Award nominees announced

Already well-represented in the Ontario Hockey League coaches poll, the Soo Greyhounds were also prominent as the OHL announced year-end award nominees on Wednesday.

In total, six members of the Greyhounds are up for awards.

The Greyhounds nominees include:

Anthony DeAngelo – Most Outstanding Player (Red Tilson Trophy) and Most Outstanding Decenceman (Max Kaminsky Trophy)
Jean Dupuy – Overage Player of the Year (Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy)
Brandon Halverson – Goaltender of the Year
Sheldon Keefe – Coach of the Year (Matt Leyden Trophy)
Zach Senyshyn – Rookie of the Year (Emms Family Award)

The full list of finalists for each award includes:

Rookie of the year – Anthony Cirelli (Oshawa), Jakob Chychrun (Sarnia), Alex DeBrincat (Erie), Matt Luff (Belleville), Michael McLeod (Mississauga), Zach Senyshyn (Sault Ste. Marie)

Overage player of the year – Joseph Blandisi (Barrie), Erik Bradford (Owen Sound), Chris Carlisle (Oshawa), Jean Dupuy (Sault Ste. Marie), Marcus McIvor (North Bay), Jake Paterson (Kitchener)

Most Sportsmanlike Player – Michael Dal Colle (Oshawa), Christian Dvorak (London), Darby Llewellyn (Kitchener), Brendan Perlini (Niagara), Dylan Strome (Erie), Spencer Watson (Kingston)

Goaltender of the year – Ken Appleby (Oshawa), Brandon Halverson (Sault Ste. Marie), Spencer Martin (Mississauga), Alex Nedeljkovic (Plymouth), Jake Paterson (Kitchener), Lucas Peressini (Kingston)

Defenceman of the year – Rasmus Andersson (Barrie), Chris Bigras (Owen Sound), Jakob Chychrun (Sarnia), Anthony DeAngelo (Sault Ste. Marie), Brenden Miller (North Bay), Jordan Subban (Belleville)

Coach of the year – Jeff Brown (Ottawa), Stan Butler (North Bay), Greg Gilbert (Saginaw), Sheldon Keefe (Sault Ste. Marie), Kris Knoblauch (Erie), D.J. Smith (Oshawa)

Most outstanding player (one nominee per team) – Joseph Blandisi (Barrie), Charlie Graham (Belleville), Connor McDavid (Erie), Tyler Bertuzzi (Guelph), Lucas Peressini (Kingston), Ryan MacInnis (Kitchener), Max Domi (London), Sam Babintsev (Mississauga), Carter Verhaeghe (Niagara), Nick Paul (North Bay), Cole Cassels (Oshawa), Dante Salituro (Ottawa), Zach Nastasiuk (Owen Sound), Matt Mancina (Peterborough), Alex Nedeljkovic (Plymouth), Connor Brown (Saginaw), Jakob Chychrun (Sarnia), Anthony DeAngelo (Sault Ste. Marie), Kyle Capobianco (Sudbury), Trevor Murphy (Windsor)

Also, four award winners were determined at the end of the regular season.

Dylan Strome of Erie won the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy as the OHL’s leading scorer; Mitchell Marner of London earned the Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy as the top scoring right winger; Oshawa’s Ken Appleby and Jeremy Brodeur won the Dave Pinkney Trophy for the lowest team goals against; and Michael McNiven of Owen Sound won the F.W. ‘Dinty’ Moore trophy as the rookie goaltender with the best goals against average).