CANADIAN JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
CJHL Media Update
Release Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Whitecourt Wolverines’ Onyskiw named CJHL’s Top Goaltender
TORONTO – The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) announced Tuesday that Zac Onyskiw of the Whitecourt Wolverines (AJHL) has been named its Top Goaltender Award winner for the 2024-25 season.
Onyskiw collects the honour over fellow finalists Liam Ernst, Winkler Flyers (MJHL); Ben Forget, Rockland Nationals (CCHL); Matthew Kieper, Flin Flon Bombers (SJHL) and Marcus Vandenberg, Leamington Flyers (OJHL), following a voting process completed by the CJHL’s nine-member leagues, for their respective efforts during the course of the regular season.
The four-year AJHL veteran led the league with a 1.87 goals-against average and did likewise, in terms of save percentage, at .939.
His save mark established a new league single season record for the best in that department while his GAA was the lowest in a full-time AJHL campaign since 2016-17.
Onyskiw registered the most wins among AJHL netminders on the campaign while going 26-7-1-3 overall.
His efforts saw him earn league Top Goaltender laurels and was also tabbed AJHL MVP.
The Edmonton, Alta., product was recognized 10 times as an AJHL Player of the Game; collected Defensive Player of the Week laurels once and did not suffer a defeat in back-to-back starts all season long.
Allowing two, or fewer, goals-against on 26 occasions in 2024-25, the stalwart netminder was an impressive 22-4-2-2 from October 9 on, in his final 30 regular season appearances, helping the Wolverines collect 48 of a possible 60 points in the standings during that span.
Wrapping up this Jr. A career, Onyskiw has now committed to MacEwan University (Canada West) where he’ll attend school and continue his playing career in his hometown with the Griffins USPORTS men’s hockey program.
With files from Charla Flett, Executive Director (AJHL)
Photo credit: Melissa Baker Photography
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