2024–25 OHL season
| 2024–25 OHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Ontario Hockey League |
| Sport | Hockey |
| Duration | Preseason August 30, 2024 – September 22, 2024 Regular season September 25, 2024 – March 23, 2025 Playoffs March 27, 2025 – May 2025 |
| Number of teams | 20 |
| TV partner(s) | Rogers TV YourTV TSN |
| 2024–25 CHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Canadian Hockey League |
| Sport | Hockey |
| Duration | OHL September 2024 – May 2025 QMJHL September 2024 – May 2025 WHL September 2024 – May 2025 |
| Number of teams | 60 |
| TV partner(s) | RDS TSN Rogers TV |
The 2024–25 OHL season is the 45th season of operation (44th season of play) of the Ontario Hockey League. The league played a 68-game regular season which began on September 25, 2024 and concluded on March 23, 2025. The post-season began on March 27, 2025 and conclude in May 2025.
The team who wins the championship will win the J. Ross Robertson Cup and will represent the Ontario Hockey League at the 2025 Memorial Cup, which will be hosted by the Rimouski Océanic of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League. The tournament will be held at Colisée Financière Sun Life in Rimouski, Quebec.[1]
Off-season
[edit]Commissioner
[edit]On June 12, 2024, the OHL appointed Bryan Crawford as Incoming Commissioner of the league. He began his tenure on August 6, 2024. Crawford took over for David Branch, who held the position since 1979.[2]
Relocation
[edit]On June 13, 2024, the OHL Board of Governors approved the relocation of the Mississauga Steelheads to Brampton. The team will be rebranded as the Brampton Steelheads and will play out of the CAA Centre.[3]
Brampton previously hosted an OHL team, as the Brampton Battalion played in the league from 1998 to 2013. The Battalion relocated to North Bay and are currently the North Bay Battalion.[4]
The Steelheads played their first ever regular season game in Brampton on September 27, 2024 against the Brantford Bulldogs. Porter Martone scored the first goal for the Steelheads and was named the first star of the game, as he scored a goal and added three assists. Jack Ivankovic stopped all 21 shots he saw, as the Steelheads shutout the Bulldogs 7-0 in front of 2,277 fans.[5]
Affiliation
[edit]On July 17, 2024, the Erie Otters announced an affiliation agreement with the GOJHL's Port Colborne Sailors.
Pre-season
[edit]On June 27, 2024, the OHL announced the preseason schedule for the 2024–25 season. In total, there was 45 preseason games which began on August 30th and concluded on September 22nd.
This year's schedule had a pre-season showcase at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium over Labour Day weekend that included the host team, the Kitchener Rangers, as well as the Brantford Bulldogs, Erie Otters and Saginaw Spirit.
Neutral site games include:
- Brantford Bulldogs at Saginaw Spirit at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener, Ontario on August 30th.
- Erie Otters at Brantford Bulldogs at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener, Ontario on August 31st.
- Erie Otters at Saginaw Spirit at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener, Ontario at September 1st.
- Niagara IceDogs at Peterborough Petes at the Jack Burger Sports Complex in Port Hope, Ontario on September 1st.
- London Knights at Erie Otters at the Joe Thornton Community Centre in St. Thomas, Ontario on September 7th.
- Sudbury Wolves at Peterborough Petes at the Asphodel-Norwood Community Centre in Asphodel-Norwood, Ontario on September 8th.
- Windsor Spitfires at Flint Firebirds at Flint Iceland Arena in Flint, Michigan on September 8th.
- Flint Firebirds at Windsor Spitfires at Vollmer Recreation Centre in LaSalle, Ontario on September 19th.
- Oshawa Generals at Erie Otters at Dunnville Memorial Arena in Dunnville, Ontario on September 20th.
- Kingston Frontenacs at Ottawa 67's at the Cornwall Civic Complex in Cornwall, Ontario on September 21st.
- Guelph Storm at Peterborough Petes at the Cavan Monaghan Community Centre in Millbrook, Ontario on September 21st.
- Niagara IceDogs at Windsor Spitfires at the Atlas Tube Recreation Centre in Belle River, Ontario.
OHL training camps began in late August in preparation of the 2024-25 season, which began on September 25, 2024.[6]
Regular season
[edit]Final standings
[edit]Note: DIV = Division; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against;
PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title[7]
Eastern conference
[edit]| Rank | Team | DIV | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | ROW | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | z-Brantford Bulldogs | East | 68 | 44 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 93 | 41 | 281 | 221 |
| 2 | y-Barrie Colts | Central | 68 | 42 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 88 | 40 | 250 | 219 |
| 3 | x-Kingston Frontenacs | East | 68 | 40 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 88 | 38 | 281 | 232 |
| 4 | x-Oshawa Generals | East | 68 | 41 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 88 | 37 | 261 | 218 |
| 5 | x-Brampton Steelheads | Central | 68 | 36 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 82 | 34 | 298 | 240 |
| 6 | x-Sudbury Wolves | Central | 68 | 32 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 69 | 32 | 245 | 269 |
| 7 | x-Niagara IceDogs | Central | 68 | 29 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 66 | 28 | 247 | 303 |
| 8 | x-North Bay Battalion | Central | 68 | 28 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 62 | 25 | 194 | 252 |
| 9 | Ottawa 67's | East | 68 | 24 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 58 | 22 | 203 | 270 |
| 10 | Peterborough Petes | East | 68 | 18 | 41 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 13 | 172 | 277 |
Western conference
[edit]| Rank | Team | DIV | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | ROW | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | z-London Knights | Midwest | 68 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 112 | 52 | 325 | 180 |
| 2 | y-Windsor Spitfires | West | 68 | 45 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 96 | 45 | 309 | 223 |
| 3 | x-Kitchener Rangers | Midwest | 68 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 100 | 42 | 254 | 183 |
| 4 | x-Saginaw Spirit | West | 68 | 38 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 79 | 35 | 324 | 274 |
| 5 | x-Erie Otters | Midwest | 68 | 34 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 74 | 31 | 248 | 261 |
| 6 | x-Flint Firebirds | West | 68 | 29 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 63 | 26 | 229 | 249 |
| 7 | x-Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | West | 68 | 29 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 62 | 27 | 226 | 268 |
