Sarnia Sting's Jakob Chychrun undresses defenceman for spectacular end-to-end goal (VIDEO)

If it seems like the OHL is lacking some sizzle from its true freshman class, well, Jakob Chychrun is working on that.

The Sarnia Sting's first overall pick missed 20 games earlier this season after being injured while at the world under-17 challenge. The defenceman is making up for lost time, though, as displayed by the sublime coast-to-coast snipe he delivered on Saturday night. After winding up from his own end — it's not too hyperbolic to say 'shades of Paul Coffey,' is it? — the 16-year-old Chychrun turned an overage defenceman, the Guelph Storm's Zac Leslie, inside-out before going in and deking goalie Bradley Van Schubert.

Talk about a response goal. That came 30 seconds after the Storm had rallied and sealed a 5-3 Sting win. 

As noted above, injuries both late last season and in the fall have kept the 6-foot-2, 194-pound Chychrun from showing the full range of his abilities. However, he is having a big week in the wake of the rebuilding Sting trading their all-time leading defenceman scorer, Tampa Bay Lightning first-rounder Anthony DeAngelo, to Western Conference-leading Sault Ste. Marie this week. Chychrun also scored a last-second game-winner on Thursday against the Erie Otters before following it up with the tour de force tally against Guelph. The Boca Raton, Fla., native has five goals and nine points in eight games since coming back from his injury.

There's no chance that a 16-year-old will end up winning the rookie scoring title, unlike last season when Ottawa's Travis Konecny and London's Mitchell Marner finished 1-2. However, it bears noting that not only is Chychrun finding a groove, but the Kitchener Rangers' No. 2 overall pick, Adam Mascherin, has averaged a point per game since the first week of December.

Neate Sager is a writer for Yahoo! Canada Sports. Follow him on Twitter @neatebuzzthenet.