2026 SPIRIT DEVELOPMENT AND GOALTENDER CAMPS
Attention: prospects and families.
Goaltender Camp: May 1 and 3 from 5-8 p.m.
Development Camp: May, 4, 5 and 6 from 3-10 p.m.
All sessions at the Stouffville Arena, the home of the Spirit.
WHY STOUFFVILLE?
The nationally-ranked and playoff-bound Stouffville Spirit competes 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 in addition to an opportunity to earn a scholarship in the NCAA or U SPORTS in Canada.
Stouffville, Ontario* is located about 30-40 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 outstanding billet families hosting our 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 recent commitments to the next levels:
| Andoni Fimis | London (OHL), 2024. Vermont (D1), 2026 | |||
| 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) | |||
| Lucas Demiglio | Brampton (OHL), 2026 | |||
| Elijah Chavez | Peterborough (OHL), 2026 | |||
| Evan Breckles | Concordia Wisconsin (D3), 2026 | |||
| Ben Radley | Peterborough (OHL), 2026 | |||
Spirit Head Coach TJ Hill is the reigning Coach of the Year in the 24-team OJHL.
From our 2024-25 roster, the following players are playing full-time in the OHL this season: Julian Demiglio (Brampton), Brady Smith (Sudbury), Josh Bonnyman (Flint), Riley Clark (Kingston) and Masen Johnston (Peterborough).
U SPORTS? David Paglia, our captain last season, is at Laurier. Lachlan Wells, a Spirit forward from 2023-25 is playing for TMU.
Four Spirit players have been called up to OHL teams during the 2025-26 season: Lucas Demiglio (Brampton), Nathan McKee (Sudbury), Ben Radley (Peterborough/Sudbury) and Elijah Chavez (Peterborough).
As an elite hockey player, you will likely receive many opportunities to skate with different Junior teams this spring in preparation for next season. We like to pride ourselves on using our development camp to identify players to participate in our main camp, and in being loyal to those players. Last spring, eight of this season’s rookies participated in our rookie camp and all-star game. In addition to those players who made our team, our 2025-26 AP list consists mostly of players who first impressed us at our rookie camp in May of 2025. They have been invited to practices and worked with our scouting staff, or were part of our development program last summer and during the 2025-26 season. In turn, we follow their development, provide feedback and information, culminating in an opportunity to AP and practise and play in an affiliated player capacity.
A track record for 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. Drake Caggiula, now playing professionally in Europe, 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 Montreal Canadiens organization.
Luca Romano, selected by the New York Islanders in the third round of the 2025 NHL draft, 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 in their second season playing full-time for the Spirit.
What you need to know
We like highly skilled, high-IQ hockey players who are mature and determined to earn their opportunity to partner with us for their development, and to help us in our goal of winning another OJHL Championship. For you, the first step is complete, as we have identified you playing Jr. B, Jr. C, U18 or U16 or high school hockey in 2025-26.
Now it is up to you.
Please take a look at our website – stouffvillespirit.ojhl.ca – review our coaching and scouting staff, stable ownership and track record for development over the last 30+ years.
If you agree with our identifying that you are a future Junior Hockey player, are looking for a place to play and develop and an organization to be a part of, a place where hard work on and off the ice are rewarded, a place where our scouting and management staff are available to provide communication and feedback, please complete the attached pages and sign up for our spring development camp.
- Development camp will be held at our home, the Stouffville Arena, 12483 Ninth Line, Stouffville, Ontario.
Dates: May 4, 5 and 6, 2026 – 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
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2026 Spring development camp – Player – )
2. Goaltender Camp will be held at the Stouffville Arena on May 1 and 3 from 5-8 p.m.
COST: $250 (+$32.50 HST)= $282.50 PER PLAYER
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2026 Spring development camp – Goalie
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 your Registration and Medical forms along with payment in the amount of $339 (includes HST) payable to the Stouffville Spirit, NO LATER THAN April 15, 2026.
E-transfer payment and email forms to stouffvillespirit@gmail.com
Or mail to:
Stouffville Spirit Jr. A Hockey Club,
80 William St.
Stouffville, ON
L4A 1B3
Attn: Ken Burrows
You will be notified approximately two days prior to the camp, by either phone or email, as to your team color and jersey number.
Registration is open to 2009, 2008, 2007, and 2006 born players from U16, U18, High School, Academies, Jr. B and Jr. C.
