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 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 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

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 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 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:

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

• 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

Season 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
Standings as of December 29, 2024[7]

Eastern conference

Rank	Team	DIV	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Pts	ROW	GF	GA
1	Barrie Colts	Central	34	23	9	1	1	48	22	126	93
2	Oshawa Generals	East	35	21	11	2	1	45	18	134	119
3	Niagara IceDogs	Central	35	22	11	1	1	46	21	149	142
4	Kingston Frontenacs	East	34	17	10	5	2	41	16	136	115
5	Sudbury Wolves	Central	32	17	10	5	0	39	17	114	112
6	Brantford Bulldogs	East	34	18	13	3	0	39	16	132	123
7	Ottawa 67's	East	34	14	13	2	5	35	13	117	131
8	Brampton Steelheads	Central	33	15	14	4	0	34	13	145	137
9	North Bay Battalion	Central	33	13	17	3	0	29	12	95	131
10	Peterborough Petes	East	34	7	21	2	4	20	6	81	135

Western conference

Rank	Team	DIV	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Pts	ROW	GF	GA
1	London Knights	Midwest	34	28	6	0	0	56	25	148	90
2	Windsor Spitfires	West	35	25	7	2	1	53	25	152	99
3	Kitchener Rangers	Midwest	34	24	7	2	1	51	22	126	92
4	Erie Otters	Midwest	31	17	10	3	1	38	17	114	106
5	Saginaw Spirit	West	35	17	17	1	0	35	15	151	136
6	Flint Firebirds	West	34	16	16	1	1	34	14	105	111
7	Sarnia Sting	West	37	12	18	2	5	31	10	102	151
8	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	West	35	15	20	0	0	30	13	104	132
9	Guelph Storm	Midwest	33	10	20	2	1	23	9	111	148
10	Owen Sound Attack	Midwest	34	9	20	2	3	23	9	97	136

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	32	30	32	62	21
Liam Greentree	Windsor Spitfires	34	24	32	56	23
Nick Lardis	Brantford Bulldogs	33	30	25	55	12
Porter Martone	Brampton Steelheads	26	21	33	54	41
Kieron Walton	Sudbury Wolves	32	19	35	54	22
Ryan Roobroeck	Niagara IceDogs	35	26	24	50	8
Beckett Sennecke	Oshawa Generals	29	23	27	50	26
Ilya Protas	Windsor Spitfires	32	20	30	50	10
Luke Misa	Brampton Steelheads	33	21	28	49	2
Patrick Thomas	Brantford Bulldogs	34	14	35	49	6

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
Ben Hrebik	Barrie Colts	15	858	11	2	1	0	28	1	0.942	1.96
Austin Elliott	London Knights	14	854	14	0	0	0	30	2	0.920	2.11
Jackson Parsons	Kitchener Rangers	27	1590	20	6	1	0	56	4	0.927	2.11
Joey Costanzo	Windsor Spitfires	28	1628	21	5	1	1	62	3	0.917	2.29
Aleksei Medvedev	London Knights	19	1052	13	4	0	0	46	1	0.918	2.62

References

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 December 28, 2024.
8. "Canadian Hockey League – Official Site of the Canadian Hockey League".
9. "Canadian Hockey League – Official Site of the Canadian Hockey League".

Sources

• "EDITORIAL: Changes to NCAA, junior hockey will have lasting impact". Rocky Mountain Outlook. Great West Media. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.

External links

• Ontario Hockey League

Preceded by 2023–24 OHL season

OHL seasons

Succeeded by 2025–26 OHL season