Former NOJHLer Brett Ouderkirk is one of 13 league alumni who played professionally in Europe during the 2023-24 season. He scored 30 times and dished out 31 assists in 48 games with EC Pieting in the German Oberliga. Photo credit: Roland Halmel
TORONTO – Looking at the numbers, the ever-growing list of Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) alumni who competed in higher levels of the games continues to increase.
On professional clubs across Europe alone, there were 330 CJHL alums who appeared with teams across the various leagues during the 2023-24 campaign.
The following are the names of the CJHL alumni who played professionally in Europe:
This raises the number of overall CJHL alumni from this past season to over 2,500.
There were also 75 former CJHLers who served as head coaches at higher levels of the game.
2023-24 CJHL ALUMNI NUMBERS
NHL: 71
AHL: 78
ECHL: 161
SPHL: 95
NCAA D-I: 401
USPORTS: 547
NCAA D-III: 700
CHL: 174
EUROPE: 330
TOTAL: 2,557
HEAD COACHES: 75 (NHL; AHL; ECHL; SPHL; USPORTS; CHL)
NOJHL – EUROPEAN LEAGUE ALUMNI
| PLAYER | NAME | POS. | TEAM | LEAGUE | NOJHL TEAM |
| Philippe | Caron | D | Strömsbro IF | HE | Timmins Rock |
| Iroquois Falls Eskimos | |||||
| Brett | Thompson | D | Herning Blue Fox | Metal-Ligaen | Sudbury Jr. Wolves |
| Brett | Ouderkirk | F | EC Peiting | Oberliga | Kirkland Lake Gold Miners |
| Iroquois Falls Eskimos | |||||
| Mattawa Blackhawks | |||||
| Mark | Perone | D | TuS Harsefeld | Regionalliga | Elliot Lake Wildcats |
| Clay | Ellerbrock | F | ESC Kempten | Regionalliga | Cochrane Crunch |
| Eric | Vanderhoff | F | TuS Harsefeld | Regionalliga | Soo Eagles |
| Elliot Lake Wildcats | |||||
| Andrew | Desjardins | F | Villacher SV | ICEHL | Espanola Screaming Eagles |
| Sasha | Guimond | D | Rouen | Ligue Magnus | North Bay Trappers |
| Drake | Pilon | F | Fife Flyers | EIHL | Soo Thunderbirds |
| Logan | Fredericks | F | Guildford Flames | EIHL | Kirkland Lake Gold Miners |
| Gianni | Vitale | F | Bees IHC | NIHL | Soo Eagles |
| Derek | Seguin | F | Heerenveen Flyers | BeNeLiga | Timmins Rock |
| Brett | Findlay | F | HC Slovan Brataslava | Extraliga | Blind River Beavers |