| 8 | x-Owen Sound Attack | Midwest | 68 | 26 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 24 | 211 | 253 |
| 9 | Sarnia Sting | West | 68 | 22 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 57 | 20 | 197 | 286 |
| 10 | Guelph Storm | Midwest | 68 | 21 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 20 | 226 | 301 |
Scoring leaders
[edit]Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes[8]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Misa | Saginaw Spirit | 65 | 62 | 72 | 134 | 45 |
| Ilya Protas | Windsor Spitfires | 61 | 50 | 74 | 124 | 34 |
| Liam Greentree | Windsor Spitfires | 64 | 49 | 70 | 119 | 59 |
| Nick Lardis | Brantford Bulldogs | 65 | 71 | 46 | 117 | 16 |
| Zayne Parekh | Saginaw Spirit | 61 | 33 | 74 | 107 | 96 |
| Patrick Thomas | Brantford Bulldogs | 66 | 27 | 77 | 104 | 10 |
| Porter Martone | Brampton Steelheads | 57 | 37 | 61 | 98 | 74 |
| Jake O'Brien | Brantford Bulldogs | 66 | 32 | 66 | 98 | 18 |
| Kieron Walton | Sudbury Wolves | 66 | 38 | 54 | 92 | 43 |
| Sam Dickinson | London Knights | 55 | 29 | 62 | 91 | 39 |
Leading goaltenders
[edit]Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses;
SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average[9]
| Player | Team | GP | MINS | W | L | OTL | SOL | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Elliott | London Knights | 33 | 1997 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 3 | 0.924 | 2.10 |
| Jackson Parsons | Kitchener Rangers | 52 | 3082 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 115 | 5 | 0.920 | 2.24 |
| Aleksei Medvedev | London Knights | 34 | 1954 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 3 | 0.915 | 2.79 |
| Jacob Oster | Oshawa Generals | 53 | 3181 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 149 | 3 | 0.904 | 2.81 |
| Mike McIvor | North Bay Battalion | 45 | 2557 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 122 | 3 | 0.910 | 2.86 |
Connor McDavid OHL Top Prospects Game
[edit]On October 30, the OHL announced a brand new one-game event, the Connor McDavid OHL Top Prospects Game. The top NHL entry draft eligible prospects will participate in the game on January 15 at the Brantford Civic Centre in Brantford, Ontario in a matchup of the Eastern Conference against the Western Conference.[10]
Jake O'Brien of the Brantford Bulldogs and Michael Misa of the Saginaw Spirit were named captains for their respective conferences.[11]
Porter Martone of the Brampton Steelheads scored the overtime winning goal, as the Eastern Conference defeated the Western Conference 5-4 in front of a sold out crowd of 3,195 fans.[12]
Top Prospects East vs. Top Prospects West
[edit]| January 15 | Top Prospects West | 4 – 5 | OT | Top Prospects East | Brantford Civic Centre | Recap | ||
| Luca Romano (1) - 4:44 Brady Martin (1) - pp - 10:12 Jack Nesbitt (1) - pp - 17:50 |
First period | 7:28 - Shamar Moses (1) 13:19 - Lirim Amidovski (1) | ||||||
| Adrian Misaljevic (1) - 8:32 | Second period | 1:56 - Owen Griffin (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 4:07 - Xavier Vellaris (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 3:19 - Porter Martone (1) | ||||||
| Aleksei Medvedev (13 saves / 16 shots) Matthew Koprowski (0-1) (17 saves / 19 shots) |
Goalie stats | David Egorov (14 saves / 18 shots) Jack Ivankovic (1-0) (19 saves / 19 shots) | ||||||
Playoffs
[edit]| Conference quarterfinals | Conference semifinals | Conference finals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Brantford | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | North Bay | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Brantford | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Oshawa | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Barrie | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Niagara | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Barrie | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Oshawa | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kingston | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Sudbury | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Barrie | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kingston | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Oshawa | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Brampton | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | London | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Owen Sound | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | London | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Erie | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Windsor | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | S.S. Marie | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | London | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kitchener | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kitchener | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Flint | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Windsor | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kitchener | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Saginaw | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Erie | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Conference quarterfinals
[edit]Eastern conference quarterfinals
[edit](1) Brantford Bulldogs vs. (8) North Bay Battalion
[edit]| March 28 | North Bay Battalion | 3 – 6 | Brantford Bulldogs | Brantford Civic Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 2:34 - Nikolas Rossetto (1) 8:11 - pp - Lucas Moore (1) 10:58 - Calvin Crombie (1) | ||||||
| Lirim Amidovski (1) - 10:28 Nick Wellenreiter (1) - 17:25 |
Second period | 12:34 - Patrick Thomas (1) 15:03 - pp - Jake O'Brien (1) | ||||||
| Jacob Therrien (1) - pp - 17:24 | Third period | 18:25 - en - Nick Lardis (1) | ||||||
| Mike McIvor (0-1, 29 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Ryerson Leenders (1-0, 30 saves / 33 shots) | ||||||
| March 30 | North Bay Battalion | 0 – 3 | Brantford Bulldogs | Brantford Civic Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 1:28 - pp - Jake O'Brien (2) 14:45 - Nick Lardis (2) 16:56 - en - Nick Lardis (3) | ||||||
| Mike McIvor (0-2, 25 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Ryerson Leenders (2-0, 21 saves / 21 shots) | ||||||
| April 1 | Brantford Bulldogs | 4 – 3 | OT | North Bay Battalion | Boart Longyear Memorial Gardens | Recap | ||
| Noah Nelson (1) - 7:35 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Marek Vanacker (1) - 18:34 | Second period | 4:37 - Jacob Therrien (2) | ||||||
| Luca Testa (1) - 3:17 | Third period | 4:34 - pp - Ethan Procyszyn (1) 9:45 - Lirim Amidovski (2) | ||||||
| Marek Vanacker (2) - 5:29 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryerson Leenders (3-0, 31 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Mike McIvor (0-3, 34 saves / 38 shots) | ||||||
