Wednesday October 7, 2015

Toronto, ON – The Ontario Hockey League is proud to announce that 178 OHL alumni are listed on National Hockey League opening day rosters representing over 23% of all players in the league to start the 2015-16 season.

Among the 178 graduates from the OHL are five players who competed in the league last season including 2015 NHL Draft first overall pick Connor McDavid of the Erie Otters who will begin the season with the Edmonton Oilers. From the 2014 NHL Draft class, fourth overall pick Sam Bennett (Kingston Frontenacs) returns to the Calgary Flames after a strong performance in their playoff run last spring, while 21st overall pick Robby Fabbri (Guelph/St. Louis) and 24th overall pick Jared McCann (S.S. Marie/Vancouver) will also start the season in the NHL. Max Domi of the London Knights (Arizona Coyotes) will also be starting the year in the NHL.

The London Knights lead the way with 25 graduates on opening day NHL rosters, followed by the Kitchener Rangers with 17, and the Plymouth Whalers (Flint Firebirds) with 14.

All 30 NHL teams have at least one former OHL player on their opening day roster. The Los Angeles Kings and Buffalo Sabres lead the league with 10 former OHL players each, followed by the Columbus Blue Jackets and Toronto Maple Leafs with nine each.

The OHL continues to be a leading supplier of talent to the NHL.

OHL Alumni on NHL Opening Day Rosters:

Players are listed based on most recent OHL team

*indicates players on injured reserve

Barrie Colts (10):

T.J. Brodie (Calgary Flames)*

Alexander Burmistrov (Winnipeg Jets)

Kyle Clifford (Los Angeles Kings)

Aaron Ekblad (Florida Panthers)

Bryan Little (Winnipeg Jets)

Tanner Pearson (Los Angeles Kings)

Alex Pietrangelo (St. Louis Blues)

Zac Rinaldo (Boston Bruins)

Mark Scheifele (Winnipeg Jets)

Mike Weber (Buffalo Sabres)

Belleville Bulls (8):

Matt Beleskey (Boston Bruins)

Daniel Cleary (Detroit Red Wings)

Tyler Graovac (Minnesota Wild)

Shawn Matthias (Toronto Maple Leafs)

Cody McCormick (Buffalo Sabres)*

Jason Spezza (Dallas Stars)

Matt Stajan (Calgary Flames)

P.K. Subban (Montreal Canadiens)

Brampton Battalion (6):

Brent Burns (San Jose Sharks)

Matt Duchene (Colorado Avalanche)

Cody Hodgson (Nashville Predators)

Jay McClement (Carolina Hurricanes)

Anthony Peluso (Winnipeg Jets)

Bobby Sanguinetti (Buffalo Sabres)*

Erie Otters (6):

Brad Boyes (Toronto Maple Leafs)

Andre Burakovsky (Washington Capitals)

Carlo Colaiacovo (Buffalo Sabres)

Luke Gazdic (Edmonton Oilers)

Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)

Ryan O’Reilly (Buffalo Sabres)

Guelph Storm (10):

Craig Anderson (Ottawa Senators)

Dustin Brown (Los Angeles Kings)

Ryan Callahan (Tampa Bay Lightning)

Drew Doughty (Los Angeles Kings)

Robby Fabbri (St. Louis Blues)

Peter Holland (Toronto Maple Leafs)

Kevin Klein (New York Rangers)

Michael Latta (Washington Capitals)

Richard Panik (Toronto Maple Leafs)

Fedor Tyutin (Columbus Blue Jackets)

Kingston Frontenacs (4):

Sam Bennett (Calgary Flames)

Philipp Grubauer (Washington Capitals)

Erik Gudbranson (Florida Panthers)

Chris Stewart (Anaheim Ducks)

Kitchener Rangers (17):

Mikkel Boedker (Arizona Coyotes)

Robert Bortuzzo (St. Louis Blues)

Gregory Campbell (Columbus Blue Jackets)

David Clarkson (Columbus Blue Jackets)

Frank Corrado (Toronto Maple Leafs)

Steve Downie (Arizona Coyotes)

Jakub Kindl (Detroit Red Wings)*

Gabriel Landeskog (Colorado Avalanche)

Steve Mason (Philadelphia Flyers)

John Moore (New Jersey Devils)

Ryan Murphy (Carolina Hurricanes)

Matt Puempel (Ottawa Senators)

Tyler Randell (Boston Bruins)

Tobias Rieder (Arizona Coyotes)

Jeff Skinner (Carolina Hurricanes)

Nick Spaling (Toronto Maple Leafs)

Yannick Weber (Vancouver Canucks)

London Knights (25):

Josh Anderson (Columbus Blue Jackets)*

Dave Bolland (Florida Panthers)

John Carlson (Washington Capitals)

Michael Del Zotto (Philadelphia Flyers)

Max Domi (Arizona Coyotes)

Sam Gagner (Philadelphia Flyers)

Dan Girardi (New York Rangers)

Seth Griffith (Boston Bruins)*

Scott Harrington (Toronto Maple Leafs)

Bo Horvat (Vancouver Canucks)

Michael Hutchinson (Winnipeg Jets)

Nazem Kadri (Toronto Maple Leafs)

Patrick Kane (Chicago Blackhawks)

Patrick Maroon (Anaheim Ducks)

Marc Methot (Ottawa Senators)

Vladislav Namestnikov (Tampa Bay Lightning)

