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George Halkidis played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 1999-00 to 2002-03. He began his career with the North Bay Centennials and played his first three OHL seasons on the blueline in North Bay. In his final season, Halkidis played for the Kitchener Rangers.

As luck would have it, in 2002-03, the Kitchener Rangers won the Robertson Cup as the Ontario Hockey League play-off champions and went on to win the Memorial Cup in Quebec City. Halkidis is credited with the game winning goal for the Rangers in the Memorial Cup final game.

Undrafted, Halkidis played a season for the Peoria Rivermen of the East Coast Hockey League in his first season out of junior. For the following two seasons, 2004-05 and 2005-06, George played in Italy’s Lega Italiana Hockey Ghiaccio (LIHG) with HC Fassa and Ritten Renon.

In 2006-07, Halkidis returned to North America and played for the Wichita Thunder of the Central Hockey League. North America was not to George’s liking, however, and he returned to Italy for the following season, this time with Alleghe.

Shoulder surgery kept Halkidis out of hockey for the entire 2008-09 season. He returned to Europe this past season, playing for the Hull Stingrays of Great Britain’s EIHL.

George Halkidis will return to Italy for the upcoming 2010-11 season. This time around, he will be playing in the LIHG Serie 2 with HC Eppan Pirates.

HC Eppan Pirates have yet to update their official website with their 2010-11 roster. Click here to visit the roster page.

Check out this previous post on another Ontario Hockey League grad playing for HC Eppan Pirates, Peter Campbell.

Peter Campbell as a Belfast Giant in Great Britain's EIHL.

Another accolade for an Ontario Hockey League grad in the world of hockey. OHL Alumnus Peter Campbell was named the ‘Player of the Year’ in the Lega Italiana Hockey Ghiaccio Serie A2.

Campbell played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 1996-97 to 1999-00. Peter’s first two seasons were spent with the Sudbury Wolves. His best season in the OHL was with the Owen Sound Platers in the 1998-99 season when he scored 45 goals and totalled 88 points. His final season in the OHL was split between the Belleville Bulls and the Erie Otters.

Campbell spent two seasons in the North American scene after junior, mostly in the Central Hockey League. He started his European hockey career in 2002-03 and has played in Great Britain, Germany and Denmark before switching to Italy this past season.

Peter played for HC Eppan Pirates of Italy’s second league. He lead the league in scoring with 66 points in just 25 games, 11 points better than the next in line. His 32 goals were also tops in the league, one more than teammate Giuseppe Tallari. The team finished first in the 8 team league.

Peter Campbell’s profile on the LIHG’s official site can be found here.

The article on the league’s official site announcing Peter as the ‘Player of the Year’ can be found here. The article is only in Italian.

Peter can also be found on HC Eppan Pirates official website roster page.

Check out these past posts on OHL grads playing in Italy:

Andrew Archer

Nick Plastino

John Parco

OHL Grads on Ritten in Italy

OHL Grads on Bolzano in Italy

OHL Grads on Asiago HC in Italy