OHL Alumni Central

After 3 games, there are just two Ontario Hockey League grads among the top 30 scorers at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Sergei Kostitsyn finds himself tied with 6 others for first place in the individual scoring list. Sergei is representing Belarus and is an alumnus of the London Knights. In 3 games, Kostitsyn has 2 goals and 3 assists for 5 points, tying him with Dany Heatley of Canada, Brian Rafalski of the USA, Evgeni Malkin of Russia, Sidney Crosby of Canada, Niklas Backstrom of Sweden and Marek Zidlicky of the Czech Republic. Sergei finds himself among quite an elite group of players.

Rick Nash is tied with many players with 3 points on 3 assists. Rick is on a Team Canada that is getting lots of chances but haven’t been able to convert. Nash is a graduate of the London Knights.

For the full list of Ontario Hockey League alumni playing in the 2010 Olympic Games, check out this previous post.

The 2010 Olympic Games are fast approaching and unlike the events that rely on snow, hockey is not going to be affected by the warm British Columbia weather. Team Canada has been chosen. 7 of the chosen ones are OHL grads.

The oldest member of the OHL seven is Chris Pronger. Chris played with the Peterborough Petes for two seasons, 1991-92 and 1992-93. The youngest player is Drew Doughty who was 2 years old when Pronger began his OHL career.

Out of the 7, two played with the London Knights and two played with the Petes. The other three played for Guelph, Sault Ste. Marie and Kitchener.

The seven are as follows:

Drew Doughty, Guelph Storm – 2005-06 to 2007-08.

Chris Pronger, Peterborough Petes – 1991-92 and 1992-93.

Michael Richards, Kitchener Rangers – 2001-02 to 2004-05.

Joe Thornton, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds – 1995-96 and 1996-97.

Eric Staal, Peterborough Petes – 2000-01 to 2003-04.

Corey Perry, London Knights – 2001-02 to 2004-05.

Rick Nash, London Knights – 2000-01 and 2001-02.