2015–16 OHL season

2015–16 CHL season
2015–16 CHL season
League	Canadian Hockey League
Duration	OHL; September 2015 – March 2016; QMJHL; September 2015 – March 2016; WHL; September 2015 – March 2016
Champions	London Knights
Number of teams	60
Television	RDS; Rogers Sportsnet; Rogers TV; Shaw TV

2015–16 OHL season
2015–16 OHL season
League	Ontario Hockey League
Duration	Preseason; August 2015 - September 2015; Regular season; September 2015 – March 2016; Playoffs; March 2016 - May 2016
Champions	London Knights (4)
Number of teams	20
Commissioner	David Branch
Television	Rogers TV, TVCogeco, Shaw TV
	OHL seasons
← 2014–15	2016–17 →

The 2015–16 OHL season was the 36th season of the Ontario Hockey League, in which twenty teams played 68 games each according to the regular season schedule, from September 2015 to March 2016. The Plymouth Whalers relocated to Flint and became the Flint Firebirds, playing at the Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center. The Belleville Bulls relocated to Hamilton and became the Hamilton Bulldogs, playing at FirstOntario Centre. The London Knights won the J. Ross Robertson Cup for the fourth time in franchise history, as they defeated the Niagara IceDogs in four games in the final round of the playoffs. The Knights qualified for the 2016 Memorial Cup held at the ENMAX Centrium in Red Deer, Alberta. London defeated the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 3-2 in overtime in the final game, winning the Memorial Cup for the second time in franchise history.

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-Kingston Frontenacs	East	68	46	17	3	2	97	252	189
2	y-Barrie Colts	Central	68	43	22	0	3	89	295	207
3	x-North Bay Battalion	Central	68	35	23	6	4	80	240	227
4	x-Niagara IceDogs	Central	68	35	26	4	3	77	213	198
5	x-Ottawa 67's	East	68	36	29	2	1	75	234	219
6	x-Peterborough Petes	East	68	33	28	2	5	73	240	259
7	x-Mississauga Steelheads	Central	68	33	30	2	3	71	215	229
8	x-Oshawa Generals	East	68	27	33	4	4	62	197	235

9	Hamilton Bulldogs	East	68	25	35	8	0	58	197	260
10	Sudbury Wolves	Central	68	16	46	5	1	38	183	328

Western conference

Rank	Team	DIV	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	PTS	GF	GA
1	z-Erie Otters	Midwest	68	52	15	1	0	105	269	183
2	y-Sarnia Sting	West	68	42	19	5	2	91	254	192
3	x-London Knights	Midwest	68	51	14	2	1	105	319	182
4	x-Kitchener Rangers	Midwest	68	44	17	5	2	95	256	197
5	x-Windsor Spitfires	West	68	40	21	6	1	87	253	200
6	x-Owen Sound Attack	Midwest	68	32	25	8	3	75	209	222
7	x-Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	West	68	33	27	7	1	74	243	233
8	x-Saginaw Spirit	West	68	24	37	4	3	55	209	282

9	Flint Firebirds	West	68	20	42	4	2	46	184	279
10	Guelph Storm	Midwest	68	13	49	4	2	32	156	297

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Kevin Labanc	Barrie Colts	65	39	88	127	70
Christian Dvorak	London Knights	59	52	69	121	27
Mitch Marner	London Knights	57	39	77	116	68
Dylan Strome	Erie Otters	56	37	74	111	44
Matthew Tkachuk	London Knights	57	30	77	107	80
Andrew Mangiapane	Barrie Colts	59	51	55	106	50
Alex DeBrincat	Erie Otters	60	51	50	101	28
Travis Konecny	Ottawa/Sarnia	60	30	71	101	27
Mike Amadio	North Bay Battalion	68	50	48	98	40
Christian Fischer	Windsor Spitfires	66	40	50	90	34

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
Tyler Parsons	London Knights	49	2835	37	9	2	1	110	4	0.921	2.33
Devin Williams	Erie Otters	55	3179	41	10	1	0	125	2	0.915	2.36
Michael DiPietro	Windsor Spitfires	29	1644	16	8	1	1	67	2	0.912	2.45
Justin Fazio	Sarnia Sting	41	2466	24	13	3	1	110	3	0.902	2.68
Luke Opilka	Kitchener Rangers	44	2552	27	11	3	2	115	3	0.906	2.70

Playoffs

Conference quarterfinals			Conference semifinals			Conference finals			Finals

1	Kingston	4

8	Oshawa	1
			1	Kingston	0

			4	Niagara	4
2	Barrie	4

7	Mississauga	3
						2	Barrie	0
Eastern conference
						4	Niagara	4
3	North Bay	4

6	Peterborough	3
			2	Barrie	4

			3	North Bay	0
4	Niagara	4

5	Ottawa	1
									E4	Niagara	0
Note: Pairings are re-seeded after the first round.
									W3	London	4
1	Erie	4

8	Saginaw	0
			1	Erie	4

			7	Sault Ste. Marie	1
2	Sarnia	3

7	Sault Ste. Marie	4
						1	Erie	0
Western conference
						3	London	4
3	London	4

6	Owen Sound	2
			3	London	4

			4	Kitchener	0
4	Kitchener	4

5	Windsor	1

Conference quarterfinals

Eastern conference quarterfinals

(1) Kingston Frontenacs vs. (8) Oshawa Generals

March 25	Kingston Frontenacs		0 – 6	Oshawa Generals	Rogers K-Rock Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
6:54 - pp - Warren Foegele (1) 12:34 - Roland McKeown (1) 14:44 - Spencer Watson (1)		Second period		No scoring
1:16 - pp - Lawson Crouse (1) 1:37 - Jared Steege (1) 7:06 - Roland McKeown (2)		Third period		No scoring
Jeremy Helvig (18 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats		Jeremy Brodeur (27 saves / 32 shots) Justin Nichols (8 saves / 9 shots)

March 26	Kingston Frontenacs		3 – 7	Oshawa Generals	Rogers K-Rock Centre	Recap
3:36 - pp - Spencer Watson (2) 16:24 - Warren Foegele (2) 18:33 - Warren Foegele (3)		First period		No scoring
15:13 - Warren Foegele (4)		Second period		Domenic Commisso (1) - 0:40
11:56 - Lawson Crouse (2) 19:07 - en - sh - Lawson Crouse (3) 19:53 - Warren Foegele (5)		Third period		Joe Manchurek (1) - 6:08 Domenic Commisso (2) - pp - 12:44
Jeremy Helvig (26 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Jeremy Brodeur (11 saves / 14 shots) Justin Nichols (17 saves / 20 shots)

March 29	Oshawa Generals		5 – 4	Kingston Frontenacs	General Motors Centre	Recap
2:09 - Domenic Commisso (3)		First period		No scoring
15:45 - Mitchell Vande Sompel (1)		Second period		Michael Dal Colle (1) - 5:58 Warren Foegele (6) - 15:18
0:18 - Anthony Cirelli (1) 15:55 - Joe Manchurek (2)		Third period		Jason Robertson (1) - 2:06 Roland McKeown (3) - 9:04 Michael Dal Colle (2) - 19:36
Jeremy Brodeur (35 saves / 40 shots)		Goalie stats		Jeremy Helvig (11 saves / 14 shots) Lucas Peressini (14 saves / 15 shots)

March 31	Oshawa Generals		3 – 4	OT	Kingston Frontenacs	General Motors Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			Michael Dal Colle (3) - 15:04 Juho Lammikko (1) - 18:13
10:32 - pp - Lukas Lofquist (1) 17:11 - pp - Anthony Cirelli (2) 18:29 - pp - Jalen Smereck (1)		Second period			Jared Steege (2) - 1:39
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
3:02 - Eric Henderson (1)		First overtime period			No scoring
Jeremy Brodeur (43 saves / 46 shots)		Goalie stats			Lucas Peressini (28 saves / 32 shots)

