2016–17 OHL season

2016–17 CHL season
2016–17 CHL season
League	Canadian Hockey League
Duration	OHL; September 2016 – March 2017; QMJHL; September 2016 – March 2017; WHL; September 2016 – March 2017
Champions	Windsor Spitfires
Number of teams	60
Television	RDS; Rogers Sportsnet; Rogers TV; Shaw TV

2016–17 OHL season
2016–17 OHL season
League	Ontario Hockey League
Duration	Preseason; September 2016; Regular season; September 21, 2016 – March 21, 2017; Playoffs; March 23, 2017 – May 12, 2017
Champions	Erie Otters (2)
Number of teams	20
Commissioner	David Branch
Television	Rogers TV, TVCogeco, Shaw TV
	OHL seasons
← 2015–16	2017–18 →

The 2016–17 OHL season was the 37th season of the Ontario Hockey League, in which twenty teams played 68 games each according to the regular season schedule, from September 21, 2016 to March 21, 2017. The playoffs began on March 23, 2017 and ended on May 12. The Erie Otters won the J. Ross Robertson Cup for the second time in franchise history, and the first time since 2002, as they defeated the Mississauga Steelheads in five games to represent the OHL at the 2017 Memorial Cup held at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario. The Windsor Spitfires also qualified for the tournament as the host team.

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

Eastern conference

Rank	Team	DIV	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	PTS	GF	GA
1	z-Peterborough Petes	East	68	42	21	2	3	89	239	221
2	y-Mississauga Steelheads	Central	68	34	21	6	7	81	240	219
3	x-Oshawa Generals	East	68	40	23	3	2	85	228	215
4	x-Kingston Frontenacs	East	68	33	26	5	4	75	179	200
5	x-Hamilton Bulldogs	East	68	33	27	4	4	74	238	225
6	x-Sudbury Wolves	Central	68	27	34	7	0	61	207	263
7	x-Ottawa 67's	East	68	26	34	7	1	60	221	271
8	x-Niagara IceDogs	Central	68	23	35	6	4	56	207	274

9	North Bay Battalion	Central	68	24	38	5	1	54	192	260
10	Barrie Colts	Central	68	17	44	6	1	41	192	291

Western conference

Rank	Team	DIV	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	PTS	GF	GA
1	z-Erie Otters	Midwest	68	50	15	2	1	103	319	182
2	y-Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	West	68	48	16	3	1	100	287	208
3	x-Owen Sound Attack	Midwest	68	49	15	2	2	102	297	177
4	x-London Knights	Midwest	68	46	15	3	4	99	289	194
5	x-Windsor Spitfires	West	68	41	19	5	3	90	232	185
6	x-Kitchener Rangers	Midwest	68	36	27	3	2	77	244	251
7	x-Flint Firebirds	West	68	32	28	3	5	72	229	242
8	x-Sarnia Sting	West	68	31	30	6	1	69	257	277

9	Saginaw Spirit	West	68	27	32	7	2	63	204	248
10	Guelph Storm	Midwest	68	21	40	5	2	49	202	297

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Alex DeBrincat	Erie Otters	63	65	62	127	49
Taylor Raddysh	Erie Otters	58	42	67	109	37
Adam Mascherin	Kitchener Rangers	65	35	65	100	20
Petrus Palmu	Owen Sound Attack	62	40	58	98	34
Nick Suzuki	Owen Sound Attack	64	45	51	96	10
Jordan Kyrou	Sarnia Sting	66	30	64	94	36
Ryan Moore	Flint Firebirds	68	39	51	90	57
Cliff Pu	London Knights	63	35	51	86	36
Kole Sherwood	Flint Firebirds	60	33	52	85	60
Kevin Hancock	Owen Sound Attack	68	30	55	85	14

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	SL	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Michael McNiven	Owen Sound Attack	54	3184	41	9	2	2	122	6	0.915	2.30
Michael DiPietro	Windsor Spitfires	51	2935	30	12	4	2	115	6	0.917	2.35
Troy Timpano	Erie Otters	44	2559	36	8	0	0	101	4	0.901	2.37
Tyler Parsons	London Knights	34	2000	23	6	2	3	79	4	0.925	2.37
Matthew Villalta	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	33	1795	25	3	0	0	72	1	0.918	2.41

Playoffs

Conference quarterfinals			Conference semifinals			Conference finals			Finals

1	Erie	4

8	Sarnia	0
			1	Erie	4

			4	London	3
4	London	4

5	Windsor	3
						1	Erie	4
Western conference
						3	Owen Sound	2
2	Sault Ste. Marie	4

7	Flint	1
			2	Sault Ste. Marie	2

			3	Owen Sound	4
3	Owen Sound	4

6	Kitchener	1
									W1	Erie	4

									E2	Mississauga	1
1	Peterborough	4

8	Niagara	0
			1	Peterborough	4

			4	Kingston	0
4	Kingston	4

5	Hamilton	3
						1	Peterborough	0
Eastern conference
						2	Mississauga	4
2	Mississauga	4

7	Ottawa	2
			2	Mississauga	4

			3	Oshawa	1
3	Oshawa	4

6	Sudbury	2

Conference quarterfinals

Eastern conference quarterfinals

(1) Peterborough Petes vs. (8) Niagara IceDogs

March 23	Peterborough Petes		2 – 5	Niagara IceDogs	Peterborough Memorial Centre	Recap
13:16 - Adam Timleck (1)		First period		Kirill Maksimov (1) - 4:17
1:15 - Semyon Der-Arguchintsev (1) 7:02 - Josh Coyle (1) 18:52 - Kyle Jenkins (1)		Second period		No scoring
4:39 - Adam Timleck (2)		Third period		Danial Singer (1) - 14:32
Dylan Wells (32 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Stephen Dhillon (31 saves / 36 shots) Colton Incze (7 saves / 7 shots)

March 25	Peterborough Petes		3 – 6	Niagara IceDogs	Peterborough Memorial Centre	Recap
6:49 - Steven Lorentz (1)		First period		Ryan Mantha (1) - pp - 8:36 Johnny Corneil (1) - pp - 16:25
14:03 - pp - Nikita Korostelev (1) 14:59 - Jonathan Ang (1)		Second period		No scoring
8:01 - Jonathan Ang (2) 14:07 - pp - Steven Lorentz (2) 19:55 - en - Matt Spencer (1)		Third period		Kirill Maksimov (2) - 18:46
Dylan Wells (41 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats		Stephen Dhillon (35 saves / 40 shots)

March 28	Niagara IceDogs		4 – 3	OT	Peterborough Petes	Meridian Centre	Recap
17:37 - pp - Kirill Maksimov (3)		First period			Jonathan Ang (3) - pp - 9:19
3:07 - Ondrej Machala (1) 3:47 - Ryan Mantha (2)		Second period			Steven Lorentz (3) - pp - 9:58 Steven Lorentz (4) - 19:33
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Josh Coyle (2) - 15:59
Stephen Dhillon (46 saves / 50 shots)		Goalie stats			Dylan Wells (39 saves / 42 shots)

March 30	Niagara IceDogs		6 – 2	Peterborough Petes	Meridian Centre	Recap
14:12 - Kirill Maksimov (4)		First period		Josh Coyle (3) - 17:53 Jonathan Ang (4) - 19:45
9:09 - pp - Danial Singer (2)		Second period		Nick Isaacson (1) - 3:10 Jonathan Ang (5) - 19:02
No scoring		Third period		Logan DeNoble (1) - 3:02 Matyas Svoboda (1) - 9:34
Stephen Dhillon (30 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats		Dylan Wells (37 saves / 39 shots)

