2016–17 OHL season

2016–17 OHL season
League	Ontario Hockey League
Sport	Hockey
Duration	Preseason September 2016 Regular season September 21, 2016 – March 21, 2017 Playoffs March 23, 2017 – May 12, 2017
Number of teams	20
TV partner(s)	Rogers TV, TVCogeco, Shaw TV
Finals champions	Erie Otters (2)
OHL seasons
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2016–17 CHL season
League	Canadian Hockey League
Sport	Hockey
Duration	OHL September 2016 – March 2017 QMJHL September 2016 – March 2017 WHL September 2016 – March 2017
Number of teams	60
TV partner(s)	RDS Rogers Sportsnet Rogers TV Shaw TV
Finals champions	Windsor Spitfires

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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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	Niagara IceDogs		2 – 5		Peterborough Petes	Peterborough Memorial Centre	Recap
Kirill Maksimov (1) - 4:17		First period			13:16 - (1)
No scoring		Second period			1:15 - Semyon Der-Arguchintsev (1) 7:02 - (1) 18:52 - (1)
(1) - 14:32		Third period			4:39 - (2)
(31 saves / 36 shots) (7 saves / 7 shots)		Goalie stats			(32 saves / 34 shots)

March 25	Niagara IceDogs		3 – 6		Peterborough Petes	Peterborough Memorial Centre	Recap
(1) - pp - 8:36 (1) - pp - 16:25		First period			6:49 - Steven Lorentz (1)
No scoring		Second period			14:03 - pp - (1) 14:59 - (1)
Kirill Maksimov (2) - 18:46		Third period			8:01 - (2) 14:07 - pp - Steven Lorentz (2) 19:55 - en - (1)
(35 saves / 40 shots)		Goalie stats			(41 saves / 44 shots)

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

March 30	Peterborough Petes		6 – 2		Niagara IceDogs	Meridian Centre	Recap
(3) - 17:53 (4) - 19:45		First period			14:12 - Kirill Maksimov (4)
(1) - 3:10 (5) - 19:02		Second period			9:09 - pp - (2)
(1) - 3:02 (1) - 9:34		Third period			No scoring
(37 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats			(30 saves / 36 shots)

Peterborough wins series 4 – 0

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

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

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

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

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

March 31	Ottawa 67's		5 – 3		Mississauga Steelheads	Hershey Centre	Recap
(2) - 15:17		First period			No scoring
(2) - 2:51		Second period			No scoring
(1) - 6:34 (2) - 12:36 (1) - 17:40		Third period			10:32 - (2) 17:06 - Nathan Bastian (5) 19:07 - Michael McLeod (4)
(51 saves / 54 shots)		Goalie stats			(14 saves / 19 shots)

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

Mississauga wins series 4 – 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oshawa wins series 4 – 2

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

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

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

March 28	Kingston Frontenacs		4 – 2		Hamilton Bulldogs	FirstOntario Centre	Recap
(1) - 18:26		First period			9:17 - (1)
No scoring		Second period			4:04 - (3)
(1) - 9:46 (2) - 13:25 (3) - en - 19:15		Third period			No scoring
(29 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			(26 saves / 29 shots)

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

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

April 2	Kingston Frontenacs		2 – 5		Hamilton Bulldogs	FirstOntario Centre	Recap
(1) - pp - 13:03		First period			No scoring
(4) - 2:00		Second period			1:17 - (1) 10:03 - pp - (3) 13:42 - (1) 14:56 - MacKenzie Entwistle (1)
No scoring		Third period			17:51 - en - Matt Luff (3)
(23 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			(28 saves / 30 shots)

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

Kingston wins series 4 – 3

Western conference quarterfinals[]

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

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

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

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

March 29	Sarnia Sting		3 – 9		Erie Otters	Erie Insurance Arena	Recap
(1) - 18:04		First period			4:46 - pp - Anthony Cirelli (4) 6:11 - Dylan Strome (4) 8:52 - (2) 12:13 - Dylan Strome (5) 13:44 - (1)
(1) - 5:04		Second period			No scoring
(2) - 4:50		Third period			7:19 - (3) 8:26 - Darren Raddysh (3) 14:14 - sh - Taylor Raddysh (3) 15:17 - Dylan Strome (6)
Justin Fazio (34 saves / 43 shots)		Goalie stats			(18 saves / 21 shots)

Erie wins series 4 – 0

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

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

March 25	Flint Firebirds		6 – 3		Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Essar Centre	Recap
Kole Sherwood (1) - 4:35 (2) - 7:04		First period			No scoring
(1) - pp - 0:43 (1) - pp - 11:54 (1) - sh - 18:22		Second period			2:57 - sh - Boris Katchouk (2)
(2) - sh - en - 18:41		Third period			1:53 - Zachary Senyshyn (1) 13:24 - (2)
(24 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			(18 saves / 23 shots) (7 saves / 7 shots)