April 1	Kingston Frontenacs		0 – 6	Oshawa Generals	Rogers K-Rock Centre	Recap
13:11 - Ryan Verbeek (1)		First period		No scoring
8:05 - pp - Stephen Desrocher (1) 8:48 - pp - Lawson Crouse (4) 16:49 - Spencer Watson (3) 16:56 - Warren Foegele (7)		Second period		No scoring
5:04 - Warren Foegele (8)		Third period		No scoring
Jeremy Helvig (20 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats		Jeremy Brodeur (18 saves / 22 shots) Justin Nichols (11 saves / 13 shots)

Kingston wins series 4 – 1

(2) Barrie Colts vs. (7) Mississauga Steelheads

March 26	Barrie Colts		2 – 5	Mississauga Steelheads	Barrie Molson Centre	Recap
18:59 - pp - Greg DiTomaso (1) 19:43 - pp - Dylan Sadowy (1)		First period		Josh Burnside (1) - 14:57
13:45 - Kevin Labanc (1)		Second period		Damian Bourne (1) - 18:43
19:27 - en - Dylan Sadowy (2) 19:49 - en - Julius Nättinen (1)		Third period		No scoring
Mackenzie Blackwood (23 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Jack Flinn (37 saves / 40 shots)

March 28	Barrie Colts		6 – 3	Mississauga Steelheads	Barrie Molson Centre	Recap
4:21 - Justin Scott (1)		First period		No scoring
8:03 - sh - Rasmus Andersson (1) 14:56 - pp - Anthony Stefano (1)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Everett Clark (1) - 7:16 Alexander Nylander (1) - 10:58 Alexander Nylander (2) - 13:08 Mason Marchment (1) - 16:14 Daniel Muzito-Bagenda (1) - 18:07 Alexander Nylander (3) - en - 19:15
Mackenzie Blackwood (30 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats		Jack Flinn (36 saves / 39 shots)

March 29	Mississauga Steelheads		3 – 4	2OT	Barrie Colts	Hershey Centre	Recap
6:38 - pp - Daniel Muzito-Bagenda (2) 11:15 - Alexander Nylander (4)		First period			Justin Scott (2) - 12:39 Kevin Labanc (2) - pp - 17:48
9:54 - pp - Daniel Muzito-Bagenda (3)		Second period			Justin Scott (3) - 13:19
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
2:49 - Josh Burnside (2)		Second overtime period			No scoring
Jack Flinn (23 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Mackenzie Blackwood (34 saves / 37 shots) David Ovsjannikov (0 saves / 1 shot)

March 31	Mississauga Steelheads		6 – 5	OT	Barrie Colts	Hershey Centre	Recap
5:21 - pp - Alexander Nylander (5)		First period			Andre Mangiapane (1) - sh - 7:08 Justin Scott (4) - 10:45
4:15 - Daniel Muzito-Bagenda (4) 12:41 - Michael McLeod (1)		Second period			Rasmus Andersson (2) - 18:54
1:51 - pp - Daniel Muzito-Bagenda (5) 2:09 - pp - Alexander Nylander (6)		Third period			Justin Scott (5) - 7:40 Justin Scott (6) - 16:19
No scoring		First overtime period			Justin Scott (7) - 4:46
Jack Flinn (38 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats			David Ovsjannikov (29 saves / 34 shots)

April 2	Barrie Colts		0 – 3	Mississauga Steelheads	Barrie Molson Centre	Recap
17:09 - Andrew Mangiapane (2)		First period		No scoring
11:12 - pp - Kevin Labanc (3)		Second period		No scoring
16:54 - en - Andrew Mangiapane (3)		Third period		No scoring
David Ovsjannikov (30 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Jack Flinn (29 saves / 31 shots)

April 3	Mississauga Steelheads		0 – 7	Barrie Colts	Hershey Centre	Recap
3:03 - Brendan Harrogate (1) 5:07 - Sean Day (1) 6:11 - Michael McLeod (2)		First period		No scoring
2:43 - Mason Marchment (2)		Second period		No scoring
11:27 - Jared Welsh (1) 16:59 - pp - Daniel Muzito-Bagenda (6) 19:51 - pp - Owen Tippett (1)		Third period		No scoring
Jack Flinn (24 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		David Ovsjannikov (0 saves / 3 shots) Mackenzie Blackwood (28 saves / 32 shots)

April 5	Barrie Colts		1 – 5	Mississauga Steelheads	Barrie Molson Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Michael McLeod (3) - 12:13
4:20 - Justin Scott (8) 9:12 - pp - Andrew Mangiapane (4) 11:37 - Justin Scott (9) 16:29 - pp - Justin Scott (10) 18:45 - en - sh - Kevin Labanc (4)		Third period		No scoring
Mackenzie Blackwood (22 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats		Jack Flinn (28 saves / 32 shots)

Barrie wins series 4 – 3

(3) North Bay Battalion vs. (6) Peterborough Petes

March 25	North Bay Battalion		1 – 2	Peterborough Petes	North Bay Memorial Gardens	Recap
14:23 - sh - Mike Amadio (1)		First period		Logan DeNoble (1) - pp - 11:39
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
7:09 - Brett Hargrave (1)		Third period		No scoring
Jake Smith (20 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats		Matthew Mancina (30 saves / 32 shots)

March 27	North Bay Battalion		5 – 3	Peterborough Petes	North Bay Memorial Gardens	Recap
16:22 - Maurizio Colella (1)		First period		Logan DeNoble (2) - 19:49
19:13 - pp - Mike Amadio (2)		Second period		Hunter Garlent (1) - 4:57 Jonathan Ang (1) - pp - 9:36 Greg Betzold (1) - 17:14
16:19 - pp - Steve Harland (1)		Third period		Steven Lorentz (1) - 6:09
Jake Smith (16 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats		Matthew Mancina (24 saves / 27 shots)

March 29	Peterborough Petes		6 – 7	OT	North Bay Battalion	Peterborough Memorial Centre	Recap
1:57 - Hunter Garlent (2) 16:56 - Adam Timleck (1)		First period			Mike Amadio (3) - 0:39 Brett McKenzie (1) - 3:51
5:28 - Daniel Nikandrov (1)		Second period			Mathew Santos (1) - 4:39
6:04 - Logan DeNoble (3) 7:41 - pp - Hunter Garlent (3) 8:09 - Josh Maguire (1)		Third period			Mathew Santos (2) - 4:33 Steve Harland (2) - pp - 10:49 Mathew Santos (3) - pp - 18:08
4:46 - Jonathan Ang (2)		First overtime period			No scoring
Matthew Mancina (33 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats			Jake Smith (35 saves / 42 shots)

March 31	Peterborough Petes		2 – 0	North Bay Battalion	Peterborough Memorial Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Jacob Ball (1) - 11:38
No scoring		Third period		Riley Bruce (1) - pp - 11:57
Matthew Mancina (32 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Jake Smith (29 saves / 29 shots)

April 1	North Bay Battalion		1 – 2	OT	Peterborough Petes	North Bay Memorial Gardens	Recap
5:07 - pp - Brett McKenzie (2)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			Steven Lorentz (2) - 12:27
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
11:08 - Mike Amadio (4)		First overtime period			No scoring
Jake Smith (34 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats			Matthew Mancina (39 saves / 41 shots)

