North York Storm U15 Trio Earns Play of the Year Honors
It seems like any play of the year contest in any sport usually is dominated by amazing individual efforts. Our 2024-25 MYHockey Rankings Play of the Year bracket was no different, but when all the votes were tabulated, it was a picture-perfect team play that earned the honors.
Paige Fox, Teagan Gloyns and Nancy Wang teamed up on a beautiful tic-tac-toe power-play goal with time winding down on the clock to earn recognition as the 2024-25 MHR Play of the Year. The North York Storm U15 trio defeated a pretty goal by Owen Elgbacka of Guelph Gryphons U15; Owen carried the puck from near his team's blue line, split the defense, hopped over a defender’s stick and roofed a backhand.
Congratulations to both the winners and the finalist.
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Perhaps the best part of the North York Storm trio’s run to the title was that every round was a team effort as their play generated the most overall votes per round in the entire bracket. They earned 60, 67, 62, 54 and 54 percent of the vote, respectively, in each round, and they generated an average of nearly 360 votes for each of their matchups.
Nearly 600 votes were recorded in both their semifinal and championship victories, The entire contest produced about 7,000 votes, an average of better than 215 per contest, and hundreds of thousands of views and interactions were generated during the eight-week competition.
It took nearly two months, but the public has spoken, and a champion has been determined from the original field of 32 plays.
Videos of all 32 plays and all the matchups were posted on the MHR Twitter/X and Facebook pages, but voting only took place on the MHR Instagram story. There were well over 500,000 views and interactions generated by the posts related to the Play of the Year Contest during its first six weeks alone.
The third MYHockey Rankings Play of the Year Contest included players who executed amazing plays that either were submitted or uncovered throughout the 2024-25 season in competition to see which one would come out on top. Play of the Year first-round voting began Monday, June 16, and ran through July 10. Round 2 voting concluded July 25. The full contest concluded with championship voting Aug. 12 and 13, just a few days before MHR begins accepting scores for the upcoming 2025-26 season.
Here are the complete contest results. The final bracket is posted at the top of this article:
Round 1 Matchups
June 16
Oliver Bjork/Stillwater Peewee (88%)
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Lily Dowd – Bentley Bahr/Menomonie Squirt (12%)
June 17
Mikayla Barnes/Stoney Creek Sabres U22 (52%)
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Kayla McCarthy/Pens Elite 16U (48%)
June 18
Joseph Cullen/Minnesota Blue Ox 14U (79%)
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Connor Wilson/Pens Elite 2015 (21%)
June 19
Elias Mitrikas/North Shore Warriors U15 (51%)
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Carson Paule – Kayden Brown/Dallas Stars 2013 (49%)
June 23
Liam Hilliard/Cincinnati Cyclones 12U (51%)
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Peter Sheehan/Boston Americans 2013 (49%)
June 24
Nolan Deady/Indy Jr. Fuel 14U (64%)
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Brayden McGrath/Hamilton Steel U13 (36%)
June 25
Ryker Doka/Delta Hockey Academy U15 (64%)
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Riley Wivholm – Jordana Grand/Florida Alliance 12U (36%)
June 26
Paige Fox – Teagan Gloyns – Nancy Wang/North York Storm U15 (60%)
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Ellis Nicholson/Toledo Cherokee 2012 (40%)
June 30
Brook Adams/Mount Academy U19 (57%)
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Addison Adomaitis/North York Storm U15 (43%)
July 1
Lucas Fargino/Buffalo Regals 16U (60%)
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Lucas Shibalov Rocky Mountain RoughRiders 13O (40%)
July 2
Keagan Gray/Boston Jr. Eagles 14U (62%)
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Aiden Pournaras/Keystone Wild 18U (38%)
July 3
Lily Hurley/Arizona Kachinas 16U (64%)
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Donny Redmon/Chicago Phantoms 14U (35%)
July 7
Cameron Kimmerly/Wenatchee Wild 18U (57%)
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Caden McMahon – Max Ellenbogen/Rye Rangers 14U (43%)
July 8
Owen Elgbacka/Guelph Gryphons U15 (60%)
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Dax Orenstein – Brighton Anderson/Bishop Kearney Selects 15O (40%)
July 9
Cohen Paul/Mount Academy U17 (75%)
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Maddie Kaiser – Madeline McKay/Balmoral Hall U18 (25%)
July 10
Brody Houston/Pens Elite 2015 (63%)
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Maddyx Chaput – Alex Forrest/Oakville Rangers U16 (37%)
Round 2 Matchups
July 14
Mikayla Barnes/Stoney Creek Sabres U22 (54%)
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Oliver Bjork/Stillwater Peewees (46%)
July 15
Joseph Cullen/Minnesota Blue Ox 14U (66%)
def. Elias Mitrikas/North Shore Warriors U15 (34%)
July 17
Paige Fox – Teagan Gloyns – Nancy Wang/North York Storm U15 (67%)
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Ryker Doka/Delta Hockey Academy U15 (33%)
July 21 (RESCHEDULED)
Liam Hilliard/Cincinnati Cyclones 12U (68%)
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Nolan Deady/Indianpolis Jr. Fuel 14U (32%)
July 22 (NEW DATE)
Lucas Fargino/Buffalo Regals 16U (63%)
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Brook Adams/Mount Academy U19 (37%)
July 23 (NEW DATE)
Lily Hurley/Arizona Kachinas 16U (51%)
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Keegan Gray/Boston Jr. Eagles 14U (49%)
July 24 (NEW DATE)
Brody Houston/Pens Elite 2015 (53%)
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Cohen Paul/Mount Academy U17 (47%)
July 25 (NEW DATE)
Owen Elgbacka/Guelph Gryphons U15 (53%)
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Cameron Kimmerly/Wenatchee Wild 18U (47%)
Great 8 Matchups
July 28
Mikayla Barnes/Stoney Creek Sabres U22 (59%)
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Joseph Cullen Minnesota Blue Ox 14U (41%)
July 29
Paige Fox – Teagan Gloyns – Nancy Wang/North York Storm U15 (62%)
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Liam Hilliard/Cincinnati Cyclones 12U (38%)
July 30
Lucas Fargino/Buffalo Regals 16U (53%)
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Lily Hurley Arizona Kachinas 16U (47%)
July 31
Owen Elgbacka/Guelph Gryphons U15 (53%)
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Brody Houston/Pens Elite '15 (47%)
Semifinal Matchups
August 5
Paige Fox – Teagan Gloyns – Nancy Wang/North York Storm U15 (54%)
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Mikayla Barnes/Stoney Creek Sabres U22 (46%)
573 votes
August 7
Owen Elgbacka/Guelph Gryphons U15 (51%)
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Lucas Fargino/Buffalo Regals 16U (49%)
382 votes
Finals
August 12
Paige Fox – Teagan Gloyns – Nancy Wang/North York Storm U15 (54%)
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Owen Elgbacka/Guelph Gryphons U15 (46%)
