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] 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] 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.
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
Western conference
Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
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
Playoffs
Conference quarterfinals
Eastern conference quarterfinals
(1) Oshawa Generals vs. (8) Mississauga Steelheads
(2) North Bay Battalion vs. (7) Niagara IceDogs North Bay wins series 4 – 3
(3) Kingston Frontenacs vs. (6) Peterborough Petes Peterborough wins series 4 – 3
(4) Barrie Colts vs. (5) Sudbury Wolves
Western conference quarterfinals
(1) Guelph Storm vs. (8) Plymouth Whalers
(2) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds vs. (7) Owen Sound Attack Sault Ste. Marie wins series 4 – 1
(3) Erie Otters vs. (6) Saginaw Spirit
(4) London Knights vs. (5) Windsor Spitfires
Conference semifinals
Eastern conference semifinals
(1) Oshawa Generals vs. (6) Peterborough Petes
(2) North Bay Battalion vs. (4) Barrie Colts North Bay wins series 4 – 2
Western conference semifinals
(1) Guelph Storm vs. (4) London Knights
(2) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds vs. (3) Erie Otters
Conference finals
Eastern conference finals
(1) Oshawa Generals vs. (2) North Bay Battalion North Bay wins series 4 – 0
Western conference finals
(1) Guelph Storm vs. (3) Erie Otters
J. Ross Robertson Cup
(W1) Guelph Storm vs. (E2) North Bay Battalion
J. Ross Robertson Cup Champions Roster 2013-14 Guelph Storm[3] Goaltenders 31 – Matthew Mancina 39 – Justin Nichols Defencemen
Wingers
Centres
Playoff scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
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
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 MarlborosWayne 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 )Sarnia Sting Boca Raton, Florida Toronto Jr. Canadiens 2 Adam Mascherin (RW )Kitchener Rangers Maple, Ontario Vaughan Kings 3 Travis Barron (LW ) Ottawa 67's Belfountain, Ontario Toronto Jr. Canadiens 4 Brandon Saigeon (C ) Belleville Bulls Grimsby, Ontario Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs 5 Michael McLeod (C )Mississauga Steelheads Mississauga, Ontario Toronto Marlboros 6 Logan Brown (C )Niagara IceDogs Chesterfield, Missouri Indiana Ice 7 William Bitten (RW )Plymouth Whalers Gloucester, Ontario Ottawa Jr. 67's 8 Victor Mete (D )Owen Sound Attack Woodbridge, Ontario Toronto Jr. Canadiens 9 Jonathan Ang (RW ) Peterborough Petes Markham, Ontario Markham Waxers 10 Tye Felhaber (C ) Ottawa 67's Pembroke, Ontario Ottawa Valley Titans 11 Michael Pezzetta (LW )Sudbury Wolves Toronto, Ontario Mississauga Senators 12 Logan Stanley (D )Windsor Spitfires Waterloo, Ontario Waterloo Wolves 13 Givani Smith (LW )Barrie Colts Brampton, Ontario Mississauga Senators 14 Zachary Poirier (C ) North Bay Battalion Mountain, Ontario Upper Canada Cyclones 15 Reagan O'Grady (D ) Kingston Frontenacs Lindsay, Ontario Toronto Marlboros 16 Cliff Pu (RW )Oshawa Generals Richmond Hill, Ontario Toronto Marlboros 17 Anthony Salinitri (LW ) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Windsor, Ontario Windsor AAA Zone 18 Max Jones (LW )London Knights Rochester, Michigan Detroit HoneyBaked 18U 19 Taylor Raddysh (RW )Erie Otters Caledon, Ontario Toronto Marlboros 20 Matthew Hotchkiss (C ) 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 )Florida Panthers Belle River, Ontario Barrie Colts 1 4 Sam Bennett (C )Calgary Flames Holland Landing, Ontario Kingston Frontenacs 1 5 Michael Dal Colle (LW )New York Islanders Woodbridge, Ontario Oshawa Generals 1 10 Nick Ritchie (LW )Anaheim Ducks Orangeville, Ontario Peterborough Petes 1 12 Brendan Perlini (LW )Arizona Coyotes Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Niagara IceDogs 1 19 Anthony DeAngelo (D )Tampa Bay Lightning Sewell, New Jersey Sarnia Sting 1 21 Robby Fabbri (C )St. Louis Blues Mississauga, Ontario Guelph Storm 1 24 Jared McCann (C )Vancouver Canucks London, Ontario Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 1 27 Nikolay Goldobin (RW )San Jose