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Stonehouse signs with 67's

Forward Brady Stonehouse of Blenheim has signed with the Ottawa 67’s after being a second-round pick in last year’s Ontario Hockey League draft.

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Forward Brady Stonehouse of Blenheim has signed with the Ottawa 67’s after being a second-round pick in last year’s Ontario Hockey League draft.

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Stonehouse was chosen 26th overall after a huge offensive season in the Alliance league.

He was fifth in regular-season scoring with 22-32-54 totals in 32 games for the Elgin-Middlesex Minor Midget AAA Chiefs in 2019-20.

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67’s general manager James Boyd called him one of the fastest players available in the 2020 draft.

“Brady is a high-energy skater who possesses an excellent skill set and a physical edge to his game,” Boyd said in a statement Wednesday.

Stonehouse also posted 15 goals and 14 assists in 16 playoff games in 2019-20.

Although this season was wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic, he’s been getting ready for his OHL debut for a while.

“I actually came to Ottawa on my own and figured out living arrangements on my own and was training with our trainer, Sean Young, and skating with a couple guys, like Merrick Rippon, Cedrick Andree and Mitch Hoelscher,” Stonehouse said on OHL Futures Watch. “It was good to get a feeling of what they do and get a year under my trainer.”

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The 16-year-old winger is a former Chatham-Kent Cyclone. The 67’s alumni include another ex-Cyclone, Philadelphia Flyers all-star forward Travis Konecny of Clachan.

“I met him once in Blenheim at the Blenheim arena,” Stonehouse said. “He was watching a junior C game. It was kind of cool that way. And I say I play a style like him.”

Jan Egert, the 67’s assistant general manager and director of scouting, is a big fan of the five-foot-nine, 170-pound Stonehouse.

“He has an immense passion for the game and a competitive spirit,” Egert said. “The bigger the game, the more valuable he becomes and the better he plays. When the chips are down, he’s a player that wants to be involved.”

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