OHL Alumni Central

Chad Painchaud played three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 2003-04 to 2005-06. He began with the Mississauga IceDogs and was shipped to the Sarnia Sting eight games into his second season. In that first season with Mississauga, Chad played in all of the IceDogs playoff games as they went to the Robertson Cup finals before being swept by the Guelph Storm.

Painchaud, playing just 49 games with the Sting in 2005-06, led the team in goals, assists and points with 31, 34 and 65.

After just one season in the Ontario Hockey League, Chad was drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers in the fourth round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, 106th overall. Although most of his professional career to date has been played in the East Coast Hockey League, each year Painchaud has been a call-up to the American Hockey League. However, the number of games he has played in the AHL each season has diminished each year.

Chad has maintained nearly a point per game pace during his ECHL career. He led the Victoria Salmon Kings in points with 68 during the 2009-10 season. This past season, he scored 27 and totalled 49 points in 56 games with the Salmon Kings while contributing another eight points in twelve playoff games.

Painchaud will start the 2011-12 season with the Reading Royals of the ECHL. This will be his fourth team in the ECHL, having also played for the Gwinnett Gladiators and Bakersfield Condors. His AHL experience has been with the Chicago Wolves, Iowa Chops and Manitoba Moose.

The Victoria Salmon Kings loss is the Alaska Aces gain in the East Coast Hockey League. Wes Goldie played four seasons with the Salmon Kings and topped the 40-goal mark in each season, while not missing a single regular season game with the team. His top season with Victoria was 2008-09 when he netted 48 goals.

Wes Goldie played five seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 1995-96 to 1999-00. His first season in the OHL consisted of just two games with the London Knights, a team that would win just three and tie just three that season to write the books on Canadian Hockey League futility. His final four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League were played with the Owen Sound Platers.

An interesting note about Goldie is that the two game stint with the London Knights is the only time in his career that his assists have outnumbered his goals. That season he had zero goals and one assist. Throughout his hockey career since that season with the Knights, Wes has netted 517 goals to date. His 289 ECHL goals place him eighth on the league’s all-time list.

Goldie’s most productive season came in 2004-05 in his first of two seasons with the Sorel-Tracy Mission of Quebec’s LNAH. Despite the fact the league has a reputation as a goon league, Wes accumulated just 14 penalty minutes while netting 57 goals in 59 games.

With the exception of those two seasons in Quebec and two games played in the AHL in 2003-04 with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Wes has played his entire professional career in the East Coast Hockey League. He began his pro career with the Pee Dee / Florence Pride before his Quebec stint and has been with the Salmon Kings after Quebec and up until the end of the 2009-10 season.

Alaska is not only looking to Wes for his goal scoring ability, they are excited to have his leadership skills. Goldie has been the captain of the Victoria Salmon Kings since 2008.

Check out Wes Goldie’s profile page on the Alaska Aces official website.

David Shantz played goal in the Ontario Hockey League for three seasons, 2003-04 to 2005-06. His first two season were with the Mississauga IceDogs and his final with the Peterborough Petes.

Shantz led the IceDogs into the Robertson Cup final in his first season before the team was swept by the Guelph Storm. With the Petes in 2005-06, he played all of the team’s playoff games as the team won the Robertson Cup before finishing third at the Memorial Cup tournament.

David was drafted by the Florida Panthers in the 2004 NHL draft. The Panthers took him in the second round, 37th overall. He was the first OHL goaltender picked in that year’s draft. David as yet to play in a regular season NHL game and is now in the Calgary Flames organization.

Shantz has played for six different teams over his first four seasons of professional hockey (Florida Everblades – ECHL, Rochester Americans – AHL, Dayton Bombers – ECHL, Elmira Jackals – ECHL, Abbotsford Heat – AHL and Victoria Salmon Kings – ECHL). This past season was split between the ECHL’s Victoria Salmon Kings and the AHL’s Abbotsford Heat.

View David Shantz’s profile page on the ECHL’s official website.

View David Shantz’s profile page on the Abbotsford Heat official website.