Sharks Moscow, Russia Sarnia Sting 1 28 Joshua Ho-Sang (RW )New York Islanders Thornhill, Ontario Windsor Spitfires 2 31 Brendan Lemieux (LW )Buffalo Sabres Paradise Valley, Arizona Barrie Colts 2 37 Alex Nedeljkovic (G )Carolina Hurricanes Parma, Ohio Plymouth Whalers 2 43 Ryan MacInnis (C )Arizona Coyotes St. Louis, Missouri Kitchener Rangers 2 44 Eric Cornel (RW )Buffalo Sabres Kemptville, Ontario Peterborough Petes 2 50 Roland McKeown (D )Los Angeles Kings Listowel, Ontario Kingston Frontenacs 2 54 Hunter Smith (RW ) Calgary Flames Windsor, Ontario Oshawa Generals 2 58 Christian Dvorak (LW )Arizona Coyotes Frankfort, Illinois London Knights 2 59 Brandon Halverson (G )New York Rangers Traverse City, Michigan Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 2 60 Alex Lintuniemi (D )Los Angeles Kings Helsinki, Finland Ottawa 67's 3 71 Connor Chatham (RW ) New Jersey Devils Shiloh, Illinois Plymouth Whalers 3 75 Alex Peters (D ) Dallas Stars Blyth, Ontario Plymouth Whalers 3 77 Blake Siebenaler (D ) Columbus Blue Jackets Fort Wayne, Indiana Niagara IceDogs 3 81 Dylan Sadowy (LW ) San Jose Sharks Woodbridge, Ontario Saginaw Spirit 3 84 Kyle Wood (D )Colorado Avalanche Waterloo, Ontario North Bay Battalion 3 90 Michael Amadio (C )Los Angeles Kings Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario North Bay Battalion 4 93 Nick Magyar (RW ) Colorado Avalanche Mentor, Ohio Kitchener Rangers 4 96 Josh Wesley (D ) Carolina Hurricanes Raleigh, North Carolina Plymouth Whalers 4 115 Brent Moran (G ) Dallas Stars Orleans, Ontario Niagara IceDogs 4 117 Michael Bunting (LW )Arizona Coyotes Scarborough, Ontario Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 6 154 Aaron Haydon (D ) Dallas Stars Plymouth, Michigan Niagara IceDogs 6 156 Kyle Pettit (C ) Vancouver Canucks Komoka, Ontario Erie Otters 6 157 Jake Marchment (C ) Los Angeles Kings Courtice, Ontario Belleville Bulls 6 170 Cristiano DiGiacinto (LW ) Tampa Bay Lightning Hamilton, Ontario Windsor Spitfires 6 171 Kevin Labanc (LW )San Jose Sharks Staten Island, New York Barrie Colts 6 172 Chandler Yakimowicz (C ) St. Louis Blues Kingston, Pennsylvania London Knights 6 173 Jaden Lindo (RW ) Pittsburgh Penguins Brampton, Ontario Owen Sound Attack 6 180 Matt Mistele (LW ) Los Angeles Kings Whitby, Ontario Plymouth Whalers 7 187 Kyle Jenkins (D ) Carolina Hurricanes Brampton, Ontario Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 7 195 Patrick Sanvido (D ) Dallas Stars Guelph, Ontario Windsor Spitfires 7 209 Spencer Watson (RW ) Los Angeles Kings London, Ontario Kingston Frontenacs 7 210 Jacob Middleton (D )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 )Sarnia Sting Brno, Czech Republic HC Bili Tygri Liberec 4 Gustaf Franzen (C )Kitchener Rangers Valdemarsvik, Sweden HV71 Jr. 7 Artur Tyanulin (RW ) Ottawa 67's Kazan, Russia Irbis Kazan 10 David Pastrnak (RW )Belleville Bulls Havířov, Czech Republic Sodertalje SK 13 William Nylander (C )Mississauga Steelheads Stockholm, Sweden Modo Hockey 16 Mikkel Aagaard (LW )Niagara IceDogs Frederikshavn, Denmark Frederikshavn White Hawks 19 No selection made Plymouth Whalers 22 Petrus Palmu (LW )Owen Sound Attack Joensuu, Finland Jokerit B 25 Dominik Masin (D )Peterborough Petes Městec Králové, Czech Republic HC Slavia Praha Jr. 28 Artyom Artyomov (RW ) Saginaw Spirit Moscow, Russia Chicago Steel 31 Pavel Jenys (C )Sudbury Wolves Brno, Czech Republic HC Kometa Brno 34 Markus Soberg (RW )Windsor Spitfires Oslo, Norway Vastra Frolunda HC Jr. 18 37 Rasmus Andersson (D )Barrie Colts Malmö, Sweden Malmo IF Redhawks Jr. 40 Hampus Olsson (RW ) North Bay Battalion Angelholm, Sweden Rogle BK Jr. 43 Juho Lammikko (LW )Kingston Frontenacs Noormarkku, Finland Assat Jr. 46 Tobias Lindberg (RW )Oshawa Generals Stockholm, Sweden Djurgardens IF Jr. 49 Gustav Bouramman (D ) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Stockholm, Sweden Lulea HF Jr. 52 Julius Bergman (D )London Knights Karlskrona, Sweden Vastra Frolunda HC Jr. 55 Anton Karlsson (LW )Erie Otters Lerum, Sweden Vastra Frolunda HC Jr. 57 No selection made Guelph Storm
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