2013/2014 Guelph Storm Player Bios

As of May 8
th
, 2014
#3 Steven Trojanovic
Defence
Weight: 200
Height: 6.02
D.O.B: 08/04/1993
Hometown: Burlington, ON
Draft Status: Free Agent

Trojanovic is an overage defenceman drafted by Windsor in the 3
rd
Round, 58
th
overall in the
2009 draft. Trojanovic was traded to Peterborough in 2010-11 and played three seasons there
before being traded to the Storm on October 4
th
for a 2015 3
rd
round pick.
Steven recorded his first 4 point game of his career, including 2 goals, on October 25
th
, 2013,
playing against North Bay in Guelph.
Steven is the fourth defenceman for Guelph to reach the 40 point mark during the 2013-14
regular season (7G, 33A).

#4 Matt Finn
Defence
Weight: 204
Height: 6.01
D.O.B: 02/24/1994
Hometown:Toronto
Draft Status: Toronto Maple Leafs, 2
nd
round, 35
th
overall in 2012


Storms 1
st
round pick in the 2010 OHL priority selection, 12
th
overall
The Toronto Maple Leafs drafted Matt Finn in 2012 in the 2
nd
round and 35
th
overall. Finn signed
a three-year entry level contract with the Leafs in November 2013.
Participated in the 2011-2012 Home Hardware Top Prospects game, Finn has won multiple team
awards including MVP of the Storm in 2011-2012 and Storm rookie of the year in 2010-2011.
Finn attended Leafs training camp earlier this fall and was selected to play for team OHL in this
years Subway Super Series on November 21
st
, his second time being chosen for the team. Finn
also attended the Team Canada World Junior U-20 evaluation camp last summer.
He was named the OHL defenceman of the month in October after recording 12 points in 11
games and plus/minus rating of +15.
Finn has been Captain of the Guelph Storm for two seasons. During his four year OHL career
Matt has 38 goals, 123 assists (161 points) in 228 games.
During the 2013-14 season Finn finished the regular season with a league and team-high
plus/minus rating of +57. He also finished the season as the OHL second leading defenceman in
scoring with 61 points (14G, 47A).

#6 Phil Baltisberger
Defence
Weight: 214
Height: 6.01
D.O.B: 11/13/1995
Hometown: Zurich, Switzerland
Draft Status: Eligible 2013

Guelphs first round pick in the 2013 Import draft, 26
th
overall.
Played for Team Switzerland in last years IIHF U20 World Hockey Championship in Ufa, Russia
recording an assist in 6 games. He was also the captain of team Switzerland in the U18
tournament.
Baltisberger also played for team Switzerland in this years IIHF U20 World Junior Championship
in Malmo, Sweden as Guelphs only international player in the tournament.
Playing in his first OHL season, he recorded his first goal against Sarnia on March 14
th
, 2014 to
finish the season with 15 points (1G, 14A).


#7 Ben Harpur
Defence
Weight: 212
Height: 6.06
D.O.B: 01/12/1995
Hometown: Niagara-On-The-Lake, ON
Draft Status: Ottawa Senators, 4
th
round, 108
th
in 2013

Guelphs 3
rd
round pick in the 2011 OHL draft, selected 43
rd
overall. In his rookie season he
played a handful of games as a forward.
Harpur was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the 4
th
round of the 2013 NHL draft, 108
th
overall.
He attended the Ottawa Senators training camp this past summer.
During his OHL career, Harpur has never ended a season with a negative rating. He finished the
2013-14 season with a plus/minus rating of +34.
Harpur banked his first 3 point game in only the second of his career back in 2011.


#8 Zac Leslie
Defence
Height: 6.01
Weight: 177
D.O.B: 01/31/1994
Hometown: Ottawa, ON
Draft Status: L.A. Kings, 6
th
round, 178
th
overall in 2013


Guelphs 4
th
round pick, 82
nd
overall in the 2010 OHL draft was drafted by the L.A Kings in the
2013 NHL draft, 6
th
round, 178
th
overall. He attended last summers L.A Kings training camp
He missed 8 games during the regular season with an upper body injury.
Leslie was named both OHL and CHL player of the week for the week of Nov. 18
th
. The first
defenceman of the season to receive the OHL honour. Leslie recorded his first multi-goal game
of his career against Plymouth on November 23
rd
, 2013 scoring 4 goals. The next day against
Kitchener (November 24
th
), Leslie scored 2 goals and 2 assists. Leslie banked 10 points in only 4
games for a total of 6 goals and 4 assists.
Leslie finished the regular season with 50 points (14G, 36A) in 60 games and was the tenth top
scoring defenceman in the OHL.


