OHL Peterborough Petes

Timms, Wells, Lorentz, Korostelev and Hull Nominated for 2017 OHL Awards

Published on March 30, 2017 under Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Peterborough Petes News Release


Peterborough, ON- The Ontario Hockey League today announced the finalists for seven of the league's major awards for the 2016-17 regular season. Peterborough was represented in six of the categories.

Five Petes were recognized as finalists, including Dylan Wells (Most Outstanding Player of the Year and Goaltender of the Year), Matt Timms (Defenceman of the Year), Nikita Korostelev (Most Sportsmanlike Player of the Year), Steve Lorentz (Overage Player of the Year), and Jody Hull (Coach 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 which is voted on by all 20 OHL General Managers.

All finalists for the Red Tilson Trophy (Most Outstanding Player of the Year) were also nominated by the Member Teams of the Ontario Hockey League as their Most Outstanding Player for the 2016-17 regular season. The Red Tilson Trophy is voted on by the sports writers and broadcasters in the OHL.

The 2017 OHL Awards Ceremony takes place on Thursday June 8 at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, however award recipients will be announced periodically throughout the remainder of the 2017 OHL Playoffs. Additional player awards to be announced include Humanitarian of the Year, Academic Players of the Year, and the 2016-17 Mickey Renaud Captain's Trophy recipient.

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