Peterborough wins series 4 – 0

(2) Mississauga Steelheads vs. (7) Ottawa 67's

March 24	Mississauga Steelheads		2 – 6	Ottawa 67's	Hershey Centre	Recap
12:16 - Michael McLeod (1) 15:42 - Owen Tippett (1) 17:02 - pp - Vili Saarijarvi (1)		First period		Sasha Chmelevski (1) - pp - 7:07
3:32 - Nathan Bastian (1)		Second period		Zack Dorval (1) - 17:13
1:07 - Trent Fox (1) 13:20 - en - Trent Fox (2)		Third period		No scoring
Jacob Ingham (23 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Leo Lazarev (24 saves / 29 shots)

March 26	Mississauga Steelheads		4 – 0	Ottawa 67's	Hershey Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Travis Barron (1) - pp - 14:09 Sasha Chmelevski (2) - pp - 16:11 Tye Felhaber (1) - 17:51
No scoring		Third period		Mathieu Foget (1) - en - 17:32
Jacob Ingham (20 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats		Leo Lazarev (31 saves / 31 shots)

March 28	Ottawa 67's		2 – 1	Mississauga Steelheads	TD Place Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
7:31 - pp - Noel Hoefenmayer (1)		Second period		Michael McLeod (2) - 0:10 Jacob Cascagnette (1) - pp - 13:46
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Leo Lazarev (30 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Jacob Ingham (22 saves / 23 shots)

March 30	Ottawa 67's		6 – 4	Mississauga Steelheads	TD Place Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
14:44 - Austen Keating (1)		Second period		Spencer Watson (1) - 0:26 Nathan Bastian (2) - 4:06 Vili Saarijarvi (2) - pp - 10:00 Nathan Bastian (3) - 17:46
8:27 - Noel Hoefenmayer (2) 10:51 - sh - Patrick White (1) 18:42 - pp - Austen Keating (2)		Third period		Michael McLeod (3) - pp - 11:47 Nathan Bastian (4) - 12:21
Leo Lazarev (28 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Jacob Ingham (15 saves / 19 shots)

March 31	Mississauga Steelheads		5 – 3	Ottawa 67's	Hershey Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Tye Felhaber (2) - 15:17
No scoring		Second period		Patrick White (2) - 2:51
10:32 - Spencer Watson (2) 17:06 - Nathan Bastian (5) 19:07 - Michael McLeod (4)		Third period		Artur Tyanulin (1) - 6:34 Artur Tyanulin (2) - 12:36 Jared Steege (1) - 17:40
Jacob Ingham (14 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats		Leo Lazarev (51 saves / 54 shots)

April 2	Ottawa 67's		5 – 1	Mississauga Steelheads	TD Place Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Spencer Watson (3) - 2:48 Michael McLeod (5) - 4:55 Michael McLeod (6) - 9:13 Jacob Cascagnette (2) - 12:4-
9:51 - Mathieu Foget (2)		Third period		Spencer Watson (4) - 4:53
Leo Lazarev (39 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats		Jacob Ingham (19 saves / 20 shots)

Mississauga wins series 4 – 2

(3) Oshawa Generals vs. (6) Sudbury Wolves

March 24	Oshawa Generals		5 – 2	Sudbury Wolves	Tribute Communities Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Alan Lyszczarczyk (1) - pp - 9:46 Dmitry Sokolov (1) - pp - 13:36
13:04 - Serron Noel (1)		Second period		Drake Pilon (1) - 3:36 Michael Pezzetta (1) - 18:51
15:55 - Kenny Huether (1)		Third period		Macauley Carson (1) - 2:16
Jeremy Brodeur (26 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats		Jake McGrath (33 saves / 35 shots)

March 26	Oshawa Generals		1 – 5	Sudbury Wolves	Tribute Communities Centre	Recap
10:39 - pp - Jack Studnicka (1)		First period		No scoring
6:24 - Jack Studnicka (2) 11:37 - sh - Kyle MacLean (1)		Second period		No scoring
2:51 - pp - Matt Brassard (1) 7:27 - Mason Kohn (1)		Third period		Dmitry Sokolov (2) - pp - 13:56
Jeremy Brodeur (34 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats		Jake McGrath (27 saves / 32 shots)

March 28	Sudbury Wolves		2 – 3	Oshawa Generals	Sudbury Community Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Robbie Burt (1) - 9:44
6:00 - Dmitry Sokolov (3) 10:45 - pp - Macauley Carson (2) 14:59 - sh - Michael Pezzetta (2)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Danil Antropov (1) - 7:44
Jake McGrath (33 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats		Jeremy Brodeur (26 saves / 29 shots)

March 30	Sudbury Wolves		4 – 2	Oshawa Generals	Sudbury Community Arena	Recap
19:53 - David Levin (1)		First period		Joe Manchurek (1) - 1:42 Renars Krastenbergs (1) - 16:11
18:32 - Dmitry Sokolov (4)		Second period		Robbie Burt (2) - pp - 5:12
No scoring		Third period		Domenico Commisso (1) - 7:13
Jake McGrath (24 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Jeremy Brodeur (41 saves / 43 shots)

March 31	Oshawa Generals		1 – 4	Sudbury Wolves	Tribute Communities Centre	Recap
7:11 - Jack Studnicka (3)		First period		No scoring
5:37 - Renars Krastenbergs (2)		Second period		No scoring
15:17 - Joe Manchurek (2) 18:42 - en - Mason Kohn (2)		Third period		Dmitry Sokolov (5) - 9:13
Jeremy Brodeur (34 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats		Jake McGrath (22 saves / 25 shots)

April 2	Sudbury Wolves		3 – 1	Oshawa Generals	Sudbury Community Arena	Recap
8:59 - Dmitry Sokolov (6)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Renars Krastenbergs (3) - 19:18
No scoring		Third period		Kenny Huether (2) - 6:34 Joe Manchurek (3) - en - 19:11
Jake McGrath (27 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Jeremy Brodeur (26 saves / 27 shots)

Oshawa wins series 4 – 2

(4) Kingston Frontenacs vs. (5) Hamilton Bulldogs

March 24	Kingston Frontenacs		2 – 0	Hamilton Bulldogs	Rogers K-Rock Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Will Bitten (1) - pp - 18:44
No scoring		Second period		Will Bitten (2) - pp - 16:36
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Jeremy Helvig (27 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Dawson Carty (19 saves / 19 shots)

March 26	Kingston Frontenacs		5 – 4	Hamilton Bulldogs	Rogers K-Rock Centre	Recap
7:00 - Stephen Desrocher (1) 16:01 - pp - Linus Nyman (1)		First period		No scoring
6:25 - Nathan Dunkley (1) 18:22 - Jason Robertson (1)		Second period		Matt Luff (1) - 0:10 Marian Studenic (1) - 4:24 Niki Petti (1) - 7:09 Connor Roberts (1) - 7:57 Niki Petti (2) - 14:29
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Jeremy Helvig (18 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats		Dawson Carty (35 saves / 39 shots)

March 28	Hamilton Bulldogs		4 – 2	Kingston Frontenacs	FirstOntario Centre	Recap
9:17 - Michael Cramarossa (1)		First period		Nathan Billitier (1) - 18:26
4:04 - Niki Petti (3)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Brett Neumann (1) - 9:46 Nathan Dunkley (2) - 13:25 Nathan Dunkley (3) - en - 19:15
Dawson Carty (26 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Jeremy Helvig (29 saves / 31 shots)

March 30	Hamilton Bulldogs		5 – 1	Kingston Frontenacs	FirstOntario Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Jason Robertson (2) - 8:13 Ted Nichol (1) - 8:29 Sam Field (1) - 17:00
No scoring		Second period		Cody Caron (1) - 11:43
9:15 - pp - Marian Studenic (2)		Third period		Brett Neumann (2) - 12:45
Dawson Carty (7 saves / 10 shots) Kaden Fulcher (17 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats		Jeremy Helvig (22 saves / 23 shots)

