2014-15 OHL Season

This is the 2014-15 Ontario Hockey League season. This is the league's 45th season dating back to its' founding as the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League.

Franchise changes

 * For the 2014-15 season there were no franchise relocations, however, during the season the Belleville Bulls were sold to the then owner of the Hamilton's AHL franchise and announced as relocating to the city when the Montreal Canadiens purchased the AHL team and announced plans to relocate the AHL franchise to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.  The team will be known as the Hamilton Bulldogs, the same as the previous AHL team.  The Plymouth Whalers were sold and announced to be relocating to Flint, Michigan and would be renamed the Flint Firebirds.

Standings
Team                       GP  W  L OTL SL  GF  GA  PIM   P  Eastern Conference East Division Oshawa Generals            68 51 11  2   4 292 157  983 108 Ottawa 67's                68 38 25  4   1 239 220  699  81 Kingston Frontenacs        68 32 28  5   3 196 197  891  72 Belleville Bulls           68 27 33  3   5 203 246  822  62 Peterborough Petes         68 26 36  1   5 203 268  835  58 Central Division Barrie Colts               68 41 24  1   2 278 227 1155  85 North Bay Battalion        68 37 20  6   5 237 195  742  85 Niagara IceDogs            68 37 27  2   2 274 237  918  78 Mississauga Steelheads     68 25 40  2   1 178 265  883  53 Sudbury Wolves             68 12 54  1   1 149 323  935  26 Western Conference Midwest Division Erie Otters                68 50 14  2   2 331 212  896 104 London Knights             68 40 24  1   3 289 260 1055  84 Guelph Storm               68 38 26  2   2 237 237  938  80 Owen Sound Attack          68 35 24  2   7 240 211 1008  79 Kitchener Rangers          68 32 26  3   7 216 221  938  74 West Division Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 68 54 12 0   2 342 196  829 110 Sarnia Sting               68 29 32  4   3 232 263  876  65 Saginaw Spirit             68 29 36  2   1 212 271  921  61 Plymouth Whalers           68 23 38  5   2 195 255 1047  53 Windsor Spitfires          68 24 40  2   2 223 305  952  52 tiebreaker: Barrie wins the Central Division on the first tiebreaker (wins) with 41 vs North Bay's 37

Format
The top eight teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs. The two division winners are seeded one and two and the remaining teams are seeded three through eight based on points. Teams are re-seeded after the conference quarterfinals with the 1 seed playing the 4 seed and 2 playing 3. All Series are best-of-seven. The J. Ross Robertson Cup champion will advance to the 2015 Memorial Cup being held in Quebec City, Quebec.

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

 * Oshawa defeated Peterborough 4 games to 1 (7-2, 2-1, 1-3, 4-0, 3-2)
 * Barrie defeated Belleville 4 games to none (3-2, 8-2, 2-1 (ot),4-2)
 * North Bay defeated Kingston 4 games to none (8-2, 3-2, 3-1, 3-1)
 * Niagara defeated Ottawa 4 games to 2 (5-8, 2-8, 6-2, 3-2, 4-3 (ot), 8-3, 4-3)

Western Conference Quarterfinals

 * Sault Ste. Marie defeated Saginaw 4 games to none (5-1, 8-2, 4-0, 5-2)
 * Erie defeated Sarnia 4 games to 1 (2-3, 3-1, 6-5, 4-3(ot), 7-0)
 * London defeated Kitchener 4 games to 2 (3-1, 6-2, 10-6, 4-, 3-6, 5-0)
 * Guelph defeated Owen Sound 4 games to 1 (1-6, 5-4 (ot), 2-1, 3-2 (ot), 2-1)

Eastern Conference Semifinals

 * Oshawa defeated Niagara 4 games to 1 (5-3, 6-1, 3-7, 7-4, 4-2)
 * North Bay defeated Barrie 4 games to 1 (2-3, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3 (2ot), 7-5)

Western Conference Semifinals

 * Sault Ste. Marie defeated Guelph 4 games to none (7-4, 9-3, 6-1, 3-2)
 * Erie defeated London 4 games to none (5-2, 7-3, 4-1, 5-2)

Eastern Conference Final
Oshawa wins the Bobby Orr Trophy
 * Oshawa defeated North Bay 4 games to 2 (1-6, 1-0 (ot), 1-2 (ot), 3-2, 4-1, 2-1)

Western Conference Final
Erie wins the Wayne Gretzky Trophy
 * Erie defeated Sault Ste. Marie 4 games to 2 (3-6, 5-2, 4-2, 7-5, 2-4, 7-3)

J. Ross Robertson Cup Final
The Oshawa Generals win the J. Ross Robertson Cup and advance to the 2015 Memorial Cup.
 * Oshawa defeated Erie 4 games to 1