2024-25 OJHL Pronunciation Guide

Thanks to the OJHL 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: Feb. 28, 2025

 

AURORA TIGERS

Tristen Aben – eh-ben

Amar Beganovic – ah-mar Beh-gan-oh-vich

Jamie Buscarini – Boose-cah-reenee

Lars Derstroff – Derr-Stroff

Tristan Vedovat-Leite – Veh-dough-vat – Late

Andreas Mikrogiannakis – Micro-jee-ah-nackiss

Luca Morano – Moe-rano

Isaac Oldenhof – Old-en-hoff

Justin Pavese -– Pah-vey-szey

Michael Piao – Pee-ow 

Parker Bonsignore -– bon-senior

 

BUFFALO JR. SABRES

Carter Cwiklinski – swick linski

Josh Przystał – Pris tal

 

BURLINGTON COUGARS

GILL LELAND – lee-land

CHOI RYAN – choy

GAUTHIER MATTEO – go- thee -eh

GARTHE NOAH – garth

STRANDBERG SVANTE – svan-teh

KOUKOUVES YIANNI – yahn-ee kookoovess

BATIH ROMAN – Bat- ee

 

CALEDON ADMIRALS

 

COBOURG COUGARS

Reece HERMAN – HER-MAM

Duncan SCHNEIDER – SHH-NIDER

Carter SETO  – SEE-TO

Chris BRYDGES – BRIDGES

Deke OSTERHOUT   — OOOSTER – HOOT

Beckett EWART – U-ART

Kyle DEN OUDEN – DEN OOODEN

Carson DURNIN – DURN – IN

Michael DE SOUSA    – DE- SOO-SA

Blake PETERS-DAVEY

Liam ORAVSKY – OR-VSKY

Jonathan KAPAGERIDIS – KAPPA-GER-I-DIS

 

COLLINGWOOD BLUES

Daniel Markevych – Mark – Kev – Vich

Zander Veccia – Vech-e-a

Ethan Facchina – Fah-cheen-a

Vincent Gazquez – Gaz – Quez

KIOUSSI PETER – que-siss

 

GEORGETOWN RAIDERS

 

HALIBURTON COUNTY HUSKIES

Raine Nadeau –  Na-Dough

Deandres De Jesus – De-HeyZues

Noah Lodoen – LoDoughEn

Jake Salvatore – Salvator (no emphasis on the vowel at the end)

Tyler Oletic – Oh-letIc

Corbin  Votary – Voe-Terry

 Ryan Gosse – Gauce (rhymes with Sauce)

 Camron Hankai – Hank I

 

KING REBELLION

Lucas Texmo – LOO-cuss TECKS-moe

Dylan Coers – DILL-in Cores

Artem Narbekov – ARR – tem  NARB – uh – kawv

Aiden Russel – AY – den RUSS – ull

Josh Colosimo – Jawsh Call – AWS – uhm – oh

Kyle Ferguson – KY – ull FURR – gus – un

Dawson Lukey – DAW – sun LOO – kee

Milo Tian – MEE – low Tee – an

Ryan Nichols – Rye – ann NICK – uls

Kyle Grasby – Ky – ull GRAZZ – bee

Mikhail Zakharov – MEEK – eye – ull Zuh – CAR – awv

Marshall McCharles – MAR – shull Mick – CHARLES

Owen Barfoot – OH – when BAR – foot

Spencer Vandenburg – SPEN – surr VAN – den – burg

Aaron Andrade – AIR – un On – DRAW – dee

Evin Kojokaro – EV – in – KOE – juh – car – oh

Erik Powers – AIR-ick POW-ers

Antonio Cerqua – Sir-qua

Mark Joslin – MARK JOZ-lin

Jay De Gennaro – Jay de – Juh -NAIR-oh

Nikolai Borschevsky – NICK-oh-lie bor-SHEV-skee

Pat Piacentini – Pat PEE-uh-sent-TEE-nee

Andrew Perugini – an-DREW pair-oo-JEE-nee

Dave Dickens- Dayve DICK-ens

Jessey Antonachi – jess-EE AN-toe-NATCH-ee

 

LEAMINGTON FLYERS

Anthony Ciaramitaro – Chara-MEH-tar-oh

Brayden Deglas – De-GLASS

Adrian Bosev – Boe-SEV

Tre Altiman – Tr-AY

Nick Mahy – May

Ashton Darocy – Ashton Da-ROW-see

General Manager Justin Solcz – Sole-tz

Ast GM Matt Dumouchelle – DOO-moe-shell

 

LINDSAY MUSKIES

Robby DiMaria – D-ma-ria

Ethan Ogle – O-gle 

 

MARKHAM ROYALS

Athan Miwa – A-than Me-wah

Ben-Chaim Lalkin – Ben Lahl-kin

Ethan Selvaratnam – Sel-var-at-nam

Josh Caloiero – Cali-arrow

Charlie Nolette – No-let

Mason Cruzet – Cruise-et

Aidan Hagshi – Hag-shee

Zachary Vickerman – Vick-er-man

Adriano Zingaro – Zin-garo

Owen Ibbotson – I-bbot-son

Philip Caridi – Ca-riddi

Nicholas Ferrante – Fur-on-tay

Travis Rekar – Ree-car

 