| April 3 | Brantford Bulldogs | 3 – 6 | North Bay Battalion | Boart Longyear Memorial Gardens | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 7:22 - Nolan Laird (1) 14:02 - Nick Wellenreiter (2) | ||||||
| Nick Lardis (4) - 0:15 Calvin Crombie (2) - 19:42 |
Second period | 6:19 - pp - Jacob Therrien (3) | ||||||
| Luca Diplacido (1) - 7:31 | Third period | 2:17 - pp - Ethan Procyszyn (2) 9:21 - Ihnat Pazii (1) 17:39 - en - Jacob Therrien (4) | ||||||
| Ryerson Leenders (3-1, 27 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Mike McIvor (1-3, 44 saves / 47 shots) | ||||||
| April 5 | North Bay Battalion | 1 – 5 | Brantford Bulldogs | Brantford Civic Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 2:10 - pp - Nick Lardis (5) | ||||||
| Lirim Amidovski (3) - 7:18 | Second period | 4:30 - Nick Lardis (6) 11:06 - Owen Protz (1) 11:28 - Nick Lardis (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 5:07 - Calvin Crombie (3) | ||||||
| Mike McIvor (1-4, 29 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Ryerson Leenders (4-1, 23 saves / 24 shots) | ||||||
| Brantford wins series 4 – 1 | |
(2) Barrie Colts vs. (7) Niagara IceDogs
[edit]| March 27 | Niagara IceDogs | 2 – 4 | Barrie Colts | Sadlon Arena | Recap | |||
| Kevin He (1) - pp - 19:23 | First period | 13:52 - Anthony Romani (1) | ||||||
| Alex Assadourian (1) - 8:16 | Second period | 4:27 - Cole Beaudoin (1) 16:53 - Anthony Romani (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:13 - Owen Van Steensel (1) | ||||||
| Owen Flores (0-1, 34 saves / 38 shots) | Goalie stats | Sam Hillebrandt (1-0, 27 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| March 31 | Niagara IceDogs | 5 – 7 | Barrie Colts | Sadlon Arena | Recap | |||
| Matthew Virgilio (1) - 0:24 | First period | 7:12 - Grayson Tiller (1) 13:37 - Anthony Romani (3) 16:40 - pp - Anthony Romani (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 8:57 Beau Jelsma (1) 19:48 - pp - Emil Hemming (1) | ||||||
| Ivan Galiyanov (1) - pp - 1:50 Ivan Galiyanov (2) - 4:11 Mathieu Paris (1) - pp - 8:00 Andrei Loshko (1) - 13:06 |
Third period | 18:50 - Anthony Romani (5) 19:54 - en - Beau Jelsma (2) | ||||||
| Finn Moffett (13 saves / 16 shots) Owen Flores (0-2, 32 saves / 35 shots) |
Goalie stats | Sam Hillebrandt (2-0, 23 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
| April 1 | Barrie Colts | 4 – 6 | Niagara IceDogs | Meridian Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 7:07 - Ryan Roobroeck (1) | ||||||
| Riley Patterson (1) - 1:04 Owen Van Steensel (2) - pp - 12:08 Emil Hemming (2) - 14:15 |
Second period | 11:29 - Blake Arrowsmith (1) 14:46 - Alex Assadourian (2) | ||||||
| Anthony Romani (6) - 4:20 | Third period | 9:05 - pp - Kevin He (2) 12:25 - pp - Alex Assadourian (3) 19:32 - en - Kevin He (3) | ||||||
| Ben Hrebik (0-1, 27 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Owen Flores (1-2, 35 saves / 39 shots) | ||||||
| April 3 | Barrie Colts | 6 – 3 | Niagara IceDogs | Meridian Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 11:20 - pp - Andrei Loshko (2) | ||||||
| Carter Lowe (1) - 5:48 Owen Van Steensel (3) - pp - 11:23 Tristan Bertucci (1) - pp - 19:40 |
Second period | 9:48 - Mathieu Paris (2) 16:23 - Alex Assadourian (4) | ||||||
| Anthony Romani (7) - 0:49 Beau Jelsma (3) - 2:00 Dalyn Wakely (1) - en - 18:49 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Sam Hillebrandt (3-0, 28 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Owen Flores (1-3, 40 saves / 45 shots) | ||||||
| April 5 | Niagara IceDogs | 3 – 6 | Barrie Colts | Sadlon Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 3:54 - Dalyn Wakely (2) 14:24 - Kashawn Aitcheson (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 8:42 - pp - Beau Jelsma (4) 14:18 - Cole Beaudoin (2) 17:38 - pp - Tristan Bertucci (2) | ||||||
| Ryan Roobroeck (2) - pp - 3:53 Ryan Roobroeck (3) - 7:23 Braidy Wassilyn (1) - 13:03 |
Third period | 18:02 - en - Anthony Romani (8) | ||||||
| Owen Flores (1-4, 46 saves / 51 shots) | Goalie stats | Ben Hrebik (1-1, 31 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
| Barrie wins series 4 – 1 | |
(3) Kingston Frontenacs vs. (6) Sudbury Wolves
[edit]| March 28 | Sudbury Wolves | 1 – 4 | Kingston Frontenacs | Slush Puppie Place | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 5:48 - Cedrick Guindon (1) 9:28 - Vann Williamson (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 13:26 - Ethan Miedema (1) | ||||||
| Chase Coughlan (1) - pp - 10:34 | Third period | 18:40 - en - Cedrick Guindon (2) | ||||||
| Nate Krawchuk (0-1, 36 saves / 39 shots) | Goalie stats | Charlie Schenkel (1-0, 20 saves / 21 shots) | ||||||
| March 30 | Sudbury Wolves | 3 – 4 | 2OT | Kingston Frontenacs | Slush Puppie Place | Recap | ||
| Kieron Walton (1) - 8:58 | First period | 4:31 - Cedrick Guindon (3) 8:18 - Ben Pickell (1) 10:54 - pp - Cedrick Guindon (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nathan Villeneuve (1) - 7:24 Nathan Villeneuve (2) - pp - 14:24 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 2:50 - Gage Heyes (1) | ||||||
| Nate Krawchuk (0-2, 45 saves / 49 shots) | Goalie stats | Charlie Schenkel (2-0, 32 saves / 35 shots) | ||||||
| April 1 | Kingston Frontenacs | 4 – 2 | Sudbury Wolves | Sudbury Community Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matthew Soto (1) - pp - 5:21 Cedrick Guindon (5) - 7:47 Maleek McGowan (1) - 12:18 Ben Pickell (2) - 15:14 |
Second period | 11:21 - Donovan McCoy (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:06 - Quentin Musty (1) | ||||||
| Charlie Schenkel (3-0, 25 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Nate Krawchuk (0-3, 32 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| April 3 | Kingston Frontenacs | 3 – 2 | Sudbury Wolves | Sudbury Community Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 12:51 - Nathan Villeneuve (3) | ||||||
| Ben Pickell (3) - 1:30 Cal Uens (1) - 7:51 |
Second period | 10:55 - pp - Nathan Villeneuve (4) | ||||||
| Jacob Battaglia (1) - 11:52 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Charlie Schenkel (4-0, 37 saves / 39 shots) | Goalie stats | Nate Krawchuk (0-4, 26 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| Kingston wins series 4 – 0 | |
(4) Oshawa Generals vs. (5) Brampton Steelheads
[edit]| March 28 | Brampton Steelheads | 4 – 7 | Oshawa Generals | Tribute Communities Centre | Recap | |||
| Angus MacDonell (1) - 3:13 | First period | 1:14 - Colby Barlow (1) 7:14 - Colby Barlow (2) 10:27 - Ben Danford (1) 11:40 - Brooks Rogowski (1) | ||||||
| Angus MacDonell (2) - 16:09 Carson Rehkopf (1) - pp - 18:10 |
Second period | 0:52 - pp - Colby Barlow (3) 4:02 - Beckett Sennecke (1) | ||||||
| Angus MacDonell (3) - pp - 18:54 | Third period | 2:16 - pp - Beckett Sennecke (2) | ||||||
| Jack Ivankovic (0-1, 10 saves / 16 shots) Brayden Gillespie (21 saves / 22 shots) |
