OHL This Week: March 19 to 22, 2026

Where did the season go? We enter the final weekend of the 2025-26 regular season, with lots to follow along with.

Spitfires, Knights headline final Friday Night Faceoff matchup of regular season
Friday Night Faceoff heads to Canada Life Place to wrap up the regular season as the London Knights host the Windsor Spitfires in a late-season Midwest Division matchup. With the regular season entering its final weekend, both teams have plenty on the line as they push toward the playoffs. The pre-game show begins at 6:30pm, with puck drop scheduled for 7:00 pm. Read more

2026 OHL Playoff Tracker
Follow along as the regular season dwindles and first round matchups are established. Check out first round playoff schedules and scenarios! Read more

67’s climb to fourth on latest OHL Power Rankings
The Flint Firebirds and Ottawa 67’s are both inside the top five on the latest OHL Power Rankings while. the Peterborough Petes also jumped two spots to #7 on the list. Read more

Rangers, Bulldogs, Colts and Firebirds included in CHL Top 10 Rankings
Four OHL clubs remain in the weekly OHL Cup Top 10 Rankings presented by Delta Hotels by Marriott. The Kitchener Rangers (6), Brantford Bulldogs (7), Barrie Colts (8) and Flint Firebirds (9) made the cut this past week. Read more

67’s’ Cooper Foster named Cogeco OHL Player of the Week
Ottawa 67’s forward Cooper Foster is the Cogeco OHL Player of the Week, putting together three straight multi-point efforts as the 67’s went 3-0 on the road. Read more

Bulldogs’ David Egorov named Mary Brown’s Chicken OHL Goaltender of the Week
Brantford Bulldogs netminder David Egorov is the Mary Brown’s Chicken OHL Goaltender of the Week, stopping all 66 shots sent his direction with back-to-back shutouts in road wins over Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie. Read more

67’s’ Ryder Fetterolf named OHL Rookie of the Week
Ottawa 67’s goaltender Ryder Fetterolf is the OHL Rookie of the Week for the third time this season, going 2-0 with a shutout, a 0.98 goals-against average and .970 save percentage. Read more

Rangers prospect Ryker Young named GOHL Prospect of the Week
Kitchener Rangers prospect Ryker Young of the Cambridge RedHawks is the GOHL Prospect of the Week, recording two goals, two assists and four points in two games to begin the 2026 Sutherland Cup Playoffs. Read more

Cast your vote on the OHL Plays of the Week presented by Milk
The OHL Plays of the Week are out and you can vote for your favourite from a list of possibilities that includes Kingston’s Maleek McGowan, Sudbury’s Adam Nemec, Owen Sound’s Nicholas Sykora and Flint’s Kevin He. Watch & Vote

Pulling out all the stops on the OHL Saves of the Week
The latest edition of OHL Saves of the Week includes denials by Brampton’s Zach Bowen, Oshawa’s Jaden Cholette, Kingston’s Gavin Betts, Sault Ste. Marie’s Landon Miller and Flint’s Jimmy Lombardi even gets in on the fun! Watch

OHL Cup Top 10 Rankings – Credit River, York-Simcoe make the list
The 16th edition of the OHL Cup Top 10 Rankings includes the OMHA champion Credit River Capitals making their return to the list while the finalist York-Simcoe Express make their season debut inside the Top 10. Read more

Road to the 2026 OHL Cup
Tracking progress on the road to the 2026 OHL Cup, with four OMHA teams punching their ticket this past week. Read more

Watch the OHL Cup Selection Show on Friday at 6:00pm
The 2026 OHL Cup Selection Show will be held this coming Friday, March 20th at 6:00pm, streaming on the OHL’s X, Facebook and YouTube accounts as 10 different teams will be identified ahead of the annual showcase that begins on Monday, March 30th at Scotiabank Pond in Toronto. Read more

 

League News

OHL unveils Coaches Poll results: The OHL has announced results of its annual Coaches Poll that provides member club coaches with the opportunity to recognize the top three players in 20 different skill categories within their own conference. Read more

