NHL Opening Night rosters feature OHL stars from across three decades

The 2024-25 NHL regular season is underway, and 188 Ontario Hockey League (OHL) graduates were included on Opening Night rosters—the highest number of alumni among the Canadian Hockey League’s (CHL) three member Leagues.

The season kicked off on Tuesday with three games, as the Utah Hockey Club headlined the schedule with a 5-2 win over Chicago in their inaugural matchup. Some notables included on this year’s season-opening rosters include 2006-born Guelph Storm forward Jett Luchanko, recently drafted in the first round by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2024 NHL Draft. Eastern Conference champion Calum Ritchie of the Oshawa Generals also looks to make his debut with the Colorado Avalanche after being selected in the first round of the 2023 NHL Draft by the club.

All 20 current OHL teams, along with the former franchises in the Belleville Bulls and Plymouth Whalers, are represented by alumni on NHL rosters. The Chicago Blackhawks have the most OHL graduates with 10 players, followed by the San Jose Sharks and Washington Capitals with nine each.

A total of seven OHL graduates enter the season as captain of their respective NHL team including Jordan Staal (Carolina/Peterborough), Gabriel Landeskog (Colorado/Kitchener), Boone Jenner (Columbus/Oshawa), Connor McDavid (Edmonton/Erie), Nick Suzuki (Montreal/Owen Sound/Guelph), Logan Couture (San Jose/Ottawa) and Nick Foligno (Chicago/Sudbury).

Complete list of OHL Alumni on NHL Opening Night rosters

Players are listed alongside the OHL club they’ve played the most games with

* denotes player who is injured and/or non-roster

Anaheim Ducks (7)
Robby Fabbri (Guelph), Cam Fowler (Windsor), John Gibson (Kitchener)*, Brock McGinn (Guelph), Mason McTavish (Peterborough), Pavel Mintyukov (Saginaw), Ryan Strome (Niagara).

Boston Bruins (6)
Justin Brazeau (North Bay), Max Jones (London), Matthew Poitras (Guelph)*, Alex Regula (London)*, Pavel Zacha (Sarnia), Nikita Zadorov (London).

Buffalo Sabres (3)
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (Sudbury), Ryan McLeod (Mississauga), Jack Quinn (Ottawa).

Calgary Flames (3)
Rasmus Andersson (Barrie), Kevin Bahl (Ottawa), Nazem Kadri (Kitchener).

Carolina Hurricanes (7)
Brent Burns (Brampton), Jalen Chatfield (Windsor), Brendan Lemieux (Barrie), Bryce Montgomery (London), Jordan Staal (Peterborough), Riley Stillman (Oshawa)*, Andrei Svechnikov (Barrie).

Chicago Blackhawks (10)
Andreas Athanasiou (Barrie), Tyler Bertuzzi (Guelph), T.J. Brodie (Saginaw), Jason Dickinson (Guelph), Nick Foligno (Sudbury), Taylor Hall (Windsor), Pat Maroon (London), Petr Mrazek (Ottawa), Connor Murphy (Sarnia), Isaak Phillips (Sudbury).

Colorado Avalanche (3)
Calvin de Haan (Oshawa), Gabriel Landeskog (Kitchener)*, Calum Ritchie (Oshawa).

Columbus Blue Jackets (5)
Erik Gudbranson (Kingston), Boone Jenner (Oshawa)*, Kevin Labanc (Barrie), Max McCue (London)*, Sean Monahan (Ottawa).

Dallas Stars (6)
Matt Duchene (Brampton), Thomas Harley (Mississauga), Wyatt Johnston (Windsor), Mason Marchment (Erie), Jason Robertson (Kingston), Tyler Seguin (Plymouth).

Detroit Red Wings (7)
Ben Chiarot (Guelph), Alex DeBrincat (Erie), Christian Fischer (Windsor), Tim Gettinger (Soo)*, Patrick Kane (London), Olli Maatta (London), Austin Watson (Windsor).

Edmonton Oilers (8)
Evan Bouchard (London), Connor Brown (Erie), Adam Henrique (Windsor), Connor McDavid (Erie), Darnell Nurse (Soo), Corey Perry (London), Brady Stonehouse (Ottawa)*, Jeff Skinner (Kitchener).

Florida Panthers (7)
Sam Bennett (Kingston), Adam Boqvist (London), Aaron Ekblad (Barrie), MacKenzie Entwistle (Hamilton), Jonah Gadjovich (Owen Sound), Matthew Tkachuk (London), Carter Verhaeghe (Niagara).

