2013–14 OHL season explained

2013–14 OHL season
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League:	Ontario Hockey League
Sport:	Hockey
Duration:	Preseason August 2013 – September 2013 Regular season September 19, 2013 – March 17, 2014 Playoffs March 20, 2014 – May 9, 2014
Finals Champ:	Guelph Storm (3)
No Of Teams:	20
Tv:	Rogers TV, TVCogeco, Shaw TV
Seasonslistnames:	OHL
Prevseason Year:	2012–13
Nextseason Year:	2014–15

2013–14 CHL season
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League:	Canadian Hockey League
Sport:	Hockey
Duration:	OHL September 19, 2013 – March 17, 2014 QMJHL September 2013 – March 2014 WHL September 2013 – March 2014
Finals Champ:	Edmonton Oil Kings
No Of Teams:	60
Tv:	RDS Rogers Sportsnet Rogers TV Shaw TV

The 2013–14 OHL season was the 34th season of the Ontario Hockey League. The Brampton Battalion relocated to North Bay and became the North Bay Battalion, playing at the North Bay Memorial Gardens. The first two outdoor games in OHL history were held this season, when the Saginaw Spirit, Windsor Spitfires, Plymouth Whalers, and London Knights played at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan as part of the Hockeytown Winter Festival on December 29.^[1] On March 11, 2014 Terry Trafford of the Saginaw Spirit, who had been missing for eight days, was found dead in his vehicle at a Wal-Mart in Saginaw, Michigan. His death was ruled a suicide as a result of self-inflicted asphyxiation.^[2] Twenty teams played 68 games each according to the regular season schedule, from September 19, 2013 to March 17, 2014. The Guelph Storm won the J. Ross Robertson Cup for the third time in franchise history, and the first time since 2004, as they defeated the North Bay Battalion in five games, and represented the OHL at the 2014 Memorial Cup held at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario. The London Knights also qualified for the tournament as the host team.

Teams

2013-14 Ontario Hockey League
Division	Team	City	Arena
East	Belleville Bulls	Belleville, Ontario	Yardmen Arena
	Kingston Frontenacs	Kingston, Ontario	Rogers K-Rock Centre
	Oshawa Generals	Oshawa, Ontario	General Motors Centre
	Ottawa 67's	Ottawa, Ontario	Canadian Tire Centre
	Peterborough Petes	Peterborough, Ontario	Peterborough Memorial Centre
Central	Barrie Colts	Barrie, Ontario	Barrie Molson Centre
	Mississauga Steelheads	Mississauga, Ontario	Hershey Centre
	Niagara IceDogs	St. Catharines, Ontario	Gatorade Garden City Complex
	North Bay Battalion	North Bay, Ontario	North Bay Memorial Gardens
	Sudbury Wolves	Sudbury, Ontario	Sudbury Community Arena
Division	Team	City	Arena
Midwest	Erie Otters	Erie, Pennsylvania	Erie Insurance Arena
	Guelph Storm	Guelph, Ontario	Sleeman Centre
	Kitchener Rangers	Kitchener, Ontario	Kitchener Memorial Auditorium
	London Knights	London, Ontario	Budweiser Gardens
	Owen Sound Attack	Owen Sound, Ontario	Bayshore Community Centre
West	Plymouth Whalers	Plymouth, Michigan	Compuware Sports Arena
	Saginaw Spirit	Saginaw, Michigan	Dow Event Center
	Sarnia Sting	Sarnia, Ontario	RBC Centre
	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	Essar Centre
	Windsor Spitfires	Windsor, Ontario	WFCU Centre

Map of teams

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		East	68	42	20	0	6	90	232	187
2		Central	68	38	24	4	2	82	220	189
3		East	68	39	23	3	3	84	301	255
4		Central	68	37	28	1	2	77	266	218
5		Central	68	33	24	3	8	77	219	228
6		East	68	32	30	0	6	70	233	269
7		Central	68	24	35	3	6	57	223	284
8		Central	68	24	38	1	5	54	167	267
9		East	68	23	38	4	3	53	206	285
10		East	68	23	39	3	3	52	222	308

