2023-24 OJHL Pronunciation Guide
Thanks to the team general managers/hockey ops departments for supplying the following pronunciations. Questions about pronunciations listed here or omissions should be directed to the appropriate team. UPDATED: Dec. 11, 2023
AURORA TIGERS
BRANTFORD 99ERS
Zach Burleigh – bur-lee
Artem Narbekov – nar-ba-kov
JD Shoniker – shawn-ick-er
Adam Stipan – stip-in
Connor Koropatnicki – core-oh-pat-nicki
Evin Kojokaro – kojo-car-oh
Josh colosimo – co-loss-imo
Cam Hankai – han-kai
BUFFALO JR. SABRES
Josh Przystał …………. Pris-tal
Beckett Hinchsliff……….. Hinch – Sliff
Riley Cwiklinski …………. Swik – linski
Alex Perreault ………….. Per – aul
John McLachlan ………… Mc- Lach – lan
BURLINGTON COUGARS
Ben Hrebik- Rebick
Yainni Koukouves – yanny ko-ko-vess
Justin Legault- lego
Tommy Karmiris – Car-meer-is
Joseph Nikac – Ni-catch
Jack Natyshak – nat-ih-shack
Philip Caridi – car-ih-dee
Liam Carlone – car -loan-ee
Mason Wharton -warton
Josh Rumolo- Room-oh-lo
COBOURG COUGARS
Ewart: U-ERT
Reist: REEST
Petruniak: PET-REW-KNEE-AK
Piros: PEE-ROHS
Stanojevic: STAN-OH-JEV-ITCH
Falkner: FAWK-NER
De Sousa – DE-SOUS-SA
COLLINGWOOD BLUES
| Noah | Pak | Pack | |
| Dylan | Hudon | Who – Don | |
| Lucas | Texmo | Tex – mo | |
| Sam | Lockyer | Lock-e-air | |
| Hunter | Nagge | Nag-ee | |
| Cameron | Eke | eek | |
| Daniel | Markevych | Mark – ev – vich | |
GEORGETOWN RAIDERS
NIKO KRMPOTIC – Krm-pot-ic
JACK GUVENAL – Gu-van-all
LUCAS TUIN – Too-in
AARON ANDRADE – On-Drad-Eh
KRISTIAN LAMANNA – La-Man-ah
MAXIM TUGOLUKOV – Too-go-loo-ko
GABRIAL CIARALLO – Cya-rallo
JOSH COLOSIMO – Co-loss-imo
CAYDEN KOWAL – Cow-al
HALIBURTON COUNTY HUSKIES
Raine Nadeau – Na-dough
Noah Lodoen – Lo-doan
Vlad Visan – vye-san
Patrick Saini – say-nee
LEAMINGTON FLYERS
Anthony Ciaramitaro………………….Chara-MEH-tar-oh
Brayden Deglas………………………..De-GLASS
Adrian Bosev…………………………….Boe-SEV
William VanSumeren………………….Van-SOO-mer-en
Guhnar Hillman………………………….Gunner
Nick Mahy………………………………….May
Assistant Coach Tyler Mayea……….My-eh
General Manager Justin Solcz……..Sole-tz
Ast GM Matt Dumouchelle…………..DOO-moe-shell
LINDSAY MUSKIES
Alexis Lambert – A Lex E Lamb bear
MARKHAM ROYALS
Gavin Rocha – Row-cha
Owen Halloran – Hal-or-an
Ashton Miwa – Me-wah
Ben-Chaim Lalkin – Ben Lahl-kin
Kaleb Seaman – Kay-leb Sea-man
Ethan Selvaratnam – Sel-var-at-nam
Ray Hou – How
Andrew Lanni – Lanny
Cole Bowditch – Bau-ditch
Robert Andreakos – Ahn-dree-ack-ohs
Christopher Quizi – Quiz-ee
Josh Caloiero – Cali-arrow
MILTON MENACE
Jaedon Holloway Jay-DIN HALL-oh-way
Marcus Tryfon Mar-cuss TRY-fawn
Gavin Sheehan Gavin SHE-haan
James Jagodic James Jag-O-dich
Ariel Zaslaver Air-ee-ul Zas-SLA-ver
Jayden Levesque Jay-den Le-veck
Markus Hicks Mar-cuss Hicks
Aidan Taylor Aye-Dan Tay-lor
Ivan Fabjan Eye-vin FAB-jan
Connor Driscoll Connor Dris-coll
Tristan Tremble Tristan Trem-ble
Owen Kindree O-wen Kin-dree
Nicholas Wereha Nik-uh-luhs Where-ha
Justin O’Donnell Jus-tin OH-da-null
Glen Crandall Glen Cran-dall
Aidan Puley Aye-Din POOL-ee
Graeme MacAuley Gram Mac-aw-lee
Alex Siletskiy Alex Su-LETS-ski
Travis Houle Tra-vis Hool (like Pool)
Luc Brzustowski Luc Bruh-STOW-ski
Sett Ursomarzo Sett er-so-marz-o
Madden MacDougall Mac-DOO-gul
Evan Grobanoloulos Evan Grob-a-nop-oo-luss
