Guelph Storm goaltending prospect Joel Vienneau was named Top Goalie of the 2009 CJHL Prospects event that was held on December 7th and 8th in Winkler Manitoba.

One day after watching Team East drop an 8-1 decision versus Team West from the bench, Vienneau backstopped Team East to a tight 2-0 victory with a 34 save shutout.  The Top Goalie of the 2009 CJHL Prospects Event was Vienneau (OJAHL). The Top Forward of the tournament was Beau Bennett (BCHL) and the Top Defenceman was Joey Laleggia, both from the Penticton Vees of the BCHL. 

After a high scoring game on Tuesday afternoon, the game remained scoreless through the first 37 minutes of Wednesday's game. At 17:01 of the second period Matt Peca (CJHL) recorded a powerplay goal to open the scoring. Maxime Dumond (CJHL) scored an empty net goal to finish the game at 19:22 of the third period.

Vienneau was selected by the Storm in the 7th round of the 2008 OHL Priority Selection.  Last season, the Hearst, Ontario native starred for the Abitibi Eskimos in the NOJHL.  Vienneau is currently playing for the Kingston Voyageurs of the OJAHL where he leads all goaltenders in goals against average (1.69) and save percentage (0.941).  The 17-year old netminder's outstanding GAA is 0.37 better than the second best goalie, while his save percentage is 0.12 better than the field.

CJHL Prospects Game was created to showcase the top 40 NHL draft eligible players in the Canadian Junior Hockey League. Player selection is a joint initiative of the CJHL and NHL Central Scouting. The event has now developed into two consecutive games between Team East and Team West, which is well attended by scouts from the NHL and Canadian and American colleges and universities.

The CJHL Prospects Game features players from the CJHL's five Western leagues compete against the best players from the CJHL'S Eastern leagues. Team East and Team West playoff for the President's Cup, which is awarded to the winning team at the CJHL Prospects Event:

CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO LISTEN TO STORM GOALTENDING COACH MIKE PARSON DISCUSS VIENNEAU AND FELLOW GOALTENDING PROSPECT GARRETT SPARKS IN A LENGTHY INTERVIEW WITH THE VOICE OF YOUR GUELPH STORM LARRY MELLOTT AS THE TWO CHAT ABOUT MANY TOPICS.