April 3	Peterborough Petes		5 – 7	North Bay Battalion	Peterborough Memorial Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
16:29 - Greg Betzold (2) 18:17 - Hunter Garlent (4)		Second period		Mike Amadio (5) - pp - 1:19 Mike Amadio (6) - 5:33 Mike Amadio (7) - 8:06
8:10 - sh - Jonathan Ang (3) 11:29 - Brandon Prophet (1) 13:18 - Greg Betzold (3) 18:34 - en - Eric Cornel (1) 19:52 - en - Brandon Prophet (2)		Third period		Maurizio Colella (2) - 13:49 Maurizio Colella (3) - 19:23
Matthew Mancina (31 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats		Jake Smith (23 saves / 28 shots)

April 5	North Bay Battalion		1 – 4	Peterborough Petes	North Bay Memorial Gardens	Recap
7:45 - Kyle Wood (1) 18:29 - pp - Mathew Santos (4)		First period		Josh Maguire (2) - 3:57
4:08 - Mike Amadio (8)		Second period		No scoring
18:35 - en - pp - Mike Amadio (9)		Third period		No scoring
Jake Smith (27 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Matthew Mancina (23 saves / 26 shots)

North Bay wins series 4 – 3

(4) Niagara IceDogs vs. (5) Ottawa 67's

March 24	Niagara IceDogs		4 – 5	Ottawa 67's	Meridian Centre	Recap
1:25 - William Lochead (1)		First period		Nathan Todd (1) - pp - 5:45
3:37 - pp - Anthony DiFruscia (1) 6:55 - Graham Knott (1) 14:47 - Pavel Jenys (1)		Second period		Travis Barron (1) - 5:47 Dante Salituro (1) - pp - 13:08
1:05 - pp - Vince Dunn (1)		Third period		Jeremiah Addison (1) - pp - 16:46
Alex Nedeljkovic (19 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats		Leo Lazarev (31 saves / 36 shots)

March 26	Niagara IceDogs		3 – 5	Ottawa 67's	Meridian Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Dante Salituro (2) - 8:25 Travis Barron (2) - 11:27
6:05 - Brendan Perlini (1)		Second period		No scoring
0:33 - pp - Pavel Jenys (2) 3:23 - Christopher Paquette (1) 11:32 - Josh Ho-Sang (1) 19:03 - en - Brendan Perlini (2)		Third period		Nevin Guy (1) - pp - 2:23
Alex Nedeljkovic (24 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Leo Lazarev (26 saves / 30 shots)

March 28	Ottawa 67's		2 – 4	Niagara IceDogs	TD Place Arena	Recap
1:06 - Artur Tyanulin (1) 7:51 - Nathan Todd (2)		First period		No scoring
1:40 - Nathan Todd (3) 15:36 - Stephen Falkovsky (1)		Second period		Pavel Jenys (3) - pp - 15:07
No scoring		Third period		Vince Dunn (2) - pp - 2:46
Leo Lazarev (26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Alex Nedeljkovic (12 saves / 16 shots)

March 30	Ottawa 67's		2 – 1	OT	Niagara IceDogs	TD Place Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			Pavel Jenys (4) - 19:04
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
16:49 - pp - Nathan Todd (4)		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Jordan Maletta (1) - 0:46
Leo Lazarev (28 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Alex Nedeljkovic (30 saves / 31 shots)

April 1	Niagara IceDogs		2 – 5	Ottawa 67's	Meridian Centre	Recap
8:58 - pp - Brendan Perlini (3)		First period		No scoring
2:32 - Ryan Mantha (1)		Second period		Austen Keating (1) - 19:57
6:35 - Kyle Langdon (1) 16:48 - Pavel Jenys (5) 19:29 - en - Josh Ho-Sang (2)		Third period		Evan de Haan (1) - 15:23
Alex Nedeljkovic (22 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Leo Lazarev (29 saves / 33 shots)

Niagara wins series 4 – 1

Western conference quarterfinals

(1) Erie Otters vs. (8) Saginaw Spirit

March 25	Erie Otters		1 – 5	Saginaw Spirit	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
6:47 - Kyle Maksimovich (1) 12:12 - Nick Betz (1) 15:48 - Kyle Pettit (1)		First period		No scoring
5:55 - pp - Travis Dermott (1) 9:19 - Kyle Pettit (2)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Jesse Barwell (1) - sh - 14:02
Devin Williams (15 saves / 16 shots)		Goalie stats		Evan Cormier (21 saves / 26 shots) Cameron Zanussi (10 saves / 10 shots)

March 27	Erie Otters		3 – 7	Saginaw Spirit	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
12:20 - pp - Taylor Raddysh (1) 13:52 - pp - Alex DeBrincat (1)		First period		No scoring
2:09 - pp - Dylan Strome (1) 9:24 - Mitchell Byrne (1) 16:02 - pp - Kyle Maksimovich (2)		Second period		Jesse Barwell (2) - sh - 14:52
10:35 - Patrick Fellows (1) 16:51 - en - Kyle Pettit (3)		Third period		Connor Brown (1) - 8:40 Brady Gilmour (1) - 14:54
Devin Williams (19 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Evan Cormier (36 saves / 42 shots)

March 29	Saginaw Spirit		6 – 3	Erie Otters	Dow Event Center	Recap
6:29 - Mike Davies (1) 11:01 - Connor Brown (2)		First period		Christian Girhiny (1) - 2:53 Taylor Raddysh (2) - 4:36 Alex DeBrincat (2) - 13:57 Kyle Maksimovich (3) - 18:20
No scoring		Second period		Alex DeBrincat (3) - pp - 12:13 Dylan Strome (2) - sh - 14:37
9:26 - Mitchell Stephens (1)		Third period		No scoring
Evan Cormier (32 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats		Devin Williams (10 saves / 12 shots) Jake Lawr (11 saves / 12 shots)

March 31	Saginaw Spirit		6 – 4	Erie Otters	Dow Event Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		Taylor Raddysh (3) - 3:42 Travis Dermott (2) - 6:52 Kyle Maksimovich (4) - 19:05
3:05 - Kirill Maksimov (1) 9:49 - pp - Connor Brown (3) 17:54 - Connor Brown (4)		Second period		Patrick Fellows (2) - 0:37 Dylan Strome (3) - pp - 14:37
16:03 - Mitchell Stephens (2)		Third period		Dylan Strome (4) - en - 19:58
Evan Cormier (19 saves / 22 shots) Cameron Zanussi (16 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats		Jake Lawr (22 saves / 26 shots)

Erie wins series 4 – 0

(2) Sarnia Sting vs. (7) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds

March 25	Sarnia Sting		6 – 3	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Sarnia Sports & Entertainment Centre	Recap
4:29 - pp - Travis Konecny (1) 4:57 - pp - Kevin Spinozzi (1)		First period		Hayden Verbeek (1) - 11:19
6:13 - pp - Matt Mistele (1)		Second period		Gabe Guertler (1) - pp - 2:23 Bobby McIntyre (1) - 3:09 Gabe Guertler (2) - 7:59 Blake Speers (1) - pp - 15:32
No scoring		Third period		Boris Katchouk (1) - 7:43
Charlie Graham (25 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats		Brandon Halverson (33 saves / 36 shots)

March 27	Sarnia Sting		5 – 2	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Sarnia Sports & Entertainment Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Zachary Senyshyn (1) - 18:22
No scoring		Second period		Boris Katchouk (2) - 5:07 Tim Gettinger (1) - 9:10 Bobby McIntyre (2) - 15:15
6:31 - Anthony Salinitri (1) 11:00 - pp - Matt Mistele (2)		Third period		Zachary Senyshyn (2) - 14:15
Charlie Graham (18 saves / 22 shots) Justin Fazio (2 saves / 3 shots)		Goalie stats		Brandon Halverson (39 saves / 41 shots)

March 29	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds		5 – 2	Sarnia Sting	Essar Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Matt Mistele (3) - pp - 13:41 Brandon Lindberg (1) - sh - 18:05
19:44 - pp - Blake Speers (2)		Second period		Patrick White (1) - 16:47
8:38 - Frankie Pucci (1)		Third period		Pavel Zacha (1) - pp - 3:26 Matt Mistele (4) - pp - 8:24
Brandon Halverson (31 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats		Charlie Graham (23 saves / 25 shots)