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

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

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

Sault Ste. Marie wins series 4 – 1

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

March 24	Kitchener Rangers		1 – 9		Owen Sound Attack	Bayshore Community Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			7:33 - Jonah Gadjovich (1) 15:19 - (1)
No scoring		Second period			4:30 - pp - Maksim Sushko (1) 6:43 - Petrus Palmu (1) 8:25 - (1) 15:05 - sh - Nick Suzuki (1) 19:02 - (1)
(1) - 6:02		Third period			6:29 - pp - (1) 14:49 - (1)
(28 saves / 35 shots) (13 saves / 15 shots)		Goalie stats			(24 saves / 25 shots)

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

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

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

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

Owen Sound wins series 4 – 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

London wins series 4 – 3

Conference semifinals[]

Eastern conference semifinals[]

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

April 6	Kingston Frontenacs		2 – 4		Peterborough Petes	Peterborough Memorial Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			11:29 - Steven Lorentz (5) 17:09 - (2)
(1) - 11:04		Second period			6:31 - pp - (2)
(5) - 8:23		Third period			11:31 - (1)
(30 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats			(27 saves / 29 shots)

April 9	Kingston Frontenacs		1 – 4		Peterborough Petes	Peterborough Memorial Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			9:27 - pp - (2)
No scoring		Second period			19:30 - (1)
(2) - 17:27		Third period			14:44 - Steven Lorentz (6) 18:25 - en - (4)
(33 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats			(28 saves / 29 shots)

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

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

Peterborough wins series 4 – 0

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

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

April 9	Oshawa Generals		3 – 7		Mississauga Steelheads	Hershey Centre	Recap
(4) - 2:30		First period			2:50 - Ryan McLeod (1) 6:14 - (3) 19:53 - Owen Tippett (2)
(2) - 4:31 (1) - 11:53		Second period			10:52 - (4) 18:11 - (5)
No scoring		Third period			5:01 - (1) 19:00 - (1)
Jeremy Brodeur (22 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			(28 saves / 31 shots)

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

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

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

Mississauga wins series 4 – 1

Western conference semifinals[]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Erie wins series 4 – 3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Owen Sound wins series 4 – 2

Conference finals[]

Eastern conference finals[]

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

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

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

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

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

Mississauga wins series 4 – 0

Western conference finals[]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Erie wins series 4 – 2

J. Ross Robertson Cup[]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Erie wins series 4 – 1

J. Ross Robertson Cup Champions Roster[]

2016-17 Erie Otters[1]
Goaltenders 30 –   33 –		Defencemen 2 –   3 –   6 –   14 – Erik Cernak  20 –   24 – Darren Raddysh  25 –   47 –   49 –		Wingers 7 –   9 –   12 – Alex DeBrincat  17 – Taylor Raddysh  21 –   27 –   46 –   34 – Arthur Kaliyev  44 – MacKenzie Entwistle  81 –		Centres 8 –   15 –   – C 19 – Dylan Strome  40 – Anthony Cirelli  37 – Warren Foegele  39 –   42 –   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
	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
	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	10	554	5	4	18	0	0.942	1.95
	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
	Peterborough Petes	12	764	8	4	32	0	0.930	2.51
	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:	, Owen Sound Attack
Jack Ferguson Award:	Ryan Suzuki, Barrie Colts
Dave Pinkney Trophy:	& , Owen Sound Attack
Emms Family Award:	Ryan Merkley, Guelph Storm
F. W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy:	, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy:	, 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:	, Mississauga Steelheads
Ivan Tennant Memorial Award:	, Guelph Storm
Mickey Renaud Captain's Trophy:	, Flint Firebirds
Tim Adams Memorial Trophy:	, 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.

First team[]

• Dylan Strome, Centre, Erie Otters
• Adam Mascherin, Left Wing, Kitchener Rangers
• Alex DeBrincat, Right Wing, Erie Otters
• , Defence, Owen Sound Attack
• Darren Raddysh, Defence, Erie Otters
• , Goaltender, Owen Sound Attack
• Ryan McGill, Coach, Owen Sound Attack

Second team[]

• Nick Suzuki, Centre, Owen Sound Attack
• Petrus Palmu, Right Wing, Owen Sound Attack
• , Defence, Niagara IceDogs
• Mikhail Sergachev, Defence, Windsor Spitfires
• Tyler Parsons, Goaltender, London Knights
• Kris Knoblauch, Coach, Erie Otters

Third team[]