#9 Robby Fabbri
Centre
Height: 5.10
Weight: 165
D.O.B: 01/22/1996
Hometown: Mississauga, ON
Draft Status: Eligible 2013

Drafted by Guelph in 2012 in the 1
st
round, 6
th
overall.
After serving a 10 game suspension for checking to the head against Kitchener on November 1
st
,
2013, Fabbri returned almost setting a record for longest scoring streak of the season, scoring
14 goals in 10 games from December 6
th
January 1
st
. He scored his second hat-trick of the
season against Sault Ste. Marie on December 19
th
.
Fabbris first career hat trick came the same night as his first OHL goal last season against
Niagara on November the 3
rd
, 2012. In his rookie season last year he scored 10 goals in 59
games, he matched that record in the first 17 games of this season before his suspension.
Fabbri has been named by HockeyProspects.com as one of the top 5 players to watch for the
2014 NHL draft. He was also named OHL player of the month for February 2014.
Fabbri won a gold medal with Team Ontario at the world Under 17 Hockey Challenge this past
summer.
He finished the 2013-14 season with 87 points (45G, 42A).

#10 Nick Ebert
Defence
Height: 6.00
Weight: 205
D.O.B: 09/11/1994
Hometown: Livingston, NJ, USA
Draft Status: L.A. Kings, 7
th
round, 211
th
overall in 2012

Drafted by Mississauga in 2010, 1
st
round, 17
th
overall, Ebert played most of his career with the
Windsor Spitfires. In his rookie season with Windsor, Ebert had 41 points, and in his second year
finished with 39. He led all Windsor defenceman in scoring in his last 2 seasons.
Eberts first game with Guelph was on December 6
th
, 2013, where he scored 1 goal and 1 assist.
In 2012, Ebert won the Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Skills competition for hardest
shot. He was also named to the OHL All-Rookie teams for 2010-11s first team with the highest
voting points of any league defenceman.
He was named OHL defenceman for the month of March 2014.




#11 Jason Dickinson
Left Wing/Centre
Height: 6.02
Weight: 184
D.O.B: 07/04/1995
Hometown: Georgetown, ON
Draft Status: Dallas Stars, 1
st
round, 29
th
overall in 2013

Drafted by Guelph in 2011, in the 2
nd
round, 32
nd
overall and by the Dallas Stars in the 2013 NHL
draft, 1
st
round, 29
th
overall. Dickinson attended the Stars rookie camp this past summer.
He has won the OHL academic player of the month award for January in the Midwest division in
2012. Jason also won the Storms Paul Fendley Memorial Scholastic Player of the Year Award for
the 2012-2013 season.
Dickinson, in his 3
rd
OHL season, he recorded a career-high 5 points against Mississauga on
November 19
th
, 2013.
Dickinson was named to the OHL All-Rookie second team in 2011-12, and finished second on the
team in playoff scoring in 2012. He attended Team Canadas U18 camp this past summer.


#12 Ryan Horvat
Left Wing/Centre
Height: 6.00
Weight: 197
D.O.B: 02/09/1993
Hometown: Simcoe, ON
Draft Status: Free Agent


Drafted by the Storm in the 6
th
round, 111
th
overall of the 2009 OHL Priority Selection, Horvat is
in his second season as assistant captain of the Guelph Storm. He attended the Anaheim Ducks
Training Camp this past summer as a free agent.
Winner of the Storms Roger Neilson Memorial Award in 2012. He was nominated for the
Humanitarian of the Year for the 2013-14 season.
Horvat, in his 5
th
OHL season finished the season with 15 goals and 14 assists in 31 games. He
has missed several games this past season due to a suspension and an injury.
He has one 3 point game this season against Peterborough on October 30
th
.