March 31	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds		2 – 3	2OT	Sarnia Sting	Essar Centre	Recap
8:01 - pp - Blake Speers (3)		First period			Matt Mistele (5) - 10:51
No scoring		Second period			Pavel Zacha (2) - 13:58
10:44 - Colton White (1)		Third period			No scoring
7:24 - pp - Gabe Guertler (3)		Second overtime period			No scoring
Brandon Halverson (40 saves / 42 shots)		Goalie stats			Charlie Graham (29 saves / 32 shots)

April 2	Sarnia Sting		1 – 5	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Sarnia Sports & Entertainment Centre	Recap
6:09 - Matt Mistele (6) 8:49 - pp - Pavel Zacha (3)		First period		No scoring
17:12 - sh - Sam Studnicka (1) 19:28 - Ryan McGregor (1)		Second period		Gustav Bouramman (1) - pp - 15:14
9:16 - Troy Lajeunesse (1)		Third period		No scoring
Charlie Graham (27 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Brandon Halverson (29 saves / 34 shots)

April 3	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds		5 – 1	Sarnia Sting	Essar Centre	Recap
4:58 - Boris Katchouk (3)		First period		Jakob Chychrun (1) - pp - 17:26
No scoring		Second period		Jordan Kyrou (1) - 14:33
No scoring		Third period		Pavel Zacha (4) - 4:59 Jakob Chychrun (2) - 5:59 Pavel Zacha (5) - pp - 14:00
Brandon Halverson (28 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Charlie Graham (28 saves / 29 shots)

April 5	Sarnia Sting		4 – 3	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Sarnia Sports & Entertainment Centre	Recap
4:34 - Anthony Salinitri (2)		First period		Gabe Guertler (4) - 10:37
16:21 - pp - Pavel Zacha (6)		Second period		Bobby McIntyre (3) - 12:57
17:51 - Troy Lajeunesse (2)		Third period		Blake Speers (4) - 0:27 Boris Katchouk (4) - 7:40
Charlie Graham (13 saves / 17 shots)		Goalie stats		Brandon Halverson (36 saves / 39 shots)

Sault Ste. Marie wins series 4 – 3

(3) London Knights vs. (6) Owen Sound Attack

March 25	London Knights		1 – 4	Owen Sound Attack	Budweiser Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
10:35 - Max Jones (1) 13:44 - Cliff Pu (1)		Second period		No scoring
9:24 - Aaron Berisha (1) 19:28 - en - Mitch Marner (1)		Third period		Petrus Palmu (1) - pp - 13:18
Tyler Parsons (27 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael McNiven (15 saves / 18 shots)

March 26	London Knights		2 – 0	Owen Sound Attack	Budweiser Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Josh Sterk (1) - pp - 17:08
No scoring		Third period		Kevin Hancock (1) - en - 17:23
Tyler Parsons (27 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael McNiven (23 saves / 23 shots)

March 28	Owen Sound Attack		5 – 1	London Knights	Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre	Recap
18:08 - pp - Damir Sharipzyanov (1)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Matthew Tkachuk (1) - pp - 3:52 Aaron Berisha (2) - 16:18 Mitch Marner (2) - 17:45
No scoring		Third period		Mitch Marner (3) - 0:10 Matthew Tkachuk (2) - 8:23
Michael McNiven (36 saves / 41 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Parsons (38 saves / 39 shots)

March 30	Owen Sound Attack		8 – 5	London Knights	Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre	Recap
9:46 - pp - Petrus Palmu (2) 14:29 - Josh Sterk (2)		First period		Robert Thomas (1) - 12:03
13:42 - pp - Bryson Cianfrone (1)		Second period		Matthew Tkachuk (3) - pp - 4:57 Cliff Pu (2) - 11:47 Mitch Marner (4) - 17:40 Matthew Tkachuk (4) - 17:54
10:58 - Kevin Hancock (2) 18:54 - Nick Suzuki (1)		Third period		Matthew Tkachuk (5) - pp - 3:24 Cliff Pu (3) - sh - 9:40 Matthew Tkachuk (6) - en - 19:15
Michael McNiven (30 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Parsons (34 saves / 39 shots)

April 1	London Knights		4 – 3	OT	Owen Sound Attack	Budweiser Gardens	Recap
11:47 - Christian Dvorak (1) 15:45 - Cliff Pu (4)		First period			Jonah Gadjovich (1) pp - 12:18 Santino Centorame (1) - pp - 16:42
No scoring		Second period			Josh Sterk (3) - pp - 17:28
17:02 - pp - Aaron Berisha (3)		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			Petrus Palmu (3) - 3:36
Tyler Parsons (29 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats			Michael McNiven (25 saves / 28 shots)

April 3	Owen Sound Attack		5 – 2	London Knights	Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre	Recap
17:03 - pp - Nick Suzuki (2)		First period		Matthew Tkachuk (7) - 0:52 Christian Dvorak (2) - pp - 19:58
No scoring		Second period		Victor Mete (1) - 6:56
14:44 - pp - Josh Sterk (4)		Third period		Cliff Pu (5) - 1:06 Matthew Tkachuk (8) - en - 18:37
Michael McNiven (25 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Parsons (31 saves / 33 shots)

London wins series 4 – 2

(4) Kitchener Rangers vs. (5) Windsor Spitfires

March 24	Kitchener Rangers		5 – 6	OT	Windsor Spitfires	Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex	Recap
12:58 - pp - Brandon Robinson (1) 18:30 - pp - Ryan MacInnis (1)		First period			Aaron Luchuk (1) - 4:38 Christian Fischer (1) - pp - 6:41 Jalen Chatfield (1) - 9:36
2:39 - pp - Gustaf Franzen (1) 15:52 - Adam Mascherin (1)		Second period			Logan Stanley (1) - 18:22
3:56 - Ryan MacInnis (2)		Third period			Bradley Latour (1) 15:02
2:39 - Brandon Robinson (2)		First overtime period			No scoring
Luke Opilka (4 saves / 7 shots) Dawson Carty (29 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Mario Culina (32 saves / 38 shots)

March 26	Kitchener Rangers		4 – 6	Windsor Spitfires	Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex	Recap
15:19 - Nick Magyar (1)		First period		Mikhail Sergachev (1) - 18:33
10:02 - Brandon Robinson (3) 14:55 - pp - David Miller (1)		Second period		Jalen Chatfield (2) - 0:40 Mads Eller (1) - 4:19
6:21 - Miles Liberati (1) 9:13 - Connor Bunnaman (1) 18:28 - en - Brandon Robinson (4)		Third period		Mikhail Sergachev (2) - pp - 10:34
Dawson Carty (31 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats		Mario Culina (20 saves / 25 shots)

March 28	Windsor Spitfires		2 – 1	Kitchener Rangers	WFCU Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Jeremy Bracco (1) - 19:25
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
9:25 - pp - Aaron Luchuk (2)		Third period		Brandon Robinson (5) - 18:34
Michael DiPietro (28 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Dawson Carty (26 saves / 27 shots)

March 30	Windsor Spitfires		4 – 5	OT	Kitchener Rangers	WFCU Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			Adam Mascherin (2) - pp - 1:08 Adam Mascherin (3) - 18:14
15:53 - pp - Brendan Lemieux (1) 17:19 - pp - Brendan Lemieux (2) 17:54 - pp - Brendan Lemieux (3)		Second period			No scoring
8:29 - Bradley Latour (2)		Third period			David Miller (2) - 14:52 Gustaf Franzen (2) - 16:38
10:19 - pp - Bradley Latour (3)		First overtime period			No scoring
Michael DiPietro (17 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats			Dawson Carty (30 saves / 35 shots)