March 31	Kingston Frontenacs		2 – 4	Hamilton Bulldogs	Rogers K-Rock Centre	Recap
1:11 - Ryan Cranford (1) 18:06 - pp - Stephen Desrocher (2)		First period		No scoring
14:28 - Linus Nyman (2)		Second period		Matt Luff (2) - pp - 8:21 Justin Lemcke (1) - 15:52
4:07 - Jason Robertson (3)		Third period		No scoring
Jeremy Helvig (20 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Dawson Carty (24 saves / 28 shots)

April 2	Hamilton Bulldogs		2 – 5	Kingston Frontenacs	FirstOntario Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Eemeli Rasanen (1) - pp - 13:03
1:17 - Luke Kutkevicius (1) 10:03 - pp - Will Bitten (3) 13:42 - Matthew Strome (1) 14:56 - MacKenzie Entwistle (1)		Second period		Nathan Dunkley (4) - 2:00
17:51 - en - Matt Luff (3)		Third period		No scoring
Dawson Carty (28 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Jeremy Helvig (23 saves / 27 shots)

April 4	Kingston Frontenacs		2 – 3	OT	Hamilton Bulldogs	Rogers K-Rock Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
19:29 - Jason Robertson (4)		Second period			Matt Luff (4) - 14:45 Michael Cramarossa (2) - 19:11
5:05 - Linus Nyman (3)		Third period			No scoring
8:48 - Linus Nyman (4)		First overtime period			No scoring
Jeremy Helvig (23 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Dawson Carty (18 saves / 21 shots)

Kingston wins series 4 – 3

Western conference quarterfinals

(1) Erie Otters vs. (8) Sarnia Sting

March 23	Erie Otters		3 – 6	Sarnia Sting	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
7:35 - Kyle Maksimovich (1) 11:06 - Warren Foegele (1) 14:25 - Kyle Maksimovich (2)		First period		Drake Rymsha (1) - pp - 3:20
13:00 - Alex DeBrincat (1)		Second period		Jordan Ernst (1) - 11:15
5:53 - Taylor Raddysh (1) 16:44 - pp - Anthony Cirelli (1)		Third period		Jordan Kyrou (1) - 10:53
Troy Timpano (20 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats		Justin Fazio (45 saves / 51 shots)

March 25	Sarnia Sting		9 – 3	Erie Otters	Progressive Auto Sales Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Warren Foegele (2) - pp - 8:55 Taylor Raddysh (2) - 13:20 Erik Cernak (1) - 13:47 Anthony Cirelli (2) - pp - 17:08
13:11 - pp - Jordan Ernst		Second period		Dylan Strome (1) - 1:25 Dylan Strome (2) - 14:27 Anthony Cerelli (3) - 15:16
9:01 - Kevin Spinozzi (1) 10:56 - Kevin Spinozzi (2)		Third period		Ivan Lodnia (1) - pp - 15:44 Haydn Hopkins (1) - 16:19
Aidan Hughes (24 saves / 31 shots) Blair Coffin (12 saves / 14 shots)		Goalie stats		Troy Timpano (26 saves / 29 shots)

March 27	Sarnia Sting		5 – 3	Erie Otters	Progressive Auto Sales Arena	Recap
5:06 - pp - Jordan Ernst (3)		First period		Dylan Strome (3) - pp - 1:23
No scoring		Second period		Darren Raddysh (1) - pp - 5:41 Alex DeBrincat (2) - 15:37 Darren Raddysh (2) - pp - 19:59
8:59 - pp - Kevin Spinozzi (3) 16:42 - pp - Jaden Lindo (1)		Third period		Kyle Pettit (1) - en - 19:59
Aidan Hughes (35 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats		Troy Timpano (25 saves / 28 shots)

March 29	Erie Otters		3 – 9	Sarnia Sting	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
4:46 - pp - Anthony Cirelli (4) 6:11 - Dylan Strome (4) 8:52 - Haydn Hopkins (2) 12:13 - Dylan Strome (5) 13:44 - T.J. Fergus (1)		First period		Franco Sproviero (1) - 18:04
No scoring		Second period		Ryan McGregor (1) - 5:04
7:19 - Kyle Maksimovich (3) 8:26 - Darren Raddysh (3) 14:14 - sh - Taylor Raddysh (3) 15:17 - Dylan Strome (6)		Third period		Jaden Lindo (2) - 4:50
Troy Timpano (18 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats		Justin Fazio (34 saves / 43 shots)

Erie wins series 4 – 0

(2) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds vs. (7) Flint Firebirds

March 23	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds		2 – 5	Flint Firebirds	Essar Centre	Recap
10:34 - Hayden Verbeek (1) 13:50 - Jack Kopacka (1)		First period		No scoring
8:25 - Hayden Verbeek (2)		Second period		Mathieu Henderson (1) - pp - 19:11 Alex Peters (1) - 19:33
7:29 - Boris Katchouk (1) 18:08 - en - Blake Speers (1)		Third period		No scoring
Matthew Villalta (19 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats		Connor Hicks (32 saves / 36 shots)

March 25	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds		6 – 3	Flint Firebirds	Essar Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Kole Sherwood (1) - 4:35 Alex Peters (2) - 7:04
2:57 - sh - Boris Katchouk (2)		Second period		Jalen Smereck (1) - pp - 0:43 Maurizio Colella (1) - pp - 11:54 Ryan Moore (1) - sh - 18:22
1:53 - Zachary Senyshyn (1) 13:24 - Jack Kopacka (2)		Third period		Maurizio Colella (2) - sh - en - 18:41
Matthew Villalta (18 saves / 23 shots) Joseph Raaymakers (7 saves / 7 shots)		Goalie stats		Connor Hicks (24 saves / 27 shots)

March 27	Flint Firebirds		3 – 1	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center	Recap
8:12 - Kole Sherwood (2)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Tim Gettinger (1) - sh - 2:17
No scoring		Third period		Zachary Senyshyn (2) - pp - 13:37 Boris Katchouk (3) - en - 19:12
Connor Hicks (25 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Joseph Raaymakers (33 saves / 34 shots)

March 29	Flint Firebirds		5 – 2	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		Morgan Frost (1) - pp - 9:34 Otto Makinen (1) - 13:46
6:58 - Everett Clark (1)		Second period		Boris Katchouk (4) - 0:17 David Miller (1) - 2:35
8:34 - pp - Kole Sherwood (3)		Third period		Bobby McIntyre (1) - 4:50
Connor Hicks (31 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats		Joseph Raaymakers (28 saves / 30 shots)

March 31	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds		1 – 6	Flint Firebirds	Essar Centre	Recap
7:52 - Gustav Bouramman (1) 19:59 - Tim Gettinger (2)		First period		Kole Sherwood (4) - 16:35
3:48 - pp - Boris Katchouk (5) 4:51 - pp - Tim Gettinger (3) 6:27 - Zachary Senyshyn (3) 7:06 - David Miller (2)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Joseph Raaymakers (21 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Connor Hicks (33 saves / 39 shots)

Sault Ste. Marie wins series 4 – 1

(3) Owen Sound Attack vs. (6) Kitchener Rangers

March 24	Owen Sound Attack		1 – 9	Kitchener Rangers	Bayshore Community Centre	Recap
7:33 - Jonah Gadjovich (1) 15:19 - Kevin Hancock (1)		First period		No scoring
4:30 - pp - Maksim Sushko (1) 6:43 - Petrus Palmu (1) 8:25 - Cordell James (1) 15:05 - sh - Nick Suzuki (1) 19:02 - Santino Centorame (1)		Second period		No scoring
6:29 - pp - Ethan Szypula (1) 14:49 - Matt Schmalz (1)		Third period		Cole Carter (1) - 6:02
Michael McNiven (24 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Luke Opilka (28 saves / 35 shots) Luke Richardson (13 saves / 15 shots)