Rick Nash (New York Rangers)

Corey Perry (Anaheim Ducks)

Brandon Prust (Vancouver Canucks)

John Tavares (New York Islanders)

Chris Tierney (San Jose Sharks)

Jarred Tinordi (Montreal Canadiens)

Austin Watson (Nashville Predators)

Dennis Wideman (Calgary Flames)

Nikita Zadorov (Colorado Avalanche)

Mississauga Ice Dogs (1):

Kyle Quincey (Detroit Red Wings)

Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors (2):

Casey Cizikas (New York Islanders)

Devante Smith-Pelly (Montreal Canadiens)

Mississauga Steelheads (1):

Dylan DeMelo (San Jose Sharks)

Niagara IceDogs (5):

Dougie Hamilton (Calgary Flames)

Tom Kuhnhackl (Pittsburgh Penguins)*

Jamie Oleksiak (Dallas Stars)

Brett Ritchie (Dallas Stars)*

Ryan Strome (New York Islanders)

North Bay Battalion (1):

Barclay Goodrow (San Jose Sharks)

North Bay Centennials (1):

Chris Neil (Ottawa Senators)

Oshawa Generals (7):

Andy Andreoff (Los Angeles Kings)

Cal Clutterbuck (New York Islanders)

Calvin de Haan (New York Islanders)

Nathan Horton (Toronto Maple Leafs)*

Boone Jenner (Columbus Blue Jackets)

Scott Laughton (Philadelphia Flyers)

Michal Neuvirth (Philadelphia Flyers)

Ottawa 67’s (7):

Brian Campbell (Florida Panthers)

Logan Couture (San Jose Sharks)

Jamie McGinn (Buffalo Sabres)

Petr Mrazek (Detroit Red Wings)

Sean Monahan (Calgary Flames)

Shane Prince (Ottawa Senators)

Tyler Toffoli (Los Angeles Kings)

Owen Sound Attack (8):

Cody Ceci (Ottawa Senators)

Mark Giordano (Calgary Flames)

Trevor Lewis (Los Angeles Kings)

Brad Richardson (Arizona Coyotes)

Bobby Ryan (Ottawa Senators)

Andrej Sekera (Edmonton Oilers)

Andrew Shaw (Chicago Blackhawks)

Joel Ward (San Jose Sharks)

Peterborough Petes (4):

Zach Bogosian (Buffalo Sabres)*

Eric Staal (Carolina Hurricanes)

Jordan Staal (Carolina Hurricanes)

Shawn Thornton (Florida Panthers)

Plymouth Whalers (14):

Jared Boll (Columbus Blue Jackets)

Michal Jordan (Carolina Hurricanes)

David Legwand (Buffalo Sabres)

J.T. Miller (New York Rangers)

John Mitchell (Colorado Avalanche)

James Neal (Nashville Predators)

Rickard Rakell (Anaheim Ducks)

Tyler Seguin (Dallas Stars)

Chris Terry (Carolina Hurricanes)

Chris Thorburn (Winnipeg Jets)

Vincent Trocheck (Florida Panthers)

Justin Williams (Washington Capitals)

Tom Wilson (Washington Capitals)

James Wisniewski (Carolina Hurricanes)

Saginaw Spirit (3):

Ben Chiarot (Winnipeg Jets)

Dalton Prout (Columbus Blue Jackets)

Brandon Saad (Columbus Blue Jackets)

Sarnia Sting (7):

Reid Boucher (New Jersey Devils)

Alex Galchenyuk (Montreal Canadiens)

Matt Martin (New York Islanders)

Connor Murphy (Arizona Coyotes)

Ryan Spooner (Boston Bruins)

Steven Stamkos (Tampa Bay Lightning)

Nail Yakupov (Edmonton Oilers)

Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (13):

Jack Campbell (Dallas Stars)*

Jeff Carter (Los Angeles Kings)

Trevor Daley (Chicago Blackhawks)

Andrew Desjardins (Chicago Blackhawks)

Tyler Gaudet (Arizona Coyotes)*

Robin Lehner (Buffalo Sabres)

Jared McCann (Vancouver Canucks)

Colin Miller (Boston Bruins)

Jake Muzzin (Los Angeles Kings)

Jordan Nolan (Los Angeles Kings)

Wayne Simmonds (Philadelphia Flyers)

Joe Thornton (San Jose Sharks)

Jiri Tlusty (New Jersey Devils)

Sudbury Wolves (9):

Mike Fisher (Nashville Predators)

Marcus Foligno (Buffalo Sabres)

Nick Foligno (Columbus Blue Jackets)

Chris Kelly (Boston Bruins)

Derek MacKenzie (Florida Panthers)

Adam McQuaid (Boston Bruins)

Benoit Pouliot (Edmonton Oilers)

Mike Smith (Arizona Coyotes)

Marc Staal (New York Rangers)

Windsor Spitfires (9):

Josh Bailey (New York Islanders)

Bryan Bickell (Chicago Blackhawks)

Ryan Ellis (Nashville Predators)

Cam Fowler (Anaheim Ducks)

Taylor Hall (Edmonton Oilers)

Adam Henrique (New Jersey Devils)

Zack Kassian (Montreal Canadiens)

Slater Koekkoek (Tampa Bay Lightning)

Steve Ott (St. Louis Blues)

Click here to see a full list of returning eligible OHL players who attended NHL training camps.