OHL Alumni Central

Team Slovakia has three Ontario Hockey League alumni on the roster for the 2010 IIHF World Hockey Championships. Two of the three were also on the National team at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Olympians Peter Budaj and Andrej Sekera

 are joined by Richard Panik for the Worlds.

Richard Panik is one of the newest OHL grads to be playing at the pro level. He played his only OHL season in 2009-10 and split the year between the Windsor Spitfires and the Belleville Bulls and could potentially be back with the Bulls next season. He completed the season with the Norfolk Admirals of the AHL. Richard was a second round draft pick of the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2009 NHL draft.

Peter Budaj played three seasons between the pipes for the St. Michael’s Majors from 1999-00 to 2001-02. A second round pick of the Colorado Avalanche in the 2001 NHL draft, Peter has just completed his fifth season with the NHL club.

Andrej Sekera played two seasons in the OHL with the Owen Sound Attack, 2004-05 and 2005-06. Drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2004 NHL draft, Andrej has remained in the Sabres organization.

Click on the country to see what OHL grads are on the roster for the 2010 IIHF World Hockey Championships: Latvia, Canada, Italy(1), Italy (2), Czech Republic, Norway, Finland.

Slovakia will have three OHL grads on the roster for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.

Peter Budaj, currently of the Colorado Avalanche, will be between the pipes for the Slovaks. Peter played in the OHL with the St. Michael’s Majors from 1999-00 to 2001-02.

Andrej Sekera is currently a Buffalo Sabre in the National Hockey League. Just 23, Andrej is the youngest player on the Slovak team. Sekera played in the OHL with the Owen Sound Attack from 2004-05 to 2005-06.

Branko Radivojevic is currently in Russia’s KHL with Spartak Moscow. Branko played in the OHL with the Belleville Bulls from 1998-99 to 2000-01. In his final season, he was third in league scoring with 104 points. In his first season, the Bulls won the league championship and were awarded with a trip to the Memorial Cup.

To read posts on other former OHLers on 2010 Olympic teams, click on the country of your choice: Russia, Norway, Latvia, Germany, Czech Republic, Belarus, United States, Canada.