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The North Bay Battalion is well represented as finalists for a number of OHL Awards as the nominess were announced by the league on Tuesday.
Battalion defenceman Marcus McIvor is one of 6 nominees up for the Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy as Top Overage player.
Brenden Miller is up for the Max Kaminsky Trophy as the league's Top Defenceman.
Nick Paul is the Battalion nominee for the Red Tilson Trophy for the league's most outstanding player.
Battalion Head Coach Stan Butler is one of the 6 nominees for the Matt Leyden Trophy as Coach of the Year.
Meantime, North Bay's Kenny Appleby is a finalist for the Goaltender of the Year.
Six of the seven awards are voted on by OHL Member Teams including Rookie of the Year, Overage Player of the Year, Most Sportsmanlike Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Goaltender of the Year, and Defenceman of the Year.
Teams were asked to submit one nominee from their club for consideration on the ballot and were not permitted to vote for the player from their own hockey club. The first stage of voting was by conference only with the top three players from each conference making the final ballot to be voted on by all 20 OHL General Managers.
All finalists for the Red Tilson Trophy were nominated by the Member Teams of the Ontario Hockey League as their Most Outstanding Player for the 2014-15 regular season.
The Red Tilson Trophy is voted on by the sports writers and broadcasters in the OHL.
The 2015 OHL Awards Ceremony takes place on Tuesday, June 9 at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, however award recipients will be announced periodically throughout the 2015 OHL Playoffs. Additional player awards to be announced include Humanitarian of the Year, Academic Players of the Year, and the 2014-15 Mickey Renaud Captain’s Trophy recipient.
2014-15 OHL Award Finalists:
Rookie of the Year / Emms Family Award Finalists:
Anthony Cirelli (Oshawa Generals)
Jakob Chychrun (Sarnia Sting)
Alex DeBrincat (Erie Otters)
Matt Luff (Belleville Bulls)
Michael McLeod (Mississauga Steelheads)
Zachary Senyshyn (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
Overage Player of the Year / Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy Finalists:
Joseph Blandisi (Barrie Colts)
Erik Bradford (Owen Sound Attack)
Chris Carlisle (Oshawa Generals)
Jean Dupuy (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
Marcus McIvor (North Bay Battalion)
Jake Paterson (Kitchener Rangers)
Most Sportsmanlike Player of the Year / William Hanley Trophy Finalists:
Michael Dal Colle (Oshawa Generals)
Christian Dvorak (London Knights)
Darby Llewellyn (Kitchener Rangers)
Brendan Perlini (Niagara IceDogs)
Dylan Strome (Erie Otters)
Spencer Watson (Kingston Frontenacs)
Goaltender of the Year Finalists:
Ken Appleby (Oshawa Generals)
Brandon Halverson (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
Spencer Martin (Mississauga Steelheads)
Alex Nedeljkovic (Plymouth Whalers)
Jake Paterson (Kitchener Rangers)
Lucas Peressini (Kingston Frontenacs)
Defenceman of the Year / Max Kaminsky Trophy Finalists:
Rasmus Andersson (Barrie Colts)
Chris Bigras (Owen Sound Attack)
Jakob Chychrun (Sarnia Sting)
Anthony DeAngelo (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
Brenden Miller (North Bay Battalion)
Jordan Subban (Belleville Bulls)
Coach of the Year / Matt Leyden Trophy Finalists:
Jeff Brown (Ottawa 67’s)
Stan Butler (North Bay Battalion)
Greg Gilbert (Saginaw Spirit)
Sheldon Keefe (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
Kris Knoblauch (Erie Otters)
D.J Smith (Oshawa Generals)
Most Outstanding Player of the Year / Red Tilson Trophy Finalists:
Barrie – Joseph Blandisi
Belleville – Charlie Graham
Erie – Connor McDavid
Guelph – Tyler Bertuzzi
Kingston – Lucas Peressini
Kitchener – Ryan MacInnis
London – Max Domi
Mississauga – Sam Babintsev
Niagara – Carter Verhaeghe
North Bay – Nick Paul
Oshawa – Cole Cassels
Ottawa – Dante Salituro
Owen Sound – Zach Nastasiuk
Peterborough – Matt Mancina
Plymouth – Alex Nedeljkovic
Saginaw – Connor Brown
Sarnia – Jakob Chychrun
Sault Ste. Marie – Anthony DeAngelo
Sudbury – Kyle Capobianco
Windsor – Trevor Murphy