April 1	Kitchener Rangers		2 – 5	Windsor Spitfires	Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex	Recap
0:20 - Brandon Robinson (6)		First period		Gabriel Vilardi (1) - 9:38
16:30 - pp - Ryan MacInnis (3) 18:12 - pp - Jeremy Bracco (2) 18:28 - Connor Hall (1)		Second period		Brendan Lemieux (4) - pp - 15:27
16:53 - pp - Adam Mascherin (4)		Third period		No scoring
Dawson Carty (28 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael DiPietro (28 saves / 33 shots)

Kitchener wins series 4 – 1

Conference semifinals

Eastern conference semifinals

(1) Kingston Frontenacs vs. (4) Niagara IceDogs

April 7	Kingston Frontenacs		3 – 1	Niagara IceDogs	Rogers K-Rock Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Vince Dunn (3) - 11:07
No scoring		Second period		Anthony DiFruscia (2) - pp - 6:59
16:40 - pp - Lawson Crouse (5)		Third period		Aaron Haydon (1) - sh - en - 19:39
Jeremy Helvig (29 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats		Alex Nedeljkovic (31 saves / 32 shots)

April 8	Kingston Frontenacs		6 – 5	OT	Niagara IceDogs	Rogers K-Rock Centre	Recap
2:08 - pp - Conor McGlynn (1)		First period			Kyle Langdon (2) - 12:14 Vince Dunn (4) - 12:54 Pavel Jenys (6) - pp - 18:02
6:21 - pp - Michael Dal Colle (4)		Second period			No scoring
10:13 - Michael Dal Colle (5) 11:37 - pp - Michael Dal Colle (6) 14:54 - Juho Lammikko (2)		Third period			Ryan Mantha (2) - 2:02 Aleksander Mikulovich (1) - 4:43
No scoring		First overtime period			Anthony DiFruscia (3) - 18:57
Jeremy Helvig (24 saves / 29 shots) Lucas Peressini (10 saves / 11 shots)		Goalie stats			Alex Nedeljkovic (47 saves / 52 shots)

April 10	Niagara IceDogs		2 – 3	OT	Kingston Frontenacs	Meridian Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			Lawson Crouse (6) - 13:22
3:57 - Josh Ho-Sang (3)		Second period			No scoring
10:47 - Johnny Corneil (1)		Third period			Juho Lammikko (3) - sh - 18:02
1:07 - Aaron Haydon (2)		First overtime period			No scoring
Alex Nedeljkovic (32 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats			Lucas Peressini (32 saves / 35 shots)

April 13	Niagara IceDogs		1 – 3	Kingston Frontenacs	Meridian Centre	Recap
11:58 - pp - Brendan Perlini (4) 17:16 - Brendan Perlini (5)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
1:00 - pp - Johnny Corneil (2)		Third period		Lawson Crouse (7) - sh - 0:43
Alex Nedeljkovic (32 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Lucas Peressini (26 saves / 29 shots)

Niagara wins series 4 – 0

(2) Barrie Colts vs. (3) North Bay Battalion

April 7	Barrie Colts		2 – 5	North Bay Battalion	Barrie Molson Centre	Recap
11:38 - pp - Andrew Mangiapane (5) 13:51 - Andrew Mangiapane (6) 15:28 - Josh Carrick (1)		First period		No scoring
1:52 - Josh Carrick (2)		Second period		No scoring
18:55 - en - Justin Scott (11)		Third period		Steve Harland (3) - 4:11 Kyle Wood (2) - pp - 16:09
Mackenzie Blackwood (32 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Jake Smith (25 saves / 29 shots)

April 11	Barrie Colts		2 – 3	OT	North Bay Battalion	Barrie Molson Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			Mike Amadio (10) - 13:16 Mike Amadio (11) - 13:45
10:48 - Justin Scott (12)		Second period			No scoring
17:43 - Anthony Stefano (2)		Third period			No scoring
2:35 - Justin Scott (13)		First overtime period			No scoring
Mackenzie Blackwood (34 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats			Jake Smith (33 saves / 36 shots)

April 12	North Bay Battalion		4 – 2	Barrie Colts	North Bay Memorial Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period		Kevin Labanc (5) - sh - 7:34 Michael Webster (1) - 11:44
0:29 - Mathew Santos (5) 17:18 - pp - Mike Amadio (12)		Second period		Justin Murray (1) - 8:43
No scoring		Third period		Justin Scott (14) - 12:24
Jake Smith (22 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Mackenzie Blackwood (24 saves / 26 shots)

April 14	North Bay Battalion		6 – 0	Barrie Colts	North Bay Memorial Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period		Giordano Finoro (1) - 12:15 Kevin Labanc (6) - 18:15
No scoring		Second period		Andrew Mangiapane (7) - 4:12
No scoring		Third period		Andrew Mangiapane (8) - 6:38 Cordell James (1) - 15:05 Cordell James (2) - pp - 19:26
Jake Smith (20 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Mackenzie Blackwood (29 saves / 29 shots)

Barrie wins series 4 – 0

Western conference semifinals

(1) Erie Otters vs. (7) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds

April 8	Erie Otters		2 – 3	OT	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
2:24 - Jake Marchment (1)		First period			Boris Katchouk (5) - 8:28 Boris Katchouk (6) - sh - 19:37
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
18:33 - Darren Raddysh (1)		Third period			No scoring
0:58 - Darren Raddysh (2)		First overtime period			No scoring
Devin Williams (14 saves / 16 shots)		Goalie stats			Brandon Halverson (32 saves / 35 shots)

April 9	Erie Otters		1 – 3	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
3:51 - Nick Betz (2) 9:50 - Dylan Strome (5)		Second period		No scoring
19:31 - en - Dylan Strome (6)		Third period		Blake Speers (5) - pp - 4:18
Devin Williams (15 saves / 16 shots)		Goalie stats		Brandon Halverson (21 saves / 23 shots)

April 11	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds		2 – 3	Erie Otters	Essar Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Kyle Pettit (4) - 14:25
16:29 - Morgan Frost (1)		Second period		No scoring
7:15 - Bobby McIntyre (4) 19:37 - Bobby McIntyre (5)		Third period		Dylan Strome (7) - 11:47
Brandon Halverson (25 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Devin Williams (19 saves / 22 shots)

April 13	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds		5 – 2	Erie Otters	Essar Centre	Recap
17:05 - Jack Kopacka (1)		First period		Alex DeBrincat (4) - 4:31 Jake Marchment (2) - 7:52
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
8:48 - Blake Speers (6)		Third period		Darren Raddysh (3) - 2:45 Nick Betz (3) - 8:19 Travis Dermott (3) - en - 18:47
Brandon Halverson (40 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats		Devin Williams (15 saves / 17 shots)

April 15	Erie Otters		2 – 5	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
10:07 - Alex DeBrincat (5)		First period		Jack Kopacka (2) - 13:15
4:48 - pp - Dylan Strome (8) 19:35 - pp - Taylor Raddysh (4)		Second period		Mac Hollowell (1) - 11:30
11:13 - Dylan Strome (9) 19:00 - en - Dylan Strome (10)		Third period		No scoring
Devin Williams (12 saves / 14 shots)		Goalie stats		Brandon Halverson (25 saves / 29 shots)

Erie wins series 4 – 1

(3) London Knights vs. (4) Kitchener Rangers

April 8	London Knights		3 – 6	Kitchener Rangers	Budweiser Gardens	Recap
1:40 - Christian Dvorak (3)		First period		Ryan MacInnis (4) - 19:42
6:10 - pp - Christian Dvorak (4) 9:09 - J.J. Piccinich (1) 15:04 - pp - Olli Juolevi (1)		Second period		Connor Bunnaman (2) - 17:27
18:26 - Mitch Marner (5) 19:14 - en - Christian Dvorak (5)		Third period		Adam Mascherin (5) - 18:05
Tyler Parsons (20 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats		Dawson Carty (20 saves / 25 shots)

