STOUFFVILLE SPIRIT PLAYERS SELECTED TO PLAY IN OJHL ALL-STAR CELEBRATION

Four – and maybe five – Stouffville Spirit players are headed to this month’s Ontario Junior Hockey League All-Star Celebration.

The two-day (Jan. 12 and 13) event takes place in Collingwood for the second straight year.

Stouffville’s own Ryan Harvey was selected to play in the All-Star Game on Saturday, Jan. 13, at 5 p.m. Teammate Peter Kioussis was named an alternate on the East Conference team.

Rookies Nolan Jackson, Andoni Fimis and Julian Demiglio were voted to play on the East team in the Hudl-InStat OJHL Prospects Game at 1 p.m. The game features the best players in the 24-team league born in 2006 and 2007.

Jackson is committed to play for the Sudbury Wolves in the Ontario Hockey League next season. Fimis has accepted a scholarship to the University of Vermont.

Harvey was one of three Spirit players to take part in last year’s Prospects Game.

All-Star weekend begins with the OJHL Skills Competition on Friday, Jan. 12, at 7 p.m.

All the action takes place at historic Eddie Bush Memorial Arena in downtown Collingwood.

Heading into play in January, the 17-13-0-3 Spirit were fighting for a playoff spot in the extremely competitive East Conference.

The Spirit has remaining home games this month on Jan. 4, 6, 20 and 27. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. each night at the Stouffville Arena on Ninth Line. There are seven home games during February and one in March, on the 3rd.

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. The OJHL has had more than 40 commitments to 40 NCAA Division I scholarships already this season.