On Dec. 30, Ben Gleason #42 of the Hamilton Bulldogs was on the ice at Perani Arena for an Ontario Hockey League game against the Flint Firebirds, with 100 of his friends and family in attendance.
The Bulldogs won the game 3-2.
Gleason, a Brandon Township native, was selected by the London Knights as the 36th draft pick overall in the second round of Ontario Hockey League’s 2014 Priority Selection.
He was traded to the Hamilton Bulldogs earlier this year.
The OHL is a member of the Canadian Hockey League, a development hockey league with 60 teams in nine Canadian provinces and five American states.
Gleason was also among 42 of the 2016 NHL draft-eligible players that participated in the 2015 CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects game at the First Niagara Centre in Buffalo, NY.