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2022–23 OHL season

The 2022–23 OHL season was the 43rd season of operation (42nd season of play) of the Ontario Hockey League. The league played a 68-game regular season which began on September 29, 2022 and concluded on March 26, 2023. The post-season began on March 30, 2023 and concluded on May 21, 2023.[1]

2022–23 OHL season
LeagueOntario Hockey League
SportHockey
DurationPreseason
September 2, 2022 - September 25, 2022
Regular season
September 29, 2022 – March 26, 2023
Playoffs
March 30, 2023 – May 21, 2023
Number of teams20
TV partner(s)Rogers TV
Shaw TV
YourTV
TSN
CBC
Finals championsPeterborough Petes
OHL seasons
2022–23 CHL season
LeagueCanadian Hockey League
SportHockey
DurationOHL
September 2022 – May 2023
QMJHL
September 2022 – May 2023
WHL
September 2022 – May 2023
Number of teams60
TV partner(s)RDS
TSN
CBC
Rogers TV
Shaw TV

The Peterborough Petes won the J. Ross Robertson Cup and will represent the Ontario Hockey League at the 2023 Memorial Cup, which was hosted by the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League. Games were played at the Sandman Centre in Kamloops, British Columbia.[2]

Preseason edit

On July 12, 2022, the OHL announced the preseason schedule for the 2022–23 season. In total, there will be 51 preseason games beginning on September 2 and concluding on September 25. All OHL teams will play between three and six preseason games.

On September 10, the Ottawa 67's played the Gatineau Olympiques of the QMJHL at Centre Slush Puppie in Gatineau, Quebec in the only interleague preseason game. The Olympiques defeated the 67's by a score of 6-1 in front of 2,688 fans.

Neutral site games will be played in Ancaster, Ayr, Clarington, Clinton, Cobourg, Cornwall, Kanata, Midland, Millbrook, Norwood, Pembroke, Port Colborne, Virgil, and Whitby.

OHL training camps began in late August in preparation of the 2022-23 season, which began on September 29, 2022.[3]

Regular season edit

Relocation edit

On February 7, 2023, the Hamilton Bulldogs announced that the club would be moving to Brantford, Ontario for three seasons due to renovations and the long-term closure of First Ontario Centre beginning in the 2023–24 season. The team also announced that the team would be known as the Brantford Bulldogs and play at the Brantford Civic Centre.[4]

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
Standings as of March 26, 2023[5]

Eastern conference edit

Rank Team DIV GP W L OTL SOL Pts ROW GF GA
1 z-Ottawa 67's East 68 51 12 3 2 107 47 286 171
2 y-North Bay Battalion Central 68 48 17 2 1 99 46 285 183
3 x-Barrie Colts Central 68 42 17 6 3 93 41 284 239
4 x-Peterborough Petes East 68 35 29 2 2 74 33 247 207
5 x-Sudbury Wolves Central 68 31 28 6 3 71 31 272 260
6 x-Hamilton Bulldogs East 68 33 30 5 0 71 30 226 251
7 x-Mississauga Steelheads Central 68 31 31 6 0 68 28 226 258
8 x-Oshawa Generals East 68 26 36 1 5 58 24 235 290
9 Kingston Frontenacs East 68 27 38 1 2 57 23 199 260
10 Niagara IceDogs Central 68 12 47 8 1 33 12 199 357

Western conference edit

Rank Team DIV GP W L OTL SOL Pts ROW GF GA
1 z-Windsor Spitfires West 68 44 18 4 2 94 44 320 265
2 y-London Knights Midwest 68 45 21 2 0 92 38 269 214
3 x-Sarnia Sting West 68 41 18 5 4 91 39 298 224
4 x-Saginaw Spirit West 68 36 27 3 2 77 36 244 244
5 x-Flint Firebirds West 68 35 28 4 1 75 33 291 278
6 x-Guelph Storm Midwest 68 35 28 4 1 75 29 253 280
7 x-Owen Sound Attack Midwest 68 33 28 6 1 73 32 248 258
8 x-Kitchener Rangers Midwest 68 33 29 6 0 72 33 257 240
9 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds West 68 20 33 9 6 55 17 223 310
10 Erie Otters Midwest 68 21 40 2 5 49 20 207 287

Scoring leaders edit

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes[6]

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Matthew Maggio Windsor Spitfires 66 54 57 111 32
Ty Voit Sarnia Sting 67 24 81 105 22
Amadeus Lombardi Flint Firebirds 67 45 57 102 18
Sasha Pastujov Guelph/Sarnia 60 41 57 98 39
Evan Vierling Barrie Colts 60 35 60 95 12
Matt Poitras Guelph Storm 63 16 79 95 40
Logan Morrison Hamilton/Ottawa 56 40 54 94 12
Matvey Petrov North Bay Battalion 65 27 66 93 32
David Goyette Sudbury Wolves 63 41 51 92 43
Francesco Arcuri Kingston/Kitchener 71 48 43 91 28

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[7]

Player Team GP MINS W L OTL SOL GA SO Sv% GAA
Dom Divincentiis North Bay Battalion 48 2810 36 9 2 0 109 5 0.919 2.33
Max Donoso Ottawa 67's 47 2541 30 10 0 2 115 2 0.898 2.72
Michael Simpson Peterborough Petes 51 2989 24 22 2 2 136 5 0.914 2.73
Brett Brochu London Knights 47 2725 28 17 2 0 124 2 0.902 2.82
Joey Costanzo Windsor Spitfires 40 2158 26 6 0 2 109 1 0.901 3.03

Attendance edit

[8]

Team Arena Home Games Average Attendance Capacity Percentage
London Knights Budweiser Gardens 34 8,995 99.5%
Kitchener Rangers Kitchener Memorial Auditorium 34 6,261 87.8%
Oshawa Generals Tribute Communities Centre 34 5,037 97.2%
Windsor Spitfires WFCU Centre 34 4,844 75.1%
Guelph Storm Sleeman Centre 34 4,458 94.5%
Ottawa 67's TD Place Arena 34 4,282 65.9%
Niagara IceDogs Meridian Centre 34 4,065 77.0%
Hamilton Bulldogs FirstOntario Centre 34 3,760 21.6%
Erie Otters Erie Insurance Arena 34 3,616 53.8%
Saginaw Spirit Dow Event Center 34 3,531 63.9%
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds GFL Memorial Gardens 34 3,513 71.3%
Sarnia Sting Progressive Auto Sales Arena 34 3,385 82.2%
Barrie Colts Sadlon Arena 34 3,376 80.5%
Sudbury Wolves Sudbury Community Arena 34 3,297 71.1%
Peterborough Petes Peterborough Memorial Centre 34 3,222 86.4%
Kingston Frontenacs Leon's Centre 34 3,190 56.8%
Flint Firebirds Dort Financial Center 34 2,976 68.2%
Owen Sound Attack Bayshore Community Centre 34 2,759 78.8%
North Bay Battalion North Bay Memorial Gardens 34 2,588 60.7%
Mississauga Steelheads Paramount Fine Foods Centre 34 2,038 37.6%

J. Ross Robertson Cup Champions Roster edit

2022-23 Peterborough Petes[9]
Goaltenders

Defencemen

Wingers

Centres

Playoffs edit

Conference quarterfinals Conference semifinals Conference finals Finals
            
1 Ottawa 4
8 Oshawa 1
1 Ottawa 2
4 Peterborough 4
4 Peterborough 4
5 Sudbury 0
4 Peterborough 4
Eastern Conference
2 North Bay 3
2 North Bay 4
7 Mississauga 2
2 North Bay 4
3 Barrie 3
3 Barrie 4
6 Hamilton 2
E4 Peterborough 4
W2 London 2
1 Windsor 0
8 Kitchener 4
8 Kitchener 1
2 London 4
2 London 4
7 Owen Sound 0
2 London 4
Western Conference
3 Sarnia 2
3 Sarnia 4
6 Guelph 2
3 Sarnia 4
4 Saginaw 0
4 Saginaw 4
5 Flint 3

Conference quarterfinals edit

Eastern conference quarterfinals edit

(1) Ottawa 67's vs. (8) Oshawa Generals edit

Note: Ottawa played home games at Centre Slush Puppie in Gatineau, Quebec due to the 2023 World Men's Curling Championship being held at TD Place Arena.

