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Michael Ouzas played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 2002-03 to 2005-06 and appeared on four different OHL clubs. His first season consisted of just 8 games with the Barrie Colts. The following season, he played a backup role with the Toronto St. Michael’s Majors and appeared in 19 games. 2004-05, by far his most successful season in the OHL was played with the Mississauga IceDogs. During his final season, he split his play between the IceDogs and the Owen Sound Attack, appearing in a total of 58 games between the two.

As mentioned, 2004-05 was a successful season for Ouzas. He was named Ontario Hockey League Goaltender of the Year with the IceDogs. Over 44 games, his goals against average was a paltry 2.18 while his save percentage was .926.

Undrafted, Michael spent two seasons in the Canadian university system after graduating from the Ontario Hockey League. Playing for the powerhouse University of New Brunswick, he went to the national championships in both 2006-07 and 2007-08. The team won the title in the first year and was runner-up in the second. Michael’s numbers during that second season were amazing with a 1.91 GAA and a .924 save percentage.

2008-09 marked his first season in professional hockey. His season was split between the Fresno Falcons and the Reading Royals of the ECHL. This past season, 2009-10, Ouzas went out to the Arizona desert to play for the Las Vegas Wranglers of the ECHL where he settled into the starter role, playing 42 games. Michael returns to Las Vegas for the 2010-11 season.

Check out Michael’s profile page at the Las Vegas Wranglers official website.

Adam Dennis backstopped not one but two Ontario Hockey League teams to the Memorial Cup. In his four year OHL career, Dennis made three trips to the Robertson Cup finals, once with the Guelph Storm and twice with the London Knights. Adam was a member of the Guelph Storm Robertson Cup winning team in 2003-04 and was traded to the London Knights the following season. With the Knights, he was a major part of the team’s Robertson Cup and Memorial Cup winning season in 2004-05 and helped the Knights to another Robertson Cup appearance the following season.

Dennis spent the 2009-10 season with HC Fassa of Italy’s Lega Italiana Hockey Ghiaccio (LIHG) Serie A1. Despite the team finishing sixth in the nine team league, Adam shone with a 2.23 GAA (best in the LIHG) and a .935 save percentage while playing 37 of the team’s 40 regular season games.

This upcoming season, 2010-11, Adam is definitely receiving a promotion for his efforts. He has signed on with Kölner Haie of Germany’s Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The DEL is ranked considerably higher in IIHF rankings than the LIHG and may well help Adam finally make the big step to the NHL.

Adam Dennis played his four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 2002-03 to 2005-06. He started with the Guelph Storm and was traded to the London Knights during the 2004-05 to, of course, help with the Knights Memorial Cup run. In his final season, he was OHL goaltender of the year and a CHL second team all-star.

Despite his junior hockey success, Adam went fairly low in the 2005 NHL draft. The Buffalo Sabres chose Dennis in the sixth round, 182nd overall. Adam spent three seasons in the American Hockey League (AHL) from 2006-07 to 2008-09, two with the Rochester Americans and one with the Portland Pirates.

Check out the profile page for Adam Dennis on the Kölner Haie official website.

Adam has appeared in these previous posts at OHL Alumni Central:

2004-05 London Knights Alumni

2003-04 Guelph Storm Alumni

London Knights Alumni

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Andy Chiodo playing in Finland.

Former Toronto St. Michael’s Majors goalie, Andy Chiodo, has joined EC KAC (the KAC

EC KAC logo.

 stands for Klagenfurter Athletiksport-Club) of Austria’s Erste Bank Eishockey Liga for the 2010-11 season. Chiodo split the 2009-10 season between the AHL’s Binghamton Senators and the ECHL’s Elmira Jackals.

Andy Chiodo played in the Ontario Hockey League for three seasons from 2000-01 to 2002-03, all with the Majors. In 2002-03, Chiodo was honoured as the OHL’s Goaltender of the Year.

Andy had a taste of the NHL in 2003-04 when he played eight games with the Pittsburgh Penguins, the team that drafted him 199th overall in the 2003 NHL draft.

This will be Chiodo’s second go at the European game. He played in Finland’s SM-Liiga for two seasons, 2006-07 and 2007-08 and he had a season with Dynamo Minsk in 2008-09.

Klagenfurt is located in the south of Austria near the border with Slovenia and has a population of nearly 100,000. The team plays out of the Stadthalle Klagenfurt which seats 5,500 for hockey. EC KAC finished the 2009-10 regular season fifth in the ten team Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (EBEL).

Chiodo joins fellow Ontario Hockey League alumni Mike Craig and Sean Brown on EC KAC. 

Check out Andy Chiodo’s profile page on the official EC KAC website.