March 25	Owen Sound Attack		2 – 1	Kitchener Rangers	Bayshore Community Centre	Recap
0:33 - Petrus Palmu (2)		First period		Adam Mascherin (1) - pp - 9:03
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Jonathan Yantsis (1) - 4:44
Michael McNiven (24 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Luke Opilka (40 saves / 41 shots)

March 27	Kitchener Rangers		4 – 0	Owen Sound Attack	Kitchener Memorial Auditorium	Recap
No scoring		First period		Santino Centorame (2) - 17:45
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Nick Suzuki (2) - 3:26 Kevin Hancock (2) - pp - 6:08 Nick Suzuki (3) - en - 18:35
Luke Opilka (41 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael McNiven (21 saves / 21 shots)

March 29	Kitchener Rangers		7 – 4	Owen Sound Attack	Kitchener Memorial Auditorium	Recap
2:40 - Connor Bunnaman (1)		First period		Petrus Palmu (3) - 13:39 Cordell James (2) - pp - 19:40
1:29 - Riley Damiani (1) 4:54 - pp - Connor Bunnaman (2) 18:20 - Jonathan Yantsis (2)		Second period		Kevin Hancock (3) - sh - 9:15 Petrus Palmu (4) - sh - 10:02
No scoring		Third period		Petrus Palmu (5) - pp - 0:23 Matthew Struthers (1) - 17:10 Jonah Gadjovich (2) - en - 18:43
Luke Opilka (64 saves / 70 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael McNiven (16 saves / 20 shots)

March 31	Owen Sound Attack		2 – 6	Kitchener Rangers	Bayshore Community Centre	Recap
6:58 - pp - Ethan Szypula (2) 15:01 - Santino Centorame (3)		First period		Connor Bunnaman (3) - 0:24
7:04 - sh - Petrus Palmu (6) 13:57 - pp - Nick Suzuki (4) 14:32 - Matthew Struthers (2)		Second period		No scoring
8:15 - pp - Kevin Hancock (4)		Third period		Connor Bunnaman (4) - pp - 1:51
Michael McNiven (26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Luke Opilka (32 saves / 38 shots)

Owen Sound wins series 4 – 1

(4) London Knights vs. (5) Windsor Spitfires

March 24	London Knights		4 – 3	OT	Windsor Spitfires	Budweiser Gardens	Recap
5:08 - pp - Olli Juolevi (1)		First period			No scoring
6:29 - Victor Mete (1)		Second period			Jeremiah Addison (1) - 2:10 Aaron Luchuk (1) - pp - 14:21
17:51 - Mitchell Stephens (1)		Third period			Aaron Luchuk (2) - 1:31
Jeremiah Addison (2) - 15:06		First overtime period			No scoring
Tyler Parsons (43 saves / 47 shots)		Goalie stats			Michael DiPietro (35 saves / 38 shots)

March 26	London Knights		2 – 5	Windsor Spitfires	Budweiser Gardens	Recap
11:35 - Cliff Pu (1)		First period		No scoring
8:09 - pp - Olli Juolevi (2)		Second period		Aaron Luchuk (3) - pp - 14:41 Mikhail Sergachev (1) - 17:06
11:32 - pp - Mitchell Stephens (2) 18:54 - en - Max Jones (1) 19:35 - en - Max Jones (2)		Third period		No scoring
Tyler Parsons (29 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael DiPietro (30 saves / 33 shots)

March 28	Windsor Spitfires		1 – 3	London Knights	WFCU Centre	Recap
12:25 - pp - Julius Nättinen (1)		First period		No scoring
6:15 - Gabriel Vilardi (1) 12:15 - Cristiano DiGiacinto (1)		Second period		Janne Kuokkanen (1) - 1:33
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Michael DiPietro (15 saves / 16 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Parsons (15 saves / 18 shots)

March 30	Windsor Spitfires		2 – 3	OT	London Knights	WFCU Centre	Recap
2:42 - pp - Graham Knott (1)		First period			No scoring
16:20 - pp - Gabriel Vilardi (2)		Second period			Evan Bouchard (1) - 6:26 Janne Kuokkanen (2) - pp - 8:26
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
5:58 - Graham Knott (2)		First overtime period			No scoring
Michael DiPietro (31 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats			Tyler Parsons (30 saves / 33 shots)

March 31	London Knights		1 – 2	Windsor Spitfires	Budweiser Gardens	Recap
7:05 - Robert Thomas (1)		First period		No scoring
12:09 - Mitchell Stephens (3)		Second period		Jeremy Bracco (1) - 0:21
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Tyler Parsons (25 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael DiPietro (27 saves / 29 shots)

April 2	Windsor Spitfires		5 – 3	London Knights	WFCU Centre	Recap
4:59 - Jeremiah Addison (3)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Mitchell Stephens (4) - pp - 5:53 Janne Kuokkanen (3) - 10:12
11:38 - Jeremiah Addison (4) 14:38 - Jeremiah Addison (5)		Third period		J.J. Piccinich (1) - 4:23 Robert Thomas (2) - 5:50 Robert Thomas (3) - en - 19:00
Michael DiPietro (39 saves / 43 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Parsons (25 saves / 28 shots)

April 4	London Knights		2 – 3	Windsor Spitfires	Budweiser Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
3:55 - pp - Janne Kuokkanen (4) 12:04 - Max Jones (3)		Second period		No scoring
12:49 - pp - Olli Juolevi (3)		Third period		Jeremy Bracco (2) - 2:15 Aaron Luchuk (4) - pp - 9:34
Tyler Parsons (30 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael DiPietro (26 saves / 29 shots)

London wins series 4 – 3

Conference semifinals

Eastern conference semifinals

(1) Peterborough Petes vs. (4) Kingston Frontenacs

April 6	Peterborough Petes		2 – 4	Kingston Frontenacs	Peterborough Memorial Centre	Recap
11:29 - Steven Lorentz (5) 17:09 - Nikita Korostelev (2)		First period		No scoring
6:31 - pp - Kyle Jenkins (2)		Second period		Sam Harding (1) - 11:04
11:31 - Christopher Paquette (1)		Third period		Linus Nyman (5) - 8:23
Dylan Wells (27 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Jeremy Helvig (30 saves / 34 shots)

April 9	Peterborough Petes		1 – 4	Kingston Frontenacs	Peterborough Memorial Centre	Recap
9:27 - pp - Christopher Paquette (2)		First period		No scoring
19:30 - Alex Black (1)		Second period		No scoring
14:44 - Steven Lorentz (6) 18:25 - en - Josh Coyle (4)		Third period		Ted Nichol (2) - 17:27
Dylan Wells (28 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Jeremy Helvig (33 saves / 36 shots)

April 11	Kingston Frontenacs		3 – 1	Peterborough Petes	Rogers K-Rock Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Adam Timleck (3) - 0:11
No scoring		Second period		Semyon Der-Arguchintsev (2) - 15:09 Alex Black (2) - 19:20
13:19 - pp - Linus Nyman (6)		Third period		No scoring
Jeremy Helvig (14 saves / 17 shots)		Goalie stats		Dylan Wells (33 saves / 34 shots)

April 13	Kingston Frontenacs		6 – 2	Peterborough Petes	Rogers K-Rock Centre	Recap
5:26 - pp - Jason Robertson (5)		First period		No scoring
3:24 - Linus Nyman (7)		Second period		Steven Lorentz (7) - 9:33 Jonathan Ang (6) - 11:27 Steven Lorentz (8) - 17:40
No scoring		Third period		Christopher Paquette (3) - 9:05 Jonathan Ang (7) - en - 16:49 Dylan Wells (1) - en - 19:18
Jeremy Helvig (26 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Dylan Wells (33 saves / 35 shots)