April 10	London Knights		3 – 5	Kitchener Rangers	Budweiser Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
6:15 - pp - Christian Dvorak (6) 16:06 - Matthew Tkachuk (9) 19:56 - sh - Mitch Marner (6)		Second period		David Miller (3) - 7:37 Adam Mascherin (6) - 10:20 Darby Llewellyn (1) - 12:23
6:35 - Cliff Pu (6) 19:23 - en - Victor Mete (2)		Third period		No scoring
Tyler Parsons (26 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Dawson Carty (26 saves / 30 shots)

April 12	Kitchener Rangers		2 – 1	OT	London Knights	Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex	Recap
8:25 - Ryan MacInnis (5)		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			Matthew Tkachuk (10) - 5:09
No scoring		First overtime period			Chandler Yakimowicz (1) - 7:51
Dawson Carty (32 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats			Tyler Parsons (30 saves / 31 shots)

April 14	Kitchener Rangers		6 – 4	London Knights	Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex	Recap
9:41 - Darby Llewellyn (2) 19:05 - Jeremy Bracco (3)		First period		No scoring
5:11 - pp - Frank Hora (1) 15:02 - Darby Llewellyn (3)		Second period		Aaron Berisha (4) - 9:27 Mitch Marner (7) - 15:45
No scoring		Third period		Cliff Pu (7) - 4:31 Mitch Marner (8) - 16:36 Mitch Marner (9) - 16:46 Mitch Marner (10) - en - 18:23
Dawson Carty (24 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Parsons (20 saves / 24 shots)

London wins series 4 – 0

Conference finals

Eastern conference finals

(2) Barrie Colts vs. (4) Niagara IceDogs

April 21	Barrie Colts		3 – 2	Niagara IceDogs	Barrie Molson Centre	Recap
9:12 - Justin Scott (15)		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
10:56 - sh - Andrew Mangiapane (9)		Third period		Blake Siebenaler (1) - pp - 11:37 Josh Ho-Sang (4) - 12:31 Jordan Maletta (2) - 12:45
Mackenzie Blackwood (39 saves / 42 shots)		Goalie stats		Alex Nedeljkovic (27 saves / 29 shots)

April 23	Barrie Colts		4 – 1	Niagara IceDogs	Barrie Molson Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		Stephen Harper (1) - 0:30 Anthony DeFruscia (4) - pp - 13:24
1:40 - pp - Andrew Mangiapane (10)		Third period		Graham Knott (2) - 6:32 Brendan Perlini (6) - 11:05
Mackenzie Blackwood (33 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats		Alex Nedeljkovic (27 saves / 28 shots)

April 25	Niagara IceDogs		3 – 6	Barrie Colts	Meridian Centre	Recap
2:32 - Christopher Paquette (2)		First period		Julius Nättinen (2) - pp - 18:24
1:01 - Stephen Harper (2) 3:51 - Josh Ho-Sang (5) 9:28 - pp - Pavel Jenys (7) 18:38 - Josh Wesley (1)		Second period		Adrian Carbonara (1) - 2:49 Justin Scott (16) - 3:09
18:43 - en - Stephen Harper (3)		Third period		No scoring
Alex Nedeljkovic (19 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Mackenzie Blackwood (36 saves / 41 shots)

April 27	Niagara IceDogs		2 – 3	Barrie Colts	Meridian Centre	Recap
19:40 - Stephen Harper (4)		First period		Justin Scott (17) - 17:46
3:33 - Johnathon Schaefer (1) 6:31 - Josh Wesley (2)		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Kody Gagnon (1) - 9:42
Alex Nedeljkovic (27 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Mackenzie Blackwood (26 saves / 29 shots)

Niagara wins series 4 – 0

Western conference finals

(1) Erie Otters vs. (3) London Knights

April 20	Erie Otters		7 – 4	London Knights	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
1:34 - Kyle Maksimovich (5)		First period		Christian Dvorak (7) - pp - 5:56 Matthew Tkachuk (11) - pp - 8:18 Mitch Marner (11) - pp - 10:31 Christian Dvorak (8) - 11:48
6:11 - Alex DeBrincat (6) 18:02 - Alex DeBrincat (7)		Second period		Matthew Tkachuk (12) - 0:43
9:28 - Alex DeBrincat (8)		Third period		Olli Juolevi (2) - 7:47 Matthew Tkachuk (13) - en - 19:01
Devin Williams (19 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Parsons (26 saves / 30 shots)

April 24	Erie Otters		6 – 1	London Knights	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		Mitch Marner (12) - 0:56 Daniel Bernhardt (1) - 9:27 Aaron Berisha (5) - 13:55
16:15 - pp - Darren Raddysh (4)		Second period		Daniel Bernhardt (2) - 2:16
No scoring		Third period		Matthew Tkachuk (14) - pp - 16:55 Nicolas Mattinen (1) - pp - 19:50
Devin Williams (19 saves / 25 shots) Jake Lawr (0 saves / 0 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Parsons (26 saves / 27 shots)

April 26	London Knights		1 – 5	Erie Otters	Budweiser Gardens	Recap
4:42 - Christian Dvorak (9)		First period		No scoring
4:35 - Owen MacDonald (1) 14:08 - Matthew Tkachuk (15) 17:45 - Mitch Marner (13)		Second period		No scoring
12:56 - pp - Mitch Marner (14)		Third period		Jake Marchment (3) - 0:22
Tyler Parsons (26 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Devin Williams (20 saves / 25 shots)

April 27	London Knights		1 – 5	Erie Otters	Budweiser Gardens	Recap
12:14 - pp - Matthew Tkachuk (16) 19:35 - J.J. Piccinich (2)		First period		No scoring
15:56 - Owen MacDonald (2)		Second period		Jake Marchment (4) - pp - 2:44
9:44 - pp - Christian Dvorak (10) 16:42 - en - sh - Mitch Marner (15)		Third period		No scoring
Tyler Parsons (27 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Devin Williams (18 saves / 22 shots)

London wins series 4 – 0

J. Ross Robertson Cup

(W3) London Knights vs. (E4) Niagara IceDogs

May 5	London Knights		1 – 4	Niagara IceDogs	Budweiser Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
6:39 - Owen MacDonald (3) 11:19 - sh - Chandler Yakimowicz (2) 19:35 - Christian Dvorak (11)		Second period		Pavel Jenys (8) - 2:42
10:03 - pp - Mitch Marner (16)		Third period		No scoring
Tyler Parsons (27 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Alex Nedeljkovic (26 saves / 30 shots)

May 7	London Knights		1 – 6	Niagara IceDogs	Budweiser Gardens	Recap
18:44 - pp - Matthew Tkachuk (17)		First period		Stephen Harper (5) - 6:04
6:54 - Matthew Tkachuk (18) 10:42 - Owen MacDonald (4) 19:31 - Victor Mete (3)		Second period		No scoring
1:10 - Christian Dvorak (12) 2:25 - pp - Matthew Tkachuk (19)		Third period		No scoring
Tyler Parsons (24 saves / 25 shots) Brendan Burke (3 saves / 3 shots)		Goalie stats		Alex Nedeljkovic (17 saves / 23 shots) Stephen Dhillon (2 saves / 2 shots)

