Rookie right winger Amadio had six goals and 13 assists for 19 points in 63 games … scored his first OHL goal on Nov. 14 in a 4-2 win at Sudbury … Battalion’s second-round choice, 36th overall, in the 2012 OHL Priority Selection … 2011-12 … leading scorer for the Sault Ste. Marie North Stars major midgets as an underage in 2011-12 … named Northern Ontario Hockey Association major midget player of the year … father, Paul, a chemical engineer at Essar Steel in Sault Ste. Marie, played minor hockey with former NHL star Ron Francis and was a member of a Sault Ste. Marie team that captured the an all-Ontario major midget championship … mother Bojana, a native of Slovenia, is a clerk at the Sault Ste. Marie Public Library … older brother Matt was the seventh-leading scorer in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League in 2011-12, scoring 30 goals and adding 48 assists for 78 points in 45 games with the NOJHL and Dudley Hewitt Cup champion Soo Thunderbirds … older sister Danielle is a student at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo … cousin Greg Amadio has played in the American Hockey League since 2004-05, splitting the 2011-12 season with the Grand Rapids Griffins and Springfield Falcons … Mike was the leading scorer and most valuable player in the Northern Ontario Bantam Hockey League in 2010-11 … favourite NHL team is the Colorado Avalanche and favourite player is former Battalion star Matt Duchene … grade 11 student … turns 17 on May 13.