Goalie stats | Jacob Oster (1-0, 26 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| March 30 | Brampton Steelheads | 3 – 1 | Oshawa Generals | Tribute Communities Centre | Recap | |||
| Luke Misa (1) - 19:11 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Carson Rehkopf (2) - 16:15 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Porter Martone (1) - en - 19:32 | Third period | 17:33 - Colby Barlow (4) | ||||||
| Jack Ivankovic (1-1, 46 saves / 47 shots) | Goalie stats | Jacob Oster (1-1, 21 saves / 23 shots) | ||||||
| April 1 | Oshawa Generals | 7 – 5 | Brampton Steelheads | CAA Centre | Recap | |||
| Luca Marrelli (1) - 18:52 | First period | 5:35 - Mason Zebeski (1) 7:17 - Gabriel Chiarot (1) | ||||||
| Owen Griffin (1) - 10:52 Brooks Rogowski (2) - 15:23 |
Second period | 7:31 - pp - Carson Rehkopf (3) | ||||||
| Owen Griffin (2) - 2:05 Calum Ritchie (1) - 7:28 Owen Griffin (3) - 8:41 Matthew Buckley (1) - 12:54 |
Third period | 11:19 - Mason Zebeski (2) 18:47 - Carson Rehkopf (4) | ||||||
| Jacob Oster (2-1, 23 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Jack Ivankovic (1-2, 35 saves / 42 shots) | ||||||
| April 3 | Oshawa Generals | 4 – 1 | Brampton Steelheads | CAA Centre | Recap | |||
| Beckett Sennecke (3) - 17:31 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Beckett Sennecke (4) - 1:39 Luke Torrance (1) - 19:23 |
Second period | 12:57 - pp - Porter Martone (3) | ||||||
| Owen Griffin (4) - en - 17:06 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jacob Oster (3-1, 32 saves / 33 shots) | Goalie stats | Jack Ivankovic (1-3, 27 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| April 4 | Brampton Steelheads | 6 – 3 | Oshawa Generals | Tribute Communities Centre | Recap | |||
| Porter Martone (4) - pp - 5:56 | First period | 10:39 - pp - Andrew Gibson (1) | ||||||
| Luke Misa (2) - 14:35 Carson Rehkopf (5) - 18:41 Carson Rehkopf (6) - pp - 19:51 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Mason Zebeski (2) - en - 18:29 Konnor Smith (1) - en - 19:39 |
Third period | |||||||
| Jack Ivankovic (3 saves / 3 shots) Brayden Gillespie (1-0, 27 saves / 30 shots) |
Goalie stats | Jacob Oster (3-2, 20 saves / 24 shots) | ||||||
| April 6 | Oshawa Generals | 4 – 1 | Brampton Steelheads | CAA Centre | Recap | |||
| Colby Barlow (6) - 18:51 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Luke Torrance (2) - 1:12 Owen Griffin (3) - pp - 17:18 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Owen Griffin (4) - en - 19:37 | Third period | 6:11 - Carson Rehkopf (7) | ||||||
| Jacob Oster (4-2, 23 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Brayden Gillespie (1-1, 30 saves / 33 shots) | ||||||
| Oshawa wins series 4 – 2 | |
Western conference quarterfinals
[edit](1) London Knights vs. (8) Owen Sound Attack
[edit]| March 28 | Owen Sound Attack | 1 – 6 | London Knights | Canada Life Place | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 7:02 - pp - Sam O'Reilly (1) 15:41 - Sam Dickinson (1) 19:33 - pp - Sam Dickinson (2) | ||||||
| Alec Leonard (1) - 9:20 | Second period | 19:58 - Denver Barkey (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 2:45 - Landon Sim (1) 3:58 - Kasper Halttunen (1) | ||||||
| Carter George (0-1, 36 saves / 42 shots) | Goalie stats | Austin Elliott (1-0, 24 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| March 30 | Owen Sound Attack | 3 – 6 | London Knights | Canada Life Place | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 5:38 - Denver Barkey (2) 9:37 - Easton Cowan (1) 11:40 - pp - Landon Sim (2) 15:21 - Jared Woolley (1) | ||||||
| Pierce Mbuyi (1) - pp - 3:01 Bruce McDonald (1) - sh - 5:52 Tristan Delisle (1) - 12:21 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 16:47 - pp - Kasper Halttunen (2) 18:53 - en - Denver Barkey (3) | ||||||
| Carter George (0-2, 35 saves / 40 shots) | Goalie stats | Austin Elliott (2-0, 22 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| April 1 | London Knights | 7 – 4 | Owen Sound Attack | Bayshore Community Centre | Recap | |||
| Sam Dickinson (3) - 19:17 Sam O'Reilly (2) - sh - 19:42 |
First period | 3:21 - Ben Cormier (1) | ||||||
| Denver Barkey (4) - 4:06 Easton Cowan (2) - sh - 8:07 |
Second period | 1:23 - pp - Landon Hookey (1) 13:48 - Tristan Delisle (2) 14:39 - Declan Waddick (1) | ||||||
| Sam O'Reilly (3) - 7:21 Jared Woolley (2) - 15:52 Easton Cowan (3) - en - 18:37 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Austin Elliott (3-0, 18 saves / 22 shots) | Goalie stats | Carter George (0-3, 32 saves / 38 shots) | ||||||
| April 3 | London Knights | 8 – 3 | Owen Sound Attack | Bayshore Community Centre | Recap | |||
| Denver Barkey (5) - 6:36 Cam Allen (1) - 12:36 |
First period | 12:22 - Masen Wray (1) | ||||||
| Kasper Halttunen (3) - 2:39 Noah Read (1) - 10:02 Easton Cowan (4) - 10:17 Sam Dickinson (3) - 12:52 Noah Read (2) - 19:08 |
Second period | 18:13 - pp - Masen Wray (2) | ||||||
| Noah Read (3) - 14:26 | Third period | 1:38 - David Bedkowski (1) 17:42 - Masen Wray (3) | ||||||
| Austin Elliott (4-0, 15 saves / 19 shots) | Goalie stats | Carter George (0-4, 45 saves / 53 shots) | ||||||
| London wins series 4 – 0 | |
(2) Windsor Spitfires vs. (7) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
[edit]| March 27 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | 2 – 7 | Windsor Spitfires | WFCU Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 2:08 - Carson Woodall (1) 3:34 - Cole Davis (1) | ||||||
| Travis Hayes (1) - 0:53 Owen Allard (1) - pp - 13:54 |
Second period | 0:37 - Liam Greentree (1) 18:54 - pp - Noah Morneau (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 9:50 - Noah Morneau (2) 14:12 - en - Liam Greentree (2) 14:28 - Luke McNamara (1) | ||||||
| Nolan Lalonde (0-1, 30 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Joey Costanzo (1-0, 14 saves / 16 shots) | ||||||
| March 29 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | 1 – 7 | Windsor Spitfires | WFCU Centre | Recap | |||
| Owen Allard (2) - pp - 10:16 | First period | 2:04 - pp - Noah Morneau (3) 2:44 - Carter Hicks (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 3:46 - Ethan Garden (1) 4:33 - Liam Greentree (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 5:28 - Noah Morneau (4) 9:37 - pp - Noah Morneau (5) 14:09 - sh - AJ Spellacy (1) | ||||||
| Nolan Lalonde (0-2, 22 saves / 28 shots) Landon Miller (5 saves / 6 shots) |
Goalie stats | Joey Costanzo (2-0, 24 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| March 31 | Windsor Spitfires | 2 – 3 | OT | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | GFL Memorial Gardens | Recap | ||
| Carson Woodall (2) - 8:28 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 4:22 - Justin Cloutier (1) | ||||||
| Liam Greentree (4) - 19:39 | Third period | 5:00 - pp - Travis Hayes (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 7:31 - Caeden Carlisle (1) | ||||||