#13 Adam Craievich
Right Wing
Height: 6.00
Weight: 197
D.O.B: 05/09/1997
Hometown: Sarnia, ON
Draft Status: Eligible 2015

Drafted by the Storm in the 3
rd
round of the 2013 OHL draft, 52
nd
overall
This year being his rookie season, he recorded his first point on October 4
th
registering an assist
against Owen Sound. His first goal came on October 27
th
against London; he later added another
in that contest.
Craievich led his Oakville Rangers to win the OHL cup last year. He finished with 5 goals and 7
points in 7 games. He was named the 2013 OHL Cup MVP (Tim Adams Memorial Trophy) as he
scored back-to-back 2 goal games in the semi-final and championship game.
Craievich won the Ivan Tennant Memorial Award (Top Academic High School Student), currently
holding a 96% average in his courses.


#15 Marc Stevens
Right Wing
Height: 6.01
Weight: 177
D.O.B: 03/01/1996
Hometown: Turkey Point, ON
Draft Status: Eligible 2014

Storms 5
th
round pick, 102
nd
overall in 2011.The Storm also drafted his cousin Nolan last year in
the 9
th
round.
Stevens finished the 2013-14 season with 10 points (2G, 8A) in 43 games, including his first
multi-point game with 2 assists against Erie on December 29
th.
He missed multiple games at the
beginning of the season due to an illness.
His uncle John Stevens coached the Philadelphia Flyers from 2006-2009 and was the assistant
coach for the Stanley cup champion L.A Kings. Marcs dad also played in the OHL for Sudbury
and Belleville.
This is Marcs first full season with the Storm as he only played 8 games last year, playing the
majority with Stouffville Spirit Jr.A.


#16 Kerby Rychel
Left Wing
Height: 6.01
Weight: 202
D.O.B: 10/07/1994
Hometown: Tecumseh, ON
Draft Status: Columbus Blue Jackets, 1
st
round, 19
th
overall in 2013

Selected by Barrie 1
st
round, 21
st
overall in 2010, Rychel was traded to the Mississauga St.
Michaels Majors to start his career before being dealt to the Windsor Spitfires later in the 2010-
11 season. With the Spitfires, Rychel has accumulated 213 points, with 102 goals and 111
assists. This season he has led Windsor in goals, assists and points at 16, 23, and 39 respectively.
Rychel, selected in the 2013 NHL draft by Columbus, 1
st
round, 19
th
overall, signed a three-year
entry level contract with the club in December. His father is 1996 Colorado Avalanche Stanley
Cup winner and current Windsor Spitfire Head Coach, Warren Rychel.
The Spitfire Captain was traded to Guelph and played his first game for the Storm on December
6
th
scoring 1 goal and 5 assists in his first three games with the club.
His 87 points in the 2012-13 season ranked 8
th
highest in the OHL. During his four year OHL
career he has 272 points (122G, 150A) in 256 regular season games.
Rychel joined Team Canada at the U20 World Junior Championship, finishing fourth in the
tournament. Guelph has not had a player representing Canada in the tournament since Drew
Doughty in 2009. He helped Canada win a gold medal with Team Ontario in the U17 Hockey
Challenge, a bronze medal with IIHF World U18 Championship, and a gold medal in the Ivan
Hlinka Memorial Tournament all in 2012.
Rychel was named OHL Player of the week for the week of ending April 27
th
after scoring 3 goals
and 3 assists for six points in three games with a plus-minus rating of plus-3.



#17 Tyler Bertuzzi
Left Wing/Centre
Height: 6.01
Weight: 187
D.O.B: 02/24/1995
Hometown: Sudbury, ON
Draft Status: Detroit Red Wings, 2
nd
round, 58
th
overall


Guelphs 4
th
round choice, 78
th
overall in 2011, Bertuzzi was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in
2013 in the 2
nd
round and 58
th
overall. Bertuzzi attended the Wings prospect development camp
this past summer. He is the nephew to Detroit Red Wings star Todd Bertuzzi, who is also Guelph
Storm alumni.
In his rookie campaign with the Storm in 2011-2012, Bertuzzi took home the Fan Club Award as
most popular player.
He has a 5 point night against Kitchener on November 1
st
at home. Although being out of the
line up since December 8
th
with an injury, Bertuzzi has 9 goals and 25 assists in 29 games this
season.


