March 25, 2025, Mississauga, ON – …. The Ontario Junior Hockey League today announced its First and Second All-Star Teams members for the 2024-25 season.
FIRST TEAM ALL-STARS
Forward – Colton Smith (Leamington Flyers)
Smith was the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Top Scorer for 2024-25. In 55 games this season, the Windsor native had 95 points. Smith averaged 1.73 points per game. His league-leading 46 goals included eight game-winners. The son of Los Angeles Kings’ Assistant Coach D.J. Smith scored at least one goal against all 23 other teams in the OJHL this season. Smith made history earlier this season as the first OJHLer/former OHLer to commit to an NCAA Division 1 school (Clarkson) for next season. Rule changes now allow major junior players to play U.S. college hockey starting next season. Smith was in the OHL (London, Windsor) before signing in Leamington ahead of this season.
Forward – David Fournier (Trenton Golden Hawks)
Fournier finished as runner-up in the OJHL scoring race, three points behind Colton Smith of Leamington. It’s the final season of junior hockey for Fournier who turns 21 on May 6. His points totals have steadily ramped up during his three seasons in Trenton, from 27 in 2022-23 to 58 last season (2023-24) and 92 (42 goals/50 assists) this year. The Montreal-area product represented the OJHL on Team Evan Rodrigues at the Battle of Ontario tournament last fall in Smiths Falls. Fournier was selected by his hometown Blainville-Boisbriand Armada in the 12th round of the 2020 Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League entry draft.
Forward – Taeo Artichuk (Trenton Golden Hawks)
Artichuk finished third in OJHL points this season with 89 (33 goals/57 assists) in 55 games for the OJHL regular season champion Golden Hawks.. Six of his goals were game-winners. He represented the OJHL on the Team Canada East squad that won silver at the 2023 Jr. A World Challenge. Artichuk joined the Golden Hawks partway through the 2023-24 season from the Erie Otters of the OHL. The Ajax resident played two seasons with Otters, who selected him in the second round of the 2021 OHL U16 draft.
Defence – Cameron Eke (Collingwood Blues)
The St. Catharines resident has a championship-filled resume since signing in Collingwood in 2022. The Blues won back-to-back OJHL titles (2023, 2024) and the 2024 Centennial Cup national championship with Eke on the blueline. Along the way, the big man made an NCAA Division I commitment to Niagara University for this fall. Eke’s numbers have risen steadily, from 16 points in his rookie season to 57 (14 goals/43 assists) this year, to lead all defencemen in the 24-team OJHL. Eke was selected to represent the OJHL on Team Canada East at the past two Junior A World Challenges.
Defence – Alexander Stephen (Burlington Cougars)
Stephen, who turned 20 last weekend, has had a pair of outstanding seasons with Burlington of the OJHL. The graduate of the Toronto Jr. Canadiens’ U18 program had 40 points (6 goals/36 assists) in 2023-24 and 55 (15 goals/40 assists) this past season. Originally drafted by the North Bay Battalion in the 10th round (182nd overall) of the 2021 OHL U16 draft, Stephen signed with his hometown Brampton Steelheads in November. He has scored a goal and added two assists in six games with the Steelheads this season.
Goal – Marcus Vandenberg (Leamington Flyers)
Vandenberg was the OJHL’s Top Goaltender for the 2024-25 season. The award is presented to the OJHL goalie with the lowest goals-against average. Vandenberg had a 1.48 GAA this season to go with a record of 31-4-0 and a 0.946 save percentage. He recorded six shutouts. Vandenberg played two seasons in the Ontario Hockey League (Sudbury, Kitchener, Niagara) before signing in Leamington ahead of this season. The 20-year-old from Dorchester, near London, plans to play college hockey next season. For now he’s concentrating on the OJHL playoffs with high-flying Leamington.
SECOND TEAM ALL-STARS
Forward – David Elmy (St. Michael’s Buzzers)
Elmy is a poster boy for the OJHL. The captain of the Buzzers has played three seasons for the storied Toronto franchise after graduating from the Toronto Nationals U18 team. A year ago he was named the league’s Most Improved Player after his point total skyrocketed from 21 in 2023-24 to 81 (44 goals/37 assists) in 2024-25. He had 74 points (40 goals/34 assists) this past season. Committed to NCAA Division I Canisius in Buffalo, Elmy played in the Amerigol LATAM Cup, a prestigious international event for Latin players, in Florida last summer.
Forward – Parker Forlin (Niagara Falls Canucks)
Forlin, a Niagara Falls resident, is another OJHL award winner from 2024. He was named Scholastic Player of the Year for 2023-24 after scoring in the classroom and accumulating 54 points (24 goals/30 assists) on the ice. He upped his game this season, netting 81 points (40 goals/41 assists) in 49 games. Forlin also played three games with Saint John in the QMJHL this year. He added five more points during four games in the 2025 OJHL playoffs with the Canucks.
Forward – Nathan Poole (Haliburton County Huskies)
Poole brought four years of experience from the OHL’s Kingston Frontenacs when he signed in Haliburton this season. The 20-year-old totalled 31 points during his last three seasons with the Fronts. In Minden with the Huskies this season he leaped up to 81 points (24 goals/57 assists), regaining the scoring touch from his minor hockey days with the Oshawa Generals AAA organization. Poole and the Huskies lead their East Conference semifinal series with the Toronto Jr. Canadiens 1-0. Game 2 will be played in Minden tonight.
Defence – Camron Hankai (Haliburton County Huskies)
Hankai is another OJHLer with ‘most-improved’ written all over him. The Simcoe resident went from 12 points in his rookie season of junior – 2023-24 with the Brantford 99ers (now King Rebellion) – to 51 (11 goals/40 assists) in Haliburton this year. Scouts noticed. He committed to NCAA Division I Bowling Green for next season on Jan. 23. Hankai, 18, was a fourth-round pick of the Hamilton (now Brantford) Bulldogs in the 2023 U16 OHL draft.
Defence – Anthony Francella (St. Michael’s Buzzers)
Francella, 21, made his final season of junior eligibility a memorable one, collecting 53 points (8 goals/45 assists) in 54 games with St. Mike’s. His assist total was highest for all defencemen in the 24-team OJHL. The third-year Buzzer had previous seasons of 21 then 46 points, respectively. The North York resident is a graduate of the Toronto Nationals and Vaughan Kings GTHL programs. Francella represented the Buzzers and the OJHL, playing for Team Chris Tanev at the Battle of Ontario last fall in Smiths Falls.
Goal – Noah Tegelaar (Collingwood Blues)
Tegelaar jumped on the scene in the OJHL with a flurry. Acquired by Collingwood from Blind River of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League on Sept. 22, the Georgetown product was selected October’s Goaltender of the Month in the OJHL and the 1st Star of the month by the Canadian Junior Hockey League. He didn’t stop there, being named to NHL Central Scouting’s Players to Watch List for the 2025 draft. Tegelaar signed with the Soo Greyhounds in February and played two games with the OHL team. This season in the OJHL, he went 22-4-1-3 with a 1.68 goals-against average, a 0.940 save percentage and 10 shutouts.
The OJHL is announcing its 2024-25 award winners throughout the first three rounds of the playoffs.
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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 – including the 2024 national champion Collingwood Blues. A proud member of the Canadian Junior Hockey League 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 the CHL, U SPORTS, the NCAA, minor pro ranks and the NHL, the OJHL has had more than 100 commitments already this season.
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