Peterborough wins series 4 – 0

(2) Mississauga Steelheads vs. (3) Oshawa Generals

April 7	Mississauga Steelheads		3 – 2	Oshawa Generals	Hershey Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Joe Manchurek (4) - pp - 4:40 Jack Studnicka (4) - 7:46
12:57 - pp - Vili Saarijarvi (3)		Second period		Riley Stillman (1) - pp - 16:45
2:40 - pp - Jacob Cascagnette (3)		Third period		No scoring
Matthew Mancina (18 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats		Jeremy Brodeur (50 saves / 52 shots)

April 9	Mississauga Steelheads		3 – 7	Oshawa Generals	Hershey Centre	Recap
2:50 - Ryan McLeod (1) 6:14 - Trent Fox (3) 19:53 - Owen Tippett (2)		First period		Renars Krastenbergs (4) - 2:30
10:52 - Jacob Cascagnette (4) 18:11 - Spencer Watson (5)		Second period		Domenico Commisso (2) - 4:31 Eric Henderson (1) - 11:53
5:01 - Brendan Harrogate (1) 19:00 - Matthew Titus (1)		Third period		No scoring
Matthew Mancina (28 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats		Jeremy Brodeur (22 saves / 29 shots)

April 11	Oshawa Generals		7 – 4	Mississauga Steelheads	Tribute Communities Centre	Recap
14:03 - Renars Krastenbergs (5) 16:06 - pp - Jack Studnicka (5)		First period		Nicolas Hague (1) - pp - 4:37 Vili Saarijarvi (4) - 8:33
16:31 - pp - Danil Antropov (2)		Second period		Spencer Watson (6) - 4:44 Owen Tippett (3) - pp - 5:27 Spencer Watson (7) - 12:44
16:36 - pp - Renars Krastenbergs (6)		Third period		Spencer Watson (8) - pp - 7:05 Brendan Harrogate (2) - pp - 9:48
Jeremy Brodeur (30 saves / 36 shots) Logan Gauthier (6 saves / 7 shots)		Goalie stats		Matthew Mancina (29 saves / 33 shots)

April 13	Oshawa Generals		4 – 3	Mississauga Steelheads	Tribute Communities Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Spencer Watson (9) - 18:25
No scoring		Second period		Jacob Cascagnette (5) - 8:55 Spencer Watson (10) - 12:09 Owen Tippett (4) - 14:20
0:39 - Mason Kohn (3) 7:20 - pp - Kyle MacLean (2) 14:22 - pp - Medric Mercier (1)		Third period		No scoring
Jeremy Brodeur (15 saves / 18 shots) Kyle Keyser (23 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Matthew Mancina (20 saves / 23 shots)

April 15	Oshawa Generals		3 – 1	Mississauga Steelheads	Tribute Communities Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Stefan LeBlanc (1) - 8:54 Trent Fox (4) - 15:25
18:57 - Joe Manchurek (5)		Third period		Nathan Bastian (6) - 12:41
Kyle Keyser (36 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats		Matthew Mancina (22 saves / 23 shots)

Mississauga wins series 4 – 1

Western conference semifinals

(1) Erie Otters vs. (4) London Knights

April 6	Erie Otters		2 – 0	London Knights	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Mitchell Stephens (5) - 14:23 Evan Bouchard (2) - 19:26
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Troy Timpano (10 saves / 12 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Parsons (46 saves / 46 shots)

April 7	Erie Otters		1 – 5	London Knights	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
10:43 - Darren Raddysh (4) 12:12 - pp - Darren Raddysh (5)		First period		No scoring
7:41 - Kyle Maksimovich (4) 19:57 - pp - Taylor Raddysh (4)		Second period		Mitchell Vande Sompel (1) - 13:02
18:01 - en - Darren Raddysh (6)		Third period		No scoring
Troy Timpano (23 saves / 24 shots) Joseph Murdaca (0 saves / 0 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Parsons (27 saves / 31 shots) Tyler Johnson (0 saves / 0 shots)

April 11	London Knights		3 – 1	Erie Otters	Budweiser Gardens	Recap
12:50 - Janne Kuokkanen (5)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Anthony Cirelli (5) - 0:58 Alex DeBrincat (3) - pp - 6:10
No scoring		Third period		Alex DeBrincat (4) - 6:34
Tyler Parsons (33 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats		Troy Timpano (33 saves / 34 shots)

April 13	London Knights		2 – 4	Erie Otters	Budweiser Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period		Warren Foegele (3) - 8:12 Anthony Cirelli (6) - pp - 18:14
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
5:51 - Max Jones (4) 10:30 - Janne Kuokkanen (6) 11:01 - Janne Kuokkanen (7) 19:32 - en - Max Jones (5)		Third period		No scoring
Tyler Parsons (26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Troy Timpano (29 saves / 32 shots)

April 15	Erie Otters		3 – 6	London Knights	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
8:51 - Jordan Sambrook (1) 15:06 - Alex DeBrincat (5)		First period		No scoring
16:32 - Patrick Fellows (1)		Second period		Max Jones (6) - 1:47 Max Jones (7) - 2:38 Janne Kuokkanen (8) - 2:57
10:00 - Taylor Raddysh (5) 11:24 - Dylan Strome (7) 16:36 - Anthony Cirelli (7)		Third period		No scoring
Troy Timpano (7 saves / 10 shots) Joseph Murdaca (13 saves / 13 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Parsons (33 saves / 39 shots)

April 16	London Knights		1 – 2	OT	Erie Otters	Budweiser Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period			Jordan Sambrook (2) - 0:47
17:45 - pp - Janne Kuokkanen (9)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
9:44 - Mitchell Stephens (6)		First overtime period			No scoring
Tyler Parsons (44 saves / 45 shots)		Goalie stats			Troy Timpano (24 saves / 26 shots)

April 18	Erie Otters		4 – 5	OT	London Knights	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
8:41 - Ivan Lodnia (2) 19:59 - Darren Raddysh (7)		First period			Janne Kuokkanen (10) - pp - 12:18 Evan Bouchard (3) - 13:44 Cliff Pu (2) - 14:29
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
5:14 - Anthony Cirelli (8) 16:29 - Alex DeBrincat (6)		Third period			Mitchell Stephens (7) - 19:00
10:40 - Warren Foegele (4)		First overtime period			No scoring
Troy Timpano (8 saves / 11 shots) Joseph Murdaca (17 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats			Tyler Parsons (58 saves / 63 shots)

Erie wins series 4 – 3

(2) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds vs. (3) Owen Sound Attack

April 5	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds		1 – 4	Owen Sound Attack	Essar Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
2:08 - Jack Kopacka (3)		Second period		No scoring
6:03 - pp - Gustav Bouramman (2) 16:25 - Jack Kopacka (4) 19:14 - en - sh - Conor Timmins (1)		Third period		No scoring
Joseph Raaymakers (27 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael McNiven (34 saves / 37 shots)

April 7	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds		1 – 4	Owen Sound Attack	Essar Centre	Recap
5:22 - pp - Barrett Hayton (1) 19:59 - pp - Barrett Hayton (2)		First period		No scoring
14:36 - Bobby McIntyre (2)		Second period		No scoring
18:42 - en - Tim Gettinger (4)		Third period		Petrus Palmu (7) - 7:26
Joseph Raaymakers (34 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael McNiven (34 saves / 37 shots)

April 9	Owen Sound Attack		1 – 4	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Bayshore Community Centre	Recap
5:49 - pp - Jacob Friend (1)		First period		No scoring
12:07 - Kevin Hancock (5)		Second period		Boris Katchouk (6) - 18:26
6:30 - Sean Durzi (1) 18:46 - en - Petrus Palmu (8)		Third period		No scoring
Michael McNiven (22 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats		Joseph Raaymakers (37 saves / 40 shots)

