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The seven alumni, split between the Hurricanes (4) and Golden Knights (3), represent five OHL member clubs. &nbsp; List of the seven OHL alumni competing in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":575,"featured_media":298372,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[{"term_id":250,"name":"alumni","slug":"alumni","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":253,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1006,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1029"},{"term_id":2673,"name":"OHL News","slug":"ohl-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2689,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3761,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2951"}],"class_list":["post-298371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-alumni","tag-ohl-news","category-186","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/06\/02183845\/ohl-stanley-web.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/575"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":298365,"date":"2026-06-02T16:04:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/?p=298365"},"modified":"2026-06-02T16:04:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:04:25","slug":"attack-acquire-veteran-goaltender-ryerson-leenders-from-bulldogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/article\/attack-acquire-veteran-goaltender-ryerson-leenders-from-bulldogs","title":{"rendered":"Attack acquire veteran goaltender Ryerson Leenders from Bulldogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The Owen Sound Attack have acquired goaltender Ryerson Leenders from the Brantford Bulldogs in exchange for defenceman Jet Kwajah, a fifth-round pick in the 2026 OHL Priority Selection, a conditional second-round pick in 2027, a conditional fourth-round in 2027, and a conditional 15th-round pick in 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Brantford receives a package of future draft capital as part of the transaction, while Owen Sound adds one of the OHL\u2019s most experienced netminders ahead of the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Leenders, a Nanticoke, Ontario native, appeared in 39 regular season games with the Bulldogs during the 2025-26 campaign, posting a 27-5-4 record with a 2.69 goals-against average and a .910 save percentage. He also recorded two shutouts and handled the bulk of Brantford\u2019s starts, helping the club win the Hamilton Spectator Trophy as regular season champions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Originally selected in the second round, 32nd overall, of the 2022 OHL Priority Selection by the Mississauga Steelheads, Leenders quickly became a strong goaltender in the league. The 6&#8217;1, 179 pound goaltender has recorded 94 wins across 168 regular season games in his OHL career, while adding 16 wins in 30 playoff appearances between the pipes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Going to Brantford is Jet Kwajah, a defenceman drafted by the Owen Sound Attack in the sixth round of the 2024 OHL Priority Selection. The 2008-born blue liner spent his last two seasons with the Madison Capitols of the USHL, and is eligible for the upcoming 2026 NHL Draft. Kwajah has recorded 13 goals and 30 assists for 43 points across 96 games during the previous two campaigns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The OHL trade window opened on June 2 and remains open until June 11 at 3:00 p.m. ahead of the 2026 OHL Priority Selection presented by Real Canadian Superstore, which takes place June 12-13 at Slush Puppie Place in Kingston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">All confirmed trades can be found on our <a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/article\/2026-ohl-trade-window-tracker\/\">OHL Trade Window Tracker.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 2026 OHL Priority Selection presented by Real Canadian Superstore will be held June 12-13 at Slush Puppie Place in Kingston, marking the first in-person OHL Priority Selection since 2000. Round 1 begins on June 12 at 7:00 p.m., with Rounds 2-15 taking place on June 13 beginning at 9:00 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Owen Sound Attack have acquired goaltender Ryerson Leenders from the Brantford Bulldogs in exchange for defenceman Jet Kwajah, a fifth-round pick in the 2026 OHL Priority Selection, a conditional second-round pick in 2027, a conditional fourth-round in 2027, and a conditional 15th-round pick in 2028. Brantford receives a package of future draft capital as&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":606,"featured_media":298366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[{"term_id":3619,"name":"Trades","slug":"trades","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3619,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":80,"filter":"raw","term_order":"149"},{"term_id":2724,"name":"Brantford Bulldogs","slug":"brantford-bulldogs","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2740,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":653,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1243"},{"term_id":86,"name":"Owen Sound Attack","slug":"owen-sound-attack","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":86,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1358,"filter":"raw","term_order":"3019"},{"term_id":2527,"name":"Ryerson Leenders","slug":"ryerson-leenders","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2543,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":54,"filter":"raw","term_order":"3262"}],"class_list":["post-298365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-trades","tag-brantford-bulldogs","tag-owen-sound-attack","tag-ryerson-leenders","category-186","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/06\/02151458\/LeendersTradeWeb.