MILTON MENACE

Dean Deligeorgis – Deh-lih-george-is

Ashtyn Pacheco – Ash-tin Pach-eco

Andrew Giljanovic – Gil-Jan-o-Vic

Marcus Tryfon – Try-fawn

Graeme MacAuley – Mac-aw-lee

Alex Siletskiy – See-let-ski

Ryder Cali – Ri-der Ka-lee

Gavin Sheehan – She-han

Madden MacDougall – Mac-doo-gall

Nathan Catalano – Cat-a-la-no

Austin McKillop – Mc-Kill-op

Owen Kindree – Kin-dree

Luke Johnston – John-ston

Justin Dezoete – Duh-zo-tee

Henry Attard – A-tar-d

Tristan Tremble – Trem-ble

 

MISSISSAUGA CHARGERS

Joe Washkurak  – WASH-kurr-uck

Alex Bezzera – buh-ZAIR-ah

Max Cervjakovs – serve-YA-kovs

Adam Culmone – cull-MOAN-eh

Anthony Figliomeni – FIG-lee-oh-MANY

Massimo Neri – NEAR-ee 

Gavin Ramkissoon – RAM-kiss-soon

Thomas Staszczyszyn – sta-SI-shin (rhymes with “decision”)

Nicholas Wlodarczyk – wool-DAR-sick

 

NIAGARA FALLS CANUCKS

Coach- Frank Pietrangelo – Peter-Angelo

Esteban Cinq-Mars – Sank-Mars

Kasen Beitz – Bites

Brayden Scibor – Skee-Bor

 

NORTH YORK RANGERS

Matthew Babiy –  bah(like bat)-bi

 

Blitstein – Blit-Steen

Bogomolov – Bo-go-molov

 

OAKVILLE BLADES

 

PICKERING PANTHERS

Kailin CHEN – KAY-LIN CHEN

Joey ZHANG – JOEY ZANG

Cole BOWDITCH – COLE BOW(like the front of a boat) DITCH

Joey CRNGAROV – JOEY KERN-GAR-OV

Zijian ZHOU – Jason JOE

Andre MONDOUX – Andre MON-DOO

Ian MICHELONE – Ian MICK-ILL-OWN-EE

Sam ETHIER – Et-ee-eh

Ryder DAGENAIS – Dah-jen-eh

 

St. MICHAEL’S BUZZERS

 

STOUFFVILLE SPIRIT

Zack Corte – Court-A

Julian Demiglio – De-mig-lee-oh

David Paglia – Pal-ia

Ivan Mentiukov – Men-ti-kauv

Mason Dermastja –  Der-mast-ra

Jacob Martineau – Martin – oh

 

TORONTO JR. CANADIENS

Dirracolo – DIR-RA-KALO

Wassink – WA – SINK

Teixeira – TE-SHARE- A

Zuyev – ZOO – YEV

Macchione – MA-SHE-OWN

Vorstadt – VOR-STAD

Al-Joundi – AL-JUNE-D

Shybinskyi – SH-BIN-SKEE

Valiullin – val-i-ulin

 

TORONTO PATRIOTS

Andrade Aaron – An-dra-dee

Castle Aidan – Cass-elle

Spurrell Justin – Spur-elle

Bruno Luciano – Bru-no

Hettiarachachi Dawson – Het-er-ach-e

Careri John – Ca-rare-e

Castiglione Frank – Cas-tig-lione

Giacalone Anthony – Jack-a-lony

Bigioni Rocco – Bige-e-oni

Cooke Brice – Cook

Tatarenko Rodion – Ta-ta-ren-ko

Collins Tate – Collins

Nicholson Aiden – Nicholson

Kojokaro Evin – Ko-joe-kar-o

Giancola Cristian – Gian-cola

Rodriguez Lucas – Rod-ree-guez

Vacca Lucas – Va-cca

Palermo Robert – Pa-lair-mo

Garrett Will – Gar-rett

Godfrey William – God-free

Trozzo Gabriel – Tro-zzo

Connolly Nolan – Conn-o-lee

Emerton Cole – Em-er-ton

Longo Liam – Lon-go

Levshyn Alex – Lev-shyn

Shaikh Braeden –Shake

 

TRENTON GOLDEN HAWKS

Thomas Kuipers – Ky-pers

Matthew Souliere – Soo-le-ay

Reed Pettipas – Petti-paw

Jacob Xu- Zoo

Joey Brehmer- Bray-mer

 

WELLINGTON DUKES

Gabe Dono-hue

Ronan Mac-Far-lan

Logan Sit-lani

Logan klay-ber

Zack Mas-card

Quinn Mac-na-Mara

Zander La-Tray

Alex Hen-Dree

Cole Ell-iss

Tyler Soo-Cal-us

Ben Poo-Lee-ott

Colin Smith

Cory Jew-it

Nolan Hend-ree

Ben Vroog-den-hill

Zack Carry-er

Ethan Murr-ee

Ryan Ss-cop

Cooper Reed

Sa-sha True-Del 

Luc War-ner

Jared Mick-Neil 

Riley No-bull

 

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