Continuing our look at the Australian players who were competing overseas during the 2024–25 season. Today is Part 9 of 11 featuring Australians in Canada.
Daniel O’Handley (KIJHL profile): First season in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League after spending 2023–24 in the Heritage Junior Hockey League. Playing for the Creston Valley Thunder Cats, O’Handley scored eight goals and six assists from 44 games.
Thomas Papas (GMHL profile): First season in the Greater Metro Hockey League after spending 2023–24 in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League. Playing for the Tottenham Railers, Papas recorded a save percentage of 0.844 and a goals against average of 8.57 across two games.
Reilly Piersimoni (CCHL profile): First season in Canada, having previously played in the United States. Playing for the Hawkesbury Hawks in the Central Canada Hockey League, Piersimoni played two games in September before returning to the United States where he signed with the New Jersey Bears of the Eastern Hockey League.
Jett Porter (Gamesheet profile): Second season in Canada. Playing for BioSteel Sports Academy’s 18U AAA team, previously known as A21 Academy U18, in the Tier 1 Elite Hockey League’s 18U Division, Porter scored two goals and three assists from 16 games. He also competed in a further 47 games of independent 18U AAA competition, recording six goals and eleven assists.
Shai Rabinowitz (EOSHL profile, LHSAAAQ profile): Seventh season in Canada. Playing for the Glengarry Pipers in the Eastern Ontario Super Hockey League (now the Northern Premier Hockey League), Rabinowitz scored two goals and nine assists from 13 games. He also made a brief one game appearance for Valleyfield National in the Ligue de Hockey Sénior AAA du Québec, recording one assist.
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