April 11	Owen Sound Attack		2 – 4	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Bayshore Community Centre	Recap
2:07 - Chase Campbell (1)		First period		No scoring
4:49 - sh - Nick Suzuki (5)		Second period		Boris Katchouk (7) - 6:10
8:20 - pp - Petrus Palmu (9) 16:09 - Jonah Gadjovich (3)		Third period		Morgan Frost (2) - 15:38
Michael McNiven (25 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Joseph Raaymakers (37 saves / 41 shots)

April 14	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds		4 – 3	Owen Sound Attack	Essar Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Nick Suzuki (6) - 6:07 Chase Campbell (2) - 14:54 Kevin Hancock (6) - 18:51
0:38 - Jack Kopacka (5)		Second period		No scoring
0:23 - Boris Katchouk (8) 18:31 - Zachary Senyshyn (4)		Third period		Petrus Palmu (10) - 17:34
Joseph Raaymakers (30 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael McNiven (36 saves / 39 shots)

April 16	Owen Sound Attack		0 – 1	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Bayshore Community Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
13:09 - Nick Suzuki (7)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Michael McNiven (23 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats		Joseph Raaymakers (41 saves / 42 shots)

Owen Sound wins series 4 – 2

Conference finals

Eastern conference finals

(1) Peterborough Petes vs. (2) Mississauga Steelheads

April 20	Peterborough Petes		5 – 3	Mississauga Steelheads	Peterborough Memorial Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Owen Tippett (5) - 12:57
2:03 - Steven Lorentz (9) 12:05 - pp - Nikita Korostelev (3)		Second period		Spencer Watson (11) - 14:08 Ryan McLeod (2) - pp - 19:07
11:19 - Semyon Der-Arguchintsev (3)		Third period		Spencer Watson (12) - 12:23 Michael McLeod (7) - 13:42
Dylan Wells (27 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Matthew Mancina (27 saves / 30 shots)

April 22	Peterborough Petes		3 – 0	Mississauga Steelheads	Peterborough Memorial Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Jacob Moverare (1) - 6:18 Owen Tippett (6) - 11:45
No scoring		Third period		Spencer Watson (13) - en - 17:51
Dylan Wells (49 saves / 51 shots)		Goalie stats		Matthew Mancina (24 saves / 24 shots)

April 24	Mississauga Steelheads		1 – 2	2OT	Peterborough Petes	Hershey Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			Nikita Korostelev (4) - 2:03
0:28 - Spencer Watson (14)		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
10:29 - Michael McLeod (8)		Second overtime period			No scoring
Matthew Mancina (28 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			Dylan Wells (53 saves / 55 shots)

April 26	Mississauga Steelheads		0 – 7	Peterborough Petes	Hershey Centre	Recap
8:29 - Owen Tippett (7) 11:54 - Ryan McLeod (3)		First period		No scoring
2:05 - Vili Saarijarvi (5) 9:20 - Jacob Moverare (2) 16:58 - Trent Fox (5)		Second period		No scoring
0:33 - Michael McLeod (9) 17:18 - Brendan Harrogate (3)		Third period		No scoring
Matthew Mancina (24 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Dylan Wells (24 saves / 31 shots)

Mississauga wins series 4 – 0

Western conference finals

(1) Erie Otters vs. (3) Owen Sound Attack

April 21	Erie Otters		1 – 6	Owen Sound Attack	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
2:19 - Anthony Cirelli (9)		First period		No scoring
0:40 - Taylor Raddysh (6) 6:58 - Taylor Raddysh (7) 8:28 - Warren Foegele (5) 13:43 - Alex DeBrincat (7)		Second period		No scoring
3:52 - Dylan Strome (8)		Third period		Chase Campbell (3) - 2:02
Joseph Murdaca (27 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael McNiven (11 saves / 16 shots) Emanuel Vella (15 saves / 16 shots)

April 22	Erie Otters		4 – 3	OT	Owen Sound Attack	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
13:46 - Alex DeBrincat (8) 19:30 - Dylan Strome (9)		First period			Nick Suzuki (8) - 16:10
7:17 - Warren Foegele (6)		Second period			Kevin Hancock (7) - sh - 15:06
No scoring		Third period			Maksim Sushko (2) - 2:03
No scoring		First overtime period			Matt Schmalz (2) - 4:22
Joseph Murdaca (33 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			Michael McNiven (33 saves / 36 shots)

April 24	Owen Sound Attack		3 – 6	Erie Otters	Bayshore Community Centre	Recap
6:32 - Petrus Palmu (11) 7:43 - Jacob Friend (2)		First period		Jordan Sambrook (3) - 4:20
2:04 - Ethan Szypula (4)		Second period		Taylor Raddysh (8) - 10:09 Alex DeBrincat (9) - 19:09
9:04 - Maksim Sushko (3) 15:38 - Ethan Szypula (5) 19:42 - pp - en - Petrus Palmu (12)		Third period		No scoring
Michael McNiven (32 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats		Troy Timpano (22 saves / 27 shots)

April 26	Owen Sound Attack		4 – 3	Erie Otters	Bayshore Community Centre	Recap
5:22 - pp - Jonah Gadjovich (4)		First period		Jordan Sambrook (4) - 1:12 Kyle Maksimovich (5) - 11:55
5:26 - Matt Schmalz (3) 12:50 - Jonah Gadjovich (5)		Second period		Anthony Cirelli (10) - pp - 1:40
No scoring		Third period		Warren Foegele (7) - sh - 10:03
Michael McNiven (31 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats		Troy Timpano (27 saves / 30 shots)

April 28	Erie Otters		2 – 4	Owen Sound Attack	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
17:23 - Gera Poddubnyi (1)		First period		Aidan Dudas (1) - 15:07
11:11 - Gera Poddubnyi (2) 19:46 - Jordan Sambrook (5)		Second period		Aidan Dudas (2) - 6:20
19:52 - en - Taylor Raddysh (9)		Third period		No scoring
Troy Timpano (23 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael McNiven (35 saves / 38 shots)

April 30	Owen Sound Attack		7 – 2	Erie Otters	Bayshore Community Centre	Recap
5:58 - Aidan Dudas (3)		First period		Anthony Cirelli (11) - pp - 16:38
16:03 - Petrus Palmu (13)		Second period		Darren Raddysh (8) - pp - 2:56 Anthony Cirelli (12) - 5:30 Dylan Strome (10) - 17:36
No scoring		Third period		Dylan Strome (11) - 5:26 Anthony Cirelli (13) - sh - 7:50 Warren Foegele (8) - 9:49
Michael McNiven (26 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Troy Timpano (31 saves / 33 shots)

Erie wins series 4 – 2

J. Ross Robertson Cup

(W1) Erie Otters vs. (E2) Mississauga Steelheads

May 4	Erie Otters		1 – 2	Mississauga Steelheads	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
5:38 - Warren Foegele (9) 14:45 - Dylan Strome (12)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Stefan LeBlanc (2) - 17:25
Troy Timpano (13 saves / 14 shots)		Goalie stats		Matthew Mancina (26 saves / 28 shots)

May 7	Erie Otters		2 – 3	Mississauga Steelheads	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
18:45 - pp - Alex DeBrincat (10)		First period		Ryan McLeod (4) - 16:14
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
18:03 - Warren Foegele (10) 18:53 - en - Alex Debrincat (11)		Third period		Shaw Boomhower (1) - 19:31
Troy Timpano (22 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Matthew Mancina (31 saves / 33 shots)

May 8	Mississauga Steelheads		3 – 4	Erie Otters	Hershey Centre	Recap
6:17 - Ryan McLeod (5)		First period		No scoring
2:23 - Trent Fox (6)		Second period		Alex DeBrincat (12) - pp - 7:46 Dylan Strome (13) - 11:57 Anthony Cirelli (14) - 19:25
9:03 - Nathan Bastian (7) 14:52 - pp - Michael McLeod (10)		Third period		No scoring
Matthew Mancina (23 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Troy Timpano (27 saves / 31 shots)

