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Mitchell Vande Sompel Named OHL Defensemen of the Month & Ken Appleby Named OHL Goaltender of the Mo

November 7, 2014 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Oshawa Generals News Release


Oshawa, ON - The Oshawa Generals are pleased to announce that the Ontario Hockey League today announced that Kenny Appleby has been named Vaughan Hockey OHL Goaltender of the Month and Mitchell Vande Sompel has been named OHL Defensemen of the Month.

Mitchell Vande Sompel is the OHL's Defenceman of the Month after leading all blueliners in scoring with 15 points in 11 games recording two goals and 13 assists along with a plus-minus rating of plus-2. He recorded points in eight of his 11 games played with three multi-point games helping the Generals to a 9-2-0-0 record in the OHL's East Division. The highlight of his month was on October 24 producing a career-high five-point game with a goal and four assists as first star of an 8-5 victory over the Saginaw Spirit. Vande Sompel, a 17-year-old from London, ON, is playing in his second career OHL season. Chosen in the first round, 14th overall in the 2013 OHL Priority Selection, Vande Sompel is one point shy of his rookie point total and currently tied for the OHL's scoring lead among defencemen with 19 points in 16 games.

The Vaughn OHL Goaltender of the Month is Ken Appleby of the Oshawa Generals who backstopped the Oshawa Generals to first place in the East Division last month posting an 8-1-0-0 record with a goals-against-average of 2.00 and save percentage of .922 making 213 saves in October. Appleby, who claimed this award last February, also earned two shutout victories in October, including October 3 with 31 saves as first star of a 3-0 win over the Ottawa 67's, then made 19 saves as third star of a 6-0 win over the Owen Sound Attack on October 18. Appleby, a 19-year-old from North Bay, ON, is playing in his third full OHL season with the Generals. He leads all OHL goaltenders with 12 wins and has the lowest goals-against-average with a mark of 1.91 and is tied for first with a .926 save percentage and three shutouts.

Both players will represent Team OHL in the upcoming SUBWAYR Super Series.

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