Two Rangers prospects named finalists for OHL Captain’s Trophy
Two of the New York Rangers’ top prospects, Nathan Aspinall and Liam Greentree, could add some hardware after successful seasons in the Ontario Hockey League.
Aspinall and Greentree are two of the four finalists for the Mickey Renaud Captain’s Trophy — awarded to the OHL team captain who best exemplifies leadership on and off the ice — the league announced Wednesday.
Aspinall captained the Flint Firebirds to a team-record 95 points (44-17-4-3) and finished second in league scoring with 94 points (33 goals, 61 assists) in 65 games. The 6-foot-7 forward, drafted in the fifth round (No. 159 overall) by the Rangers in 2024, is also a finalist for the Red Tilson Trophy, awarded to the OHL’s most outstanding player.
Greentree claimed the Renaud trophy last season and can become the first player in OHL history to take home the award twice. The Los Angeles Kings’ first-round pick (No. 26 overall) in 2024, who was acquired by the Rangers in the Artemi Panarin trade in February, helped the Windsor Spitfires to the best record in the West Division of the OHL’s Western Conference. Greentree led the team with 74 points (38 goals, 36 assists) in 52 games in his third season as Windsor’s captain.
Nashville Predators first-round pick Brady Martin (No. 5 overall in 2025) and 18-year-old center Jake O’Brien are the other two finalists, with O’Brien leading the Brantford Bulldogs to the League’s best record (48-10-8-2, 106 points).
Past winners of the award include 11-year NHL veteran forward Max Domi and San Jose Sharks forward Ty Dellandrea.
Rangers prospect Liam Greentree on brink of elimination in OHL Conference Final
Greentree capped his 2025-26 OHL season with a surge after the Rangers acquired him. The 20-year-old had 29 points (15 goals, 14 assists) in the final 17 games of the regular season and earned OHL Player of the Week honors on March 4.
He continued to produce in the OHL playoffs, putting up 13 points (six goals, seven assists) through 12 games and helping Windsor reach the conference final.
Greentree’s Spitfires swept Aspinall’s Firebirds in the second round, and now he’ll look to help Windsor stave off elimination against a Kitchener Rangers team that led the Western Conference with 101 points (47-14-5-2). Greentree had an assist in Game 4, but Kitchener extended its series lead to 3-1 with a 6-3 win Wednesday night.
Kitchener hosts Windsor in Game 5 on Friday night as it seeks its first appearance in the OHL Final since 2008.
