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2024–25 OHL season
LeagueOntario Hockey League
SportHockey
DurationPreseason
August 30, 2024 – September 22, 2024
Regular season
September 25, 2024 – March 23, 2025
Playoffs
March 2025 – May 2025
Number of teams20
TV partner(s)Rogers TV
YourTV
TSN
OHL seasons
2024–25 CHL season
LeagueCanadian Hockey League
SportHockey
DurationOHL
September 2024 – May 2025
QMJHL
September 2024 – May 2025
WHL
September 2024 – May 2025
Number of teams60
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 is playing a 68-game regular season which began on September 25, 2024 and concludes on March 23, 2025. The post-season will begin in March 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

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Commissioner

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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

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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 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

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

Pre-season

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On June 27, 2024, the OHL announced the preseason schedule for the 2024–25 season. In total, there will be 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:

Exterior of the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium
The Kitchener Memorial Auditorium hosted the pre-season showcase over Labour Day weekend.

OHL training camps began in late August in preparation of the 2024-25 season, which began on September 25, 2024.[6]

Regular season

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Season standings

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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 November 23, 2024[7]

Eastern conference

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Rank Team DIV GP W L OTL SOL Pts ROW GF GA
1 Kingston Frontenacs East 24 14 6 4 0 32 13 100 72
2 Niagara IceDogs Central 23 14 8 0 1 29 13 93 91
3 Oshawa Generals East 24 14 8 1 1 30 11 88 79
4 Barrie Colts Central 21 14 7 0 0 28 13 74 58
5 Sudbury Wolves Central 22 12 7 3 0 27 12 74 74
6 Brantford Bulldogs East 23 11 9 3 0 25 9 78 82
7 North Bay Battalion Central 22 10 10 2 0 22 9 70 89
8 Ottawa 67's East 21 8 8 2 3 21 8 72 76
9 Brampton Steelheads Central 21 10 10 1 0 21 8 88 83
10 Peterborough Petes East 23 2 16 1 4 9 2 49 95

Western conference

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Rank Team DIV GP W L OTL SOL Pts ROW GF GA
1 London Knights Midwest 22 18 4 0 0 36 17 94 67
2 Windsor Spitfires West 24 17 5 2 0 36 17 100 67
3 Kitchener Rangers Midwest 24 16 5 2 1 35 15 89 67
4 Erie Otters Midwest 23 13 7 2 1 29 13 87 76
5 Saginaw Spirit West 23 13 9 1 0 27 11 109 81
6 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds West 23 12 11 0 0 24 10 66 76
7 Sarnia Sting West 24 8 12 1 3 20 6 67 100
8 Flint Firebirds West 23 9 13 0 1 19 9 62 79
9 Owen Sound Attack Midwest 23 6 12 2 3 17 6 72 89
10 Guelph Storm Midwest 21 6 13 1 1 14 6 66 97

Scoring leaders

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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 23 23 23 46 8
Porter Martone Brampton Steelheads 20 17 22 39 32
Sam Dickinson London Knights 20 13 24 37 14
Liam Greentree Windsor Spitfires 23 13 24 37 8
Nick Lardis Brantford Bulldogs 22 23 13 36 8
Jacob Battaglia Kingston Frontenacs 24 15 19 34 18
Carson Rehkopf Brampton Steelheads 21 12 22 34 10
Adrian Misaljevic Kitchener Rangers 24 13 20 33 2
Luca Marrelli Oshawa Generals 24 11 22 33 8
Patrick Thomas Brantford Bulldogs 23 7 26 33 2

Leading goaltenders

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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
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Player Team GP MINS W L OTL SOL GA SO Sv% GAA
Jackson Parsons Kitchener Rangers 19 1097 13 5 1 0 39 3 0.926 2.13
Joey Costanzo Windsor Spitfires 19 1104 14 4 1 0 43 2 0.917 2.34
Charlie Schenkel Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 18 938 7 6 0 0 40 1 0.923 2.56
Nate Krawchuk Sudbury Wolves 15 804 6 4 3 0 37 0 0.913 2.76
Nolan Lalonde Kingston Frontenacs 14 758 7 4 3 0 35 1 0.896 2.77

References

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  1. ^ Blouin, Maxime. "Rimouski selected to host the 2025 Memorial Cup". Canadian Hockey League. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  2. ^ "OHL Appoints Golf Canada Executive Bryan Crawford as Incoming Commissioner". Canadian Hockey League. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  3. ^ "OHL Board of Governors Approves Relocation of Mississauga Steelheads Franchise to Brampton". Canadian Hockey League. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  4. ^ "OHL announces Mississauga Steelheads' official relocation to Brampton". Sportsnet. Canadian Press. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  5. ^ Rumbolt, Ryan. "Back-to-back wins open the Steelheads' first season in Brampton". Insauga. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  6. ^ Sweetland, Josh. "OHL Announces 2024-25 Preseason Schedule". Canadian Hockey League. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  7. ^ "OHL Standings". Canadian Hockey League. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
  8. ^ "Canadian Hockey League – Official Site of the Canadian Hockey League".
  9. ^ "Canadian Hockey League – Official Site of the Canadian Hockey League".
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