Aiden O’Toole of the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s St. Michael’s Buzzers has confirmed his commitment to join U SPORTS’ Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks in Waterloo, ON beginning with the 2026-27 season.
The 6-foot-2, 194-pound forward from Mississauga easily led the Buzzers in scoring this season, with 79 this season. Five of his 28 goals were game-winners.
He signed the Toronto-based Buzzers i 2024 after captaining the Toronto Marlboros U18 team.
“My experience with the Buzzers has been nothing but amazing since Day 1,” the 19-year-old told the OJHL.”I came in my first year more as a depth guy and got a feel of how everything plays out. My second year, the coaches gave me a chance right away and trusted me right from game one. It definitely helped with my confidence, and I used the opportunity that the coaches gave me, to the best of my ability.”
“I think we are a great team this year and have a very good chance of being a great underdog in the playoffs and surprising a lot of people.”
The Buzzers will play the Stouffville Spirit in the first round of the OJHL playoffs beginning next weekend in Stouffville
“I think we are a great team this year and have a very good chance of being a great underdog in the playoffs and surprising a lot of people,” O’Toole predicted.
His coach is a big fan of the big man.
“Aiden has had a great season with us this year,” Rich Ricci, St. Mikes’ veteran GM and Head Coach, told the OJHL. “We asked him to go away last summer and commit to more intensive cardio and speed work. He did really well and came back a different player, a fast and heavy sniper.
“He’s an intimidating player on the ice with a pretty good tool box. He has improved his point tally by 65-70, not an easy thing to do. He’s an intense player that wants to win, he’ll have a great U SPORTS career.”
