OHL Season Ends for Griffith, Fox, Hope

Chatham-Kent, ON – Three Chatham-Kent residents have watched another OHL season come to an end, and will now be looking forward to the Ontario Hockey League playoffs.

Wallaceburg’s Seth Griffith, and Thamesville’s Dane Fox ended their regular season as member’s of the London Knights Sunday against the Kitchener Rangers.

In 68 games this season, Griffith scored 22 goals and 40 assists for 62 points. Earlier this year, Griffith was ranked 157th by NHL Central Scouting for the upcoming NHL Entry Draft. Since then, Griffith’s stock has risen as he put together a strong second half to the season. In January, Griffith was named the OHL’s player of the week after he put up 8-points in 3 games.

Fox also displayed he has more to offer as his season progressed. Following a midseason trade in which the London Knights unloaded several veterans, Thamesville’s Fox started to hit the scoresheet more regularly. In total, Fox notched 11 goals and 12 assists in 51 games.

In their final game of the OHL regular season, a 4-3 win against the Kitchener Rangers, Seth Griffith recorded an assist.

Down the 401, Blenheim’s Kyle Hope also wrapped up his OHL season patrolling the ice with the Oshawa Generals. Hope scored 2 goals and added 11 assists for 13 points in 55 games. In his final game of the season Sunday, Hope didn’t add to his point totals, but he did drop the gloves against Cole Murduff of the Peterborough Petes in a first period fight.

The London Knights finished 8th in the Western Conference and will face the top ranked Owen Sound Attack in the first round of playoffs which start later this week. Hope and his Oshawa Generals finished 4th in the Eastern Conference and will face the 5th place Kingston Frontenacs. Although 4 versus 5 series’ are typically close, Kingston finished nearly 20-points behind Oshawa in the top heavy Eastern Conference.

All three players are graduates of the Chatham-Kent Cyclones organization.