March 30 Oshawa Generals 0 – 7 Ottawa 67's Centre Slush Puppie Recap  
No scoring First period 12:01 - Luca Pinelli (1)
16:19 - pp - Luca Pinelli (2)
No scoring Second period 13:28 - Frankie Marrelli (1)
17:39 - pp - Brady Stonehouse (1)
No scoring Third period 3:34 - Jack Matier (1)
14:56 - pp - Frankie Marrelli (2)
17:50 - pp - Jack Matier (2)
Jacob Oster (0-1) (49 saves / 56 shots) Goalie stats Collin MacKenzie (1-0) (16 saves / 16 shots)
April 2 Oshawa Generals 2 – 3 Ottawa 67's Centre Slush Puppie Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Beckett Sennecke (1) - 14:04 Second period 4:56 - Logan Morrison (1)
7:27 - Will Gerrior (1)
Calum Ritchie (1) - pp - 10:44 Third period 5:06 - Logan Morrison (2)
Jacob Oster (0-2) (30 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Collin MacKenzie (2-0) (29 saves / 31 shots)
April 4 Ottawa 67's 4 – 5 OT Oshawa Generals Tribute Communities Centre Recap  
Cooper Foster (1) - 15:59
Jack Beck (1) - 19:24 		First period 1:19 - Cameron Butler (2)
Will Gerrior (2) - pp - 9:26 Second period No scoring
Jack Beck (2) - 19:54 Third period 9:54 - Cameron Butler (3)
15:12 - Matthew Buckley (1)
17:44 - pp - Ryan Gagnier (1)
No scoring First overtime period 0:23 - Ryan Gagnier (2)
Collin MacKenzie (2-1) (23 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Jacob Oster (1-2) (31 saves / 35 shots)
April 6 Ottawa 67's 9 – 0 Oshawa Generals Tribute Communities Centre Recap  
Luca Pinelli (3) - 5:06
Vinzenz Rohrer (1) - pp - 8:51 		First period No scoring
Will Gerrior (3) - 2:31
Logan Morrison (3) - 8:03
Luca Pinelli (4) - 9:16
Will Gerrior (4) - 9:53
Logan Morrison (4) - 12:03
Jack Beck (3) - 18:02 		Second period No scoring
Logan Morrison (5) - 17:20 Third period No scoring
Max Donoso (1-0) (29 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Jacob Oster (1-3) (20 saves / 26 shots)
Carter Bickle (6 saves / 9 shots)
April 8 Oshawa Generals 2 – 4 Ottawa 67's Centre Slush Puppie Recap  
Calum Ritchie (2) - pp - 6:01 First period 10:00 - pp - Logan Morrison (6)
Ryan Gagnier (3) - 12:04 Second period 6:09 - Logan Morrison (7)
No scoring Third period 14:11 - Luca Pinelli (5)
19:53 - en - Brady Stonehouse (2)
Jacob Oster (1-4) (28 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Max Donoso (2-0) (33 saves / 35 shots)
Ottawa wins series 4 – 1


(2) North Bay Battalion vs. (7) Mississauga Steelheads edit
March 31 Mississauga Steelheads 1 – 5 North Bay Battalion North Bay Memorial Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period 7:30 - Ty Nelson (1)
No scoring Second period 2:20 - Dalyn Wakely (1)
8:03 - Anthony Romani (1)
11:25 - Anthony Romani (2)
18:36 - Josh Bloom (1)
James Hardie (1) - pp - 14:19 Third period No scoring
Ryerson Leenders (0-1) (23 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Dom DiVincentiis (1-0) (36 saves / 37 shots)
April 2 Mississauga Steelheads 4 – 3 North Bay Battalion North Bay Memorial Gardens Recap  
James Hardie (2) - pp - 15:37 First period No scoring
Angus MacDonnell (1) - 3:42 Second period 2:07 - Nikita Tarasevich (1)
4:14 - Kyle McDonald (1)
5:57 - Pasquale Zito (1)
James Hardie (3) - 3:50
Charlie Callaghan (1) - pp - 9:50 		Third period No scoring
Ryerson Leenders (1-1) (23 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Dom DiVincentiis (1-1) (40 saves / 44 shots)
April 4 North Bay Battalion 5 – 2 Mississauga Steelheads Paramount Fine Foods Centre Recap  
Dalyn Wakely (2) - 14:04 First period 17:31 - pp - Kasper Larsen (1)
Kyle McDonald (2) - pp - 3:04
Liam Arnsby (1) - 16:16 		Second period 18:41 - Zander Veccia (1)
Ethan Procyszyn (1) - 12:54
Kyle McDonald (3) - en - 16:57 		Third period No scoring
Dom DiVincentiis (2-1) (33 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Ryerson Leenders (1-2) (21 saves / 25 shots)
April 5 North Bay Battalion 1 – 4 Mississauga Steelheads Paramount Fine Foods Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Anthony Romani (3) - pp - 15:10 Second period 13:57 - sh - Angus MacDonell (2)
No scoring Third period 4:36 - Angus MacDonell (3)
17:06 - James Hardie (4)
19:51 - en - Zander Veccia (2)
Dom DiVincentiis (2-2) (28 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Ryerson Leenders (2-2) (22 saves / 23 shots)
April 7 Mississauga Steelheads 0 – 6 North Bay Battalion North Bay Memorial Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period 1:28 - pp - Kyle Jackson (1)
No scoring Second period 6:06 - Kyle McDonald (4)
13:40 - Justin Ertel (1)
17:16 - Kyle Jackson (2)
No scoring Third period 2:02 - Josh Bloom (2)
13:29 - pp - Ty Nelson (2)
Ryerson Leenders (2-3) (23 saves / 27 shots)
Alessio Beglieri (9 saves / 11 shots) 		Goalie stats Dom DiVincentiis (3-2) (37 saves / 37 shots)
April 9 North Bay Battalion 5 – 4 Mississauga Steelheads Paramount Fine Foods Centre Recap  
Kyle McDonald (5) - 9:10
Kyle Jackson (3) - 11:45
Dalyn Wakely (3) - 13:36
Kyle McDonald (6) - pp - 17:07 		First period 15:05 - sh - Kai Schwindt (1)
Kyle McDonald (7) - 11:49 Second period 18:40 - Porter Martone (1)
19:35 - James Hardie (5)
No scoring Third period 17:13 - Porter Martone (2)
Dom Divencentiis (4-2) (36 saves / 40 shots) Goalie stats Ryerson Leenders (2-4) (24 saves / 29 shots)
North Bay wins series 4 – 2


(3) Barrie Colts vs. (6) Hamilton Bulldogs edit
March 30 Hamilton Bulldogs 2 – 10 Barrie Colts Sadlon Arena Recap  
Noah Nelson (1) - 8:13 First period 6:40 - sh - Declan McDonnell (1)
12:13 - Beau Jelsma (1)
18:42 - Tai York (1)
Lucas Moore (1) - pp - 5:34 Second period 1:09 - pp - Brandt Clarke (1)
4:54 - sh - Beau Jelsma (2)
7:22 - Tai York (2)
15:11 - Jacob Frasca (1)
18:57 - pp - Tyler Savard (1)
No scoring Third period 5:45 - pp - Declan McDonnell (2)
14:29 - pp - Brandt Clarke (2)
Tristan Malboeuf (0-1) (13 saves / 17 shots)
Matteo Drobac (21 saves / 27 shots) 		Goalie stats Anson Thornton (1-0) (22 saves / 24 shots)
April 1 Hamilton Bulldogs 3 – 6 Barrie Colts Sadlon Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 10:21 - pp - Callum Chisholm (1)
12:20 - pp - Declan McDonnell (3)
Noah Van Vliet (1) - 19:00 Second period 10:21 - Brandt Clarke (3)
11:06 - Ethan Cardwell (1)
Nick Lardis (1) - 8:28
Adrian Rebelo (1) - sh - 14:53 		Third period 2:35 - Braden Haché (1)
7:40 - Ethan Cardwell (2)
Tristan Malboeuf (0-2) (30 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Anson Thornton (2-0) (26 saves / 29 shots)
April 2 Barrie Colts 3 – 6 Hamilton Bulldogs FirstOntario Centre Recap  
Callum Chisholm (2) - 14:11
Jacob Frasca (2) - 15:19 		First period 6:56 - Artem Grushnikov (1)
16:17 - Adrian Rebelo (2)
Callum Chisholm (3) - 13:22 Second period 10:57 - Lawson Sherk (1)
11:15 - Cole Brown (1)
No scoring Third period 18:32 - en - Artem Grushnikov (2)
19:53 - en - Artem Grushnikov (3)
Anson Thornton (2-1) (22 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Matteo Drobac (1-0) (27 saves / 30 shots)
April 4 Barrie Colts 3 – 5 Hamilton Bulldogs FirstOntario Centre Recap  
Declan McDonnell (4) - 6:22 First period 5:13 - pp - Cole Brown (2)
No scoring Second period 1:58 - pp - Jorian Donovan (1)
8:10 - Adrian Rebelo (3)
Ethan Cardwell (3) - pp - 0:58
Braden Haché (2) - pp - 10:12 		Third period 3:10 - pp - Nick Lardis (2)
15:55 - pp - Nick Lardis (3)
Ben West (0-1) (29 saves / 34 shots) Goalie stats Matteo Drobac (2-0) (28 saves / 31 shots)
April 6 Hamilton Bulldogs 1 – 4 Barrie Colts Sadlon Arena Recap  
Nick Lardis (4) - pp - 5:07 First period 7:52 - pp - Jacob Frasca (3)
9:21 - pp - Evan Vierling (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 18:32 - en - Brandt Clarke (4)
19:29 - en - Anson Thornton (1)
Matteo Drobac (2-1) (21 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Anson Thornton (3-1) (23 saves / 24 shots)
April 10 Barrie Colts 5 – 4 Hamilton Bulldogs FirstOntario Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 3:13 - Sahil Panwar (1)
6:39 - pp - Lucas Moore (2)
Brandt Clarke (5) - pp - 13:40
Beau Akey (1) - 17:13
Ethan Cardwell (4) - 18:34 		Second period 4:33 - Florian Xhekaj (1)
Ethan Cardwell (5) - 13:42
Ethan Cardwell (6) - 19:50 		Third period 16:47 - Nick Lardis (5)
Anson Thornton (4-1) (16 saves / 20 shots) Goalie stats Matteo Drobac (2-2) (32 saves / 37 shots)
Barrie wins series 4 – 2