Western conference

	Rank	Team		DIV	GP	W	L		OTL		SL		PTS	GF	GA
1		Midwest	68	52	12	2	2	108	340	191
2		West	68	44	17	2	5	95	267	198
3		Midwest	68	52	14	2	0	106	312	170
4		Midwest	68	49	14	1	4	103	316	203
5		West	68	37	28	3	0	77	251	235
6		West	68	33	30	4	1	71	254	248
7		Midwest	68	31	29	3	5	70	205	237
8		West	68	28	33	0	7	63	187	238
9		Midwest	68	22	41	2	3	49	200	280
10		West	68	17	44	2	5	41	211	341

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Connor Brown	Erie Otters	68	45	83	128	22
Dane Fox	Erie Otters	67	64	43	107	122
Scott Kosmachuk	Guelph Storm	68	48	52	100	83
Connor McDavid	Erie Otters	56	28	71	99	20
Andreas Athanasiou	Barrie Colts	66	49	46	95	52
Michael Dal Colle	Oshawa Generals	67	39	56	95	34
Nikolay Goldobin	Sarnia Sting	67	38	56	94	21
Max Domi	London Knights	61	34	59	93	90
Sam Bennett	Kingston Frontenacs	57	36	55	91	118
Sergey Tolchinsky	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	66	31	60	91	22

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
Oscar Dansk	Erie Otters	42	2405	29	9	1	0	96	6	0.909	2.39
Anthony Stolarz	London Knights	35	1927	25	5	1	1	81	4	0.926	2.52
Jake Smith	North Bay Battalion	42	2337	23	12	3	1	98	4	0.904	2.52
Daniel Altshuller	Oshawa Generals	52	2907	31	13	0	3	124	2	0.917	2.56
Matt Murray	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	49	2984	32	11	1	5	128	6	0.921	2.57

Playoffs

Conference quarterfinals

Eastern conference quarterfinals

(4) Barrie Colts vs. (5) Sudbury Wolves

Western conference quarterfinals

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

Conference semifinals

Eastern conference semifinals

(2) North Bay Battalion vs. (4) Barrie Colts

Western conference semifinals

(2) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds vs. (3) Erie Otters

Conference finals

Eastern conference finals

(1) Oshawa Generals vs. (2) North Bay Battalion

Western conference finals

(1) Guelph Storm vs. (3) Erie Otters

J. Ross Robertson Cup

(W1) Guelph Storm vs. (E2) North Bay Battalion

Playoff scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Kerby Rychel	Guelph Storm	20	11	21	32	23
Zack Mitchell	Guelph Storm	20	12	18	30	12
Robby Fabbri	Guelph Storm	16	13	15	28	12
Scott Kosmachuk	Guelph Storm	20	10	18	28	27
Barclay Goodrow	North Bay Battalion	22	14	10	24	23
Jason Dickinson	Guelph Storm	20	8	16	24	6
Michael Dal Colle	Oshawa Generals	12	8	12	20	0
Brenden Miller	North Bay Battalion	21	3	17	20	27
Dane Fox	Erie Otters	14	8	11	19	26
Connor McDavid	Erie Otters	14	4	15	19	2

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
Daniel Altshuller	Oshawa Generals	11	699	8	3	22	3	0.931	1.89
Jake Smith	North Bay Battalion	22	1299	13	9	55	3	0.905	2.54
Mackenzie Blackwood	Barrie Colts	10	552	5	4	24	1	0.904	2.61
Justin Nichols	Guelph Storm	20	1119	16	4	49	2	0.919	2.63
Matt Murray	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	9	547	4	5	24	1	0.915	2.63

Awards

J. Ross Robertson Cup	Guelph Storm
Hamilton Spectator Trophy	Guelph Storm
Bobby Orr Trophy	North Bay Battalion
Wayne Gretzky Trophy	Guelph Storm
Emms Trophy	North Bay Battalion
Leyden Trophy	Oshawa Generals
Holody Trophy	Guelph Storm
Bumbacco Trophy	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Red Tilson Trophy	Connor Brown, Erie Otters
Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy	Connor Brown, Erie Otters
Matt Leyden Trophy	D. J. Smith, Oshawa Generals
Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy	Connor Brown, Erie Otters
Max Kaminsky Trophy	Aaron Ekblad, Barrie Colts
OHL Goaltender of the Year	Alex Nedeljkovic, Plymouth Whalers
Jack Ferguson Award	Jakob Chychrun, Sarnia Sting
Dave Pinkney Trophy	Oscar Dansk & Devin Williams, Erie Otters
OHL Executive of the Year
Emms Family Award	Travis Konecny, Ottawa 67's
F. W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy	Matthew Mancina, Guelph Storm
Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy	Scott Simmonds, Belleville Bulls
William Hanley Trophy	Connor McDavid, Erie Otters
Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy	Dane Fox, Erie Otters
Bobby Smith Trophy	Connor McDavid, Erie Otters
Roger Neilson Memorial Award	Patrick Watling, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Ivan Tennant Memorial Award	Adam Craievich, Guelph Storm
Mickey Renaud Captain's Trophy	Matt Finn, Guelph Storm
Tim Adams Memorial Trophy	Michael McLeod, Toronto Marlboros
Wayne Gretzky 99 Award	Robby Fabbri, Guelph Storm

