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Torhüters, of course, being goaltenders…

Four of the top 13 goaltenders for the 2009-10 season in Germany’s Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) were graduates of the Ontario Hockey League. Three of the four are signed on with their 2009-10 teams for the 2010-11 season. The rankings are based on goals against average.

Number three in the league was Travis Scott. Travis played three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 1993-94 to 1995-96, all with the Windsor Spitfires. His 2.49 GAA in 29 regular season games helped the Hannover Scorpions to the league playoff finals.

Rob Zepp played three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 1998-99 to 2000-01, all with the Plymouth Whalers. Zepp was fifth in the DEL with a 2.62 GAA with Eisbaren Berlin over 50 regular season games. Zepp’s five shutouts were tops in the league.

Fred Brathwaite finished ninth in the league with a 2.90 GAA over 47 games with Adler Mannheim. Brathwaite played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 1989-90 to 1992-93. Fred played for the Oshawa Generals, London Knights and Detroit Junior Red Wings.

Levente Szuper finished 13th as Travis Scott’s partner with the Hannover Scorpions. His final GAA was 3.08 over 22 regular season games. Szuper played two seasons in the Ontario Hockey League, 1998-99 and 1999-00, both with the Ottawa 67′s. Levente is the only one of the four goaltenders not signed on with their 2009-10 club. In fact, as of this date, Szuper is not signed by any club.

Check out Travis Scott’s profile page at the Hannover Scorpions official website.

Check out Rob Zepp’s profile page at the Eisbaren Berlin official website.

Check out Fred Brathwaite’s profile page at the Adler Mannheim official website.

Scott Travis appears in this previous post at OHL Alumni Central.

Fred Brathwaite appears in this previous post at OHL Alumni Central.

Rob Zepp appears in this previous post at OHL Alumni Central.

Levente Szuper (and Travis Scott) appears in this previous post at OHL Alumni Central.

(Unless you’re a Windsor Spitfires or Oshawa Generals fan…)

The only thing flawed about the career of Ontario Hockey League grad Travis Scott thus far is the single game he played in the National Hockey League. For such a great goaltender, the Los Angeles Kings gave him just one shot at playing in the NHL and he is left with an NHL career Goals Against Average of 7.20 and a save percentage of .700.

Everything else about Scott’s career in professional hockey has been exceptional and he is potentially one of the most under-rated goaltenders to ever come out of the Ontario Hockey League.

Travis played three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 1993-94 to 1995-96. His first two seasons were with the Windsor Spitfires and his final season was with the Oshawa Generals. His OHL career was less than stellar, he was not drafted to the NHL and played in the ECHL upon entering the world of professional hockey.

During the 1998-99 season while playing for the Mississippi Sea Wolves of the ECHL, Travis was named Playoff MVP as the team took the Kelly Cup.

From 1999-00 to 2004-05, Scott was a regular in the American Hockey League, playing for the Lowell Lock Monsters, Manchester Monarchs and San Antonio Rampage. His GAA never went above the 2.91 mark and pretty much fell each season he played. His save percentage over his final five seasons in the AHL was consistently above .920. Travis currently sits tied for 12th on the all-time AHL career shutouts list with 23.

In 2005-06, Travis made the move to European hockey and played for Magnitogorsk of the Russian Super League. The RSL is the predecessor to the KHL. His first season was simply amazing as he had eleven shutouts, a GAA of 1.22 and a whopping save percentage of .949 in 43 games. The following season, he backstopped the team to the RSL Championship. He took a short holiday in 2007 to join Team Canada at the Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland as Canada captured the gold at the invitational tournament.

He switched over to Austria for the 2008-09 season and played for Klagenfurt of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. He led Klagenfurt to an Austrian Championship while leading the league in GAA and save percentage.

This past season, 2009-10, he continued his winning ways in Germany with the Hannover Scorpions of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Travis led the league in save percentage and the Scorpions took the DEL crown.

Scott is back with Hannover for the upcoming 2010-11 season. The team shows no sign of stopping and should again be a contender in the German elite league.

Check out Travis Scott’s profile page at the Hannover Scorpions official website.

Travis also appeared in this previous post about Ontario Hockey League grads playing for Hannover’s Championship team.

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Currently, the #4 seed Hannover Scorpions are playing the #8 seed Augsburger Panthers in Germany’s DEL playoff final. There are three Ontario Hockey League alumni on the Scorpions. Click on the names below to view each player’s profile page on the Hannover Scorpions official website. The site is in German but you can use our German Hockey Language Guide to help navigate.

Matt Dzieduszycki has one of the hardest to spell names in OHL history and played in the league for two seasons with the Barrie Colts, 1999-00 and 2000-01. Matt was part of the 2000 Colts team that won the J. Ross Robertson Cup as OHL playoff champions. Matt is in his fourth season in the DEL and his third with Hannover.

Levente Szuper is part of the tandem of OHL grads that guards between the pipes for the Scorpions. Levente played two seasons in the OHL with the Ottawa 67′s, 1998-99 and 1999-00. Szuper has been around since leaving the OHL, playing in the ECHL and AHL in North America as well as playing in Italy, Sweden and Austria as well as Germany. This is his first season with the Scorpions.

Travis Scott played three seasons between the pipes in the OHL from 1993-94 to 1995-96. His first two seasons were spent with the Windsor Spitfires and his final season was with the Oshawa Generals. His NHL experience is limited to one game with the Los Angeles Kings in 2000-01 when he played just 25 minutes, allowing 3 goals on 13 shots. Travis has been in Europe since the start of the 2005-06 season. This is his first with Hannover.

Check out the previous post on Hannover’s opponent in the DEL final, Augsburger Panther.

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