(4) Peterborough Petes vs. (5) Sudbury Wolves edit
March 30 Sudbury Wolves 2 – 4 Peterborough Petes Peterborough Memorial Centre Recap  
Quentin Musty (1) - 11:24 First period 19:56 - sh - Jonathan Melee (1)
Matthew Mania (1) - 4:55 Second period 16:53 - en - Jonathan Melee (2)
No scoring Third period 5:32 - pp - Avery Hayes (1)
17:47 - en - Avery Hayes (2)
Kevyn Brassard (0-1) (34 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Michael Simpson (1-0) (26 saves / 28 shots)
March 31 Sudbury Wolves 1 – 2 Peterborough Petes Peterborough Memorial Centre Recap  
Evan Konyen (1) - pp - 9:53 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 6:03 - pp - Tucker Robertson (1)
No scoring Third period 0:14 - Brennan Othmann (1)
Kevyn Brassard (0-2) (51 saves / 53 shots) Goalie stats Michael Simpson (2-0) (40 saves / 41 shots)
April 4 Peterborough Petes 5 – 3 Sudbury Wolves Sudbury Community Arena Recap  
Avery Hayes (3) - ps - 7:27 First period 2:44 - David Goyette (1)
16:49 - Kocha Delic (1)
J.R. Avon (1) - sh - 9:30
Connor Lockhart (1) - pp - 11:53 		Second period No scoring
Owen Beck (1) - 6:02
Avery Hayes (4) - en - 18:03 		Third period 19:36 - Marc Boudreau (1)
Michael Simpson (3-0) (19 saves / 22 shots) Goalie stats Kevyn Brassard (0-3) (28 saves / 32 shots)
April 5 Peterborough Petes 4 – 2 Sudbury Wolves Sudbury Community Arena Recap  
Owen Beck (2) - pp - 4:45 First period 5:48 - sh - Landon McCallum (1)
Tom Purdeller (1) - pp - 5:59
J.R Avon (2) - 12:03
Tucker Robertson (2) - 13:50 		Second period 8:21 - pp - Landon McCallum (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Michael Simpson (4-0) (27 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Kevyn Brassard (0-4) (14 saves / 18 shots)
Nate Krawchuk (15 saves / 15 shots)
Peterborough wins series 4 – 0


Western conference quarterfinals edit

(1) Windsor Spitfires vs. (8) Kitchener Rangers edit
March 30 Kitchener Rangers 5 – 3 Windsor Spitfires WFCU Centre Recap  
Reid Valade (1) - 0:40
Adrian Misaljevic (1) - 9:02 		First period 14:22 - Brett Harrison (1)
Francesco Pinelli (1) - sh - 8:11
Trent Swick (1) - 11:29 		Second period 10:12 - Shane Wright (1)
Reid Valade (2) - en - 18:56 Third period 19:37 - Anthony Cristoforo (1)
Marco Costantini (1-0) (29 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Joey Costanzo (0-1) (34 saves / 38 shots)
April 1 Kitchener Rangers 4 – 0 Windsor Spitfires WFCU Centre Recap  
Francesco Pinelli (2) - sh - 8:42
Ty Hollett (1) - 12:33 		First period No scoring
Matthew Sop (1) - sh - 0:55
Matthew Sop (2) - pp - 17:43 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Marco Costantini (2-0) (31 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Joey Costanzo (0-2) (15 saves / 19 shots)
Mathias Onuska (7 saves / 7 shots)
April 4 Windsor Spitfires 3 – 6 Kitchener Rangers Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Recap  
No scoring First period 19:06 - Carson Rehkopf (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Alex Christopoulos (1) - 3:42
Rodwin Dionicio (1) - 10:17
Matthew Maggio (1) - pp - 17:44 		Third period 8:07 - Adrian Misaljevic (2)
12:40 - Mitchell Martin (1)
13:19 - pp - Francesco Arcuri (1)
19:37 - en - Simon Motew (1)
19:47 - en - Reid Valade (3)
Mathias Onuska (0-1) (24 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Marco Costantini (3-0) (40 saves / 43 shots)
April 6 Windsor Spitfires 1 – 5 Kitchener Rangers Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Jacob Maillet (1) - 0:55 Second period 6:21 - pp - Carson Rehkopf (2)
13:56 - Danny Zhilkin (1)
19:31 - Filip Mešár (1)
No scoring Third period 6:53 - Mitchell Martin (2)
19:01 - en - Reid Valade (4)
Mathias Onuska (0-2) (31 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Marco Costantini (4-0) (30 saves / 31 shots)
Kitchener wins series 4 – 0


(2) London Knights vs. (7) Owen Sound Attack edit
March 31 Owen Sound Attack 0 – 7 London Knights Budweiser Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period 5:15 - Jacob Julien (1)
No scoring Second period 5:34 - Max McCue (1)
9:08 - ps - Max McCue (2)
14:21 - Sean McGurn (1)
No scoring Third period 6:51 - Sean McGurn (2)
9:46 -pp - Max McCue (3)
17:27 - Ryan Humphrey (1)
Corbin Votary (0-1) (35 saves / 42 shots) Goalie stats Brett Brochu (1-0) (25 saves / 25 shots)
April 2 Owen Sound Attack 4 – 5 OT London Knights Budweiser Gardens Recap  
Colby Barlow (1) - pp - 11:11 First period 16:44 - Brody Crane (1)
No scoring Second period 7:05 - pp - Easton Cowan (1)
11:42 - pp - Ryan Winterton (1)
Sam Sedley (1) - 4:34
Colby Barlow (2) - pp - 18:35
Cedrick Guindon (1) - 19:07 		Third period 9:27 - Ethan MacKinnon (1)
No scoring First overtime period 15:47 - George Diaco (1)
Corbin Votary (0-2) (48 saves / 53 shots) Goalie stats Brett Brochu (2-0) (24 saves / 28 shots)
April 4 London Knights 3 – 2 OT Owen Sound Attack Bayshore Community Centre Recap  
Denver Barkey (1) - 18:23 First period 15:37 - pp - Cedrick Guindon (2)
Denver Barkey (2) - pp - 0:57 Second period 16:14 - pp - Servac Petrovsky (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Ryan Humphrey (2) - 13:18 First overtime period No scoring
Brett Brochu (3-0) (34 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Corbin Votary (0-3) (32 saves / 35 shots)
April 6 London Knights 5 – 0 Owen Sound Attack Bayshore Community Centre Recap  
Ryan Winterton (2) - pp - 13:21
Connor Federkow (1) - 19:45 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Logan Mailloux (1) - 1:58
Ryan Winterton (3) - pp - 3:34
Logan Mailloux (2) - pp - 11:36 		Third period No scoring
Brett Brochu (4-0) (23 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Corbin Votary (0-4) (9 saves / 11 shots)
Nick Chenard (22 saves / 25 shots)
London wins series 4 – 0


(3) Sarnia Sting vs. (6) Guelph Storm edit
March 31 Guelph Storm 0 – 5 Sarnia Sting Progressive Auto Sales Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 5:37 - Nolan Dillingham (1)
No scoring Second period 6:31 - Nolan Burke (1)
8:08 - Marcus Limpar-Lantz (1)
No scoring Third period 0:57 - pp - Luca Del Bel Belluz (1)
18:27 - pp - Sandis Vilmanis (1)
Patrick Leaver (0-1) (32 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Benjamin Gaudreau (1-0) (22 saves / 22 shots)
April 2 Guelph Storm 4 – 5 OT Sarnia Sting Progressive Auto Sales Arena Recap  
Max Namestnikov (1) - 11:45
Ben McFarlane (1) - 15:08 		First period 4:34 - pp - Luca Del Bel Belluz (2)
14:26 - Luca Del Bel Bulluz (3)
Cooper Walker (1) - pp - 16:20 Second period 12:15 - Zach Filak (1)
Jake Karabela (1) - 2:17 Third period 18:02 - Marko Sikic (1)
No scoring First overtime period 10:30 - Nolan Burke (2)
Brayden Gillespie (0-1) (30 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Benjamin Gaudreau (2-0) (31 saves / 35 shots)
April 4 Sarnia Sting 8 – 4 Guelph Storm Sleeman Centre Recap  
Sandis Vilmanis (2) - 14:41 First period 2:43 - Isaac Enright (1)
8:44 - Ben McFarlane (2)
Sasha Pastujov (1) - 1:27
Mitch Young (1) - 2:19
Nolan Burke (3) - 9:04
Easton Wainwright (1) - 9:11
Sandis Vilmanis (3) - 11:21 		Second period No scoring
Brenden Anderson (1) - 12:44
Christian Kyrou (1) - en - 16:18 		Third period 0:59 - sh - Jake Karabela (2)
5:01 - Matt Poitras (1)
Benjamin Gaudreau (3-0) (27 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Brayden Gillespie (0-2) (13 saves / 18 shots)
Patrick Leaver (11 saves / 13 shots)
April 6 Sarnia Sting 4 – 5 Guelph Storm Sleeman Centre Recap  
Easton Wainwright (2) - 8:10 First period 1:44 - Valentin Zhugin (1)
7:31 - Max Namestnikov (2)
No scoring Second period 5:39 - Valentin Zhugin (2)
17:56 - Charlie Paquette (1)
Brenden Anderson (2) - 3:43
Cooper Way (1) - 6:11
Tyson Doucette (1) 		Third period 18:57 - en - Cooper Walker (2)
Benjamin Gaudreau (10 saves / 14 shots)
Nicholas Surzycia (0-1) (3 saves / 3 shots) 		Goalie stats Patrick Leaver (1-1) (24 saves / 28 shots)
April 7 Guelph Storm 3 – 1 Sarnia Sting Progressive Auto Sales Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Jake Karabela (3) - 4:29
Max Namestnikov (3) - 18:14 		Second period 9:51 - Zach Filak (1)
Jake Murray (1) - en - 19:00 Third period No scoring
Patrick Leaver (2-1) (32 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Benjamin Gaudreau (3-1) (14 saves / 16 shots)
April 9 Sarnia Sting 4 – 3 OT Guelph Storm Sleeman Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 15:51 - Matt Poitras (2)
Sasha Pastujov (2) - 7:36
Ty Voit (1) - 14:56 		Second period 9:30 - pp - Max Namestnikov (4)
Sasha Pastujov (3) - 7:19 Third period 4:48 - Charlie Paquette (2)
Nolan Burke (4) - 4:06 First overtime period No scoring
Benjamin Gaudreau (4-1) (16 saves / 19 shots) Goalie stats Patrick Leaver (2-2) (28 saves / 32 shots)
Sarnia wins series 4 – 2