May 9	Niagara IceDogs		6 – 5	OT	London Knights	Meridian Centre	Recap
1:09 - Ryan Mantha (3) 6:24 - pp - Stephen Harper (6) 15:28 - pp - Vince Dunn (5) 17:21 - Josh Ho-Sang (6)		First period			Matthew Tkachuk (20) - 0:32 Cliff Pu (8) - sh - 19:07
6:31 - Aleksander Mikulovich (2)		Second period			Olli Juolevi (3) - 9:32
No scoring		Third period			Christian Dvorak (13) - 7:42 Victor Mete (4) - 11:15
No scoring		First overtime period			Owen MacDonald (5) - 2:58
Alex Nedeljkovic (33 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats			Tyler Parsons (25 saves / 30 shots)

May 11	Niagara IceDogs		1 – 0	London Knights	Meridian Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period		Christian Dvorak (14) - 16:37
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Alex Nedeljkovic (28 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Parsons (18 saves / 18 shots)

London wins series 4 – 0

J. Ross Robertson Cup Champions Roster

2015-16 London Knights^[1]

Goaltenders

1 – Tyler Parsons
50 – Brendan Burke

Defencemen

Wingers

Centres

10 – Christian Dvorak – C
11 – Owen MacDonald
27 – Robert Thomas
63 – Cliff Pu
Coach: Dale Hunter
General Manager: Basil McRae

Playoff scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Mitch Marner	London Knights	18	16	28	44	8
Matthew Tkachuk	London Knights	18	20	20	40	42
Christian Dvorak	London Knights	18	14	21	35	4
Kevin Labanc	Barrie Colts	15	6	20	26	24
Josh Ho-Sang	Niagara IceDogs	17	6	20	26	8
Dylan Strome	Erie Otters	13	10	11	21	12
Andrew Mangiapane	Barrie Colts	15	10	11	21	14
Justin Scott	Barrie Colts	15	17	3	20	8
Alex DeBrincat	Erie Otters	13	8	11	19	13
Mike Amadio	North Bay Battalion	11	12	6	18	10

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
Tyler Parsons	London Knights	18	1086	16	2	39	1	0.925	2.15
Jeremy Helvig	Kingston Frontenacs	7	325	3	1	13	2	0.908	2.40
Mackenzie Blackwood	Barrie Colts	13	797	6	5	36	1	0.914	2.71
Alex Nedeljkovic	Niagara IceDogs	17	1026	12	5	48	0	0.903	2.81
Jack Flinn	Mississauga Steelheads	7	447	3	4	21	1	0.913	2.82

Awards

J. Ross Robertson Cup:	London Knights
Hamilton Spectator Trophy:	Erie Otters
Bobby Orr Trophy:	Niagara IceDogs
Wayne Gretzky Trophy:	London Knights
Emms Trophy:	Barrie Colts
Leyden Trophy:	Kingston Frontenacs
Holody Trophy:	Erie Otters
Bumbacco Trophy:	Sarnia Sting
Red Tilson Trophy:	Mitch Marner, London Knights
Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy:	Kevin Labanc, Barrie Colts
Matt Leyden Trophy:	Kris Knoblauch, Erie Otters
Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy:	Kevin Labanc, Barrie Colts
Max Kaminsky Trophy:	Mikhail Sergachev, Windsor Spitfires
OHL Goaltender of the Year:	Mackenzie Blackwood, Barrie Colts
Jack Ferguson Award:	Ryan Merkley, Guelph Storm
Dave Pinkney Trophy:	Tyler Parsons & Brendan Burke, London Knights
Emms Family Award:	Alexander Nylander, Mississauga Steelheads
F. W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy:	Michael DiPietro, Windsor Spitfires
Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy:	Will Petschenig, Saginaw Spirit
William Hanley Trophy:	Mike Amadio, North Bay Battalion
Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy:	Kevin Labanc, Barrie Colts
Bobby Smith Trophy:	Nicolas Hague, Mississauga Steelheads
Roger Neilson Memorial Award:	Damian Bourne, Mississauga Steelheads
Ivan Tennant Memorial Award:	Kyle Keyser, Flint Firebirds
Mickey Renaud Captain's Trophy:	Michael Webster, Barrie Colts
Tim Adams Memorial Trophy:	Andrei Berezinskiy, York Simcoe Express
Wayne Gretzky 99 Award:	Mitch Marner, London Knights
Bill Long Award:	Pat Casey, Peterborough Petes

All-Star teams

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

2016 OHL Priority Selection

On April 9, 2016, the OHL conducted the 2016 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection. The Guelph Storm held the first overall pick in the draft, and selected Ryan Merkley from the Toronto Jr. Canadiens of the GTHL. Merkley 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 2016 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection. ^[2]

#	Player	Nationality	OHL Team	Hometown	Minor Team
1	Ryan Merkley (D)	Canada	Guelph Storm	Mississauga, Ontario	Toronto Jr. Canadiens (GTHL)
2	Owen Lalonde (D)	Canada	Sudbury Wolves	Windsor, Ontario	Windsor Jr. Spitfires (MHAO)
3	Connor Roberts (C)	Canada	Hamilton Bulldogs	Owen Sound, Ontario	Grey-Bruce Highlanders (OMHA-SCTA)
4	Blade Jenkins (C)	United States	Saginaw Spirit	Jackson, Michigan	Detroit Compuware 16U (HPHL)
5	Ty Dellandrea (C)	Canada	Flint Firebirds	Port Perry, Ontario	Central Ontario Wolves (OMHA-EHL)
6	Danil Antropov (RW)	Canada	Oshawa Generals	Toronto, Ontario	Toronto Marlboros (GTHL)
7	Kirill Nizhnikov (RW)	Russia	Mississauga Steelheads	Moscow, Russia	Toronto Jr. Canadiens (GTHL)
8	Pavel Gogolev (LW)	Russia	Peterborough Petes	Moscow, Russia	CIH Academy White (OEMHL)
9	Barrett Hayton (C)	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Peterborough, Ontario	Toronto Red Wings (GTHL)
10	Aidan Dudas (C)	Canada	Owen Sound Attack	Parry Sound, Ontario	North Central Predators (OMHA-EHL)
11	Peter Stratis (D)	Canada	Ottawa 67's	Scarborough, Ontario	Mississauga Rebels (GTHL)
12	Akil Thomas (C)	Canada	Niagara IceDogs	Toronto, Ontario	Toronto Marlboros (GTHL)
13	Adam McMaster (C)	Canada	North Bay Battalion	Beamsville, Ontario	Niagara North Stars (OMHA-SCTA)
14	Tyler Tucker (D)	Canada	Barrie Colts	Longlac, Ontario	Toronto Titans (GTHL)
15	Tyler Weiss (C)	United States	Sarnia Sting	Raleigh, North Carolina	Don Mills Flyers (GTHL)
16	Giovanni Vallati (D)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers	Toronto, Ontario	Vaughan Kings (GTHL)
17	Nathan Dunkley (C)	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs	Campbellford, Ontario	Quinte Red Devils (OMHA-EHL)
18	Liam Foudy (C)	Canada	London Knights	Toronto, Ontario	Markham Majors (GTHL)
19	Allan McShane (C)	Canada	Erie Otters	Etobicoke, Ontario	Toronto Marlboros (GTHL)
20	Jack McBain (C)	Canada	Barrie Colts	Toronto, Ontario	Don Mills Flyers (GTHL)

2016 NHL Entry Draft

On June 24-25, 2016, the National Hockey League conducted the 2016 NHL Entry Draft held at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. In total, 48 players from the Ontario Hockey League were selected in the draft. Olli Juolevi of the London Knights was the first player from the OHL to be selected, as he was taken with the fifth overall pick by the Vancouver Canucks.