#19 Stephen Pierog
Centre
Height: 5.11
Weight: 186
D.O.B: 06/07/1994
Hometown: Guelph, ON
Draft Status: Free Agent

Drafted by Peterborough 11
th
round, 207
th
overall in 2010, Pierog has played the last 3 seasons
with the Petes and was acquired by the Storm in January.
He was the Petes co-leader last season for goals, with 19, and finished second in the club for
assists at 16.
In 39 games this season he has scored 11 goals and added 7 assists.


#20 Justin Auger
Right Wing
Height: 6.07
Weight: 231
D.O.B: 05/14/1994
Hometown: Waterloo, ON
Draft Status: L.A Kings 4
th
round, 103
rd
overall in 2013


Guelphs 6
th
round pick in 2010, 112
th
overall. Auger was drafted by the L.A Kings in 2013 in the
4
th
round, 103
rd
overall and attended the Kings Rookie camp this past summer.
Auger missed a number of games early in the season due to illness.
He logged the second hat trick of his career against the Steelheads at the annual School Day
game on Tuesday, November 19
th
.
Last years highlights included a hat trick against Plymouth on October 5
th
and a 5 point night at
Erie December 5
th
. Auger finished the 2013-14 season with 16 goals and 17 assists.

#21 Brock McGinn
Left Wing
Height: 6.00
Weight: 180
D.O.B: 02/02/1994
Hometown: Fergus, ON
Draft Status: Carolina Hurricanes, 2
nd
round, 47
th
overall in 2012


Guelphs 3
rd
round pick in 2010, 46
th
overall, McGinn was drafted the Carolina Hurricanes in
2012, in the 2
nd
round and 47
th
overall and attended the Hurricanes training camp this past
summer.
McGinn named to the 2013 Subway Series Roster. He was named OHL player of the week this
season, for the week of October 21
st
, after scoring 5 goals and 3 assists in 3 games. He has three
hat tricks this season and 21 multi-point games during the 2013-14 season including one 5-point
night against Mississauga on November 19
th
.
McGinn finished the 2013-14 season with a career-high 85 points (43G, 42A) in 58 games. In his
four year OHL career he has 172 points (93G, 79A) in 227 games.
McGinns older brother Jamie plays for the Colorado Avalanche and his other brother Tye played
several games with the Flyers this season before being sent down to the Adirondack Phantoms.

#22 Puis Suter
Centre
Height: 5.10
Weight: 151
D.O.B: 05/24/1996
Hometown: Wallisfellen, Switzerland
Draft Status: Eligible 2014


Guelphs second 1
st
round pick in the 2013 Import draft, 38
th
overall.
Suterss first point for Guelph was against London on September 29
th
and his first goal was in
Ottawa on October 11
th
. He has played 40 games in his rookie season this year and has scored 6
goals and 12 assists. He recorded his first two goal game on November 15
th
against the Petes.
He led the league with the most shorthanded goals by a Rookie with 3 during the regular
season. He is the only rookie in the league to have scored shorthanded during the postseason,
he has scored two shorthanded goals.





#23 Zack Mitchell
Right Wing
Height: 6.00
Weight: 184
D.O.B:01/07/1993
Hometown: Caledon, ON
Draft Status: Minnesota Wild, 2014


Guelphs 4
th
round pick in 2009, 71
st
overall, Mitchell also attended the Carolina Hurricanes
rookie camp this past summer.
Mitchell signed a three-year entry level contract with the Minnesota Wild in March 2014.
Scoring 37 goals in 2011-12 season he led the team and won the Storms Top Player and
Playmaker award. In his rookie season he won the Paul Fendley Memorial Student Achievement
Award. Mitchell was named to the 2012 Subway Super Series roster and was 19
th
in OHL scoring
last season. Before committing to the Storm, Mitchell was accepted at Harvard University.
Mitchell set the franchise record of most games played with 322 games in his five seasons with
the Storm. During his tenure he has 243 points (102G, 141A), a plus/minus rating of +30 and a
total 155 PIM.
Mitchell finished the 2013-14 season as Guelphs fifth leading scorer (and in the OHL top 20)
with 83 points (31G, 52A), including two 4-point games.
Mitchell leads Guelph and the league in points this postseason with 31 points (12G, 19A).