(4) Saginaw Spirit vs. (5) Flint Firebirds edit
March 30 Flint Firebirds 1 – 7 Saginaw Spirit Dow Event Center Recap  
Riley Piercey (1) - 1:01 First period 3:30 - pp - Mitchell Smith
9:32 - pp - Joey Willis (1)
No scoring Second period 2:59 - Zayne Parekh (1)
5:58 - Zayne Parekh (2)
9:29 - sh - Hunter Haight (1)
12:56 - Michael Misa (1)
No scoring Third period 13:29 - Joey Willis (2)
Nathan Day (0-1) (6 saves / 10 shots)
Will Cranley (7 saves / 10 shots) 		Goalie stats Tristan Lennox (1-0) (34 saves / 35 shots)
March 31 Flint Firebirds 1 – 4 Saginaw Spirit Dow Event Center Recap  
Nolan Dann (1) - 8:24 First period 12:15 - Matyas Sapovaliv (1)
18:52 - pp - Matyas Sapovaliv (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 12:41 - Hunter Haight (2)
19:37 - en - Matyas Sapovaliv (3)
Nathan Day (0-2) (22 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Tristan Lennox (2-0) (16 saves / 17 shots)
April 3 Saginaw Spirit 4 – 5 OT Flint Firebirds Dort Financial Center Recap  
Zayne Parekh (3) - 16:43 First period 15:07 - Zacharie Giroux (1)
Michael Misa (2) - 10:44 Second period 18:11 - pp - Tristan Bertucci (1)
Matyas Sapovaliv (4) - 15:41
Matyas Sapovaliv (5) - 19:02 		Third period 8:09 - Marko Stojkov (1)
14:52 - Amadeus Lombardi (1)
No scoring First overtime period 12:41 - pp - Nolan Dann (2)
Tristan Lennox (2-1) (38 saves / 43 shots) Goalie stats Nathan Day (1-2) (33 saves / 37 shots)
April 5 Saginaw Spirit 2 – 1 OT Flint Firebirds Dort Financial Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Roberto Mancini (1) - 13:42 Second period 6:53 - Amadeus Lombardi (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Mitchell Smith (2) - 5:57 First overtime period No scoring
Tristan Lennox (3-1) (28 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Nathan Day (1-3) (34 saves / 36 shots)
April 7 Flint Firebirds 5 – 2 Saginaw Spirit Dow Event Center Recap  
Amadeus Lombardi (3) - 14:03 First period No scoring
Zacharie Giroux (2) - pp - 1:13 Second period 16:17 - pp - Mitchell Smith (3)
Dmitry Kuzmin (1) - 3:46
Ethan Hay (1) - 8:42
Tyler Deline (1) - en - 17:17 		Third period 3:46 - Dean Loukus (1)
Nathan Day (2-3) (38 saves / 40 shots) Goalie stats Tristan Lennox (3-2) (19 saves / 23 shots)
April 8 Saginaw Spirit 3 – 4 OT Flint Firebirds Dort Financial Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Joey Willis (3) - 3:50
Zayne Parekh (4) - 13:43
Hunter Haight (3) - 16:59 		Second period 5:27 - Nolan Dann (3)
No scoring Third period 10:19 - Nolan Dann (4)
14:10 - Zacharie Giroux (3)
No scoring First overtime period 4:53 - Coulson Pitre (1)
Tristan Lennox (3-3) (27 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Nathan Day (3-3) (32 saves / 35 shots)
April 10 Flint Firebirds 3 – 6 Saginaw Spirit Dow Event Center Recap  
Amadeus Lombardi (4) - 3:17 First period 10:51 - Joey Willis (4)
12:23 - Michael Misa (3)
No scoring Second period 11:25 - Matyas Sapovaliv (6)
Coulson Pitre (2) - 4:45
Amadeus Lombardi (5) - 6:43 		Third period 16:12 - Matyas Sapovaliv (7)
18:46 - en - Mitchell Smith (4)
19:21 - en - Dean Loukus (2)
Nathan Day (3-4) (24 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Tristan Lennox (4-3) (20 saves / 23 shots)
Saginaw wins series 4 – 3


Conference semifinals edit

Eastern conference semifinals edit

(1) Ottawa 67's vs. (4) Peterborough Petes edit
April 14 Peterborough Petes 2 – 4 Ottawa 67's TD Place Arena Recap  
Tucker Robertson (3) - 19:33 First period 6:01 - Jack Beck (4)
J.R. Avon (3) - 20:00 Second period 6:00 - Henry Mews (1)
No scoring Third period 12:28 - Jack Beck (5)
19:34 - en - Logan Morrison (8)
Michael Simpson (4-1) (32 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Max Donoso (3-0) (22 saves / 24 shots)
April 16 Peterborough Petes 2 – 1 Ottawa 67's TD Place Arena Recap  
Brennan Othmann (2) - 7:23 First period No scoring
Gavin White (1) - 0:30 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 18:33 - Jack Matier (3)
Michael Simpson (5-1) (25 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Max Donoso (3-1) (27 saves / 29 shots)
April 18 Ottawa 67's 2 – 3 Peterborough Petes Peterborough Memorial Centre Recap  
Cameron Tolnai (1) - 18:11 First period No scoring
Cooper Foster (2) - 10:34 Second period 10:24 - Avery Hayes (5)
10:58 - Jax Dubois (1)
No scoring Third period 18:45 - Brennan Othmann (3)
Max Donoso (3-2) (33 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Michael Simpson (6-1) (26 saves / 28 shots)
April 20 Ottawa 67's 1 – 3 Peterborough Petes Peterborough Memorial Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Luca Pinelli (6) - pp - 19:00 Second period 1:14 - Brennan Othmann (4)
7:34 - Chase Stillman (1)
No scoring Third period 19:32 - en - Owen Beck (3)
Max Donoso (3-3) (34 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Michael Simpson (7-1) (19 saves / 20 shots)
April 22 Peterborough Petes 4 – 5 Ottawa 67's TD Place Arena Recap  
Tucker Robertson (4) - 6:36
Connor Lockhart (2) - 9:42 		First period 18:37 - Logan Morrison (9)
Jonathan Melee (3) - 9:46
Brian Zanetti (1) - 13:35 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 3:33 - Frankie Marrelli (3)
6:03 - Brad Gardiner (1)
9:45 - Logan Morrison (10)
17:52 - Frankie Marrelli (4)
Michael Simpson (7-2) (27 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Max Donoso (4-3) (20 saves / 24 shots)
April 24 Ottawa 67's 4 – 5 Peterborough Petes Peterborough Memorial Centre Recap  
Gavin Ewles (1) - 17:17 First period 10:11 - Connor Lockhart (3)
12:17 - Avery Hayes (6)
No scoring Second period 4:31 - Connor Lockhart (4)
5:02 - Jonathan Melee (4)
Derek Smyth (1) - 12:59
Vinzenz Rohrer (2) - 16:09
Luca Pinelli (7) 		Third period 1:05 - Connor Lockhart (5)
Max Donoso (19 saves / 23 shots)
Collin MacKenzie (2-2) (18 saves / 19 shots) 		Goalie stats Michael Simpson (8-2) (35 saves / 39 shots)
Peterborough wins series 4 – 2


