March 20, 2024, Mississauga, ON – …. The Ontario Junior Hockey League today announced its First and Second Prospect Team members for the 2023-24 season.
Eligible players were born in 2006 or 2007.
Stouffville Spirit rookie defencemen Andoni Fimis and Nolan Jackson were both selected:
First Team Prospect:
Defence – Andoni Fimis (Stouffville Spirit)
Fimis played a big role all season long on Stouffville’s injury-depleted blueline. He committed to NCAA Division I Vermont last fall. He had 12 goals and 31 assists in 55 games. Those 43 points were ninth best of all defencemen in the 24-team league. The 17-year-old from Richmond Hill is a graduate of the Toronto Jr. Canadiens AAA program. Fimis was taken by Kingston in the fifth round of the 2022 Ontario Hockey League U16 draft. Older brother Pano, 19, is a centre with Erie of the OHL.
Second Team Prospect:.
Defence – Nolan Jackson (Stouffville Spirit)
The shifty blueliner from Innisfil was a second-round pick of the Sudbury Wolves, the Spirit’s Ontario Hockey League affiliate, from the Barrie Colts AAA program in the 2023 OHL U16 draft. He logged big minutes on the injury-riddled blueline in Stouffville this season, scoring six goals and assisting on 15 in 42 OJHL games. Jackson scored two game-winning goals. The 17-year-old also played six games with the Wolves. He is committed to Sudbury for next season.
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 Canadian Junior Hockey League 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 NCAA Division I scholarships already this season.
For more information on the Ontario Junior Hockey League, follow us on Instagram (@OJHLOfficial), Twitter (@OJHLOfficial) and Facebook (OJHLOfficial) and visit www.ojhl.ca