Alessandro Petreccia Pa-trech-chia
MISSISSAUGA CHARGERS
HC: Joe Washkurak ………. WASH-curr-uck
Luka Cenanovic ………… seh-NA-no-vich
Joshua Liu ………… LEE-oo
Xander Velliaris ……… ZAN-derr vell-AIR-uss
Jason Daraiche ………… de-RAYSH
Anthony Di Trani ……….. DEE TRAN-ee
Steven Li ………… LEE
Lucas Tsaparis ………. SAH-paris
Nicholas Wlodarczyk ……… wool-DAR-chick
Philip Caridi …………. ca-REE-dee
Alessa
NIAGARA FALLS CANUCKS
NORTH YORK RANGERS
| Matteo Porporino | por-por-ino | |
| Amir Valiullin | vali-ulin | |
| Alexey Kulikov | cool-i-kov | |
| Christopher Bertucci | bur-tucci | |
| CianNoble | noble | |
| Randy Mak | mak | |
| Bensen Moore | moo-re | |
| Trent Warren | warr-en | |
| Joey Wassilyn | wass-lyn | |
| Michael Dion | di-on | |
| John Mitchell | mit-chell | |
| Angelo Maggioni | maj-ioni | |
| Owen Ibbotson | i-bbot-son | |
| Ian Biancofiore | bianco-fi-ore | |
| Peter Smith | smith | |
| Quishi Han | han | |
| Ashtyn Pacheco | pach-eco | |
| Nicholas Winiarczyk | wini-ar-chick | |
| Eric He | he | |
| Jacob Strizzi | strizz-i | |
| Cain Tucker | tuck-er | |
| Michael Yu | you | |
| Nate Dugwell | dug-well | |
| Alexander Fiorini | fio-rini | |
| Noah Tyrrell | ty-rel |
OAKVILLE BLADES
PICKERING PANTHERS
| Jason Zhou | Joe |
| Jamie Darlison | Darl-son |
| Ethan Osbone | Oz-Borne |
| Owen Dunning | Dunning |
| Zennon Edwards | Zen-non Edwards |
| Dawson Hettiarachchi | Hett-ah-rah-chee |
| Nicholas Athanasakos | Ah-tha-nah-sak-ohs |
| Matthew Panacci | Pan-ah-chee |
| Kailin Chen | Kay-lin Chen |
| Kieran Litterick | Keer-in Lit-er-ick |
| Ben Pickell | Pickel |
| Zach Mascard | Mass-card |
| Joey Crngarov | Cern-gar-ov |
| Nolan Connolly | Con-olly |
| Daud Musaev | Dowd Moose-eh-ev |
| Joey Zhang | Zang |
| Antoine D’Arcy | Ant-won “won like none” Dar-see |
| Andre Mondoux | Mon-doo |
| Hunter Svicki | Svick-ee |
| Everest Lang | Lang |
| Ryder Iatan | Eye-Ah-Tan |
| Ethan Beattie | Beet-ee |
| Glenn McInnes | Mick-In-iss |
| Aiden Feddema | Fed-em-ah |
STOUFFVILLE SPIRIT
Zack Corte – Court-A
Odaro Ewere – Oh-dare-oh E-wear-EE
Duncan Grube – Grew-Bee
Peter Kioussis – Qu-sis
Stephen Toltl – Tot-al
Nathan Twohey – Two-ee
Charlie Vanhaverbeke –Van-Haver-Beak
TORONTO JR. CANADIENS
TORONTO PATRIOTS
Bruno – BRU-NO
Da Silva – DA-SIL-VA
Spurrell – SPUR-ELL
Saroglou – SARO-GLUE
Iantorno – I-AN-TURNO
Eagles – EA-GLES
Nicholson – NIC-OL-SON
Vickerman – VICK-ER-MAN
Manza – MAN-ZA
Edwards – ED-WARDS
Franceschetti – FRANCIS-KETTI
Barker – BAR-KER
Giancola – JON-COLA
Dantas – DAN-TAS
Gill – GILL
Palermo – PA-LAIR-MO
Ventresca – VEN-TRES-CA
Zingaro – ZIN-GARO
Dirracolo – DA-RA-COLO
Johnson – JON-SON
O’Dell – O-DELL
Neri – NEARY
Maillet – MAY-YET
Shaikh – SHAKE
Ricci – REACH-E
Bellissimo – BA-LIS-I-MO
Luciani – LOOCH-E-ANNIE
McSwain – MC-SWAIN
TRENTON GOLDEN HAWKS
BEN BONISTEEL – BON-UH-STEEL
GIANNI DIVITA – GEE-AWN-E DUH-VEE-TUH
THOMAS KUIPERS – KIE-PURS
ADAM O’MARRA – OO-MARR-UH
ADAM MATAR – MA-TARR
ETHAN GIRARD – JUR-ARD
OWEN IRETON – IER-TUN
DAVID FOURNIER – FORN-YAY
RANON JOSEPH – RAN-IN
KYLOE ELLIS – KEYE-LO
IER-TUN
WELLINGTON DUKES
Dimitri Tzaferis – Zah-Ferris
Nick DiPaolo – Dee – Paul-O
Panayioti Efraimidis – Pana F-Ram-Edis
Ben Vreugdenhil – Vreu-gd-e-nh-i-l
Zander Latreille – La Trail
