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OJHL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chairman: Stuart Hyman (Markham Royals)

1st Vice-Chair: Ron Sedlbauer (Burlington Cougars)

Director: Jason Tryfon (Milton Menace)

Director: Dave Steele (Collingwood Blues)

Director: Jim Thomson (Aurora Tigers)

 

OJHL LEAGUE STAFF

Commissioner:  Marty Savoy

Phone: 905-802-1620

Email: msavoy@theojhl.ca

January 23, 2024 – Mississauga, ON – The Ontario Junior Hockey League announced today that registration for the seventh annual OJHL Combine is now open. The combine will be held May 2-5, 2024 at Joshua’s Creek Arenas in Oakville, ON.

“The OJHL Combine provides players with the opportunity to showcase their talents directly to our 24 clubs,” said Rick Morocco, the OJHL’s Vice-President of Business Operations. “The Combine is a convenient way to get in front of all our teams and experience what the OJHL is all about while catching the eye of teams.”

All 150 skaters and 20 goalies will showcase their skills while playing high-calibre hockey in front of OJHL general managers, coaches and scouts.

The event program also includes seminars, including always-popular sessions presented by College Hockey Inc., the marketing arm of NCAA Division 1 hockey, as well as the OJHL Seminar with the OJHL Director of Recruitment.

Each player will be guaranteed five games with real-time scoring. Players will also receive an event jersey, scout report, an event participation gift and “the OJHL experience with our coaches, trainers, athletic therapists, and photographers.”

OJHL sponsors supporting the league combine weekend include Warrior, Troy Apparel, Hudl-InStat, Baron Rings, Gatorade and College Hockey Inc.

Registration is open to players who think they have what it takes to play in the OJHL in the birth years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Limited space is available. For more information and to sign-up today visit https://www.ojhl.ca/ojhl-combine/ or click HERE.  Registrants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis once full registration and payment is made.

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 45 commitments to 45 NCAA Division I scholarships already this season.

 

Marty started with the OJHL as the league’s first full-time Commissioner in July of 2009 and currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the Canadian Junior Hockey League.  Hockey Canada employed Marty for 10 years, where he served as the General Manager for Hockey Canada’s 5 regional Centres of Excellence.  During his time with Hockey Canada, Marty was a member of several National and Provincial committees.

Marty also served as a Team Leader for several World Junior Championship Evaluation Camps and was the Team Leader for the 2002 Team Canada Men’s World Championship Team.  Marty also travelled throughout Ontario with the Canadian Men’s and Women’s National Teams while at Hockey Canada, conducting local player and coach clinics with National team players and coaches.  Marty’s other hockey experience includes a year as the Video coordinator for the Calgary Flames and a year as an Assistant Coach in the OUA.  Marty’s other work experience includes working in the Regional Marketing Department of TDL (Tim Hortons) and three years as a Director of Business Development / Marketing and Communications for a mobile content company.

In 2019, Marty was awarded the Vern Neal Volunteer of the Year Award by the Burlington Girls Hockey Club for his long-term service to the Barracuda organization.  Marty also received the 2002 Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal and, in 1999, received a Recognition Award from the Ontario Hockey Federation for Outstanding Contributions to Hockey Development.

 

OJHL Foundation

“Players helping players”

The OJHL Foundation is a non-profit organization designed to provide support and programs to it’s players, member teams and alumni.

The Board Structure

The OJHL Foundation Board of Directors is made up of 6 members including a Chair, 4 Directors and an Executive Director.

The OJHL Foundation Board of Directors will ensure the strategic plans and deployment plans will drive the constant improvement and execution 

stated objectives.

Developing Young Men Through Hockey

The OJHL Foundation proceeds raised are invested directly into the core mandates of the organization.

The OJHL Foundation is designed to provide support to financially disadvantaged junior hockey players, create and provide education bursaries and scholarships, raise health and concussion awareness and develop and implement programs on substance abuse, depression and bullying for all the players of the OJHL.

For more information go to the OJHL Foundation website at OJHLFoundation.ca

To donate today, please click the logo below, we can use your help!

 

 

 

OJHL “First Assist Program” Presented by the Legacy Foundation

OJHL “First Assist” Life Skills and Mental Wellness Program

This program is supported by the Legacy Foundation of Canada and is a comprehensive seminar with the goal of providing players with information about mental health and to help them take that information and apply it to their own lives and continue to do so in order to maintain good mental health.

  • Support our players with resources on a team by team and player by player basis
  • Support parents and billets with resources on awareness.
  • Focused on mental wellness, positive youth development, resilience building
  • Utilizing discussion based learning and skill development needed to improve mental well being and bounce back in times of distress
  • Gaining an understanding related to concerns commonly faced by youth and issues specifically linked to hockey
  • The connection between physical and mental health
  • This program is available in both in-person and on-line sessions

Life Skill Development Support

  • Life Skill Program Materials – booklet, handouts
  • Follow up process
  • Safe Talk
  • 24 hour help line
  • Counselling Services
  • Program Poster, Website, App Development, Player Cards

To donate click on the logo below!