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

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	Hometown	OHL Team
1	5	Olli Juolevi (D)	Finland	Vancouver Canucks	Helsinki, Finland	London Knights
1	6	Matthew Tkachuk (LW)	United States	Calgary Flames	St. Louis, Missouri	London Knights
1	8	Alexander Nylander (LW)	Sweden	Buffalo Sabres	Sodertalje, Sweden	Mississauga Steelheads
1	9	Mikhail Sergachev (D)	Russia	Montreal Canadiens	Nizhnekamsk, Russia	Windsor Spitfires
1	11	Logan Brown (C)	United States	Ottawa Senators	Chesterfield, Missouri	Windsor Spitfires
1	12	Michael McLeod (C)	Canada	New Jersey Devils	Mississauga, Ontario	Mississauga Steelheads
1	16	Jakob Chychrun (D)	Canada	Arizona Coyotes	Boca Raton, Florida	Sarnia Sting
1	18	Logan Stanley (D)	Canada	Winnipeg Jets	Waterloo, Ontario	Windsor Spitfires
1	24	Max Jones (LW)	United States	Anaheim Ducks	Orion, Michigan	London Knights
2	35	Jordan Kyrou (RW)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Toronto, Ontario	Sarnia Sting
2	38	Adam Mascherin (LW)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Maple, Ontario	Kitchener Rangers
2	39	Alex DeBrincat (RW)	United States	Chicago Blackhawks	Farmington Hills, Michigan	Erie Otters
2	41	Nathan Bastien (RW)	Canada	New Jersey Devils	Kitchener, Ontario	Mississauga Steelheads
2	44	Boris Katchouk (LW)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	Waterloo, Ontario	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
2	46	Givani Smith (RW)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Toronto, Ontario	Guelph Storm
2	54	Tyler Parsons (G)	United States	Calgary Flames	Chesterfield, Michigan	London Knights
2	58	Taylor Raddysh (RW)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	Caledon, Ontario	Erie Otters
3	63	Markus Niemelainen (D)	Finland	Edmonton Oilers	Kuopio, Finland	Saginaw Spirit
3	68	Cam Dineen (D)	United States	Arizona Coyotes	Toms River, New Jersey	North Bay Battalion
3	69	Cliff Pu (C)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Richmond Hill, Ontario	London Knights
3	70	Will Bitten (LW)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Gloucester, Ontario	Flint Firebirds
3	77	Connor Hall (D)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Cambridge, Ontario	Kitchener Rangers
3	81	Sean Day (D)	Canada	New York Rangers	Rochester, Michigan	Mississauga Steelheads
4	93	Jack Kopacka (LW)	United States	Anaheim Ducks	Metamora, Michigan	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
4	94	Jonathan Ang (C)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Markham, Ontario	Peterborough Petes
4	100	Victor Mete (D)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Woodbridge, Ontario	London Knights
4	101	Keaton Middleton (D)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Stratford, Ontario	Saginaw Spirit
4	105	Evan Cormier (G)	Canada	New Jersey Devils	Bowmanville, Ontario	Saginaw Spirit
4	109	Connor Bunnaman (C)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Guelph, Ontario	Kitchener Rangers
4	114	Riley Stillman (D)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Peterborough, Ontario	Oshawa Generals
5	123	Dylan Wells (G)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	St. Catharines, Ontario	Peterborough Petes
5	134	Jeremy Helvig (G)	Canada	Carolina Hurricanes	Markham, Ontario	Kingston Frontenacs
5	137	Jordan Sambrook (D)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Markham, Ontario	Erie Otters
5	140	Cole Candella (D)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Mississauga, Ontario	Hamilton Bulldogs
5	141	Tim Gettinger (LW)	United States	New York Rangers	North Olmsted, Ohio	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
5	146	Nicholas Caamano (LW)	Canada	Dallas Stars	Ancaster, Ontario	Flint Firebirds
5	148	Christopher Paquette (C)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	Kingston, Ontario	Niagara IceDogs
6	160	Michael Pezzetta (C)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Toronto, Ontario	Sudbury Wolves
6	164	Noah Carroll (D)	Canada	Carolina Hurricanes	Strathroy, Ontario	Guelph Storm
6	172	Anthony Salinitri (C)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Windsor, Ontario	Sarnia Sting
6	179	Nicolas Mattinen (D)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Ottawa, Ontario	London Knights
6	180	Mark Shoemaker (D)	Canada	San Jose Sharks	Mississauga, Ontario	North Bay Battalion
7	186	Stepan Falkovsky (D)	Belarus	Calgary Flames	Minsk, Belarus	Ottawa 67's
7	189	Austin Osmanski (D)	United States	Buffalo Sabres	East Aurora, New York	Mississauga Steelheads
7	191	Travis Barron (LW)	Canada	Colorado Avalanche	Belfountain, Ontario	Ottawa 67's
7	194	Brett McKenzie (C)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Vars, Ontario	North Bay Battalion
7	196	Dmitry Sokolov (RW)	Russia	Minnesota Wild	Omsk, Russia	Sudbury Wolves
7	202	Jacob Friend (D)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Bowmanville, Ontario	Owen Sound Attack

2016 CHL Import Draft

On June 28, 2016, the Canadian Hockey League conducted the 2016 CHL Import Draft, in which teams in all three CHL leagues participate in. The Guelph Storm held the first pick in the draft by a team in the OHL, and selected Dmitri Samorukov from Russia with their selection.

Below are the players who were selected in the first round by Ontario Hockey League teams in the 2016 CHL Import Draft. ^[4]

#	Player	Nationality	OHL Team	Hometown	Last Team
2	Dmitri Samorukov (D)	Russia	Guelph Storm	Volgograd, Russia	Moscow CSKA
5	Jachym Kondelik (LW)	Czech Republic	Sudbury Wolves	Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic	Ceske Budejovice Jr. B
8	Michal Steinocher (D)	Czech Republic	Flint Firebirds	Louny, Czech Republic	Slavia Praha Jr. B
11	Marian Studenic (LW)	Slovakia	Hamilton Bulldogs	Holíč, Slovakia	Skalica Jr.
14	Filip Hronek (D)	Czech Republic	Saginaw Spirit	Byst, Czech Republic	Hradec Kralove Mountfield HC
17	Eeli Tolvanen (RW)	Finland	Oshawa Generals	Espoo, Finland	Sioux City Musketeers
20	Jacob Moverare (D)	Sweden	Mississauga Steelheads	Östersund, Sweden	HV71 Jr.
23	Matyas Svoboda (LW)	Czech Republic	Peterborough Petes	Udlice, Czech Republic	Chomutov KLH Jr. B
26	Otto Makinen (C)	Finland	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Tampere, Finland	Tappara Tampere Jr.
29	Maxim Sushko (LW)	Belarus	Owen Sound Attack	Brest, Belarus	Soligorsk Shakhner
32	Andrei Golikov (D)	Russia	Ottawa 67's	Ryazan, Russia	Yaroslavl Loko-Junior
35	Pavel Demin (C)	Russia	Niagara IceDogs	Moscow, Russia	Balashikha HC MVD
38	Adam Thilander (D)	Sweden	North Bay Battalion	Skövde, Sweden	Skelleftea AIK Jr. 18
41	Urho Vaakanainen (D)	Finland	Windsor Spitfires	Joensuu, Finland	Espoo Blues
44	Alexey Lipanov (C)	Russia	Barrie Colts	Moscow, Russia	Balashikha HC MVD
47	Filip Helt (LW)	Czech Republic	Sarnia Sting	Litvínov, Czech Republic	Litvinov Chemopetrol Jr. B
50	Cedric Schiemenz (C)	Germany	Kitchener Rangers	Berlin, Germany	EC Red Bull Salzburg U18
53	Linus Nyman (RW)	Finland	Kingston Frontenacs	Helsinki, Finland	Jokerit Helsinki Jr.
56	Janne Kuokkanen (C/LW)	Finland	London Knights	Oulu, Finland	Karpat Oulu Jr.
58	German Poddubnyi (C)	Russia	Erie Otters	Sarov, Russia	Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 16U

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