Winnipeg Jets prospect Dom DiVincentiis of the North Bay Battalion is the OHL Goaltender of the Week with two wins including a shutout, a goals-against average of 1.00 and a save percentage of .972.
DiVincentiis backstopped the Battalion in back-to-back victories last week, starting with a 23-save effort in Thursday's 5-2 win over the visiting Sudbury Wolves. The win was DiVincentiis' 31st of the season, pushing him ahead of Jake Smith's previously established single season franchise wins record from 2015-16. DiVincentiis was back in the crease on Friday in Mississauga, stopping all 46 shots he faced to earn his third career OHL shutout as the Battalion defeated the Steelheads 3-0.
In Battalion history, only Brad Topping and Daren Machesney have made more saves in a shutout performance than DiVincentiis at Mississauga. Topping handled 49 shots in a 3-0 win Feb. 24, 2002, over Sudbury at Brampton, while Machesney provided 47 saves in a 1-0 win March 18, 2005, over the host Mississauga IceDogs.
An 18-year-old native of Bolton, Ont., DiVincentiis owns a record of 32-9-2-0 on the season with a league-best 2.45 goals-against average along with a .915 save percentage.
He was the recipient of the OHL’s F.W. ‘Dinty’ Moore Trophy in 2021-22, posting a league-low 2.59 goals-against average among rookies to go with a 14-8-0-1 record and .907 save percentage. DiVincentiis was selected in the seventh round (207th overall) by the Winnipeg Jets in the 2022 NHL Draft.
He’s a former sixth round (116th overall) pick by the Battalion in the 2020 OHL Priority Selection.
DiVincentiis and the Troops are back in action on Wednesday as they host the visiting Owen Sound Attack
