Kingston Frontenacs Game Day November 29, 2019

by Marcus Boutilier
@bouthockey ohlnetwork.ca
Shane Wright officially became a member of
the Kingston Frontenacs on April 6th, 2019
after gaining exceptional status (first since Connor
McDavid) in March for eligibility in the Ontario
Hockey League as a 15-year-old. When the Kingston
Frontenacs made the 1st overall pick in the 2019
OHL Priority Selection, Wright was brought in to be
an integral part of a young nucleus the team can
build with on the ice. Just as important, the selection
brought in a player any team would be proud to have
represent them off the ice.
A standout before bantam hockey, Wright played
23 games with 27 goals and 53 points in select
tournaments between 2013-17. In 2017-18, the
Burlington, Ontario native collected 15 points in 8
games for the Don Mills Flyers Bantam AAA squad
and was named Bantam OHF Championship
Tournament MVP. With the Oshawa Generals Selects
Under-15 club he played in six games with three
points joining current Frontenac Maddox Callens.
2018/19 saw the bantam aged Wright suit up
for the Don Mills Flyers AAA midget system in the
Greater Toronto Hockey league where his offensive
game would explode. Helping the Flyers to a title
while recording 150 points in 72 regular-season
games during an unbelievable year, they lost just
once all season. During the championship, being
named the MVP, he set-up the game-winning goal in
overtime to clinch the OHL Cup for Don Mills leading
tournament scoring with 18 points (one less than
Connor McDavid’s record) in seven games.
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Don Mills saw eight players selected in the top-50
at the 2019 OHL Priority Selection including Wright
and Brennan Othmann second overall by the Flint
Firebirds. It was fitting that Wright had played with
Othmann for three years and considers him one of his
best friends. Current teammate Francesco Arcuri was
also selected from Don Mills by Kingston with their
second pick.
Wright represented Team Ontario last Feb/Mar
at the Canada Winter Games in Alberta capturing a
silver medal scoring six goals and 12 points in six
games. The youngest on the team, he served as
captain. Additionally, he was also named Marlies
Holiday Tournament MVP and GTHL TOP Prospects
Tournament Team MVP over that year.
The beginning of the 2019/20 season saw the 6
foot, 180 pound forward suit up in four exhibition
games with a goal and three assists. He made his
Frontenacs OHL regular-season debut on home
ice against the Oshawa Generals on Sept 20th,
recording his first goal/point in his third game against
the Andrew McLean in Oshawa on Sept 29th. He
registered his first multi-point game including the
game-winning goal in overtime the next game against
the Niagara IceDogs on Oct 4th giving Kingston its
first win of the year.
Being named valedictorian for his Grade 8
graduating class at the Hill Academy in Vaughan,
he continues his scholastic efforts being named
OHL East Division Academic Player of the Month
for October maintaining a 95% grade average at
Holy Cross Secondary School. “The staff at Holy
Cross are exceptionally impressed with his maturity,
commitment to his studies and his ability to act as
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