May 10	Mississauga Steelheads		5 – 2	Erie Otters	Hershey Centre	Recap
11:40 - sh - Owen Tippett (8)		First period		Warren Foegele (11) - 0:27 Dylan Strome (14) - 4:08
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
11:06 - Owen Tippett (9)		Third period		Alex DeBrincat (13) - sh - 1:33 Warren Foegele (12) - 7:13 Warren Foegele (13) - en - 19:41
Matthew Mancina (32 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats		Troy Timpano (22 saves / 24 shots)

May 12	Erie Otters		3 – 4	OT	Mississauga Steelheads	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			Spencer Watson (15) - 8:27 Michael McLeod (11) - 19:18
1:39 - Taylor Raddysh (10) 18:12 - pp - Taylor Raddysh (11)		Second period			Owen Tippett (10) - 14:09
18:45 - Taylor Raddysh (12)		Third period			No scoring
2:41 - pp - Anthony Cirelli (15)		First overtime period			No scoring
Troy Timpano (23 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Matthew Mancina (39 saves / 43 shots)

Erie wins series 4 – 1

J. Ross Robertson Cup Champions Roster

2016-17 Erie Otters^[1]

Goaltenders

30 – Joseph Murdaca
33 – Troy Timpano

Defencemen

Wingers

Centres

8 – Carson Edwardson
15 – Kyle Pettit – C
19 – Dylan Strome
40 – Anthony Cirelli
37 – Warren Foegele
39 – Gera Poddubnyi
42 – Haydn Hopkins
Coach: Kris Knoblauch
General Manager: Dave Brown

Playoff scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Alex DeBrincat	Erie Otters	22	13	25	38	10
Dylan Strome	Erie Otters	22	14	20	34	14
Anthony Cirelli	Erie Otters	22	15	16	31	4
Taylor Raddysh	Erie Otters	22	12	19	31	18
Michael McLeod	Mississauga Steelheads	20	11	16	27	19
Warren Foegele	Erie Otters	22	13	13	26	25
Spencer Watson	Mississauga Steelheads	20	15	10	25	14
Nick Suzuki	Owen Sound Attack	17	8	15	23	10
Darren Raddysh	Erie Otters	22	8	14	22	14
Petrus Palmu	Owen Sound Attack	17	13	8	21	6

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
Joseph Raaymakers	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	10	554	5	4	18	0	0.942	1.95
Matthew Mancina	Mississauga Steelheads	14	867	9	5	33	2	0.918	2.28
Michael DiPietro	Windsor Spitfires	7	436	3	4	18	0	0.917	2.48
Dylan Wells	Peterborough Petes	12	764	8	4	32	0	0.930	2.51
Jacob Ingham	Mississauga Steelheads	6	358	4	2	16	0	0.876	2.68

Awards

J. Ross Robertson Cup:	Erie Otters
Hamilton Spectator Trophy:	Erie Otters
Bobby Orr Trophy:	Mississauga Steelheads
Wayne Gretzky Trophy:	Erie Otters
Emms Trophy:	Mississauga Steelheads
Leyden Trophy:	Peterborough Petes
Holody Trophy:	Erie Otters
Bumbacco Trophy:	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Red Tilson Trophy:	Alex DeBrincat, Erie Otters
Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy:	Alex DeBrincat, Erie Otters
Matt Leyden Trophy:	Ryan McGill, Owen Sound Attack
Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy:	Alex DeBrincat, Erie Otters
Max Kaminsky Trophy:	Darren Raddysh, Erie Otters
OHL Goaltender of the Year:	Michael McNiven, Owen Sound Attack
Jack Ferguson Award:	Ryan Suzuki, Barrie Colts
Dave Pinkney Trophy:	Michael McNiven & Emanuel Vella, Owen Sound Attack
Emms Family Award:	Ryan Merkley, Guelph Storm
F. W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy:	Matthew Villalta, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy:	Garrett McFadden, Guelph Storm
William Hanley Trophy:	Nick Suzuki, Owen Sound Attack
Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy:	Darren Raddysh, Erie Otters
Bobby Smith Trophy:	Sasha Chmelevski, Ottawa 67's
Roger Neilson Memorial Award:	Stephen Gibson, Mississauga Steelheads
Ivan Tennant Memorial Award:	Quinn Hanna, Guelph Storm
Mickey Renaud Captain's Trophy:	Alex Peters, Flint Firebirds
Tim Adams Memorial Trophy:	Mike Petizian, Mississauga Reps
Wayne Gretzky 99 Award:	Warren Foegele, Erie Otters

All-Star teams

The OHL All-Star Teams were selected by the OHL's General Managers.

2017 OHL Priority Selection

On April 8, 2017, the OHL conducted the 2017 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection. The Barrie Colts held the first overall pick in the draft, and selected Ryan Suzuki from the London Jr. Knights of the MHAO. Suzuki was awarded the Jack Ferguson Award, awarded to the top pick in the draft.

Below are the players who were selected in the first round of the 2017 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection. ^[2]

#	Player	Nationality	OHL Team	Hometown	Minor Team
1	Ryan Suzuki (C)	Canada	Barrie Colts	London, Ontario	London Jr. Knights (MHAO)
2	Tag Bertuzzi (C)	Canada	Guelph Storm	Birmingham, Michigan	Oakland Jr. Grizzlies 16U (HPHL)
3	Brandon Coe (RW)	Canada	North Bay Battalion	Ajax, Ontario	Toronto Nationals (GTHL)
4	Nicholas Porco (LW)	Canada	Saginaw Spirit	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	Vaughan Kings (GTHL)
5	Philip Tomasino (C)	Canada	Niagara IceDogs	Mississauga, Ontario	Mississauga Rebels (GTHL)
6	Graeme Clarke (RW)	Canada	Ottawa 67's	Ottawa, Ontario	Toronto Marlboros (GTHL)
7	Blake Murray (C)	Canada	Sudbury Wolves	Uxbridge, Ontario	Whitby Wildcats (OMHA-EHL)
8	Jack Hughes (C)	United States	Mississauga Steelheads	Orlando, Florida	Toronto Marlboros (GTHL)
9	Jamieson Rees (C)	Canada	Sarnia Sting	Woodbridge, Ontario	Mississauga Reps (GTHL)
10	Ethan Keppen (LW)	Canada	Flint Firebirds	Whitby, Ontario	Toronto Nationals (GTHL)
11	Connor McMichael (C)	Canada	Hamilton Bulldogs	Ajax, Ontario	Ajax-Pickering Raiders (OMHA-EHL)
12	Cody Morgan (C)	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs	Richmond Hill, Ontario	Toronto Jr. Canadiens (GTHL)
13	Grayson Ladd (D)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers	Dresden, Ontario	Chatham-Kent Cyclones (MHAO)
14	Thomas Harley (D)	United States	Mississauga Steelheads	Syracuse, New York	Vaughan Kings (GTHL)
15	Mitchell Brewer (D)	Canada	Oshawa Generals	Waterdown, Ontario	Halton Hills Hurricanes (OMHA-SCTA)
16	Nick Robertson (C)	United States	Peterborough Petes	Northville, Michigan	Toronto Red Wings (GTHL)
17	Nathan Staios (RW)	/ Canada/USA	Windsor Spitfires	Oakville, Ontario	Vaughan Kings (GTHL)
18	Lucas Rowe (C)	Canada	London Knights	Etobicoke, Ontario	Mississauga Reps (GTHL)
19	Hayden Fowler (C)	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Kingston, Ontario	Kingston Jr. Frontenacs (OMHA-EHL)
20	Mitchell Russell (C)	Canada	Owen Sound Attack	Barrie, Ontario	Barrie Jr. Colts (OMHA-EHL)
21	Emmett Sproule (C)	Canada	Erie Otters	Nottawa, Ontario	Grey-Bruce Highlanders (OMHA-SCTA)

2017 NHL Entry Draft

On June 23-24, 2017, the National Hockey League conducted the 2017 NHL Entry Draft held at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. In total, 42 players from the Ontario Hockey League were selected in the draft. Owen Tippett of the Mississauga Steelheads was the first player from the OHL to be selected, as he was taken with the tenth overall pick by the Florida Panthers.

