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The Milton Menace continue to be run by the best in the business.
Their owner and president Jason Tryfon has been named the OJHL’s ‘Executive of the Year’.
It’s been four years since Tryfon purchased the Newmarket Hurricanes and brought Junior A hockey back to Milton. In the time since, the Menace have rebuilt themselves into a perennial playoff team.
“For what we’ve accomplished as a group in such a short period of time, I’m proud of it,” Tryfon told the OJHL. “The foundation we set out to put together, in terms of making Milton a destination where players want to play and we’re competitive and putting together a strong program? That seems to have rooted and taken hold, so I’m proud of it.
“The amount of kids we’ve moved on in such a short period of time to the NCAA and U SPORTS, I’m quite frankly surprised in a good way and thankful to the coaching staff for the work they are doing.
“The merch stuff and our in-game experience? We hedged, ‘like is Milton the right community?’ We’ve certainly proven that it is. We have, I would say, the loudest fans that I’ve seen in the league. They’re very, very passionate.”
There were 1,011 at a playoff game in Milton on Sunday night.
The Menace logo was introduced in 2019 and in that time, it has brought in roughly $150,000 – $200,000 in sales of merchandise. The Hockey News placed it in a top-10 listing of logos from outside the NHL.
On the ice, the Menace won the OJHL West Division playoff banner a year ago.
Tryfon tells the OJHL that he has set his eyes onto “the next four years.” His game-planning includes “taking it to the next level” by improving relationships between the Menace and NCAA schools as well as U18 players and their teams. Motion graphics and animation are in the works.
“You always want to be moving forward, innovating forward,” he adds.
Tryfon will be honoured along with the other OJHL award recipients at a ceremony before Game 1 of the OJHL Nutrafarms Championship Series in late April.
The Menace will play game three of their second-round series against the Collingwood Blues on Monday, March 27th. Puck-drop at the Eddie Bush Arena will be at 7:00 p.m.
Here’s the schedule for the rest of the series.
- Game #4 – Wednesday, March 29th – 7:30 p.m. – Collingwood at Milton (Milton Memorial Arena)
- *Game #5 – Friday, March 31st – 7:00 p.m. – Milton at Collingwood (Eddie Bush Arena)
- *Game #6 – Sunday, April 2nd – 6:30 p.m. – Collingwood at Milton (Milton Memorial Arena)
- *Game #7 – Tuesday, April 4th – 7:00 p.m. – Milton at Collingwood (Eddie Bush Arena)
*Depending on series outcome
Milton Menace home tickets for this OJHL season can be found here.
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