#24 Scott Kosmachuk
Right Wing
Height: 6.00
Weight: 189
D.O.B: 01/24/1994
Hometown: Toronto, ON
Draft Status: Winnipeg Jets 2012, 3
rd
round, 70
th
overall


Guelphs second round draft pick in 2010, 29
th
, Kosmachuk was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in
2012 in the 3
rd
round and 70
th
overall and attended the Jets training camp this past summer,
scoring three goals in the rookie camp tournament including two against the Edmonton Oilers.
He has signed a three year, two-way, entry level contract with Winnipeg.
Kosmachuk has been an OHL player of the week twice during his OHL career. This season he was
named both OHL and CHL player of the week for the week of October 14
th
, when he recorded 4
goals and 1 assist against Ottawa on October 20
th
. He also recorded a career-high 5-point game
against Kitchener on February 4
th
, 2014 scoring 4 goals and 1 assist.
He won bronze with Team Canada U18 in 2012 World Ice Hockey Championship in Brno, Czech
Republic. He was also named to the 2013 Team OHL roster in the Subway Super Series.
Kosmachuk led the Storm in scoring during the 2013-14 season banking 101 points (49G, 52A).
He finished third in the league.






#26 Chad Bauman
Defence
Height: 6.03
Weight: 228
D.O.B: 08/08/199
Hometown: Conestogo, ON
Draft Status: Eligible 2014


Guelphs 4
th
round pick in 2011, 73
rd
overall.
This season, Bauman has a career high 7 points, with 3 goals and 4 assists. During his OHL
career, he has tallied 5 goals, 6 assists and 120 penalty minutes in 88 games. He has 2 multi
point games this season. Predominately a defenceman, the Conestogo native has played a
number of games as a forward this year.
Bauman is also taking courses at Conestoga College to become a plumber.

#27 Garrett McFadden
Defence
Height: 5.10
Weight: 186
D.O.B: 08/21/1997
Hometown: Kincardine, ON
Draft Status: Eligible 2015

Guelphs 1
st
round pick in 2013, 12
th
overall. 2013-14 being his rookie season, he has 1 goal and
7 assists. McFadden scored his first goal in Peterborough on October 30
th
. He has played several
games this season as a forward when the teams roster was short.
McFadden was also named to team Ontarios roster for the World U17 Hockey Challenge where
he recorded 3 points.


#31 Matt Mancina
Goaltender
Height: 6.01
Weight: 172
D.O.B: 04/29/1996
Hometown: Tecumseh, ON
Draft Status: Eligible 2014

Drafted by Guelph in the 3
rd
round in 2012, 49
th
overall. He has played 17 games this season, 12
of those games for 60 minutes or higher. Although predominately a backup goalie, Mancina has
proved himself with a season save percentage of 0.919 and a goals-against-average of 2.a3 in all
1381 minutes of play. Matt got his first win in his first start as the Storm beat Oshawa at home
on September 27
th
stopping 30 of 31 shots. He currently has a record of 9-4-1-1 for Guelph.
Most notably this season, Mancina was named Vaughn CHL Goaltender of the week for the
week of December 9
th
after posting back-to-back shutouts against Owen Sound and Erie. He
stopped all 56 shots he faced combined in both games.
Mancina played for Team Ontario in last winters U17 World Hockey Challenge.


#39 Justin Nichols
Goaltender
Height: 5.10
Weight: 156
D.O.B: 06/25/1995
Hometown: St.Catharines, ON
Draft Status: Eligible 2014


Acquired via trade with the Greyhound in September of 2013, Nichols has been the Storms
starting goaltender for most of this season.
Having played 50 games, he has a save percentage of 0.918, a goals-against-average of 2.85 and
a record of 35-7-1-0.
He was the teams Hy-Grade Steel Roofing Player of the week for the week ending December
15
th
, where he started, and won, all 4 contests that week. His goals-against-average was 2.26
and save percentage was 0.937. The teams New Years Eve games against the Colts, he stopped
35 of 36 shots, and on New Years Day against the Attack stopping 39 of the 41 shots.
Nichols was named OHL goaltender of the month for March 2014.