All-Star teams

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

First team

• Scott Laughton, Centre, Oshawa Generals
• Dane Fox, Left Wing, Erie Otters
• Connor Brown, Right Wing, Erie Otters
• Aaron Ekblad, Defence, Barrie Colts
• Slater Koekkoek, Defence, Windsor Spitfires
• Alex Nedeljkovic, Goaltender, Plymouth Whalers
• D. J. Smith, Coach, Oshawa Generals

Second team

• Connor McDavid, Centre, Erie Otters
• Michael Dal Colle, Left Wing, Oshawa Generals
• Scott Kosmachuk, Right Wing, Guelph Storm
• Adam Pelech, Defence, Erie Otters
• Nikita Zadorov, Defence, London Knights
• Matt Murray, Goaltender, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
• Kris Knoblauch, Coach, Erie Otters

Third team

• Sam Bennett, Centre, Kingston Frontenacs
• Max Domi, Left Wing, London Knights
• Nicholas Baptiste, Right Wing, Sudbury Wolves
• Darnell Nurse, Defence, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
• Matt Finn, Defence, Guelph Storm
• Oscar Dansk, Goaltender, Erie Otters
• Scott Walker, Coach, Guelph Storm

2014 OHL Priority Selection

On April 5, 2014, the OHL conducted the 2014 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection. The Sarnia Sting held the first overall pick in the draft and selected Jakob Chychrun from the Toronto Jr. Canadiens of the GTHL. Chychrun 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 2014 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection.^[4]

	Player	Nationality	OHL team	Hometown	Minor team
1	Jakob Chychrun (D)	/ Canada/USA	Sarnia Sting	Boca Raton, Florida	Toronto Jr. Canadiens
2	Adam Mascherin (RW)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers	Maple, Ontario	Vaughan Kings
3	Travis Barron (LW)	Canada	Ottawa 67's	Belfountain, Ontario	Toronto Jr. Canadiens
4	Brandon Saigeon (C)	Canada	Belleville Bulls	Grimsby, Ontario	Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs
5	Michael McLeod (C)	Canada	Mississauga Steelheads	Mississauga, Ontario	Toronto Marlboros
6	Logan Brown (C)	United States	Niagara IceDogs	Chesterfield, Missouri	Indiana Ice
7	William Bitten (RW)	Canada	Plymouth Whalers	Gloucester, Ontario	Ottawa Jr. 67's
8	Victor Mete (D)	Canada	Owen Sound Attack	Woodbridge, Ontario	Toronto Jr. Canadiens
9	Jonathan Ang (RW)	Canada	Peterborough Petes	Markham, Ontario	Markham Waxers
10	Tye Felhaber (C)	Canada	Ottawa 67's	Pembroke, Ontario	Ottawa Valley Titans
11	Michael Pezzetta (LW)	Canada	Sudbury Wolves	Toronto, Ontario	Mississauga Senators
12	Logan Stanley (D)	Canada	Windsor Spitfires	Waterloo, Ontario	Waterloo Wolves
13	Givani Smith (LW)	Canada	Barrie Colts	Brampton, Ontario	Mississauga Senators
14	Zachary Poirier (C)	Canada	North Bay Battalion	Mountain, Ontario	Upper Canada Cyclones
15	Reagan O'Grady (D)	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs	Lindsay, Ontario	Toronto Marlboros
16	Cliff Pu (RW)	Canada	Oshawa Generals	Richmond Hill, Ontario	Toronto Marlboros
17	Anthony Salinitri (LW)	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Windsor, Ontario	Windsor AAA Zone
18	Max Jones (LW)	United States	London Knights	Rochester, Michigan	Detroit HoneyBaked 18U
19	Taylor Raddysh (RW)	Canada	Erie Otters	Caledon, Ontario	Toronto Marlboros
20	Matthew Hotchkiss (C)	Canada	Guelph Storm	Whitby, Ontario	Whitby Wildcats

2014 NHL Entry Draft

On June 27-28, 2014, the National Hockey League conducted the 2014 NHL Entry Draft held at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In total, 41 players from the Ontario Hockey League were selected in the draft. Aaron Ekblad of the Barrie Colts was the first player from the OHL to be selected, as he was taken with the first overall pick by the Florida Panthers.