(2) North Bay Battalion vs. (3) Barrie Colts edit
April 14 Barrie Colts 3 – 2 OT North Bay Battalion North Bay Memorial Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period 14:02 - pp - Ty Nelson (3)
Zach Wigle (1) - 11:47 Second period 4:40 - Owen Van Steensel (1)
Brandt Clarke (6) - 2:55 Third period No scoring
Josh Kavanagh (1) - 1:49 First overtime period No scoring
Anson Thornton (5-1) (39 saves / 41 shots) Goalie stats Dom DiVincentiis (4-3) (27 saves / 30 shots)
April 16 Barrie Colts 2 – 5 North Bay Battalion North Bay Memorial Gardens Recap  
Beau Jelsma (2) - pp - 0:43 First period 1:29 - Kyle McDonald (8)
8:07 - Kyle McDonald (9)
16:38 - Kyle Jackson (4)
No scoring Second period 4:39 - Liam Arnsby (2)
Jacob Frasca (4) - pp - 9:25 Third period 19:19 - en - Pasquale Zito (2)
Anson Thornton (5-2) (23 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Dom DiVincentiis (5-3) (32 saves / 34 shots)
April 18 North Bay Battalion 1 – 2 OT Barrie Colts Sadlon Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Ty Nelson (4) - 5:09 Second period 11:53 - Tai York (3)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 3:03 - Jacob Frasca (5)
Dom DiVincentiis (5-4) (33 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Anson Thornton (6-2) (17 saves / 18 shots)
April 20 North Bay Battalion 4 – 3 2OT Barrie Colts Sadlon Arena Recap  
Liam Arnsby (3) - 18:39 First period 2:45 - pp - Beau Akey (2)
10:18 - Cooper Matthews (1)
No scoring Second period 8:54 - Tyler Savard (2)
Kyle McDonald (10) - pp - 7:07
Matvey Petrov (1) - 9:50 		Third period No scoring
Anthony Romani (4) - 2:43 Second overtime period No scoring
Dom DiVincentiis (6-4) (27 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Anson Thornton (6-3) (52 saves / 56 shots)
April 22 Barrie Colts 3 – 7 North Bay Battalion North Bay Memorial Gardens Recap  
Tai York (4) - 8:41 First period 12:34 - pp - Matvey Petrov (2)
Jacob Frasca (6) - pp - 0:37 Second period 6:49 - Luc Brzustowski (1)
7:54 - Pasquale Zito (3)
8:15 - Avery Winslow (1)
Brandt Clarke (7) - 4:55 Third period 11:24 - Pasquale Zito (4)
12:11 - Dalyn Wakely (4)
13:12 - pp - Kyle McDonald (11)
Anson Thornton (6-4) (23 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Dom DiVincentiis (7-4) (20 saves / 23 shots)
April 24 North Bay Battalion 2 – 4 Barrie Colts Sadlon Arena Recap  
Dalyn Wakely (5) - pp - 7:09 First period 18:14 - Declan MacDonell (5)
No scoring Second period 5:59 - pp - Tyler Savard (3)
Pasquale Zito (5) - pp - 1:47 Third period 17:56 - Tyler Savard (4)
19:14 - Beau Jelsma (4)
Dom DiVincentiis (7-5) (27 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Anson Thornton (7-4) (32 saves/ 34 shots)
April 25 Barrie Colts 1 – 3 North Bay Battalion North Bay Memorial Gardens Recap  
Beau Jelsma (5) - 15:50 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 4:26 - pp - Kyle Jackson (5)
6:25 - pp - Kyle McDonald (12)
19:13 - en - Owen Van Steensel (2)
Anson Thornton (7-5) (21 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Dom DiVincentiis (8-5) (28 saves / 29 shots)
North Bay wins series 4 – 3


Western conference semifinals edit

(2) London Knights vs. (8) Kitchener Rangers edit
April 13 Kitchener Rangers 1 – 5 London Knights Budweiser Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period 19:15 - pp - Denver Barkey (3)
No scoring Second period 3:05 - pp - Sean McGurn (4)
6:38 - Ryan Humphrey (3)
Francesco Arcuri (2) - pp - 15:16 Third period 7:51 - Ryan Humphrey (4)
17:19 - pp - George Diaco (2)
Marco Costantini (4-1) (27 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Brett Brochu (5-0) (22 saves / 23 shots)
April 14 Kitchener Rangers 4 – 8 London Knights Budweiser Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period 0:49 - Logan Mailloux (3)
3:57 - pp - Sam Dickinson (1)
10:07 - pp - Ryan Winterton (4)
Reid Valade (5) - pp - 18:58 Second period 0:37 - Easton Cowan (2)
9:43 - Connor Federkow (2)
13:45 - Brody Crane (2)
Mitchell Martin (3) - 1:29
Francesco Arcuri (3) - 15:45
Francesco Arcuri (4) - pp - 17:50 		Third period 11:17 - Sean McGurn (5)
19:45 - Ruslan Gazizov (1)
Marco Costantini (4-2) (14 saves / 19 shots)
Marcus Vandenberg (22 saves / 25 shots) 		Goalie stats Brett Brochu (6-0) (25 saves / 29 shots)
April 16 London Knights 1 – 6 Kitchener Rangers Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Recap  
No scoring First period 19:52 - sh - Francesco Pinelli (3)
Ryan Humphrey (5) - 12:06 Second period 5:44 - pp - Roman Schmidt (1)
No scoring Third period 4:10 - Francesco Pinelli (4)
4:39 - Francesco Arcuri (5)
13:06 - Mitchell Martin (4)
19:17 - Ty Hollett (2)
Brett Brochu (6-1) (20 saves / 24 shots)
Zach Bowen (11 saves / 13 shots) 		Goalie stats Marco Costantini (5-2) (30 saves / 31 shots)
April 18 London Knights 5 – 0 Kitchener Rangers Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Recap  
Denver Barkey (4) - pp - 13:28
George Diaco (3) - 19:41 		First period No scoring
Sean McGurn (6) - pp - 6:24
Ryan Humphrey (6) - 19:46 		Second period No scoring
Connor Federkow (3) - 9:22 Third period No scoring
Brett Brochu (7-1) (25 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Marco Costantini (5-3) (26 saves / 31 shots)
April 20 Kitchener Rangers 0 – 4 London Knights Budweiser Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 4:19 - Max McCue (3)
6:07 - Denver Barkey (5)
15:07 - sh - Denver Barkey (6)
No scoring Third period 17:30 - en - Logan Mailloux (4)
Marco Costantini (5-4) (23 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Brett Brochu (8-1) (16 saves / 16 shots)
London wins series 4 – 1


(3) Sarnia Sting vs. (4) Saginaw Spirit edit
April 14 Saginaw Spirit 0 – 3 Sarnia Sting Progressive Auto Sales Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 17:21 - Easton Wainwright (3)
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 1:28 - Zach Filak (3)
17:02 - en - Sasha Pastujov (4)
Tristan Lennox (4-4) (21 saves /23 shots) Goalie stats Benjamin Gaudreau (5-1) (26 saves / 26 shots)
April 16 Saginaw Spirit 1 – 2 OT Sarnia Sting Progressive Auto Sales Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 8:14 - pp - Ty Voit (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Matyas Sapovaliv (8) - 19:20 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 8:37 - pp - Luca Del Bel Belluz (4)
Tristan Lennox (4-5) (45 saves / 47 shots) Goalie stats Benjamin Gaudreau (6-1) (33 saves / 34 shots)
April 18 Sarnia Sting 5 – 3 Saginaw Spirit Dow Event Center Recap  
Nolan Burke (5) - 4:20 First period 9:23 - Sebastien Gervais (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Luca Del Bel Belluz (5) - 7:11
Sandis Vilmanis (4) - 13:09
Ethan Ritchie (1) - en - 17:00
Nolan Dillingham (2) - en - 18:32 		Third period 11:08 - pp - Zayne Parekh (5)
18:10 - Zayne Parekh (6)
Benjamin Gaudreau (7-1) (30 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Tristan Lennox (4-6) (19 saves / 22 shots)
April 20 Sarnia Sting 4 – 0 Saginaw Spirit Dow Event Center Recap  
Luca Del Bel Belluz (6) - pp - 6:30
Easton Wainwright (4) - 18:58 		First period No scoring
Marcus Limpar-Lantz (2) - sh - 4:38 Second period No scoring
Easton Wainwright (5) - 8:57 Third period No scoring
Benjamin Gaudreau (8-1) (25 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Tristan Lennox (4-7) (24 saves / 28 shots)
Sarnia wins series 4 – 0


Conference finals edit

Eastern conference finals edit

(2) North Bay Battalion vs. (4) Peterborough Petes edit
April 28 Peterborough Petes 3 – 2 North Bay Battalion North Bay Memorial Gardens Recap  
Jonathan Melee (5) - 1:28
Owen Beck (4) - 5:13
Connor Lockhart (6) - 18:16 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 17:16 - Anthony Romani (5)
No scoring Third period 1:11 - Pasquale Zito (6)
Michael Simpson (9-2) (37 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Dom DiVincentiis (8-6) (20 saves / 23 shots)
April 30 Peterborough Petes 1 – 3 North Bay Battalion North Bay Memorial Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Brennan Othmann (5) - 15:22 Second period 8:18 - Kyle Jackson (6)
No scoring Third period 15:08 - Liam Arnsby (4)
19:15 - en - Owen Van Steensel (3)
Michael Simpson (9-3) (31 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Dom DiVincentiis (9-6) (26 saves / 27 shots)
May 2 North Bay Battalion 2 – 3 Peterborough Petes Peterborough Memorial Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 14:03 - pp - Brennan Othmann (6)
Pasquale Zito (7) - sh - 14:43
Matvey Petrov (3) - 18:58 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 6:55 - Avery Hayes (7)
17:55 - Samuel Mayer (1)
Dom DiVincentiis (9-7) (40 saves / 43 shots) Goalie stats Michael Simpson (10-3) (32 saves / 34 shots)
May 3 North Bay Battalion 5 – 2 Peterborough Petes Peterborough Memorial Centre Recap  
Owen Van Steensel (4) - 1:23
Kyle Jackson (7) - 7:37 		First period 10:33 - Tommy Purdeller (2)
Ty Nelson (5) - 7:44
Owen Van Steensel (5) - sh - 19:00 		Second period 14:29 - J.R. Avon (4)
Liam Arnsby (5) - en - 19:14 Third period No scoring
Dom DiVincentiis (10-7) (37 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Michael Simpson (10-4) (21 saves / 25 shots)
May 5 Peterborough Petes 2 – 6 North Bay Battalion North Bay Memorial Gardens Recap  
Owen Beck (5) - pp - 12:51 First period 1:29 - Josh Bloom (3)
6:17 - Owen Van Steensel (6)
9:18 - Liam Arnsby (6)
Tucker Robertson (5) - 14:16 Second period 2:57 - Kyle McDonald (13)
6:15 - pp - Kyle McDonald (14)
10:12 - pp - Ty Nelson (6)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Michael Simpson (10-5) (29 saves / 35 shots)
Liam Sztuska (17 saves / 17 shots) 		Goalie stats Dom DiVincentiis (11-7) (22 saves / 24 shots)
May 7 North Bay Battalion 3 – 4 OT Peterborough Petes Peterborough Memorial Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 6:08 - J.R. Avon (5)
7:11 - Chase Stillman (2)
Josh Bloom (4) - sh - 12:16
Anthony Romani (6) - 19:13 		Second period No scoring
Matvey Petrov (4) - 9:18 Third period 10:46 - Samuel Mayer (2)
No scoring First overtime period 2:40 - Avery Hayes (8)
Dom DiVincentiis (11-8) (40 saves / 44 shots) Goalie stats Michael Simpson (11-5) (26 saves / 29 shots)
May 8 Peterborough Petes 3 – 2 North Bay Battalion North Bay Memorial Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period 10:56 - Josh Bloom (5)
Owen Beck (6) - 1:24
Brennan Othmann (7) - 6:55 		Second period 12:49 - Liam Arnsby (7)
J.R. Avon (6) - 5:42 Third period No scoring
Michael Simpson (12-5) (22 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Dom DiVincentiis (11-9) (24 saves / 27 shots)
Peterborough wins series 4 – 3