Los Angeles Kings (7)
Quinton Byfield (Sudbury), Brandt Clarke (Barrie), Drew Doughty (Guelph)*, Warren Foegele (Kingston), Arthur Kaliyev (Hamilton)*, Trevor Lewis (Owen Sound), Akil Thomas (Niagara).

Minnesota Wild (7)
Zach Bogosian (Peterborough), Declan Chisholm (Peterborough), Graeme Clarke (Ottawa)*, Marcus Foligno (Sudbury), Ryan Hartman (Plymouth), Jacob Middleton (Ottawa), Marco Rossi (Ottawa),.

Montreal Canadiens (6)
Josh Anderson (London), Christian Dvorak (London), Jacob Perreault (Sarnia)*, Michael Pezzetta (Sudbury), Nick Suzuki (Owen Sound), Arber Xhekaj (Kitchener).

Nashville Predators (6)
Luke Evangelista (London), Michael McCarron (London), Ryan O’Reilly (Erie), Steven Stamkos (Sarnia), Philip Tomasino (Niagara), Scott Wedgewood (Plymouth).

New Jersey Devils (5)
Nathan Bastian (Mississauga), Paul Cotter (London), Dougie Hamilton (Niagara), Kurtis MacDermid (Owen Sound), Stefan Noesen (Plymouth).

New York Islanders (4)
Casey Cizikas (Mississauga), Bo Horvat (London), Kyle MacLean (Oshawa), Adam Pelech (Erie).

New York Rangers (3)
Sam Carrick (Brampton), Ben Harpur (Guelph), Vincent Trocheck (Saginaw).

Ottawa Senators (2)
Michael Amadio (North Bay), Nick Cousins (Soo).

Philadelphia Flyers (8)
Jamie Drysdale (Erie), Ryan Ellis (Windsor)*, Tyson Foerster (Barrie), Morgan Frost (Soo), Travis Konecny (Ottawa), Scott Laughton (Oshawa), Jett Luchanko (Guelph), Owen Tippett (Mississauga).

Pittsburgh Penguins (3)
Michael Bunting (Soo), Alex Nedeljkovic (Plymouth)*, Rickard Rakell (Plymouth).

San Jose Sharks (9)
Mackenzie Blackwood (Barrie), Cody Ceci (Ottawa), Igor Chernyshov (Saginaw)*, Logan Couture (Ottawa)*, Ty Dellandrea (Flint), Barclay Goodrow (Brampton), Danil Gushchin (Niagara), Givani Smith (Guelph), Tyler Toffoli (Ottawa).

Seattle Kraken (7)
Andre Burakovsky (Erie), Vince Dunn (Niagara), Philipp Grubauer (Belleville), Tye Kartye (Soo), Jared McCann (Soo), Jamie Oleksiak (Niagara), Shane Wright (Kingston).

St. Louis Blues (6)
Jordan Binnington (Owen Sound), Radek Faksa (Kitchener), Jordan Kyrou (Sarnia), Brandon Saad (Saginaw)*, Robert Thomas (London), Alexei Toropchenko (Guelph).

Tampa Bay Lightning (4)
Erik Cernak (Erie), Anthony Cirelli (Oshawa), Nicholas Paul (North Bay), Darren Raddysh (Erie).

Toronto Maple Leafs (8)
Max Domi (London), Steven Lorentz (Peterborough), Mitchell Marner (London), Dakota Mermis (London)*, Nicholas Robertson (Peterborough), Anthony Stolarz (London), John Tavares (Oshawa), Conor Timmins (Soo).

Utah Hockey Club (7)
Robert Bortuzzo (Kitchener), Lawson Crouse (Kingston), Curtis Douglas (Windsor)*, Sean Durzi (Owen Sound), Barrett Hayton (Soo), Vladislav Kolyachonok (Flint), Mikhail Sergachev (Windsor).

Vancouver Canucks (4)
Filip Hronek (Saginaw), J.T. Miller (Plymouth), Arturs Silovs (Barrie), Pius Suter (Guelph).

Vegas Golden Knights (4)
Nicolas Hague (Mississauga), Tanner Pearson (Barrie), Alex Pietrangelo (Niagara), Cole Schwindt (Mississauga).

Washington Capitals (9)
John Carlson (London), Jakob Chychrun (Sarnia), Andrew Mangiapane (Barrie), Connor McMichael (London), Sonny Milano (Plymouth), Taylor Raddysh (Erie), Rasmus Sandin (Soo), Dylan Strome (Erie), Tom Wilson (Plymouth).

Winnipeg Jets (7)
Dylan DeMelo (Mississauga), Colin Miller (Soo), Vladislav Namestnikov (London), Cole Perfetti (Saginaw), Mark Scheifele (Barrie), Logan Stanley (Windsor)*, Gabriel Vilardi (Windsor).