| Joey Costanzo (2-1, 30 saves / 33 shots) | Goalie stats | Nolan Lalonde (1-2, 31 saves / 33 shots) | ||||||
| April 2 | Windsor Spitfires | 4 – 1 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | GFL Memorial Gardens | Recap | |||
| Noah Morneau (6) - 15:25 | First period | 15:01 - Travis Hayes (3) | ||||||
| Ilya Protas (1) - 16:07 Noah Morneau (7) - pp - 18:40 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ilya Protas (2) - en - 19:39 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joey Costanzo (3-1, 23 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Nolan Lalonde (9 saves / 10 shots) Landon Miller (0-1, 12 saves / 14 shots) | ||||||
| April 4 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | 4 – 8 | Windsor Spitfires | WFCU Centre | Recap | |||
| Carson Andrew (1) - sh - 11:54 Brady Martin (1) - pp - 19:59 |
First period | 9:23 - Jack Nesbitt (1) 10:36 - pp - Liam Greentree (5) 11:35 - pp - Ryan Abraham (1) 13:14 - pp - Ilya Protas (3) 14:29 - pp - Noah Morneau (8) 18:23 - Liam Greentree (6) | ||||||
| Brady R. Smith (1) - 16:56 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Brady Martin (2) - pp - 7:46 | Third period | 15:51 - pp - Ryan Abraham (2) 19:26 - en - pp - Liam Greentree (7) | ||||||
| Landon Miller (0-2, 22 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Joey Costanzo (4-1, 28 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| Windsor wins series 4 – 1 | |
(3) Kitchener Rangers vs. (6) Flint Firebirds
[edit]| March 28 | Flint Firebirds | 3 – 4 | OT | Kitchener Rangers | Kitchener Memorial Auditorium | Recap | ||
| Matthew Wang (1) - 14:47 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matthew Mania (1) - 13:24 | Second period | 9:40 - pp - Trent Swick (1) 10:57 - Andrew Vermeulen (1) | ||||||
| Nathan Aspinall (1) - 14:50 | Third period | 13:49 - Trent Swick (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 5:07 - Luca Romano (1) | ||||||
| Nathan Day (0-1, 29 saves / 33 shots) | Goalie stats | Jackson Parsons (1-0, 26 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| March 30 | Flint Firebirds | 1 – 6 | Kitchener Rangers | Kitchener Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| Nathan Aspinall (2) - 14:15 | First period | 11:19 - Jack Pridham (1) 11:58 - pp - Jack Pridham (2) 16:45 - Andrew Vermeulen (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 15:21 - Carson Campbell (1) 16:12 - Jakub Chromiak (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 16:41 - pp - Trent Swick (3) | ||||||
| Nathan Day (0-2, 37 saves / 43 shots) | Goalie stats | Jackson Parsons (2-0, 21 saves / 22 shots) | ||||||
| April 1 | Kitchener Rangers | 0 – 2 | Flint Firebirds | Dort Financial Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 6:25 - Kaden Pitre (1) 7:43 - sh - Matthew Wang (2) | ||||||
| Jackson Parsons (2-1, 30 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Nathan Day (1-2, 38 saves / 38 shots) | ||||||
| April 3 | Kitchener Rangers | 5 – 1 | Flint Firebirds | Dort Financial Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jack Pridham (3) - 6:17 Tanner Lam (1) - 12:41 |
Second period | 16:32 - Connor Clattenburg (1) | ||||||
| Trent Swick (4) - 3:54 Christian Humphreys (1) - pp - 12:55 Matthew Hlacar (1) - pp - 19:20 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jackson Parsons (3-1, 23 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Nathan Day (1-3, 31 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| April 4 | Flint Firebirds | 1 – 2 | Kitchener Rangers | Kitchener Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| Alex Kostov (1) - 17:39 | First period | 6:09 - Tanner Lam (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 1:18 - Christian Humphreys (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Nathan Day (1-4, 21 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Jackson Parsons (4-1, 24 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| Kitchener wins series 4 – 1 | |
(4) Saginaw Spirit vs. (5) Erie Otters
[edit]| March 27 | Erie Otters | 8 – 5 | Saginaw Spirit | Dow Event Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Pano Fimis (1) - 4:45 Dylan Edwards (1) Sam Alfano (1) - sh - 7:50 Callum Hughes (1) - 9:03 Malcolm Spence (1) - 9:45 Malcolm Spence (2) - 12:25 Martin Misiak (1) - 14:18 Pano Fimis (2) - sh - 18:22 |
Second period | 16:33 - pp - Kristian Epperson (1) 19:06 - Liam Storch (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 2:49 - Calem Mangone (1) 18:28 - Hayden Barch (1) 19:24 - Ethan Weir (1) | ||||||
| Noah Erliden (1-0, 32 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Kaleb Papineau (0-1, 17 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| March 29 | Erie Otters | 9 – 5 | Saginaw Spirit | Dow Event Center | Recap | |||
| Martin Misiak (2) - 13:21 Sam Alfano (2) - sh - 14:08 |
First period | 2:49 - Igor Chernyshov (1) 16:23 - pp - Michael Misa (1) | ||||||
| Martin Misiak (3) - pp - 3:03 Dylan Edwards (2) - pp - 15:37 |
Second period | 14:31 - Liam Storch (2) | ||||||
| Pano Fimis (3) - 0:30 Martin Misiak (4) - pp - 4:05 Pano Fimis (4) - 12:38 Dylan Edwards (3) - 15:20 Pano Fimis (5) - en - 16:37 |
Third period | 3:37 - sh - Liam Storch (3) 7:17 - pp - Michael Misa (2) | ||||||
| Noah Erliden (2-0, 28 saves / 33 shots) | Goalie stats | Kaleb Papineau (0-2, 34 saves / 42 shots) | ||||||
| April 1 | Saginaw Spirit | 3 – 2 | OT | Erie Otters | Erie Insurance Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 9:58 - pp - Sam Alfano (3) | ||||||
| Zayne Parekh (1) - 13:22 Calem Mangone (2) - 15:28 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:47 - Malcolm Spence (3) | ||||||
| Zayne Parekh (2) - 14:07 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kaleb Papineau (1-2, 39 saves / 41 shots) | Goalie stats | Noah Erliden (2-1, 25 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
| April 3 | Saginaw Spirit | 3 – 7 | Erie Otters | Erie Insurance Arena | Recap | |||
| Kristian Epperson (2) - 6:18 | First period | 14:58 - Gabriel Frasca (1) | ||||||
| Kristian Epperson (3) - 6:08 Carson Harmer (1) - 18:43 |
Second period | 0:27 - Alexis Daviault (1) 8:48 - Sam Alfano (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 0:59 - Pano Fimis (6) 1:14 - Pano Fimis (7) 3:59 - pp - Dylan Edwards (4) 6:16 - Gabriel Frasca (2) | ||||||
| Kaleb Papineau (1-3, 29 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Noah Erliden (3-1, 31 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
| April 5 | Erie Otters | 6 – 3 | Saginaw Spirit | Dow Event Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 10:55 - pp - Igor Chernyshov (2) 12:00 - Carson Harmer (2) | ||||||
| Martin Misiak (5) - pp - 2:29 Dylan Edwards (5) - 5:20 |
Second period | 12:19 - pp - Jacob Cloutier (1) | ||||||