Western conference finals edit

(2) London Knights vs. (3) Sarnia Sting edit
April 28 Sarnia Sting 1 – 4 London Knights Budweiser Gardens Recap  
Luca Del Bel Belluz (7) - pp - 19:38 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 7:25 - Sean McGurn (7)
9:45 - pp - Sam Dickinson (2)
No scoring Third period 4:15 - Easton Cowan (3)
19:14 - en - Ryan Winterton (5)
Benjamin Gaudreau (8-2) (21 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Brett Brochu (9-1) (32 saves / 33 shots)
April 30 Sarnia Sting 1 – 3 London Knights Budweiser Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Ethan Ritchie (2) - 12:34 Third period 2:21 - Easton Cowan (4)
16:28 - pp - Logan Mailloux (5)
19:28 - en - Ryan Winterton (6)
Benjamin Gaudreau (8-3) (25 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Brett Brochu (18 saves / 18 shots)
Zach Bowen (1-0) (8 saves / 9 shots)
May 2 London Knights 3 – 5 Sarnia Sting Progressive Auto Sales Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 0:27 - Luca Del Bel Belluz (8)
14:05 - pp - Nolan Burke (6)
George Diaco (4) - pp - 9:15 Second period 4:45 - Sasha Pastujov (5)
Brody Crane (3) - 7:05
Ryan Winterton (7) - 16:07 		Third period 5:39 - Marcus Limpar-Lantz (3)
12:34 - Ethan Ritchie (3)
Zach Bowen (1-1) (25 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Benjamin Gaudreau (9-3) (25 saves / 28 shots)
May 3 London Knights 3 – 6 Sarnia Sting Progressive Auto Sales Arena Recap  
George Diaco (5) - 15:48
Ryan Winterton (8) - pp - 17:40 		First period 3:19 - Brenden Anderson (3)
10:05 - pp - Ty Voit (3)
Denver Barkey (7) - 10:57 Second period 12:37 - pp - Nolan Burke (7)
14:39 - Marcus Limpar-Lantz (4)
18:29 - Easton Wainwright (6)
No scoring Third period 14:55 - en - Nolan Burke (8)
Zach Bowen (1-2) (22 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Benjamin Gaudreau (10-3) (23 saves / 26 shots)
May 5 Sarnia Sting 2 – 5 London Knights Budweiser Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period 6:06 - Ruslan Gazizov (2)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Nolan Dillingham (3) - 0:40
Sasha Pastujov (6) - pp - 18:55 		Third period 0:53 - Denver Barkey (8)
1:32 - Ryan Winterton (9)
17:30 - en - Easton Cowan (5)
19:16 - en - Ryan Winterton (10)
Benjamin Gaudreau (10-4) (22 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Zach Bowen (2-2) (30 saves / 32 shots)
May 7 London Knights 5 – 1 Sarnia Sting Progressive Auto Sales Arena Recap  
Denver Barkey (9) - 19:59 First period 12:08 - Marcus Limpar-Lantz (5)
Easton Cowan (6) - 2:30
Logan Mailloux (6) - pp - 15:04 		Second period No scoring
Ryan Humphrey (7) - 15:39
Ryan Winterton (11) - en - 18:24 		Third period No scoring
Zach Bowen (3-2) (23 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Benjamin Gaudreau (10-5) (20 saves/ 24 shots)
Nicholas Surzycia (0 saves / 0 shots)
London wins series 4 – 2


J. Ross Robertson Cup finals edit

(W2) London Knights vs. (E4) Peterborough Petes edit

May 11 Peterborough Petes 0 – 3 London Knights Budweiser Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 14:55 - Easton Cowan (7)
No scoring Third period 13:31 - Jacob Julien (2)
17:56 - en - Ryan Winterton (12)
Michael Simpson (12-6) (29 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Zach Bowen (4-2) (24 saves / 24 shots)
May 13 Peterborough Petes 5 – 3 London Knights Budweiser Gardens Recap  
Tucker Robertson (6) - 7:55 First period No scoring
Avery Hayes (9) - pp - 10:46 Second period 6:38 - Sam Dickinson (3)
12:38 - Sean McGurn (8)
14:51 - pp - Logan Mailloux (7)
Donovan McCoy (1) - 8:14
Tucker Robertson (7) - 10:12
Avery Hayes (10) - 		Third period No scoring
Michael Simpson (13-6) (51 saves / 54 shots) Goalie stats Zach Bowen (4-3) (22 saves / 27 shots)
May 15 London Knights 5 – 6 OT Peterborough Petes Peterborough Memorial Centre Recap  
Sean McGurn (9) - 0:31
Ryan Winterton (13) - pp - 5:12 		First period 18:46 - Owen Beck (7)
Sean McGurn (10) - 3:26
Brody Crane (4) - 12:59
Jackson Edward (1) - 14:21 		Second period 8:45 - Chase Stillman (3)
11:22 - Brennan Othmann (8)
No scoring Third period 1:13 - Chase Stillman (4)
No scoring First overtime period 2:32 - Tucker Robertson (8)
Zach Bowen (4-4) (19 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Michael Simpson (14-6) (34 saves / 39 shots)
May 17 London Knights 3 – 5 Peterborough Petes Peterborough Memorial Centre Recap  
Easton Cowan (8) - 1:19 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 1:19 - J.R. Avon (8)
9:50 - Owen Beck (8)
11:01 - J.R. Avon (9)
Sam Dickinson (4) - pp - 13:59
Denver Barkey (10) - pp - 16:51 		Third period 17:24 - en - Avery Hayes (11)
Zach Bowen (4-5) (27 saves / 31 shots)
Owen Willmore (2 saves / 2 shots) 		Goalie stats Michael Simpson (15-6) (50 saves / 53 shots)
May 19 Peterborough Petes 1 – 4 London Knights Budweiser Gardens Recap  
Connor Lockhart (7) - pp - 6:08 First period 18:32 - Easton Cowan (9)
No scoring Second period 4:31 - Ryan Humphrey (8)
16:55 - Denver Barkey (11)
No scoring Third period 17:47 - en - Logan Mailloux (8)
Michael Simpson (15-7) (30 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Owen Willmore (1-0) (32 saves / 33 shots)
May 21 London Knights 1 – 2 Peterborough Petes Peterborough Memorial Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 14:33 - Avery Hayes (12)
Max McCue (4) - 7:59 Third period 11:10 - Tucker Robertson (9)
Owen Willmore (1-1) (34 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Michael Simpson (16-7) (36 saves / 37 shots)
Peterborough wins series 4 – 2


Playoff scoring leaders edit

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes[10]

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Ryan Winterton London Knights 21 13 16 29 10
Sean McGurn London Knights 21 10 16 26 18
Brennan Othmann Peterborough Petes 23 8 17 25 18
Ty Nelson North Bay Battalion 20 6 19 25 15
Denver Barkey London Knights 20 11 13 24 18
Logan Mailloux London Knights 21 8 16 24 45
Brandt Clarke Barrie Colts 12 7 16 23 13
Tucker Robertson Peterborough Petes 23 9 13 22 2
Matvey Petrov North Bay Battalion 20 4 18 22 8
Kyle McDonald North Bay Battalion 20 14 7 21 22

Playoff 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[11]

Player Team GP MINS W L GA SO Sv% GAA
Brett Brochu London Knights 11 650 9 1 16 4 0.943 1.48
Dom Divincentiis North Bay Battalion 20 1220 11 9 49 1 0.926 2.41
Benjamin Gaudreau Sarnia Sting 16 953 10 5 40 3 0.902 2.52
Max Donoso Ottawa 67's 8 441 4 3 19 1 0.919 2.59
Tristan Lennox Saginaw Spirit 11 681 4 7 30 0 0.908 2.64

