2022-23 OHL season

2022–23 OHL season
League	Ontario Hockey League
Sport	Hockey
Duration	Preseason September 2, 2022 - September 25, 2022 Regular season September 29, 2022 – March 26, 2023 Playoffs March 30, 2023 – May 21, 2023
Number of teams	20
TV partner(s)	Rogers TV Shaw TV YourTV TSN CBC

2022–23 CHL season
League	Canadian Hockey League
Sport	Hockey
Duration	OHL September 2022 – May 2023 QMJHL September 2022 – May 2023 WHL September 2022 – May 2023
Number of teams	60
TV partner(s)	RDS TSN CBC Rogers TV Shaw TV

This is the 2022-23 Ontario Hockey League season. This is the league's 52nd season dating back to its' founding as the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League.

There are currently 20 teams in the OHL; 17 are based in the Canadian province of Ontario, 2 teams in the American state of Michigan and 1 team in the American state of Pennsylvania. Out of the 17 teams based in Ontario, 14 teams are in Southern Ontario, and 3 teams are in Northern Ontario.

The 20 OHL clubs play a 68 game unbalanced schedule, which usually starts in the third full week of September, running until the third week of March. Ninety per cent (90%) of OHL games are scheduled between Thursday and Sunday to minimize the number of school days missed for its players. Ninety-five per cent (95%) of the players in the league are attending high school or college.

Franchise changes

none, for 2022-23 but due to upcoming renovations at the FirstOntario Centre, the Hamilton Bulldogs will be forced to find a place to play for the 2023-24, 2024-25, and posiibly 2025-26 seasons. Later reports indicated that the team would play out of the Brantford Civic Centre and be renamed the Brantford Bulldogs. This relocation would not affect the Junior A level Brantford 99ers who play out of the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre.

Current member teams

Ontario Hockey League
Eastern Conference
Division	Team	City	Arena	Capacity
East	Hamilton Bulldogs	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	FirstOntario Centre	17,383
	Kingston Frontenacs	Kingston, Ontario, Canada	Leon's Centre	5,614
	Oshawa Generals	Oshawa, Ontario, Canada	Tribute Communities Centre	6,125
	Ottawa 67's	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	TD Place Arena	9,862
	Peterborough Petes	Peterborough, Ontario, Canada	Peterborough Memorial Centre	4,329
Central	Barrie Colts	Barrie, Ontario, Canada	Sadlon Arena	4,195
	Mississauga Steelheads	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada	Paramount Fine Foods Centre	5,612
	Niagara IceDogs	St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada	Meridian Centre	5,300
	North Bay Battalion	North Bay, Ontario, Canada	North Bay Memorial Gardens	4,246
	Sudbury Wolves	Sudbury, Ontario, Canada	Sudbury Community Arena	4,640
Western Conference
Division	Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Midwest	Erie Otters	Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	Erie Insurance Arena	6,833
	Guelph Storm	Guelph, Ontario, Canada	Sleeman Centre	4,715
	Kitchener Rangers	Kitchener, Ontario, Canada	Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex	7,777
	London Knights	London, Ontario, Canada	Budweiser Gardens	9,046
	Owen Sound Attack	Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada	Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre	3,500
West	Flint Firebirds	Flint, Michigan, USA	Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center	4,021
	Saginaw Spirit	Saginaw, Michigan, USA	Dow Event Center	5,527
	Sarnia Sting	Sarnia, Ontario, Canada	Progressive Auto Sales Arena	5,500
	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada	GFL Memorial Gardens	4,928
	Windsor Spitfires	Windsor, Ontario, Canada	WFCU Centre	6,450

Standings

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
Standings as of March 26, 2023

Eastern conference

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

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

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

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
Matthew 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

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

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	London Knights	40	2158	26	6	0	2	109	1	0.901	3.03

Playoffs

Conference quarterfinals

Conference semifinals

Conference finals

Finals

E1

Ottawa

4

E8

Oshawa

1

E1

Ottawa

2

E4

Peterborough

4

E4

Peterborough

4

E5

Sudbury

0

E4

Peterborough

4

Eastern Conference

E2

North Bay

3

E2

North Bay

4

E7

Mississauga

2

E2

North Bay

4

E3

Barrie

3

E3

Barrie

4

E6

Hamilton Bulldogs

2

E4

Peterborough

4

W2

London

1

W1

Windsor

0

W8

Kitchener

4

W2

London

4

W8

Kitchener

1

W4

Saginaw

4

W5

Flint

3

W2

London

4

Western Conference

W3

Sarnia

2

W2

London

4

W7

Owen Sound

0

W3

Sarnia

4

W4

Saginaw

0

W3

Sarnia

4

W6

Guelph

2

Conference quarterfinals

Eastern conference quarterfinals

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

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

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

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

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

(1) Windsor Spitfires vs. (8) Kitchener Rangers

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

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

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 - Matthew 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 - Matthew 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

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

Eastern conference semifinals

(1) Ottawa 67's vs. (4) Peterborough Petes

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

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

(2) London Knights vs. (8) Kitchener Rangers

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

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

Eastern conference finals

(2) North Bay Battalion vs. (4) Peterborough Petes

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

(2) London Knights vs. (3) Sarnia Sting

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

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

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

7:30 pm

London Knights

Budweiser Gardens

Recap

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

The Peterborough Petes advance to the 2023 Memorial Cup.

Playoff scoring leaders

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

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

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

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

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
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	–
Bill Long Award	Lifetime achievement	–
OHL Executive of the Year	Executive of the Year	–
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	–
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

2023 OHL Priority Selection

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. On April 20, the Otters announced that Matthew Schaefer from the Huron Hurricanes of the SCTA would be the first selection in the draft. 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:

#	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	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 IIHF World Junior Championship

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.

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.

Austria

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

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

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

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

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 prelimiary 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

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

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

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.

External links

• www.ontariohockeyleague.com

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