| Martin Misiak (6) - pp - 7:20 Martin Misiak (7) - 12:53 Alex Messier (1) - 14:05 Sam Alfano (5) - en - 16:13 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Noah Erliden (4-1, 33 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Kaleb Papineau (1-4, 28 saves / 33 shots) | ||||||
| Erie wins series 4 – 1 | |
Conference semifinals
[edit]Eastern conference semifinals
[edit](1) Brantford Bulldogs vs. (4) Oshawa Generals
[edit]| April 10 | Oshawa Generals | 2 – 5 | Brantford Bulldogs | Brantford Civic Centre | Recap | |||
| Luca Marrelli (3) - 4:24 Owen Griffin (7) - 11:31 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 5:39 - Thomas Budnick (1) 13:42 - Cole Brown (1) 15:31 - Luca Testa (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 7:47 - pp - Marek Vanacker (3) 19:56 - en - Nick Lardis (8) | ||||||
| Jacob Oster (4-3, 17 saves / 21 shots) | Goalie stats | Ryerson Leenders (19 saves / 21 shots) David Egorov (1-0, 22 saves / 22 shots) | ||||||
| April 13 | Oshawa Generals | 5 – 8 | Brantford Bulldogs | Brantford Civic Centre | Recap | |||
| Calum Ritchie (2) - pp - 19:20 | First period | 6:06 - Marek Vanacker (4) 6:26 - Nick Lardis (9) | ||||||
| Owen Griffin (8) - 1:38 Matthew Buckley (2) - 9:36 |
Second period | 3:04 - Adam Jiříček (1) 8:22 - Nick Lardis (10) 12:51 - pp - Nick Lardis (11) | ||||||
| Noah Powell (1) - 4:46 Owen Griffin (9) - 7:23 |
Third period | 2:19 - Dylan Tsherna (1) 18:56 - en - Noah Nelson (2) 19:28 - en - Patrick Thomas (2) | ||||||
| Jacob Oster (4-4, 19 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | David Egorov (2-0, 30 saves / 35 shots) | ||||||
| April 15 | Brantford Bulldogs | 2 – 7 | Oshawa Generals | Tribute Communities Centre | Recap | |||
| Dylan Tsherna (2) - 14:26 | First period | 6:25 - pp - Calum Ritchie (3) 10:33 - Noah Powell (2) 10:49 - Ben Danford (2) | ||||||
| Patrick Thomas (3) - 3:57 | Second period | 14:23 - pp - Colby Barlow (7) 15:53 - Luca D'Amato (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 0:15 - sh - Calum Ritchie (4) 13:05 - Zackary Sandhu (1) | ||||||
| David Egorov (2-1, 34 saves / 41 shots) | Goalie stats | Jacob Oster (5-4, 19 saves / 21 shots) | ||||||
| April 17 | Brantford Bulldogs | 2 – 4 | Oshawa Generals | Tribute Communities Centre | Recap | |||
| Marek Vanacker (5) - pp - 13:21 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 6:35 - pp - Beckett Sennecke (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 14:43 - Matthew Buckley (3) 19:59 - en - Beckett Sennecke (6) | ||||||
| David Egorov (2-2, 25 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Jacob Oster (6-4, 24 saves / 26 shots) | ||||||
| April 19 | Oshawa Generals | 3 – 2 | Brantford Bulldogs | Brantford Civic Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 18:54 - Jake O'Brien (3) | ||||||
| Beckett Sennecke (7) - pp - 0:24 Beckett Sennecke (8) - pp - 8:37 |
Second period | 11:54 - pp - Cole Brown (2) | ||||||
| Andrew Gibson (2) - 4:08 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jacob Oster (7-4, 32 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Ryerson Leenders (4-2, 28 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| April 20 | Brantford Bulldogs | 1 – 4 | Oshawa Generals | Tribute Communities Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 4:35 - pp - Luca Marrelli (4) 15:45 - Colby Barlow (9) | ||||||
| Marek Vanacker (6) - 2:02 | Second period | 1:30 - Owen Griffin (10) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:51 - en - Owen Griffin (11) | ||||||
| Ryerson Leenders (4-3, 25 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Jacob Oster (8-4, 21 saves / 22 shots) | ||||||
| Oshawa wins series 4 – 2 | |
(2) Barrie Colts vs. (3) Kingston Frontenacs
[edit]| April 10 | Kingston Frontenacs | 2 – 6 | Barrie Colts | Sadlon Arena | Recap | |||
| Maleek McGowan (2) - 5:01 Tuomas Uronen (1) - 7:09 |
First period | 12:13 - Riley Patterson (2) 14:26 - pp - Emil Hemming (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 9:09 - Carter Lowe (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 1:30 - Dalyn Wakely (3) 14:11 - Beau Jelsma (5) 16:17 - pp - Kashawn Aitcheson (2) | ||||||
| Charlie Schenkel (4-1, 25 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Sam Hillebrandt (4-0, 38 saves / 40 shots) | ||||||
| April 12 | Kingston Frontenacs | 4 – 7 | Barrie Colts | Sadlon Arena | Recap | |||
| Cal Uens (2) - 6:08 Emil Pieniniemi (1) - 13:43 |
First period | 9:45 - Emil Hemming (4) 11:35 - Anthony Romani (9) | ||||||
| Cedrick Guindon (6) - 1:57 Tuomas Uronen (2) - 5:24 |
Second period | 1:05 - pp - Riley Patterson (3) 3:06 - Riley Patterson (4) 9:52 - Grayson Tiller (2) 11:20 - Brad Gardiner (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:57 - en - Cole Beaudoin (3) | ||||||
| Charlie Schenkel (4-2, 10 saves / 14 shots) Mason Vaccari (14 saves / 16 shots) |
Goalie stats | Sam Hillebrandt (5-0, 39 saves / 43 shots) | ||||||
| April 15 | Barrie Colts | 3 – 5 | Kingston Frontenacs | Slush Puppie Place | Recap | |||
| Owen Van Steensel (4) - 8:18 Owen Van Steensel (5) - 16:09 |
First period | 1:30 - Cedrick Guindon (7) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 17:50 - pp - Cedrick Guindon (8) | ||||||
| Carter Lowe (3) - 19:00 | Third period | 6:36 - Emil Pieniniemi (2) 10:51 - Gage Heyes (2) 19:35 - en - Ben Pickell (4) | ||||||
| Ben Hrebik (1-2, 38 saves / 42 shots) | Goalie stats | Charlie Schenkel (5-2, 22 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| April 17 | Barrie Colts | 4 – 9 | Kingston Frontenacs | Slush Puppie Place | Recap | |||
| Emil Hemming (6) - 9:44 | First period | 17:11 - Tuomas Uronen (3) | ||||||
| Dalyn Wakely (4) - 16:05 | Second period | 1:08 - Quinton Burns (1) 1:40 - Tuomas Uronen (4) 3:38 - Joey Willis (1) 13:42 - Tuomas Uronen (5) 18:05 - pp - Cedrick Guindon (9) | ||||||
| Beau Jelsma (6) - pp - 8:30 Dalyn Wakely (5) - pp - 16:01 |
Third period | 15:09 - Gage Heyes (3) 16:26 - Cal Uens (3) 17:38 - Matthew Soto (2) | ||||||
| Sam Hillebrandt (15 saves / 19 shots) Ben Hrebik (1-3, 23 saves / 28 shots) |
Goalie stats | Charlie Schenkel (6-2, 16 saves / 20 shots) | ||||||
| April 19 | Kingston Frontenacs | 1 – 2 | OT | Barrie Colts | Sadlon Arena | Recap | ||
| Cedrick Guindon (10) - 16:32 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 8:20 - Dalyn Wakely (6) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 9:57 - Kashawn Aitcheson (3) | ||||||
| Charlie Schenkel (6-3, 42 saves / 44 shots) | Goalie stats | Sam Hillebrandt (6-0, 27 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
| April 20 | Barrie Colts | 2 – 3 | OT | Kingston Frontenacs | Slush Puppie Place | Recap | ||
| Emil Hemming (7) - 17:56 | First period | 13:45 - pp - Jacob Battaglia (2) | ||||||
| Tristan Bertucci (3) - pp - 11:16 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 3:46 - pp - Jacob Battaglia (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 2:53 - Gage Heyes (4) | ||||||