• Cliff Pu, Centre, London Knights
• , Left Wing, Owen Sound Attack
• Taylor Raddysh, Right Wing, Erie Otters
• Filip Hronek, Defence, Saginaw Spirit
• Olli Juolevi, Defence, London Knights
• Michael DiPietro, Goaltender, Windsor Spitfires
• Drew Bannister, Coach, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds

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	(C)	Canada	Guelph Storm	Birmingham, Michigan	Oakland Jr. Grizzlies 16U (HPHL)
3	(RW)	Canada	North Bay Battalion	Ajax, Ontario	Toronto Nationals (GTHL)
4	(LW)	Canada	Saginaw Spirit	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	Vaughan Kings (GTHL)
5	Philip Tomasino (C)	Canada	Niagara IceDogs	Mississauga, Ontario	Mississauga Rebels (GTHL)
6	(RW)	Canada	Ottawa 67's	Ottawa, Ontario	Toronto Marlboros (GTHL)
7	(C)	Canada	Sudbury Wolves	Uxbridge, Ontario	Whitby Wildcats (OMHA-EHL)
8	Jack Hughes (C)	United States	Mississauga Steelheads	Orlando, Florida	Toronto Marlboros (GTHL)
9	(C)	Canada	Sarnia Sting	Woodbridge, Ontario	Mississauga Reps (GTHL)
10	(LW)	Canada	Flint Firebirds	Whitby, Ontario	Toronto Nationals (GTHL)
11	Connor McMichael (C)	Canada	Hamilton Bulldogs	Ajax, Ontario	Ajax-Pickering Raiders (OMHA-EHL)
12	(C)	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs	Richmond Hill, Ontario	Toronto Jr. Canadiens (GTHL)
13	(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	(D)	Canada	Oshawa Generals	Waterdown, Ontario	Halton Hills Hurricanes (OMHA-SCTA)
16	(C)	United States	Peterborough Petes	Northville, Michigan	Toronto Red Wings (GTHL)
17	(RW)	/ Canada/USA	Windsor Spitfires	Oakville, Ontario	Vaughan Kings (GTHL)
18	(C)	Canada	London Knights	Etobicoke, Ontario	Mississauga Reps (GTHL)
19	(C)	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Kingston, Ontario	Kingston Jr. Frontenacs (OMHA-EHL)
20	(C)	Canada	Owen Sound Attack	Barrie, Ontario	Barrie Jr. Colts (OMHA-EHL)
21	(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	(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	(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	(G)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Godfrey, Ontario	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
3	75	(C)	Canada	Arizona Coyotes	Waterloo, Ontario	Guelph Storm
3	83	(C)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Oakville, Ontario	Peterborough Petes
3	84	Dmitri Samorukov (D)	Russia	Edmonton Oilers	Volgograd, Russia	Guelph Storm
3	85	(RW)	United States	Minnesota Wild	Novi, Michigan	Erie Otters
4	101	(C)	Canada	Dallas Stars	Arnprior, Ontario	Guelph Storm
4	106	(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	(D)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Toronto, Ontario	Owen Sound Attack
4	123	(D)	United States	New York Rangers	Glen Rock, New Jersey	London Knights
5	131	(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	(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	(D)	Canada	Minnesota Wild	Toronto, Ontario	London Knights
6	164	(D)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Stoney Creek, Ontario	Hamilton Bulldogs
6	172	(LW)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Burlington, Ontario	Sarnia Sting
6	175	(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	(D)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Barrie, Ontario	Oshawa Generals
7	189	Ben Jones (C)	Canada	Vegas Golden Knights	Waterloo, Ontario	Niagara IceDogs
7	193	(C)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Grafton, Ontario	Saginaw Spirit
7	216	(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	(D)	Russia	Ottawa 67's	Chelyabinsk, Russia	Chelyabinsk Belye Medvedi
19	(D)	Czech Republic	Sudbury Wolves	Brno, Czech Republic	Vitkovice Ostrave Jr.
22	Hugo Leufvenius (C)	Sweden	Sarnia Sting	Stockholm, Sweden	Linkoping HC Jr.
25	(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	(C/LW)	Slovakia	Kitchener Rangers	Bratislava, Slovakia	Orange HK 20
37	(LW)	Czech Republic	Mississauga Steelheads	Prague, Czech Republic	Guelph Storm
40	Nico Gross (D)	Switzerland	Oshawa Generals	Pontresina, Switzerland	Zug EV Jr.
43	(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	(C)	Belarus	Owen Sound Attack	Zhlobin, Belarus	Team Belarus U17
57	(LW)	Switzerland	Erie Otters	Geneve, Switzerland	Geneve-Servette Jr.

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