FOSS NAMED SW PLAYER OF MONTH
The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) announced today that Oakville Blades alternate captain Ryan Foss (photo credit - Kevin Sousa/OJHL Images) has been named the Bardown South-West Conference Player-of-the-Month for September after leading the Conference with 18 points in just 9 games played.
Playing in his second full season with the Blades, the 20-year old picked-up where he left off in 2015-16 and started this season with a nine game point scoring streak to sit sixth in overall OJHL scoring with 18 points. After a season-opening, four point outing, during a 5-2 victory over the defending South-West Conference champion Georgetown Raiders, Foss would record multiple points in five of the club’s nine September contests, including another four point effort in the final game of the month versus Pickering. On the strength of Foss’ 7 goals and 11 assists, the Blades positioned themselves well early this season and currently sit first in the OJHL’s South Division standings.
The Oakville, Ontario native joined the Blades early in the 2015-16 season out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). Originally a member of the Don Mills Flyers Minor Midget ‘AAA’ organization in 2011-12, Foss would join Blyth Academy the following year after going undrafted in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) Priority Selection, and posted a 102 point season for the school. The following year, 2013-14, the lanky forward joined the OHL’s Windsor Spitfires, posting respectable offensive statistics before being traded to the Guelph Storm midway through the 2014-15 season. On the move once again in 2015-16, Foss started the season with the QMJHL’s Drummondville Voltigeurs, playing just three games before he returned home to join the Blades. Playing only 39 regular season games for the Blades, Foss still finished eighth on the club in scoring with 30 points and helped Oakville capture a Division title for the first time since 2008. He would add another 14 points in 13 post-season contests to finish second in scoring on the club as they fell in the second round to Burlington.
Mark Paolini of the St. Michael’s Buzzers was runner-up to Foss as the South-West Conference Player-of-the-Month. The defenceman tied for the team scoring lead with 13 points during a successful kick-off to the season, while also tying for second among all players in the Conference with 7 goals.
