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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 will begin 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

Commissioner

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

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

On July 17, 2024, the Erie Otters announced an affiliation agreement with the GOJHL's Port Colborne Sailors.

Pre-season

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

Final standings

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

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

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

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

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

On October 30, the OHL announced a brand new one-game event, the Connor McDavid OHL Top Prospects Game. The top NHL 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

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

Conference quarterfinals			Conference semifinals	Conference finals	Finals

1	Brantford	0

8	North Bay	0



2	Barrie	1

7	Niagara	0

Eastern Conference

3	Kingston	0

6	Sudbury	0



4	Oshawa	0

5	Brampton	0



1	London	0

8	Owen Sound	0



2	Windsor	1

7	S.S. Marie	0

Western Conference

3	Kitchener	0

6	Flint	0



4	Saginaw	0

5	Erie	1

Conference quarterfinals

Eastern conference quarterfinals

(1) Brantford Bulldogs vs. (8) North Bay Battalion

March 28

North Bay Battalion

7:00 pm

Brantford Bulldogs

Series tied 0 – 0

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)

Barrie leads series 1 – 0

Series tied 0 – 0

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Off-season

Commissioner

Relocation

Affiliation

Pre-season

Regular season

Final standings

Eastern conference

Western conference

Scoring leaders

Leading goaltenders

Connor McDavid OHL Top Prospects Game

Top Prospects East vs. Top Prospects West

Playoffs

Conference quarterfinals

Eastern conference quarterfinals

(1) Brantford Bulldogs vs. (8) North Bay Battalion

(2) Barrie Colts vs. (7) Niagara IceDogs

(3) Kingston Frontenacs vs. (6) Sudbury Wolves

(4) Oshawa Generals vs. (5) Brampton Steelheads

Western conference quarterfinals

(1) London Knights vs. (8) Owen Sound Attack

(2) Windsor Spitfires vs. (7) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds

(3) Kitchener Rangers vs. (6) Flint Firebirds

(4) Saginaw Spirit vs. (5) Erie Otters

Awards

2025 OHL Priority Selection

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