Alumni Spotlight: 26 Alumni in FHL

The Federal Hockey League is a Semi Professional Hockey League with teams located throughout the North Eastern United States and parts of Canada. They send players up to the SPHL which is the feeder league for the ECHL. A quick look at the rosters of the league will show a very high GMHL Flavor, 27 players to be exact spread over the 7 teams in the league. We are taking this time to highlight our Alumni in the league:

Berlin River Drivers

Brandon Bavis:  Last season played for the Knights of Meaford where the hybrid defensemen/forward put up 40 points (10G, 30A) in 34 games and helped lead the team to the second round of the playoffs. Currently has 4 PIM in 3 games played for Berlin.

Lester Brown: A 4 year FHL veteran Brown is near the top of Berlin in scoring this season with 5 points in 3 games. The one time Bracebridge Phantom put up 38 points in his lone GMHL season.

Taylor Jordan: Jordan has spent parts of the last 3 seasons in the GMHL spending time with the Shield, Phantoms, Ice Jets, and Knights. Overall he has a career total of 126 points in 82 games. Currently has 2 PIM for the River Drivers this season.

Frankie McClendon: One of 2 GMHL goalie alumnus on the roster, McClendon played for the Parry Sound Islanders and started 25 games for the team in their inaugural season. His second stint with the River Drivers has seen him play 2 games this season

Garret Storms: A spectacular case as Storms was in the GMHL as recent as this season, where he started the year with the London Lakers and had played 6 games for London before traveling down to Berlin and earning a shot on their roster. Storms has also played 2 games for the River Drivers.

Curtis Warren: The one time record holder for most goals in a GMHL season with 64 in his lone season spent with the Rama Aces and Temiscaming Titans, the 2015 Russell Cup Winner is in his second season with the River Drivers and has emerged as one of their more reliable scoring threats. 39 points last season were big for the first year franchise and they expect more from the veteran this year.

Nick Wright: Wright who played for the Parry Sound Islanders has emerged as an enforcer for the River Drivers, the one time 50 PIM man for Parry Sound currently has 1 point for Berlin this season.

Cornwall Nationals

Brandon Billie: Billie spent time in the FHL with the Steel City Warriors in the same season he played for the Halton Ravens, he had a 3.17 GAA and a .918 Save Percentage. After that season he went on to play Division 2 and Division 3 in Sweden before joining the Nationals this season where he is tied for the league lead with 2 wins so far.

Antonios Roumeliotis: Roumeliotis played in the inaugural season for the Tottenham Steam and played a big part in the team winning the regular season title that year with 36 Points in 27 games for Tottenham. Currently Roumeliotis has played 1 game and has 1 assist already.

Port Huron Prowlers

Curtis Martinu: The former Seguin Huskies and Mattawa Voyageurs goalie has spent time at almost every level of Semi Professional hockey including a stint in the ECHL. The past few years have seen him go up and down from the SPHL and the FHL and currently he has played 1 game for the Prowlers this season.

Branko Oktavec: Spent last season with the South Division Champion Kingsville Kings where he had 22 points in 15 games and helped led the Kings to the Russell Cup Finals.

Edgars Ozolins: 3 year FHL veteran Edgars Ozolins spent time in the GMHL splitting a season with the Phantoms and the Shelburne Red Wings where he had 31 points in 34 games . In 99 FHL games so far in his career he has 32 Points and 260 PIM.

St. Clair Shores Fighting Saints

Bobby Domin: Had 25 points in 35 games for the Seguin Huskies during the 2015 season and helped lead them to the Russel Cup Finals against the Temiscaming Titans. So far he has played 2 games for the Fighting Saints and is playing well defensively.

Dominik Fejt: Before playing 2 seasons of Professional hockey in Czech Republic Fejt spent the 2014 season playing for the Seguin Huskies where he had 12 points.

Ivan Hodulov: Playing for the Fighting Saints after being sent down from the Quad City Malards of the ECHL where he participated in Main camp. Had 59 points in 37 games  for the Kingsville Kings and is looking to make the same kind of impact this season

Jaroslav Janeba: Spent two seasons in the GMHL playing for the Seguin Huskies, South Muskoka Shield, and the Parry Sound Islanders where he was an assistant captain. Averaged over a point per game during his career and already has his first point in his first game for the Fighting Saints.

Denis Klecka: Two separate stints in the GMHL the first with the Powassan Eagles and the second with the Seguin Huskies saw Klecka accrue a total of 67 Points in 50 games. He has played 2 games for the Fighting Saints this season.

Dan Leach: Another player who started this season in the league, Leach who has been playing for the Kings since last season had 28 points through 17 games for Kingsville this season and now has 1 point for the Fighting Saints in 2 games.

Jan Pechek: The 2016 GMHL Goaltender of the year played 2 seasons in the GMHL for the Seguin Huskies, most recently playing 27 games for the Kings finishing with a 1.74 GAA and a .951 Save Percentage. The Fighting Saints are hoping Pechek can be just as reliable as he has been over his GMHL career.

Enver Presheva: Presheva spent two seasons with the GMHL where he scored at a fantastic rate of almost 2 points per game.  145 points in 76 games showed just how talented Presheva is when he has the puck and he is looking to show that with the Fighting Saints.

David Vondracek: Vondracek had a short stint with the Bobcaygeon Bucks in  2013 before immediately starting his pro career in the FHL with Danbury.  After spending the past 3 seasons playing professionally in Czech Republic David is back and has already scored a goal for the Fighting Saints.

David Vostarek: Also spending last season with the finalist Kingsville Kings, Vostarek returned as well and had 14 points through 15 games this season before joining the Fighting Saints where he has his first goal in 2 games so far this season.

Zack Zulkanycz: The FHL leader in Points Per Game at 2.00, Zulkanycz has 6 points in 3 games for the Fighting Saints and currently sits tied for third in the league in that category.Zack had 74 points in 37 games in his GMHL career also averaged 2 points per game in the league for the Kingsville Kings.

Watertown Wolves

Dustin Jeassau: Jesseau averaged near 2 and a half points per game during his time with the Bradford Rattlers and the Toronto Attack where he had 65 points in only 27 games. He also had 30 points last season in the FHL playing for the Danbury Titans and the Brewster Bulldogs. This season Jesseau already has 2 points in 2 games

Nikita Litvyak: A 51 point scorer for the 2014 Russel Cup Champion Bradford Bulls, Litvyak attended the Main camp for the Allen Americans in the ECHL where he impressed however was sent down to Watertown where he hopes he can prove his talent and move up in the system.

Kyle Powell: The Captain of the Oshawa Riverkings this past season put up 105 points in 38 games for the team and also played 10 games in the FHL himself last season for the Danbury Titans. This season Powell has already scored his first professional goal and is looking to be a go to guy for the Wolves.

Denis Tsaruk: The youngest of the alumni on this list, the 1999 born goal who played 20 games over two seasons for the Alliston Coyotes and is now hoping to start his professional career with the Wolves.