Whalers Mitchell Heard, Scott Wedgewood Named to Subway OHL-Russia Super Series

The Ontario Hockey League announced today that Plymouth Whalers Mitchell Heard and Scott Wedgewood have been named to the Ontario Hockey League All-Star team that will play Team Russia in the 2011 Subway Super Series.

The OHL selected two teams.  One team will play Team Russia on Nov. 10 in Ottawa.  The other team - including Heard and Wedgewood - will play Team Russia on Nov. 14 in Sault Ste. Marie.

The all-star selection for Heard is his first.  Invited to try out for the Whalers as a free agent in 2009, Heard made his Plymouth debut during the 2009-10 season and has steadily improved, scoring a career-best 20 goals with 30 assists for 50 points in 66 games last year for the Whalers.  The Toronto Maple Leafs invited Heard to their Rookie Prospect and Free Agent camps over the summer and fall and he played well there.

This season, Heard has seven goals with four assists for 11 points in 13 games for the Whalers.

Wedgewood played last season for the OHL All-Stars against Team Russia in the 2010 Subway Super Series, stopping six shots in 29:18 of work in a 4-0 OHL All-Star victory in London.

Wedgewood was originally selected by Plymouth in the seventh round (130th overall) of the 2008 OHL Priority Selection and was taken by the New Jersey Devils in the third round (84th overall) in the 2010 National Hockey league Entry Draft.  In 87 career games with Plymouth, Wedgewood has compiled a 3.19 goals against average, .904 save percentage, three shutouts and a 36-32-3-1 won-loss record.

Here's the OHL Roster for the Nov. 14 game against Russia:

Goal (2):

JP Anderson (Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors)

Scott Wedgewood (Plymouth Whalers)

 Defense (6):

Dougie Hamilton (Niagara IceDogs)

Ryan Murphy (Kitchener Rangers)

Jamie Oleksiak (Saginaw Spirit)

Stuart Percy (Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors)

Matt Petgrave (Owen Sound Attack)

Ryan Sproul (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)

Forwards (13):

Riley Brace (Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors)

Sam Carrick (Brampton Battalion)

Daniel Catenacci (Owen Sound Attack)

Nick Cousins (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)

Andrew Fritsch (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)

Freddie Hamilton (Niagara IceDogs)

Mitchell Heard (Plymouth Whalers)

Greg McKegg (Erie Otters)

Tanner Pearson (Barrie Colts)

Brett Ritchie (Sarnia Sting)

Michael Sgarbossa (Sudbury Wolves)

Ryan Spooner (Kingston Frontenacs)

Ryan Strome (Niagara IceDogs)

Staff:

Scott Walker, Head Coach (Guelph Storm)

Mike Stapleton, Assistant Coach (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)

Richard Rotenberg, Athletic Therapist (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)

Spanky Robinson, Equipment Manager (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)

Here's the rest of the release from the Ontario Hockey League.