Former Viper Goaltender Olthuis Sign's With Dayton:

Former Vernon Vipers goaltender, Jon Olthuis signed with the CHL's Dayton Gems back on January, 13th 2011. Olthuis had previously signed with Dayton this past summer but was released on October, 12th 2010 prior to the regular season. Olthuis then signed with the SPHL's Augusta RiverHawks & was currently playing in Augusta before signing with Dayton. In 20 games with the RiverHawks, Olthuis was 11-8 with a 2.83 GAA. Olthuis had just recorded his first career CHL shutout back on January, 6th 2011 with a 5-0 victory over the Louisiana Ice Gators. Olthuis played two seasons in Vernon (2004-06) before playing four years at University of Alaska-Anchorage.

This was in last week's Anchorage Daily News:

Catching Up With Johnny Olthuis

Posted: January 20, 2011

Former UAA goaltender Jon Olthuis, who eventually landed in the Southern Professional Hockey League to begin his pro career and -- according to the numbers -- played well there, has moved up a notch to the Central Hockey League.

The Dayton Gems last week signed Olthuis -- he's yet to play in a game for them.

Still, good to see him move up. For the Augusta RiverHawks, he went 11-8-1 with a 2.83 goals-against average, .911 save percentage and one shutout.

Jon Olthuis's Player Profile:

http://daytongems.net/?page_id=2825