Below are the players selected from OHL teams at the NHL Entry Draft. ^[3]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	Hometown	OHL Team
1	10	Owen Tippett (RW)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Peterborough, Ontario	Mississauga Steelheads
1	11	Gabriel Vilardi (C)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Kingston, Ontario	Windsor Spitfires
1	13	Nick Suzuki (C)	Canada	Vegas Golden Knights	London, Ontario	Owen Sound Attack
1	20	Robert Thomas (C)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Aurora, Ontario	London Knights
1	27	Morgan Frost (C)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Aurora, Ontario	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
2	32	Conor Timmins (D)	Canada	Colorado Avalanche	Thorold, Ontario	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
2	34	Nicolas Hague (D)	Canada	Vegas Golden Knights	Kitchener, Ontario	Mississauga Steelheads
2	35	Isaac Ratcliffe (LW)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	London, Ontario	Guelph Storm
2	39	Jason Robertson (RW)	United States	Dallas Stars	Northville, Michigan	Kingston Frontenacs
2	47	Alex Formenton (LW)	Canada	Ottawa Senators	King City, Ontario	London Knights
2	53	Jack Studnicka (C)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Tecumseh, Ontario	Oshawa Generals
2	55	Jonah Gadjovich (LW)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Whitby, Ontario	Owen Sound Attack
2	59	Eemeli Rasanen (D)	Finland	Toronto Maple Leafs	Joensuu, Finland	Kingston Frontenacs
3	64	Michael DiPietro (G)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Amherstburg, Ontario	Windsor Spitfires
3	69	MacKenzie Entwistle (RW)	Canada	Arizona Coyotes	Georgetown, Ontario	Hamilton Bulldogs
3	72	Matthew Villalta (G)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Godfrey, Ontario	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
3	75	Nate Schnarr (C)	Canada	Arizona Coyotes	Waterloo, Ontario	Guelph Storm
3	83	Zach Gallant (C)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Oakville, Ontario	Peterborough Petes
3	84	Dmitri Samorukov (D)	Russia	Edmonton Oilers	Volgograd, Russia	Guelph Storm
3	85	Ivan Lodnia (RW)	United States	Minnesota Wild	Novi, Michigan	Erie Otters
4	101	Liam Hawel (C)	Canada	Dallas Stars	Arnprior, Ontario	Guelph Storm
4	106	Matthew Strome (LW)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Mississauga, Ontario	Hamilton Bulldogs
4	107	Maksim Sushko (RW)	Belarus	Philadelphia Flyers	Brest, Belarus	Owen Sound Attack
4	108	Noel Hoefenmayer (D)	Canada	Arizona Coyotes	North York, Ontario	Ottawa 67's
4	109	Adam Ruzicka (C)	Slovakia	Calgary Flames	Bratislava, Slovakia	Sarnia Sting
4	118	Markus Phillips (D)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Toronto, Ontario	Owen Sound Attack
4	123	Brandon Crawley (D)	United States	New York Rangers	Glen Rock, New Jersey	London Knights
5	131	Cole Fraser (D)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Beckwith, Ontario	Peterborough Petes
5	138	Drake Rymsha (C)	United States	Los Angeles Kings	Huntington Woods, Michigan	Sarnia Sting
5	141	Fedor Gordeev (D)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto, Ontario	Flint Firebirds
5	143	Marian Studenic (RW)	Slovakia	New Jersey Devils	Holíč, Slovakia	Hamilton Bulldogs
5	146	Kirill Maksimov (RW)	Russia	Edmonton Oilers	Moscow, Russia	Niagara IceDogs
5	147	Jacob Golden (D)	Canada	Minnesota Wild	Toronto, Ontario	London Knights
6	164	Reilly Webb (D)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Stoney Creek, Ontario	Hamilton Bulldogs
6	172	Ryan McGregor (LW)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Burlington, Ontario	Sarnia Sting
6	175	Trenton Bourque (D)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Burlington, Ontario	Owen Sound Attack
6	181	Petrus Palmu (RW)	Finland	Vancouver Canucks	Joensuu, Finland	Owen Sound Attack
6	185	Sasha Chmelevski (C)	United States	San Jose Sharks	Northville, Michigan	Ottawa 67's
7	188	Matt Brassard (D)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Barrie, Ontario	Oshawa Generals
7	189	Ben Jones (C)	Canada	Vegas Golden Knights	Waterloo, Ontario	Niagara IceDogs
7	193	Brady Gilmour (C)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Grafton, Ontario	Saginaw Spirit
7	216	Jacob Paquette (D)	Canada	Nashville Predators	Ottawa, Ontario	Kingston Frontenacs

2017 CHL Import Draft

On June 28, 2017, the Canadian Hockey League conducted the 2017 CHL Import Draft, in which teams in all three CHL leagues participate in. The Barrie Colts held the first pick in the draft by a team in the OHL, and selected Andrei Svechnikov from Russia with their selection.

Below are the players who were selected in the first round by Ontario Hockey League teams in the 2017 CHL Import Draft. ^[4]

#	Player	Nationality	OHL Team	Hometown	Last Team
1	Andrei Svechnikov (RW)	Russia	Barrie Colts	Barnaul, Russia	Muskegon Lumberjacks
4	Alexei Toropchenko (RW)	Russia	Guelph Storm	Balashikha, Russia	Balashikha HC MVD
7	Filip Chytil (C)	Czech Republic	North Bay Battalion	Zlin, Czech Republic	Zlin PSG
10	Martin Nečas (C)	Czech Republic	Saginaw Spirit	Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic	Brno Kometa HC
13	Timothy Liljegren (D)	Sweden	Mississauga Steelheads	Kristianstad, Sweden	Rogle BK
16	Nikita Okhotyuk (D)	Russia	Ottawa 67's	Chelyabinsk, Russia	Chelyabinsk Belye Medvedi
19	Zack Malik (D)	Czech Republic	Sudbury Wolves	Brno, Czech Republic	Vitkovice Ostrave Jr.
22	Hugo Leufvenius (C)	Sweden	Sarnia Sting	Stockholm, Sweden	Linkoping HC Jr.
25	Nikita Alexandrov (D)	Russia	Flint Firebirds	Kurgan, Russia	Balashikha HC MVD
28	Joni Ikonen (C)	Finland	Hamilton Bulldogs	Espoo, Finland	Vastra Frolunda HC Jr.
31	No selection made		Kingston Frontenacs
34	Adam Liska (C/LW)	Slovakia	Kitchener Rangers	Bratislava, Slovakia	Orange HK 20
37	Albert Michnac (LW)	Czech Republic	Mississauga Steelheads	Prague, Czech Republic	Guelph Storm
40	Nico Gross (D)	Switzerland	Oshawa Generals	Pontresina, Switzerland	Zug EV Jr.
43	Gleb Babintsev (D)	Russia	Peterborough Petes	Moscow, Russia	Magnitogorsk Metallurg U17
46	Kirill Kozhevnikov (C)	Russia	Windsor Spitfires	Yugra, Russia	Khanty-Mansiysk Mamonty
49	Jesper Bratt (RW)	Sweden	London Knights	Stockholm, Sweden	AIK IF
52	Rasmus Sandin (D)	Sweden	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Uppsala, Sweden	Brynas IF Jr.
55	Vasili Filyayev (C)	Belarus	Owen Sound Attack	Zhlobin, Belarus	Team Belarus U17
57	Stephane Patry (LW)	Switzerland	Erie Otters	Geneve, Switzerland	Geneve-Servette Jr.

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