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In four Ontario Hockey League seasons, Brad Bonello went to the Robertson Cup finals twice. His first go was with the Erie Otters in his first OHL season, 2001-02. The Otters beat the Barrie Colts in five games to earn a trip to the Memorial Cup. In 2004-05, as a member of the Ottawa 67′s, Bonello once again appeared in the Robertson Cup finals, this time losing in five to the London Knights. The 67′s made the trip to the Memorial Cup anyway since London was the host. Unfortunately, Brad does not own a Memorial Cup ring.

Bonello played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 2001-02 to 2004-05. He played two and a half with the Otters before being traded to the Peterborough Petes during the 2003-04 season. He played his full final year with Ottawa. In that final season with Ottawa, Brad finished with 66 points, tied for second on the team with Julian Talbot at only two points away from Mark Mancari for the team lead.

Undrafted, Brad spent the better part of four seasons in the North American minor pro leagues. In those four years, Bonello bounced around among ten different teams in four leagues before ending up the 2008-09 season in Great Britain’s Elite Ice Hockey League with the Edinburgh Capitals.

Bonello spent last season with just one team for the first time since his 2004-05 season with Ottawa. With HC Fassa of Italy’s Lega Italiana Hockey Ghiaccio, Brad played 34 games and contributed 27 points.

He began this season with Dortmund of Germany’s Oberliga but only played three games. A December 28th deal brought him back to the LIHG with Alleghe.

Check out the Alleghe official website.

Brad Bonello is joined on Alleghe by the following players (click on names to check out previous posts on these players at OHL Alumni Central):

David Bowman

Adam Dennis

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Adam Munro played five seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 1998-99 to 2002-03. He played for the Erie Otters until eight games into his final season when he became a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds.

With Erie during the 2000-01 season, he led the Ontario Hockey League with the best save percentage at .926. His goals against average that season was 2.31 which stands today as the best single season performance in Erie Otters history. The team made it to the Western Conference finals that season before losing out in five games to the Plymouth Whalers.

The following season, Adam’s numbers would not be nearly as good but the team was much more successful with a Robertson Cup victory, beating out the Barrie Colts four games to one in the final. Adam’s role was reduced to backup goaltender for the playoffs. Erie appeared at the 2002 Memorial Cup that took place in Guelph, Ontario but was unsuccessful at taking home the hardware.

Adam was taken by the Chicago Blackhawks in the first round of the 2001 NHL draft, 29th overall. Despite being such a high pick, Munro has appeared in just 17 NHL games, all with Chicago, seven in 2003-04 and ten in 2005-06.

Munro first ventured into the European pro hockey market in 2006-07 when he played 41 games for Gottéron of Switzerland’s National League A. He returned to North America the following season and played in the American Hockey League with the Columbus Blue Jackets affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch.

After a season and a half with the Toronto Marlies of the AHL, Munro once again returned to Europe this past season and played four games for Sibir Novosibirsk of Russia’s KHL.

Adam begins the 2010-11 season a little late and with SG Cortina of Italy’s Lega Italiana Hockey Ghiaccio. Unfortunately, the opening that Munro fills in Italy was recently made vacant when fellow Ontario Hockey League grad, Ryan Munce, was injured. Munce has since returned to Canada to have an operation.

Here is the article from SG Cortina’s official website announcing the arrival of Adam Munro (in Italian).

Ryan Munce was featured in a past post at OHL Alumni Central.

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John Vigilante played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 2002-03 to 2005-06, all with the Plymouth Whalers. A consistent producer with the Whalers, his final season was destined to be a great one until missing a month with a broken finger. Still, in 55 games, he contributed 77 points and added an additional 16 in 13 playoff games. Vigilante was Plymouth’s team captain in his final season and was an OHL all-star.

Undrafted after his Ontario Hockey League career came to an end, Vigilante was owned by three different NHL teams over four seasons in professional hockey: Nashville Predators, Columbus Blue Jackets and the Detroit Red Wings. John never appeared with any of these clubs and instead spent his time in the American Hockey League with the Milwaukee Admirals, Syracuse Crunch, Quad City Flames and the Grand Rapids Griffins.

For the 2010-11 season, Vigilante has taken on a major change in scenery. John is playing for HC Asiago in Italy’s Lega Italiana Hockey Ghiaccio (LIHG). He is joined on the team by six other Ontario Hockey League grads: Michael Henrich, Nick Plastino, John Parco, Adam Henrich, Ralph Intranuovo and Andrew Perugini.

Keep up to date with John Vigilante’s stats as well as the rest of HC Asiago at the stats page of the team’s official website.

Ontario Hockey League grad David Bowman has entered his second season with Alleghe of Italy’s Lega Italiana Hockey Ghiaccio (LIHG). The stocky defenseman played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 2000-01 to 2003-04, all with the Windsor Spitfires.

Bowman progressed offensively each season with the Spitfires with seasons of 20, 28, 32 and 43 points from the blueline. In 2001-02, David helped the team over-achieve and reach the Ontario Hockey League Western Conference Final before bowing out to eventual Robertson Cup champions, the Erie Otters.

Undrafted, Bowman played a season in the East Coast Hockey League after graduating from the OHL. He played 71 games and contributed 21 points in his only season of professional hockey on North American soil to date. David played 14 games with the Dundas Real McCoys of the OHA Senior A league in 2005-06 before heading off to university for the 2006-07 season.

Bowman spent three seasons playing for the University of New Brunswick from 2006-07 to 2008-09. In his first and final seasons with UNB, the team won the Canadian University championships.

This past season, 2009-10, was his first in Italy and he put in strong blueliner numbers for Alleghe with 16 points in 40 games. Last season Bowman was teammates with former OHLer Andrew Archer and this season he will team up with Ontario Hockey League grad, Colin Chaulk.

Check out David Bowman’s profile at the LIHG official website.

Check out Alleghe’s roster page at their official website.

David Bowman appears in this previous OHL Alumni Central post regarding the graduates of the Windsor Spitfires active in pro hockey during the 2009-10 season.

Ryan Martinelli has finally broken away from London, Ontario and will be playing in Italy for the 2010-11 season. He won’t be far from family, though, as father Barry has become the Coach and General Manager of the team Ryan has signed on with.

A London, Ontario native, Martinelli played three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League, all with the London Knights, from 2004-05 to 2006-07. Ryan played a small role as a rookie in the Knights run to the Memorial Cup in 2004-05. Over his three seasons he played an outstanding 45 OHL playoff games.

Not drafted, Martinelli went on to play for the University of Western Ontario in London for the next three seasons. Always a defensive defenceman in the OHL, Ryan was nearly a point per game man in the university system over the past two seasons.

Martinelli has signed on with Valpellice of the Liga Italiana Hockey Ghiaccio (LIHG) Serie A1 in Italy. Before the season has even started, Ryan leads the league in one category. With his signing, Martinelli immediately became the league’s tallest player at 6’5″. His contract with Valpellice is for the following season only.

Son and father can both be found on the roster page of the Valpellice official website.

If you haven’t yet checked it out, the OHL Alumni In Europe For 2010-11 early bird version is available for download free.