{"id":19215,"date":"2017-11-29T17:10:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T22:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=19215"},"modified":"2017-11-29T17:10:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T22:10:03","slug":"auroras-thomas-named-captain-of-ohl-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/auroras-thomas-named-captain-of-ohl-knights\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora\u2019s Thomas named captain of OHL Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jake Courtepatte<\/strong><\/p>\n

The honours keep rolling in for Robert Thomas.
\nFor the Aurora native, the 2017 calendar year will be one to remember, earning both the titles of top St. Louis Blues prospect and London Knights captain.
\nThe OHL club announced Thomas as the next to wear the \u201cC\u201d last week, in Thomas\u2019 third year with the major junior Knights.
\n\u201cIt makes me pretty speechless,\u201d said the 18-year old centreman. \u201cComing in it was a goal of mine, looking at the captains that they\u2019ve had over the last bunch of years, and how special of players they were, it\u2019s a big honour.\u201d
\nThomas follows in the footsteps of some of the game\u2019s most talented young players. Toronto Maple Leaf Mitch Marner shared the captaincy two years prior with Arizona Coyote Christian Dvorak, while Dvorak\u2019s Coyote teammate Max Domi had the honour before that.
\nHaving last donned the \u201cC\u201d with the Bantam York-Simcoe Express, Thomas turned heads as an assistant captain in his Minor Midget year with the Express, impressing the Knights to draft him in the second round of the OHL Selection Draft in 2015.
\n\u201cI\u2019ve always tried to be a leader on the team.\u201d
\nWith 35 points in just 22 games this year, Thomas has played at well over a point-per-game clip for his past two seasons.
\nHis selection as captain came not at the hands of the coach, as is tradition in hockey circles, but by his peers, namely his teammates.
\nThomas said it \u201cdefinitely means a lot more.\u201d
\n\u201cKnowing you have the respect of your teammates, and they see you as a leader, it means a lot.\u201d
\nAs for his play on the ice, everything is business as usual for Thomas.
\n\u201cIt doesn\u2019t change much,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve always tried to show people the path that the people before me showed me, and help out the young guys. It doesn\u2019t really change much, it just puts more responsibility on me.\u201d
\nHe was drafted in the first round, 20th overall, by the St. Louis Blues at this year\u2019s NHL Entry Draft.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The honours keep rolling in for Robert Thomas.
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