| Sam Hillebrandt (8 saves / 9 shots) Ben Hrebik (1-4, 26 saves / 28 shots) |
Goalie stats | Charlie Schenkel (7-3, 27 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| April 22 | Kingston Frontenacs | 4 – 6 | Barrie Colts | Sadlon Arena | Recap | |||
| Emil Pieniniemi (3) - 1:51 Cal Uens (4) - 15:21 Emil Pieniniemi (4) - pp - 15:46 |
First period | 3:44 - Kashawn Aitcheson (4) 10:47 - pp - Emil Hemming (8) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 2:19 - pp - Owen Van Steensel (6) 6:55 - Tristan Bertucci (4) | ||||||
| Kieren Dervin (1) - 16:09 | Third period | 19:47 - en - Beau Jelsma (7) | ||||||
| Charlie Schenkel (7-4, 40 saves / 45 shots) | Goalie stats | Sam Hillebrandt (7-0, 24 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
| Barrie wins series 4 – 3 | |
Western conference semifinals
[edit](1) London Knights vs. (5) Erie Otters
[edit]| April 10 | Erie Otters | 3 – 6 | London Knights | Canada Life Place | Recap | |||
| Pano Fimis (8) - pp - 18:03 | First period | 18:37 - Cam Allen (2) | ||||||
| Dylan Edwards (6) - 16:47 Wesley Royston (1) - 16:59 |
Second period | 7:09 - Denver Barkey (6) 9:21 - Oliver Bonk (1) 16:30 - pp - Landon Sim (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 0:53 - pp - Denver Barkey (7) 19:01 - en - Denver Barkey (8) | ||||||
| Noah Erliden (4-2, 30 saves / 35 shots) | Goalie stats | Austin Elliott (5-0, 24 saves / 27 shots) | ||||||
| April 12 | Erie Otters | 2 – 7 | London Knights | Canada Life Place | Recap | |||
| Sam Alfano (6) - pp - 5:57 | First period | 9:27 - William Nicholl (1) 14:32 - Denver Barkey (9) 17:34 - Blake Montgomery (1) | ||||||
| Gabriel Frasca (3) - pp - 17:02 | Second period | 13:15 - Landon Sim (5) 19:50 - Easton Cowan (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 1:08 - Easton Cowan (6) 12:12 - Henry Brzustewicz (1) | ||||||
| Noah Erliden (4-3, 22 saves / 26 shots) Charlie Burns (13 saves / 16 shots) |
Goalie stats | Austin Elliott (6-0, 22 saves / 24 shots) | ||||||
| April 15 | London Knights | 4 – 0 | Erie Otters | Erie Insurance Arena | Recap | |||
| Easton Cowan (7) - 19:13 Landon Sim (6) - 19:27 Jacob Julien (1) - 19:44 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kasper Halttunen (4) - pp - 11:29 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Austin Elliott (7-0, 23 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Charlie Burns (0-1, 35 saves / 39 shots) | ||||||
| April 17 | London Knights | 4 – 3 | OT | Erie Otters | Erie Insurance Arena | Recap | ||
| Easton Cowan (8) - 6:58 | First period | 18:47 - Pano Fimis (9) | ||||||
| Sam Dickinson (4) - pp - 13:30 Sam O'Reilly (4) - pp - 17:28 |
Second period | 3:35 - Ty Henry (1) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 2:56 - Malcolm Spence (4) | ||||||
| Sam O'Reilly (5) - 6:49 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Austin Elliott (8-0, 25 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Charlie Burns (0-2, 46 saves / 50 shots) | ||||||
| London wins series 4 – 0 | |
(2) Windsor Spitfires vs. (3) Kitchener Rangers
[edit]| April 10 | Kitchener Rangers | 1 – 5 | Windsor Spitfires | WFCU Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 2:31 - Andrew Robinson (1) 7:13 - Anthony Cristoforo (1) 16:28 - pp - Liam Greentree (8) | ||||||
| Tanner Lam (3) - pp - 17:47 | Third period | 3:09 - Noah Morneau (9) 14:36 - pp - Noah Morneau (10) | ||||||
| Jackson Parsons (4-2, 17 saves / 22 shots) | Goalie stats | Joey Costanzo (5-1, 18 saves / 19 shots) | ||||||
| April 12 | Kitchener Rangers | 1 – 5 | Windsor Spitfires | WFCU Centre | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 5:06 - Ryan Abraham (3) 14:53 - Conor Walton (1) 16:44 - pp - Noah Morneau (11) | ||||||
| Luca Romano (2) - sh - 18:32 | Second period | 9:29 - Ryan Abraham (4) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 1:17 - pp - Liam Greentree (9) | ||||||
| Jackson Parsons (4-3, 22 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Joey Costanzo (6-1, 18 saves / 19 shots) | ||||||
| April 14 | Windsor Spitfires | 6 – 3 | Kitchener Rangers | Kitchener Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| Liam Greentree (10) - pp - 13:37 Liam Greentree (11) - 16:59 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Liam Greentree (12) - 4:57 Ilya Protas (4) - 13:51 |
Second period | 3:24 - Luke Ellinas (1) 5:52 - Cameron Mercer (1) | ||||||
| Liam Greentree (13) - pp - 1:32 Liam Greentree (14) - en - 18:42 |
Third period | 5:03 - Tanner Lam (4) | ||||||
| Joey Costanzo (7-1, 28 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Jackson Parsons (4-4, 19 saves / 24 shots) | ||||||
| April 16 | Windsor Spitfires | 0 – 3 | Kitchener Rangers | Kitchener Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 1:54 - Luke Ellinas (2) 13:31 - Luke Ellinas (3) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 16:46 - en - Luke Ellinas (4) | ||||||
| Joey Costanzo (7-2, 32 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Jackson Parsons (5-4, 24 saves / 24 shots) | ||||||
| April 18 | Kitchener Rangers | 5 – 2 | Windsor Spitfires | WFCU Centre | Recap | |||
| Jack Pridham (4) - 5:28 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Trent Swick (5) - 8:14 Christian Humphreys (3) - 13:02 Luca Romano (3) - 18:26 |
Second period | 16:47 - Ilya Protas (5) | ||||||
| Trent Swick (6) - en - 19:02 | Third period | 5:14 - Josef Eichler (1) | ||||||
| Jackson Parsons (6-4, 21 saves / 23 shots) | Goalie stats | Joey Costanzo (7-3, 16 saves / 20 shots) | ||||||
| April 20 | Windsor Spitfires | 0 – 4 | Kitchener Rangers | Kitchener Memorial Auditorium | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 7:22 - Cameron Mercer (2) 13:23 - ps - Jack Pridham (5) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 13:02 - Jack Pridham (6) 17:36 - Andrew Vermeulen (3) | ||||||
| Joey Costanzo (7-4, 27 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Jackson Parsons (7-4, 29 saves / 29 shots) | ||||||
| April 22 | Kitchener Rangers | 2 – 1 | OT | Windsor Spitfires | WFCU Centre | Recap | ||
| Luke Ellinas (5) - 12:20 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:20 - Carter Hicks (2) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Luke Ellinas (6) - 14:28 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jackson Parsons (8-4, 39 saves / 40 shots) | Goalie stats | Joey Costanzo (7-5, 30 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| Kitchener wins series 4 – 3 | |
Conference finals
[edit]Eastern conference finals
[edit](2) Barrie Colts vs. (4) Oshawa Generals
[edit]| April 25 | Oshawa Generals | 7:30pm | Barrie Colts | Sadlon Arena | ||||
| April 27 | Oshawa Generals | 6:00pm | Barrie Colts | Sadlon Arena | ||||
| April 29 | Barrie Colts | 7:05pm | Oshawa Generals | Tribute Communities Centre | ||||
| May 1 | Barrie Colts | 7:05pm | Oshawa Generals | Tribute Communities Centre | ||||
| May 3 | Oshawa Generals | 7:30pm* | Barrie Colts | Sadlon Arena | ||||