Awards edit

Playoffs trophies
Trophy name Recognition Recipient
J. Ross Robertson Cup OHL Finals champion Peterborough Petes
Bobby Orr Trophy Eastern Conference playoff champion Peterborough Petes
Wayne Gretzky Trophy Western Conference playoff champion London Knights
Wayne Gretzky 99 Award Playoffs MVP Michael Simpson, Peterborough Petes
Regular season — Team trophies
Trophy name Recognition Recipient
Hamilton Spectator Trophy Team with best record Ottawa 67's
Leyden Trophy East division champion Ottawa 67's
Emms Trophy Central division champion North Bay Battalion
Bumbacco Trophy West division champion Windsor Spitfires
Holody Trophy Midwest division champion London Knights
Regular season — Executive awards
Trophy name Recognition Recipient
Matt Leyden Trophy Coach of the year Dave Cameron, Ottawa 67's
Jim Gregory Award General manager of the year Mark Hunter, London Knights
Regular season — Player awards
Trophy name Recognition Recipient
Red Tilson Trophy Most outstanding player Matthew Maggio, Windsor Spitfires
Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy Top scorer Matthew Maggio, Windsor Spitfires
Dave Pinkney Trophy Lowest team goals against Max Donoso & Collin MacKenzie, Ottawa 67's
Max Kaminsky Trophy Most outstanding defenceman Pavel Mintyukov, Saginaw Spirit & Ottawa 67's
Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy Top scoring right winger Matthew Maggio, Windsor Spitfires
Emms Family Award Rookie of the year Michael Misa, Saginaw Spirit
William Hanley Trophy Most sportsmanlike player Evan Vierling, Barrie Colts
F. W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy Best rookie GAA Zach Bowen, London Knights
Bobby Smith Trophy Scholastic player of the year Colby Barlow, Owen Sound Attack
Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy Overage player of the year Matthew Maggio, Windsor Spitfires
Jim Rutherford Trophy Goaltender of the year Dom DiVincentiis, North Bay Battalion
Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy Humanitarian of the year Dalyn Wakely, North Bay Battalion
Roger Neilson Memorial Award Top academic college/university player Ryder McIntyre, Oshawa Generals
Ivan Tennant Memorial Award Top academic high school player George Alboim, Erie Otters & Ethan Hay, Flint Firebirds
Mickey Renaud Captain's Trophy Team captain that best exemplifies character and commitment Nolan Dillingham, Sarnia Sting
Prospect player awards
Trophy name Recognition Recipient
Jack Ferguson Award First overall pick in priority selection Matthew Schaefer, Erie Otters
Tim Adams Memorial Trophy OHL Cup MVP Jake O'Brien, Toronto Jr. Canadiens

All-Star teams edit

The OHL All-Star Teams were selected by the OHL's General Managers.[12]

First team edit

Second team edit

Third team edit

First All-Rookie team edit

Second All-Rookie team edit

2023 OHL Priority Selection edit

On March 29, 2023, 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 Niagara IceDogs had a 40% chance of winning, the 19th place Erie Otters had a 30% chance of winning, the 18th place Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds had a 20% chance of winning, and the 17th place Kingston Frontenacs had a 10% chance of winning. The Erie Otters won the lottery and selected first overall.[13] On April 20, the Otters announced that Matthew Schaefer from the Huron Hurricanes of the SCTA would be the first selection in the draft.[14] The entirety of the OHL Priority Selection Draft will take place over two days, as rounds 1-3 take place on April 21, while rounds 4-15 will be on April 22.

These are the results for the first round of the draft:[15]

# Player Nationality OHL Team Hometown Minor Team
1 Matthew Schaefer (RD)   Canada Erie Otters Stoney Creek, Ontario Huron Hurricanes (OMHA-SCTA)
2 Ryan Roobroeck (C)   Canada Niagara IceDogs London, Ontario London Jr. Knights (MHAO-ALI)
3 Brady Martin (C)   Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Elmira, Ontario Waterloo Wolves (MHAO-ALI)
4 Tyler Hopkins (C)   Canada Kingston Frontenacs Campbellville, Ontario Huron Hurricanes (OMHA-SCTA)
5 Ethan Czata (C)   Canada Niagara IceDogs Brampton, Ontario Mississauga Rebels (GTHL)
6 Owen Griffin (C)   Canada Oshawa Generals Markham, Ontario York-Simcoe Express (OMHA-ETA)
7 Jack Ivankovic (G)   Canada Mississauga Steelheads Mississauga, Ontario Mississauga Senators (GTHL)
8 Jake O'Brien (C)   Canada Brantford Bulldogs Toronto, Ontario Toronto Jr. Canadiens (GTHL)
9 Caden Taylor (C)   Canada Sudbury Wolves Kleinburg, Ontario Mississauga Senators (GTHL)
10 Cameron Reid (LD)   Canada Kitchener Rangers Aylmer, Ontario Bishop Kearney Selects 15's (Youth-USA)
11 Luca Romano (C)   Canada Kitchener Rangers Toronto, Ontario Toronto Jr. Canadiens (GTHL)
12 Nico Addy (RW)   Canada Owen Sound Attack Casselman, Ontario Toronto Jr. Canadiens (GTHL)
13 Carson Cameron (RD)   Canada Peterborough Petes Bobcaygeon, Ontario Central Ontario Wolves (OMHA-ETA)
14 Quinn Beauchesne (RD)   Canada Guelph Storm Ottawa, Ontario Nepean Raiders (HEO-Midget)
15 Jeremy Martin (LW)   Canada Flint Firebirds Ajax, Ontario Toronto Marlboros (GTHL)
16 Aiden Young (LW)   Canada Saginaw Spirit London, Ontario London Jr. Knights (MHAO-ALI)
17 Ryan Brown (LW)   Canada Sarnia Sting Newmarket, Ontario York-Simcoe Express (OMHA-ETA)
18 William Moore (C)   Canada /   USA London Knights Mississauga, Ontario Toronto Marlboros (GTHL)
19 Shamar Moses (RW)   Canada Barrie Colts Scarborough, Ontario Don Mills Flyers (GTHL)
20 Jack Nesbitt (C)   Canada Windsor Spitfires Sarnia, Ontario Lambton Jr. Sting (MHAO-ALI)
21 Carter Kostuch (LW)   Canada North Bay Battalion Richmond Hill, Ontario Vaughan Kings (GTHL)
22 Henry Brzustewicz (RD)   United States Ottawa 67's Washington Township, Michigan North Jersey Avalanche (Youth-USA)

2023 CHL Import Draft edit

On July 5, 2023, the Canadian Hockey League conducted the 2023 CHL Import Draft, in which teams in all three CHL leagues participate in. The Erie Otters held the first pick in the draft by a team in the OHL. The Spirit selected Martin Misiak from Slovakia with the OHL's first selection in the draft.

Below are the players who were selected in the first round by Ontario Hockey League teams in the 2022 CHL Import Draft.[16]

# Player Nationality OHL team Hometown Last team
1 Martin Misiak (C)   Slovakia Erie Otters Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Youngstown Phantoms
4 Urban Podrekar (LD)   Slovenia Niagara IceDogs Bled, Slovenia HK Olimpija Ljubljana
7 Arttu Karki (LD)   Finland Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Viiala, Finland Tappara Tampere
10 Emil Pieniniemi (LD)   Finland Kingston Frontenacs Kuopio, Finland Karpat Oulu U20
13 Rasmus Kumpulainen (C)   Finland Oshawa Generals Lahti, Finland Pelicans Lahti U20
16 Jakub Fibigr (LD)   Czech Republic Mississauga Steelheads Uničov, Czech Republic Vitkovice Ostrave Jr.
19 Adam Jiříček (RD)   Czech Republic Brantford Bulldogs Plzeň, Czech Republic Plzen Jr.
22 Jakub Vondras (G)   Czech Republic Sudbury Wolves Plzeň, Czech Republic Skoda Plzen HC
25 Tomas Pobezal (C)   Slovakia Kitchener Rangers Púchov, Slovakia Nitra U18
28 Martin Matejicek (LD)   Czech Republic Owen Sound Attack Jihlava, Czech Republic Dukla Jihlava Jr.
31 Rio Kaiser (LD)   Germany Peterborough Petes Berlin, Germany EC Red Bull Salzburg U20 EBYSL
34 Vilmer Alriksson (LW)   Sweden Guelph Storm Enebyberg, Sweden Djurgardens IF Jr.
37 Markas Samenas (LW)   Sweden Flint Firebirds Vilnius, Lithuania Acadie-Bathurst Titan
40 Valentin Zhugin (LW)   Russia Saginaw Spirit Magnitogorsk, Russia Guelph Storm
43 Roman Kukumberg (LW)   Slovakia Sarnia Sting Bratislava, Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
46 Daniil Ustinkov (LD)   Switzerland London Knights Zürich, Switzerland GCK Lions Jr.
49 Michael Nygard (C)   Norway Barrie Colts Oslo, Norway Mora IK Jr.
52 Josef Eichler (RD)   Czech Republic Windsor Spitfires Benešov, Czech Republic Plzen Jr.
55 Ihnat Pazii (C)   Ukraine North Bay Battalion Kharkiv, Ukraine Windy City Storm 16U
57 Tuomas Uronen (RW)   Finland Ottawa 67's Kerava, Finland HIFK Helsinki U20

2023 NHL Entry Draft edit

On June 28–29, 2023, the National Hockey League conducted the 2023 NHL Entry Draft at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Colby Barlow of the Owen Sound Attack was the highest player from the OHL to be selected, as he was taken with the 18th overall pick by the Winnipeg Jets. A total of 35 players were drafted from the OHL.

