REGISTRATION OPEN FOR 2025 SPIRIT DEVELOPMENT AND GOALTENDER CAMPS
Stouffville Spirit 2025 Development Camp will be held April 28, 29 and 30 at the home of the Spirit, the Stouffville Arena, 12483 Ninth Line.
Sessions will be held during the afternoon, with games occurring between 3 and 10 pm
Registration is now open.
Dates: April 28, 29, and 30, 2025 – Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday – times will be during the afternoon, with games occurring between 3pm – 10 pm. Players will likely play one game per day, and their team will not have the early game more than once during the three days of camp.
COST: $300 (+$39 HST) PER PLAYER
Players are required to supply all of their own equipment for the development camp. This includes sticks, tape, helmets with cages plus mouth guards. A jersey will be provided at registration prior to your first game. Players can also request updates to their Elite Prospects profile, including supplying a picture for their profile. Stouffville works to help keep our players’ information on EP always up to date, and we offer the same to those players who come to our development camp.
To ensure a spot for the development camp, please return the Registration and Medical forms on this page along with a cheque in the amount of $339 (includes HST) payable to the Stouffville Spirit, NO LATER THAN April 15, 2025.
Please mail to:
Stouffville Spirit Jr. A Hockey Club,
80 William St.
Stouffville, ON
L4A 1B3
Attn: Ken Burrows
Registration is open to 2009, 2008, 2007, and 2006 born players from U16, U18, High School, Academies, Jr. B and Jr. C.
Form – 2025 Spring development camp – Player
Form – 2025 Spring development camp – Goalie
Why Stouffville?
The Spirit has played Jr. A hockey in Stouffville since 1995.
The team plays in the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL), which represents itself to prospective players as ‘The League of Choice’. The OJHL and other Jr. A hockey leagues present an opportunity for players aged 16-20 to develop for an opportunity in the OHL, QMJHL or an opportunity to earn a scholarship in the NCAA or USports in Canada.
Stouffville, Ontario is located about 30 minutes Northeast of Toronto and is within driving distance for players who reside in Barrie, Orillia, Innisfil, Alliston, Newmarket, Aurora, Markham, Uxbridge, Port Perry, Keswick, East Gwillimbury, Bradford, Brampton, Oakville, Toronto, Pickering, Markham, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa, Bowmanville, Peterborough, Lindsay and all points in between. We also have a number of billet families for players who come from farther away.
*The Town of Stouffville is the 2nd most desirable place to live in Ontario, the No. 1 most livable community in York Region and the 13th most livable city in Canada for 2024, as determined by The Globe and Mail.
The Spirit management team have built strong relationships with many OHL teams, including our recent years as an affiliate with the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League in addition to many QMJHL teams. Additionally, the team’s coaching staff and management have many contacts with NCAA schools and Canadian universities to help our players get every opportunity to move forward in their careers.
These are current commitments to the next levels:
| Andoni Fimis | London (OHL), 2024. Vermont (D1), 2025 | |||
| Julian Demiglio | RIT (D1), 2026. Brampton (OHL), 2025 | |||
| Brady Smith | Sudbury (OHL), 2025 | |||
| Tayjon Street | Sudbury (OHL), 2025 | |||
| Riley Clark | Kingston (OHL), 2025 | |||
| Max Davidson | Clarkson (DI) | |||
| Ivan Mentiukov | Clarkson (DI) | |||
Track record of success
Kaden Pitre, a Spirit AP in 2021-22 – is now playing for the Flint Firebirds of the OHL, and was selected in the 2024 NHL Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning. Alliston’s Tyson Foerster, a Spirit AP in 2017-18, went on to play two seasons with the OHL’s Barrie Colts before being a first-round selection of the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2020 NHL draft. He is now a regular with the Flyers. Ian Lemieux began his Jr. career as an AP with Stouffville, before moving on to the OHL with Barrie and Kingston. It was the same for Ashton Reesor (Sarnia/ Guelph) and Charlie Da Fonseca (Drummondville) before graduating to teams in the Canadian Hockey League. Lemieux, Reesor and Da Fonseca all AP’d with the Spirit before playing full time in Stouffville. 2021-22 saw Michael Carcone’s NHL debut for Arizona (now Utah). Eight Spirit grads have now played in the NHL, while several have been NHL draft picks. Edmonton’s Drake Caggiula is second only to Toronto Maple Leaf Chris Tanev as the former Spirit player with the most NHL games played. Drake led the Spirit to the 2012 OJHL championship and was named playoff MVP by the league – in only his second season. In 2016-2017, as a 16-year-old, Hunter Jones played 16 games during his season with the Spirit and represented Stouffville at the World Under 17 Hockey Challenge. Hunter is in the mix of goaltending prospects within the Minnesota Wild organization.
Luca Romano, currently projected to be selected in Rounds 1-3 in the NHL draft in June, played for Stouffville as an AP during the 2022-23 season. Luca has played the last 2 seasons with the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League.
Cameron Martin and Nathan Windle, were Spirit AP’s during the 2023-24 season, playing U18 AAA and Jr. C, respectively, and are now playing full-time for the Spirit this season.
