20 points he obtained with the Bulls before being traded to Brampton, he was easily the team’s top point getter.

In his final season, John’s 91 points were good for tops on the team and earned him a Jim Mahon Trophy for the Ontario Hockey League’s top point-getting right winger.

Hughes was honoured in Austria as the player with the best plus/minus in 2008-09.

View John’s profile page as a Hannover Indian.

View John’s profile as a Tappara Tampere.

John Hughes is also featured in a previous post listed Brampton Battalion grads playing professional hockey.

Don’t forget to show off your OHL trivia skill before May 31, 2010.

Jason Pinizzotto on the left in blue.

Jason Pinizzotto played two seasons in the Ontario Hockey League. In 1997-98, Pinizzotto was a Barrie Colt and in 1998-99, he was a Toronto St. Michael’s Major.

In 2000-01, Jason dropped down to the OPJHL and tore up that league. He lead the league in scoring, playing for the Couchiching Terriers, scoring 54 goals and adding 86 assists for 140 points in just 49 regular season games.

Jason went the Canadian university route after junior, playing four seasons with York University. In 2005-06, he left for Germany and has since not looked back.

His first two seasons in Germany were spent in the Bundesliga. He moved up to the DEL for 2007-08 with the DEG Metro Stars and 2008-09 with the Hamburg Freezers.

This past season, 2009-10, he moved back down to the Bundesliga and played with Schwenninger Wild Wings. The team finished first in the 14 team league during the regular season. The team plays out of Helios Arena which houses 6300 for hockey.

Jason Pinizzotto’s profile page at the Schwenninger Wild Wings official site can be found here.

Patrick Jarrett as a Berlin Eisbaren.

For five seasons, Patrick Jarrett provided steady offensive numbers in the Ontario Hockey League. In his rookie season, 2000-01, Patrick was the Mississauga IceDogs leading scorer in a dismal season that saw the IceDogs win only three games. In his second season, he was traded to the Owen Sound Attack where he played until the end of the 2004-05 season.

Patrick was drafted by the Nashville Predators but immediately left for Germany after his OHL career was over. He spent two seasons with Eisbären Berlin (Berlin Polar Bears) in the DEL before returning to North America for a year split between the ECHL and AHL.

Last season, Jarrett spent time in Denmark with a steady point per game performance. This season was spent with Dresdner Eislöwen (Dresden Ice Lions) of Germany’s Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga 2 is to German hockey what the AHL is to North America. Patrick finished 10th in league scoring as his team finished 9th in the 14 team league.

For those who aren’t familiar with Germany, Dresden is located on the East side of the country, halfway down, on the border with the Czech Republic. The city has a population of over 500,000. The team plays in the 4200 seat Stadt Dresden.

To view Patrick’s profile page on the team’s official website, click here.

For help navigating around the team’s official website, which is in German, there is a German hockey language guide in a previous post.