Game 2 goes Nov. 11 in Cobourg
Lincoln Edwards of the Cobourg Cougars scored three times to lead Team Red East to a 9-3 win over Team Grey East in Game 1 of the Zach Hyman OJHL Prospect Series in Trenton Tuesday night.
Edwards was presented the Red Player of the Game award by OJHL Commissioner Marty Savoy.
Cobourg teammate Zack Gardner and Christian Armstrong of the Wellington Dukes had two goals apiece for Team Red. Kayden Brand of the Markham Royals and Kaden Koutroulides of the Lindsay Muskies had the other goals for Team Red, which held period leads of 4-1 and 6-1.
Edwards, who turned 16 on Sept. 12, had 100 points last season for his hometown Don Mills Flyers U16 team. He was a fifth-round pick of the North Bay Battalion in this year’s Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection.
“As soon as I told (North Bay) I was going to be playing in (the OJHL) for the Cobourg Cougars they were happy with that. They thought it was a really good spot for me. The OJHL is just such a good developmental league for my future.”
“It’s pretty cool to be with this group of guys,” Edwards said during a postgame interview. “You just want to get out there and do all you can do produce offensively and defensively. It’s pretty good to produce for my teammates out there.”
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The OJHL offered Edwards the right venue to develop in this season.
“North Bay was really happy with me going to the OJHL. “As soon as I told them I was going to be playing in it for the Cobourg Cougars they were happy with that. They thought it was a really good spot for me.
“The OJHL is just such a good developmental league for my future.”
Andrew Pacheco (Markham), Jackson Irvine (St. Michael’s Buzzers) and Henry Wang of Cobourg scored for Team Grey.
“I was kind of overlooked, I would say, in my U16 year. It’s nice to have another chance to show scouts what I can do.”
Justin Doak, an undrafted defencemen with the Wellington Dukes, had two assists and was named Grey Player of the Game. The 6-foot-4 native of Kingston is hoping to be exposed to OHL teams during the series, he said in a postgame interview.
“I was kind of overlooked, I would say in my U16 year,” Doak told the OJHL. “It’s nice to have another chance to show scouts what I can do.”
The series resumes Nov. 11 with another East battle – Red vs Yellow – in Cobourg–
The Zach Hyman OJHL Prospect Series schedule:
Nov. 4 East – Red 9, Grey 3 – Duncan McDonald Memorial Community Gardens, Trenton, ON
Nov. 11 East – Yellow vs Red – Cobourg Community Centre. Cobourg, ON 12:30
Nov. 17 West – Black vs White – Milton Memorial Arena, Milton, ON 12:30
Dec. 2 East – Grey vs Yellow – Cobourg Community Centre, Cobourg, ON 7:00
Dec. 15 West – Orange vs Black – Milton Memorial Arena, Milton, ON 12:30
Dec. 29 West – White vs Orange – Port Credit Memorial Arena, Mississauga, ON 6:30
Jan. 6 Championship Game – TD Civic Centre, Brantford, ON 7:30
The Format
The Prospects Series is featuringsix teams competing in a round-robin format followed by a championship game. Selected players are playing on three teams representing OJHL East and three teams representing OJHL West. Following the round robin, the top two teams will advance to the championship game at the TD Civic Centre, hosted by the OHL’s Brantford Bulldogs.
About the OJHL – “League of Choice”
The Ontario Junior Hockey League is the largest Junior ‘A’ league operating under the auspices of the Canadian Junior Hockey League with 24 member clubs. A proud member of the CJHL and Ontario Hockey Association, the OJHL was originally named the Ontario Provincial Junior ‘A’ Hockey League and it was formed out of the Central Junior ‘B’ Hockey League in 1993-94. With a long and storied history of developing players for the next level, including U SPORTS, the NCAA, CHL, minor pro ranks and the NHL, the OJHL had more than 135 commitments in 2024-25, including 54 to NCAA Division 1 and 29 to the Ontario Hockey League. In addition, the OJHL had 39 OHL Affiliate Players who played 152 OHL games. Thirty OJHL alumni are on NHL rosters this fall.
