February 5, 2025, Mississauga, Ontario – The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) announced today that Amir Valiullin of the Toronto Jr. Canadiens has been named its Goaltender of the Month for January. Valiullin also won the award for December 2024.
Valiullin was 6-1-0-0 during January, posting a 1.58 goals-against average with a 0.950 save percentage. He shut out the St. Michael’s Buzzers 2-0 on Jan. 3. The native of Ufa, Russia is 14-3-0-1 with a 1.75 GAA and 0.948 save percentage since joining the Jr. Canadiens from the North York Rangers on Nov. 24, 2024.
The 19-year-old played minor hockey in the Markham Majors AAA and Toronto Royals AA organizations.
Anthony Alessi of the Buffalo Jr. Sabres was runner-up to Valiullin as the Goaltender-of-the-Month. The 17-year-old rookie went 5-0-1-0 during January, posting a 1.96 GAA and a 0.935 save percentage. The Lockport, NY native is a product of his hometown Buffalo Jr. Sabres AAA youth hockey program.
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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. 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 has had more than 80 CHL, U SPORTS and NCAA Division 1 commitments already this season.