| May 5 | Barrie Colts | 7:05pm* | Oshawa Generals | Tribute Communities Centre | ||||
| May 6 | Oshawa Generals | 7:00pm* | Barrie Colts | Sadlon Arena | ||||
| Series tied 0 – 0 | |
Western conference finals
[edit](1) London Knights vs. (3) Kitchener Rangers
[edit]| April 25 | Kitchener Rangers | 7:00 pm | London Knights | Canada Life Place | ||||
| April 27 | Kitchener Rangers | 4:00 pm | London Knights | Canada Life Place | ||||
| April 28 | London Knights | 7:00 pm | Kitchener Rangers | Kitchener Memorial Auditorium | ||||
| April 30 | London Knights | 7:00 pm | Kitchener Rangers | Kitchener Memorial Auditorium | ||||
| May 2 | Kitchener Rangers | 7:00 pm* | London Knights | Canada Life Place | ||||
| May 4 | London Knights | 2:00 pm* | Kitchener Rangers | Kitchener Memorial Auditorium | ||||
| May 5 | Kitchener Rangers | 7:00 pm* | London Knights | Canada Life Place | ||||
| Series tied 0 – 0 | |
Playoff scoring leaders
[edit]Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes[13]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilya Protas | Windsor Spitfires | 12 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 6 |
| Liam Greentree | Windsor Spitfires | 11 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 6 |
| Colby Barlow | Oshawa Generals | 12 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 4 |
| Easton Cowan | London Knights | 8 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 10 |
| Dalyn Wakely | Barrie Colts | 12 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 12 |
| Denver Barkey | London Knights | 8 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 6 |
| Luca Marrelli | Oshawa Generals | 12 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 7 |
| Owen Griffin | Oshawa Generals | 12 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 9 |
| Anthony Romani | Barrie Colts | 12 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 2 |
| Noah Morneau | Windsor Spitfires | 12 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 4 |
Playoff leading goaltenders
[edit]Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average[14]
| Player | Team | GP | MINS | W | L | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Parsons | Kitchener Rangers | 12 | 737 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 0.919 | 2.12 |
| Joey Costanzo | Windsor Spitfires | 12 | 735 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 0.911 | 2.29 |
| Austin Elliott | London Knights | 8 | 487 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0.896 | 2.46 |
| Ryerson Leenders | Brantford Bulldogs | 8 | 442 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0.911 | 2.71 |
| Jacob Oster | Oshawa Generals | 12 | 711 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 0.891 | 2.87 |
Awards
[edit]| Playoffs trophies | ||
|---|---|---|
| Trophy name | Recipient | Ref |
| J. Ross Robertson Cup OHL Finals champion |
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| Bobby Orr Trophy Eastern Conference playoff champion |
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| Wayne Gretzky Trophy Western Conference playoff champion |
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| Wayne Gretzky 99 Award Playoffs MVP |
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| Regular season — Team trophies | ||
| Trophy name | Recipient | Ref |
| Hamilton Spectator Trophy Team with best record |
London Knights | [15] |
| Leyden Trophy East division champion |
Brantford Bulldogs | [15] |
| Emms Trophy Central division champion |
Barrie Colts | [15] |
| Bumbacco Trophy West division champion |
Windsor Spitfires | [15] |
| Holody Trophy Midwest division champion |
London Knights | [15] |
| Regular season — Executive awards | ||
| Trophy name | Recipient | Ref |
| Matt Leyden Trophy Coach of the year |
Jussi Ahokas (Kitchener Rangers) | [16] |
| Jim Gregory Award General manager of the year |
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| OHL Executive of the Year Executive of the Year |
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| Regular season — Player awards | ||
| Trophy name | Recipient | Ref |
| Red Tilson Trophy Most outstanding player |
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| Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy Top scorer |
Michael Misa (Saginaw Spirit) | [17] |
| Dave Pinkney Trophy Lowest team goals against |
Austin Elliott & Aleksei Medvedev (London Knights) |
[15] |
| Max Kaminsky Trophy Most outstanding defenceman |
Sam Dickinson (London Knights) | [18] |
| Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy Top scoring right winger |
Nick Lardis (Brantford Bulldogs) | [15] |
| Emms Family Award Rookie of the year |
Pierce Mbuyi (Owen Sound Attack) | [19] |
| William Hanley Trophy Most sportsmanlike player |
Ilya Protas (Windsor Spitfires) | [20] |
| F. W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy Best rookie GAA |
Aleksei Medvedev (London Knights) | [15] |
| Bobby Smith Trophy Scholastic player of the year |
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| Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy Overage player of the year |
Jackson Parsons (Kitchener Rangers) | [21] |
| Jim Rutherford Trophy Goaltender of the year |
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| Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy Humanitarian of the year |
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| Roger Neilson Memorial Award Top academic college/university player |
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| Ivan Tennant Memorial Award Top academic high school player |
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| Mickey Renaud Captain's Trophy Team captain that best exemplifies character and commitment |
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| Prospect player awards | ||
| Trophy name | Recipient | Ref |
| Jack Ferguson Award First overall pick in priority selection |
Kaden McGregor (Peterborough Petes) | [22] |
| Tim Adams Memorial Trophy OHL Cup MVP |
Camryn Warren (Toronto Jr. Canadiens) | [23] |
2025 OHL Priority Selection
[edit]On March 26, 2025, the league announced the results of the Ontario Hockey League Priory Selection Lottery. Each of the four non-playoff participated in the lottery, as the 20th place Peterborough Petes had a 40% chance of winning, the 19th place Guelph Storm had a 30% chance of winning, the 18th place Sarnia Sting had a 20% chance of winning, and the 17th place Ottawa 67's had a 10% chance of winning. The Peterborough Petes won the lottery and selected Kaden McGregor from the Ottawa Valley Titans with the first overall selection.[24]
The entirety of the OHL Priority Selection Draft will take place over two days, as rounds 1-3 take place on April 11, while rounds 4-15 will be on April 12.[25]
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