Below are the players selected from OHL teams at the NHL Entry Draft. ^[5]

Round		Player	Nationality	NHL team	Hometown	OHL team
1	1	Aaron Ekblad (D)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Belle River, Ontario	Barrie Colts
1	4	Sam Bennett (C)	Canada	Calgary Flames	Holland Landing, Ontario	Kingston Frontenacs
1	5	Michael Dal Colle (LW)	Canada	New York Islanders	Woodbridge, Ontario	Oshawa Generals
1	10	Nick Ritchie (LW)	Canada	Anaheim Ducks	Orangeville, Ontario	Peterborough Petes
1	12	Brendan Perlini (LW)	Canada	Arizona Coyotes	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	Niagara IceDogs
1	19	Anthony DeAngelo (D)	United States	Tampa Bay Lightning	Sewell, New Jersey	Sarnia Sting
1	21	Robby Fabbri (C)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Mississauga, Ontario	Guelph Storm
1	24	Jared McCann (C)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	London, Ontario	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
1	27	Nikolay Goldobin (RW)	Russia	San Jose Sharks	Moscow, Russia	Sarnia Sting
1	28	Joshua Ho-Sang (RW)	Canada	New York Islanders	Thornhill, Ontario	Windsor Spitfires
2	31	Brendan Lemieux (LW)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Paradise Valley, Arizona	Barrie Colts
2	37	Alex Nedeljkovic (G)	United States	Carolina Hurricanes	Parma, Ohio	Plymouth Whalers
2	43	Ryan MacInnis (C)	United States	Arizona Coyotes	St. Louis, Missouri	Kitchener Rangers
2	44	Eric Cornel (RW)	Canada	Buffalo Sabres	Kemptville, Ontario	Peterborough Petes
2	50	Roland McKeown (D)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Listowel, Ontario	Kingston Frontenacs
2	54	Hunter Smith (RW)	Canada	Calgary Flames	Windsor, Ontario	Oshawa Generals
2	58	Christian Dvorak (LW)	United States	Arizona Coyotes	Frankfort, Illinois	London Knights
2	59	Brandon Halverson (G)	United States	New York Rangers	Traverse City, Michigan	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
2	60	Alex Lintuniemi (D)	Finland	Los Angeles Kings	Helsinki, Finland	Ottawa 67's
3	71	Connor Chatham (RW)	United States	New Jersey Devils	Shiloh, Illinois	Plymouth Whalers
3	75	Alex Peters (D)	Canada	Dallas Stars	Blyth, Ontario	Plymouth Whalers
3	77	Blake Siebenaler (D)	United States	Columbus Blue Jackets	Fort Wayne, Indiana	Niagara IceDogs
3	81	Dylan Sadowy (LW)	Canada	San Jose Sharks	Woodbridge, Ontario	Saginaw Spirit
3	84	Kyle Wood (D)	Canada	Colorado Avalanche	Waterloo, Ontario	North Bay Battalion
3	90	Michael Amadio (C)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	North Bay Battalion
4	93	Nick Magyar (RW)	United States	Colorado Avalanche	Mentor, Ohio	Kitchener Rangers
4	96	Josh Wesley (D)	United States	Carolina Hurricanes	Raleigh, North Carolina	Plymouth Whalers
4	115	Brent Moran (G)	Canada	Dallas Stars	Orleans, Ontario	Niagara IceDogs
4	117	Michael Bunting (LW)	Canada	Arizona Coyotes	Scarborough, Ontario	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
6	154	Aaron Haydon (D)	United States	Dallas Stars	Plymouth, Michigan	Niagara IceDogs
6	156	Kyle Pettit (C)	Canada	Vancouver Canucks	Komoka, Ontario	Erie Otters
6	157	Jake Marchment (C)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Courtice, Ontario	Belleville Bulls
6	170	Cristiano DiGiacinto (LW)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	Hamilton, Ontario	Windsor Spitfires
6	171	Kevin Labanc (LW)	United States	San Jose Sharks	Staten Island, New York	Barrie Colts
6	172	Chandler Yakimowicz (C)	United States	St. Louis Blues	Kingston, Pennsylvania	London Knights
6	173	Jaden Lindo (RW)	Canada	Pittsburgh Penguins	Brampton, Ontario	Owen Sound Attack
6	180	Matt Mistele (LW)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Whitby, Ontario	Plymouth Whalers
7	187	Kyle Jenkins (D)	Canada	Carolina Hurricanes	Brampton, Ontario	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
7	195	Patrick Sanvido (D)	Canada	Dallas Stars	Guelph, Ontario	Windsor Spitfires
7	209	Spencer Watson (RW)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	London, Ontario	Kingston Frontenacs
7	210	Jacob Middleton (D)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Stratford, Ontario	Ottawa 67's