Below are the players selected from OHL teams at the NHL Entry Draft.[17]

Round # Player Nationality NHL team Hometown OHL team
1 18 Colby Barlow (LW)   Canada Winnipeg Jets Orillia, Ontario Owen Sound Attack
1 22 Oliver Bonk (D)   Canada Philadelphia Flyers Ottawa, Ontario London Knights
1 26 Quentin Musty (LW)   United States San Jose Sharks Hamburg, New York Sudbury Wolves
1 27 Calum Ritchie (C)   Canada Colorado Avalanche Oakville, Ontario Oshawa Generals
1 28 Easton Cowan (RW)   Canada Toronto Maple Leafs Mount Brydges, Ontario London Knights
2 42 Andrew Gibson (D)   Canada Detroit Red Wings LaSalle, Ontario Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
2 50 Carson Rehkopf (LW)   Canada Seattle Kraken Vaughan, Ontario Kitchener Rangers
2 56 Beau Akey (D)   Canada Edmonton Oilers Waterloo, Ontario Barrie Colts
2 59 Carey Terrance (C)   United States Anaheim Ducks Akwesasne, New York Erie Otters
2 61 Tristan Bertucci (D)   Canada Dallas Stars Vaughan, Ontario Flint Firebirds
3 65 Coulson Pitre (RW)   Canada Anaheim Ducks Stouffville, Ontario Flint Firebirds
3 67 Nick Lardis (LW)   Canada Chicago Blackhawks Oakville, Ontario Hamilton Bulldogs
3 74 Quinton Burns (D)   Canada St. Louis Blues Smiths Falls, Ontario Kingston Frontenacs
3 75 Hunter Brzustewicz (D)   United States Vancouver Canucks Washington, Michigan Kitchener Rangers
3 79 Brad Gardiner (C)   Canada Dallas Stars Aurora, Ontario Ottawa 67's
3 95 Denver Barkey (C)   Canada Philadelphia Flyers Newmarket, Ontario London Knights
4 97 Konnor Smith (D)   Canada Anaheim Ducks Windsor, Ontario Peterborough Petes
4 99 Alex Pharand (C)   Canada Chicago Blackhawks Sudbury, Ontario Sudbury Wolves
4 101 Florian Xhekaj (LW)   Canada Montreal Canadiens Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton Bulldogs
4 104 Patrick Thomas (C)   Canada Washington Capitals Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton Bulldogs
4 109 Ethan Miedema (LW)   Canada Buffalo Sabres Cobourg, Ontario Kingston Frontenacs
4 111 Joey Willis (C)   United States Nashville Predators Elmhurst, Illinois Saginaw Spirit
4 114 Luca Pinelli (C)   Canada Columbus Blue Jackets Stoney Creek, Ontario Ottawa 67's
5 129 Rodwin Dionicio (D)   United States Anaheim Ducks Newark, New Jersey Windsor Spitfires
5 136 Cam Allen (D)   Canada Washington Capitals Toronto, Ontario Guelph Storm
5 140 Matthew Andonovski (D)   Canada Ottawa Senators Markham, Ontario Kitchener Rangers
5 146 Jacob Julien (C)   Canada Winnipeg Jets London, Ontario London Knights
5 150 Matthew Mania (D)   United States Los Angeles Kings Olmsted, Ohio Sudbury Wolves
6 164 Cole Brown (LW)   Canada New Jersey Devils Aurora, Ontario Hamilton Bulldogs
6 170 Matthew Mayich (D)   Canada St. Louis Blues Stoney Creek, Ontario Ottawa 67's
6 174 Cooper Foster (LW)   Canada Pittsburgh Penguins Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Ottawa 67's
6 178 Dylan Roobroeck (C)   Canada New York Rangers London, Ontario Ottawa 67's
6 184 Nathan Day (G)   Canada Edmonton Oilers Grimsby, Ontario Flint Firebirds
6 189 Angus MacDonell (C)   Canada Dallas Stars Toronto, Ontario Mississauga Steelheads
7 211 Ethan Hay (C)   Canada Tampa Bay Lightning Waterloo, Ontario Flint Firebirds

2023 IIHF World Junior Championship edit

The 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship was held at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia and at Avenir Centre in Moncton, New Brunswick which began on December 26, 2022 ended on January 5, 2023.[18]

Eighteen current and former OHL players were on eight rosters in this tournament, including six on Canada, three on Switzerland, two on Czechia, Slovakia and the United States, and one on Austria, Germany and Latvia.[19]

Austria edit

Team Austria had one OHL player on their roster, as Vinzenz Rohrer of the Ottawa 67's was named to the team.

In five games, Rohrer finished in third in team scoring, as he recorded a goal and two assists for three points.

Austria finished the preliminary round of the tournament in last place in Group A with a 0-0-0-4 record. In the best-of-three relegation round, Austria lost to Latvia in two games to finish in tenth place in the tournament.

Canada edit

The Canadian team had six current and former OHL players on their original roster. The players on the Canadian team who currently played in the OHL are: Ethan Del Mastro, Mississauga Steelheads; Ben Gaudreau, Sarnia Sting; Jack Matier, Ottawa 67's and Brennan Othmann, Peterborough Petes. Two former OHL players were also on the team: former Barrie Colts player Brandt Clarke, who played on the Los Angeles Kings and former Kingston Frontenacs player Shane Wright of the Seattle Kraken.Wright and Clarke both where sent down to the OHL after the tournament. Wright was named captain of the team. Later in the tournament, Canada added Owen Beck from the Mississauga Steelheads as an injury replacement.

In seven games, Clarke led the Canadian defense with two goals and eight points. Wright scored four goals and seven points in seven games. Othmann scored two goals and six points in seven games, while Del Mastro earned three assists in seven games. Beck earned an assist in three games and Matier had an assist in seven games. Gaudreau earned a record of 1-1-0 in two games with a 3.38 GAA and a 0.828 save percentage.

Canada finished second in Group A during the preliminary round with a record of 3-0-0-1, earning nine points. In the quarter-finals, Canada defeated Slovakia 4-3 in overtime. In the semi-finals, the Canadians defeated the United States 6-2, advancing to the championship game. In the Gold Medal game, Canada defeated Czechia 3-2 in overtime to win the tournament.

Czechia edit

Team Czechia had two OHL players on their roster. The players named to the team were Tomas Hamara of the Kitchener Rangers and Matyas Sapovaliv of the Saginaw Spirit.

Sapovaliv earned seven assists in seven games to finish tied for fifth in team scoring. Hamara earned an assist in seven games.

Czechia finished in first place in Group A during the preliminary round, earning a record of 3-0-1-0 for ten points. In the quarter-finals, Czechia defeated Switzerland 9-1 to advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-final game, Czechia defeated Sweden 2-1 to earn a berth in the Gold Medal game. In the final game of the tournament, Czechia lost to Canada 3-2 in overtime to win the silver medal.

Germany edit

Team Germany had one OHL player on their roster. Ryan Del Monte of the London Knights was the lone OHL player that made the team.

Del Monte was held to no points in two games during the tournament.

Germany finished in fourth place in Group A during the preliminary round with a 1-0-0-3 record, earning three points. In the quarter-finals, Germany lost to the United States 11-1 to be eliminated from the tournament. Germany finished in eighth place in the tournament.

Latvia edit

Latvia had one OHL player on their roster. Sandis Vilmanis of the Sarnia Sting was named to the team.

Vilmanis scored a goal and added an assist for two points in six games.

Latvia finished the preliminary round of the tournament in last place in Group B with a record of 0-0-1-3, earning one point. In the best-of-three relegation series against Austria, Latvia swept the series in two games. Latvia finished the tournament in ninth place.

Slovakia edit

Team Slovakia had two OHL players on their roster, as Filip Mesar of the Kitchener Rangers and Servac Petrovsky of the Owen Sound Attack were named to the team.

Mesar finished tied for the team lead in points, as he recorded two goals and four assists for six points in five games. Petrovsky scored two goals and three points in five games to finish tied for fifth in team scoring.

Slovakia finished the preliminary round of the tournament with a 2-0-1-1 record, finishing in third place with seven points. In the quarter-finals, Slovakia lost to Canada 4-3 in overtime. Slovakia finished the tournament in sixth place.

Switzerland edit

Team Switzerland named three OHL players to their team. Alessio Beglieri of the Mississauga Steelheads, Rodwin Dionicio of the Niagara IceDogs and Brian Zanetti of the Peterborough Petes represented their country at the tournament.

In five games, Dionico scored a goal, while Zanetti earned an assist in five games. Beglieri earned a record of 0-2-0 with a 6.07 GAA and a 0.831 save percentage in two games.

Switzerland had a record of 0-3-0-1 in four games during the preliminary round, earning six points and fourth place in Group B. In the quarter-finals, Switzerland lost to Czechia 9-1. Switzerland finished the tournament in seventh place.

United States edit

The United States had two players of the OHL on their roster. The players were Tyler Boucher of the Ottawa 67's and Andrew Oke of the Saginaw Spirit.

Boucher finished the tournament with three goals and four points in six games. Oke earned a record of 1-0-0 with a 3.00 GAA and a 0.875 save percentage in one game.

The United States finished in first place in Group B with a 3-0-0-1 record, earning nine points, during the preliminary round. In the quarter-finals, the United States defeated Germany 9-1 to advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-final game, the United States lost to Canada 6-2 to advance to the Bronze Medal game. The United States captured the bronze medal with a 8-7 overtime win over Sweden.

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