Niagara IceDogs defenceman Dougie Hamilton wasl presented with the Ivan Tennant Memorial Award for top academic high school player this past Wednesday at the OHL Awards Ceremony.

The awards ceremony is took place in the MCI Great Hall of the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.  The presentation of the award capped off a busy and successful rookie campaign for Dougie, who is the third straight IceDog to win the Ivan Tennant Memorial Award, following in the footsteps of his older brother Freddie who won the award last season and Alex Friesen who took home the award in 2007-08.

Hamilton compiled an average of 98% at Governor Simcoe Secondary School, where he enrolled in Chemistry, Physics, Biology, English, Health for Life, and a Grade 12 level Functions course where he has a perfect 100% grade.  All this while juggling his studies with the demands and adjustments required for his rookie season in the OHL.

In addition to excelling off the ice, Dougie also was fantastic on the ice, taking home the IceDogs Rookie of the Year Award after a rookie season which saw him contributing an impressive 3 goals and 13 assists for 16 points, to go along with his solid defensive play which saw him log a large number of minutes in all situations.

The IceDogs would like to congratulate Dougie and all the other OHL Awards recipients.