Brantford Bulldogs win East Division title: The Brantford Bulldogs are 2026 East Division Champions, securing their second straight Leyden Trophy and fourth in Bulldogs history following previous banners in 2025, 2022 and 2018. Read more

Division rivals Klepov, Aspinall frontrunners for OHL scoring crown: A Saginaw Spirit forward and Flint Firebirds forward are in the running for this year’s Eddie Powers Trophy, with Nikita Klepov entering Friday’s action with 94 points and two games remaining while Nathan Aspinall has 92 points with just one game remaining. Kitchener Rangers foward Jack Pridham sits third, boasting 89 points with two games left to play. If Klepov can hold on, he’d give the Spirit back-to-back OHL scoring leaders after Michael Misa earned the distinction last season.

Blackhawks prospects Vanacker, Pridham duelling for OHL goal-scoring lead: It’s become a back-and-forth battle between Brantford’s Marek Vanacker (46 goals) and Kitchener’s Jack Pridham (45 goals) for the OHL goal-scoring lead. The two Chicago Blackhawks prospects have exchanged leads in recent days, with Vanacker wrestling back the lead with a pair of goals in Wednesday’s East Division-clinching victory over Niagara. Each team has two games left on the schedule. Another Chicago prospect in Brantford’s Nick Lardis won last year’s goal-scoring title with 71 tallies.

Colts’ Aitcheson signs entry-level deal with Islanders, sets new Colts franchise record for points by a blueliner: Kashawn Aitcheson recorded his 70th point of the season last Sunday, eclipsing a club record that has stood since 1997-98. He also signed a three-year entry-level NHL contract with the New York Islanders. Read more

Battalion’s Bronson Ride signs with Golden Knights: Veteran North Bay Battalion blueliner Bronson Ride has signed a three-year entry-level NHL contract with the Vegas Golden Knights. The 6-foot-7, 215Ib. defenceman inked as an undrafted free agent, having produced 21 points (4-17–21) over 58 games. Read more

 

Transactions

Colts sign defenceman Alexander Kert: The Barrie Colts have signed 18-year-old defenceman Alexander Kert to an OHL Scholarship and Development Agreement. The 6-foot-2, 220Ib. free agent rearguard from Markham, ON, has spent the season at Choate Rosemary Hall, recording eight points (1-7–8) in 26 games. Read more

 

Alumni News

From the O to the Pros – OHL Alumni Weekly Round-Up: Jason Robertson becomes the first player in Dallas Stars history to record four straight 80+ point seasons, Brent Burns continues to chase down the NHL’s ironman record and Luca Del Bel Belluz is turning heads in the AHL. That and more in the latest alumni round-up. Read more

OHL Post-Secondary Weekly Round-Up: Highlighting the conclusion of OUA and AUS playoffs, Jake Karabela earning high praise at Ohio State, Zach Wigle named AHA Rookie of the Year and a clutch performance from Gavin Bryant at Sacred Heart. That and more in the Post-Secondary Weekly Round-Up. Read more

 

Upcoming Schedule

Thursday, March 19th
Brampton at North Bay, 7:00pm
Barrie at Peterborough, 7:05pm

Friday, March 20th
North Bay at Brantford, 7:00pm
Sarnia at Kitchener, 7:00pm
Windsor at London, 7:00pm (Friday Night Faceoff on FloHockey)
Peterborough at Kingston, 7:05pm
Ottawa at Oshawa, 7:05pm
Brampton at Sudbury, 7:05pm
Owen Sound at Guelph, 7:07pm
Saginaw at Sault Ste. Marie, 7:07pm

Saturday, March 21st
Kingston at Ottawa, 3:00pm
Guelph at Erie, 7:00pm
London at Flint, 7:00pm
Kitchener at Owen Sound, 7:00pm
Sarnia at Saginaw, 7:05pm
Niagara at Barrie, 7:30pm

Sunday, March 22nd
Brantford at Brampton, 2:00pm
Erie at Niagara, 2:00pm
Sudbury at North Bay, 2:00pm
Windsor at Sault Ste. Marie, 2:07pm
Peterborough at Oshawa, 6:05pm