2014 CHL Import Draft

On July 2, 2014, the Canadian Hockey League conducted the 2014 CHL Import Draft, in which teams in all three CHL leagues participate in. The Sarnia Sting held the first pick in the draft by a team in the OHL and selected Pavel Zacha from the Czech Republic with the selection.

Below are the players who were selected in the first round by Ontario Hockey League teams in the 2014 CHL Import Draft.^[6]

	Player	Nationality	OHL team	Hometown	Last team
1	Pavel Zacha (C)	Czech Republic	Sarnia Sting	Brno, Czech Republic	HC Bili Tygri Liberec
4	Gustaf Franzen (C)	Sweden	Kitchener Rangers	Valdemarsvik, Sweden	HV71 Jr.
7	Artur Tyanulin (RW)	Russia	Ottawa 67's	Kazan, Russia	Irbis Kazan
10	David Pastrnak (RW)	Czech Republic	Belleville Bulls	Havířov, Czech Republic	Sodertalje SK
13	William Nylander (C)	Sweden	Mississauga Steelheads	Stockholm, Sweden	Modo Hockey
16	Mikkel Aagaard (LW)	Denmark	Niagara IceDogs	Frederikshavn, Denmark	Frederikshavn White Hawks
19	No selection made		Plymouth Whalers
22	Petrus Palmu (LW)	Finland	Owen Sound Attack	Joensuu, Finland	Jokerit B
25	Dominik Masin (D)	Czech Republic	Peterborough Petes	Městec Králové, Czech Republic	HC Slavia Praha Jr.
28	Artyom Artyomov (RW)	Russia	Saginaw Spirit	Moscow, Russia	Chicago Steel
31	Pavel Jenys (C)	Czech Republic	Sudbury Wolves	Brno, Czech Republic	HC Kometa Brno
34	Markus Soberg (RW)	Norway	Windsor Spitfires	Oslo, Norway	Vastra Frolunda HC Jr. 18
37	Rasmus Andersson (D)	Sweden	Barrie Colts	Malmö, Sweden	Malmo IF Redhawks Jr.
40	Hampus Olsson (RW)	Sweden	North Bay Battalion	Angelholm, Sweden	Rogle BK Jr.
43	Juho Lammikko (LW)	Finland	Kingston Frontenacs	Noormarkku, Finland	Assat Jr.
46	Tobias Lindberg (RW)	Sweden	Oshawa Generals	Stockholm, Sweden	Djurgardens IF Jr.
49	Gustav Bouramman (D)	Sweden	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Stockholm, Sweden	Lulea HF Jr.
52	Julius Bergman (D)	Sweden	London Knights	Karlskrona, Sweden	Vastra Frolunda HC Jr.
55	Anton Karlsson (LW)	Sweden	Erie Otters	Lerum, Sweden	Vastra Frolunda HC Jr.
57	No selection made		Guelph Storm

Notes and References

1. http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/page/2013-sirius-xm-hockeytown-winter-festival 2013 Sirius XM Hockeytown Winter Festival
2. https://www.tsn.ca/chl/story/?id=446149 POLICE REPORT THAT TRAFFORD'S DEATH WAS SELF-INFLICTED
3. Web site: Ontario Hockey League – Official Site of the Ontario Hockey League.
4. Web site: Ontario Hockey League – Official Site of the Ontario Hockey League.
5. Web site: 41 OHL Players Selected in 2014 NHL Draft – Ontario Hockey League.
6. Web site: CHL.