| 2024–25 OHL season | |
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| League: | Ontario Hockey League |
| Sport: | Hockey |
| Duration: | Preseason August 30, 2024 – September 22, 2024 Regular season September 25, 2024 – March 23, 2025 Playoffs March 2025 – May 2025 |
| No Of Teams: | 20 |
| Tv: | Rogers TV YourTV TSN |
| Seasonslistnames: | OHL |
| Prevseason Year: | 2023–24 |
| Nextseason Year: | 2025–26 |
| 2024–25 CHL season | |
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| League: | Canadian Hockey League |
| Sport: | Hockey |
| Duration: | OHL September 2024 – May 2025 QMJHL September 2024 – May 2025 WHL September 2024 – May 2025 |
| No Of Teams: | 60 |
| Tv: | RDS TSN Rogers TV |
The 2024–25 OHL season is the 45th season of operation (44th season of play) of the Ontario Hockey League. The league is playing a 68-game regular season which began on September 25, 2024 and concludes on March 23, 2025. The post-season will begin in March 2025 and conclude in May 2025.
The team who wins the championship will win the J. Ross Robertson Cup and will represent the Ontario Hockey League at the 2025 Memorial Cup, which will be hosted by the Rimouski Océanic of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League. The tournament will be held at Colisée Financière Sun Life in Rimouski, Quebec.[1]
On June 12, 2024, the OHL appointed Bryan Crawford as Incoming Commissioner of the league. He began his tenure on August 6, 2024. Crawford took over for David Branch, who held the position since 1979.[2]
On June 13, 2024, the OHL Board of Governors approved the relocation of the Mississauga Steelheads to Brampton. The team will be rebranded as the Brampton Steelheads and will play out of the CAA Centre.[3]
Brampton previously hosted an OHL team, as the Brampton Battalion played in the league from 1998 to 2013. The Battalion relocated to North Bay and are currently the North Bay Battalion.[4]
The Steelheads played their ever regular season game in Brampton on September 27, 2024 against the Brantford Bulldogs. Porter Martone scored the first goal for the Steelheads and was named the first star of the game, as he scored a goal and added three assists. Jack Ivankovic stopped all 21 shots he saw, as the Steelheads shutout the Bulldogs 7-0 in front of 2,277 fans.[5]
On July 17, 2024, the Erie Otters announced an affiliation agreement with the GOJHL's Port Colborne Sailors.
On June 27, 2024, the OHL announced the preseason schedule for the 2024–25 season. In total, there will be 45 preseason games which began on August 30th and concluded on September 22nd.
This year's schedule had a pre-season showcase at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium over Labour Day weekend that included the host team, the Kitchener Rangers, as well as the Brantford Bulldogs, Erie Otters and Saginaw Spirit.
Neutral site games include:
OHL training camps began in late August in preparation of the 2024-25 season, which began on September 25, 2024.[6]
Note: DIV = Division; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against;
PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title
Standings as of December 4, 2024[7]
| Rank | Team | |||||||||||
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| 1 | East | 28 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 111 | 97 | ||
| 2 | Central | 25 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 16 | 92 | 70 | ||
| 3 | East | 27 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 114 | 86 | ||
| 4 | Central | 26 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 103 | 106 | ||
| 5 | Central | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 13 | 84 | 83 | ||
| 6 | Central | 25 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 12 | 111 | 97 | ||
| 7 | East | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 90 | 97 | ||
| 8 | Central | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 74 | 96 | ||
| 9 | East | 25 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 9 | 84 | 98 | ||
| 10 | East | 26 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 55 | 108 |
| Rank | Team | |||||||||||
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| 1 | Midwest | 27 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 20 | 120 | 75 | ||
| 2 | West | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 19 | 115 | 78 | ||
| 3 | Midwest | 27 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 18 | 104 | 77 | ||
| 4 | Midwest | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 89 | 79 | ||
| 5 | West | 27 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 12 | 118 | 96 | ||
| 6 | West | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 75 | 87 | ||
| 7 | West | 25 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 73 | 83 | ||
| 8 | West | 28 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 6 | 74 | 115 | ||
| 9 | Midwest | 27 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 83 | 106 | ||
| 10 | Midwest | 25 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 81 | 114 |
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes[8]
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| Michael Misa | Saginaw Spirit | 25 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 13 | |||||||
| Porter Martone | Brampton Steelheads | 23 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 37 | |||||||
| Sam Dickinson | London Knights | 24 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 16 | |||||||
| Liam Greentree | Windsor Spitfires | 26 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 14 | |||||||
| Carson Rehkopf | Brampton Steelheads | 24 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 10 | |||||||
| Nick Lardis | Brantford Bulldogs | 24 | 24 | 16 | 40 | 8 | |||||||
| Kieron Walton | Sudbury Wolves | 25 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 18 | |||||||
| Jacob Battaglia | Kingston Frontenacs | 27 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 18 | |||||||
| Cedrick Guindon | Kingston Frontenacs | 27 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 4 | |||||||
| Patrick Thomas | Brantford Bulldogs | 26 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 4 |
Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses;
SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average[9]
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| Jackson Parsons | Kitchener Rangers | 21 | 1220 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 0.924 | 2.16 | ||||||||||||
| Joey Costanzo | Windsor Spitfires | 21 | 1224 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 0.918 | 2.35 | ||||||||||||
| Austin Elliott | London Knights | 10 | 614 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0.906 | 2.44 | ||||||||||||
| Charlie Schenkel | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | 18 | 938 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0.923 | 2.56 | ||||||||||||
| Aleksei Medvedev | London Knights | 15 | 817 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0.918 | 2.64 |