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/606"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":298357,"date":"2026-06-02T16:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/?p=298357"},"modified":"2026-06-02T16:07:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:07:48","slug":"ohl-announces-2025-26-all-star-and-all-rookie-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/article\/ohl-announces-2025-26-all-star-and-all-rookie-teams","title":{"rendered":"OHL Announces 2025-26 All-Star and All-Rookie Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><strong>TORONTO \u2013<\/strong> The Ontario Hockey League today announced the first, second and third all-star team selections, in addition to the first and second all-rookie team designations for the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">OHL all-star and all-rookie teams were selected by the League&#8217;s general managers, with voting conducted in two stages beginning with a conference ballot followed by a final ballot that integrated the top selections from both the Eastern and Western Conferences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">A total of 12 of the league&#8217;s 20 member teams are represented on this year&#8217;s all-star and all-rookie team selections, with the Barrie Colts, Brantford Bulldogs and Kitchener Rangers each fielding a league-leading five players and coaches. The Soo Greyhounds follow with four selections, while the Windsor Spitfires feature three.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>2025-26 OHL All-Star Teams<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Representatives\u00a0with major positional awards in brackets are default\u00a0first team members, all other designations are determined by votes cast by OHL General Managers<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>First All-Star Team<\/strong><br \/>\nC &#8211; Sam O&#8217;Reilly (Kitchener Rangers) (Most Outstanding Player)<br \/>\nLW &#8211; Nathan Aspinall (Flint Firebirds)<br \/>\nRW &#8211; Nikita Klepov (Saginaw Spirit)<br \/>\nD &#8211; Kashawn Aitcheson (Barrie Colts) (Defenceman of the Year)<br \/>\nD &#8211; Chase Reid (Soo Greyhounds)<br \/>\nG &#8211; Ryder Fetterolf (Ottawa 67\u2019s) (Goaltender of the Year)<br \/>\nCoach &#8211; Dave Cameron (Ottawa 67\u2019s) (Coach of the Year)<\/p>\n<p><em>Repeat honours: Kashawn Aitcheson was named to the Second All-Star Team in 2024-25. Chase Reid was named to the First All-Rookie Team in 2024-25. Dave Cameron earns All-Star Team coaching honours for the sixth time in his career, marking the second time he&#8217;s been named to the First Team after also doing so with Ottawa in 2022-23.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Second All-Star Team<\/strong><br \/>\nC &#8211; Cole Beaudoin (Barrie Colts)<br \/>\nLW &#8211; Liam Greentree (Windsor Spitfires)<br \/>\nRW &#8211; Marco Mignosa (Soo Greyhounds)<br \/>\nD &#8211; Adam Jiricek (Brantford Bulldogs)<br \/>\nD &#8211; Cameron Reid (Kitchener Rangers)<br \/>\nG &#8211; Ben Hrebik (Barrie Colts)<br \/>\nCoach &#8211; Jussi Ahokas (Kitchener Rangers)<\/p>\n<p><em>Repeat honours: Liam Greentree was named to the First All-Star Team in 2024-25 and the Third All-Star Team in 2023-24. Cameron Reid earned First All-Rookie Team recognition in 2023-24. Jussi Ahokas earned First Team All-Star coaching honours in 2024-25.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Third All-Star Team<\/strong><br \/>\nC &#8211; Jake O&#8217;Brien (Brantford Bulldogs)<br \/>\nLW &#8211; Dylan Edwards (Kitchener Rangers)<br \/>\nRW &#8211; Jack Pridham (Kitchener Rangers)<br \/>\nD &#8211; Carson Woodall (Windsor Spitfires)<br \/>\nD &#8211; Ben Danford (Brantford Bulldogs)<br \/>\nG &#8211; Carter George (Soo Greyhounds)<br \/>\nCoach &#8211; Jay McKee (Brantford Bulldogs)<\/p>\n<p><em>Repeat honours: Carter George was named to the Second All-Star Team in 2024-25 and the Third All-Star Team in 2023-24, and earned First All-Rookie Team recognition in 2023-24 \u2014 earning All-Star recognition in each of his three OHL seasons. Ben Danford was named to the Third All-Star Team in 2024-25. Jake O&#8217;Brien earned First All-Rookie Team recognition in 2023-24. Jay McKee was named Third Team All-Star coach in both 2024-25 and 2021-22.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>2025-26 OHL All-Rookie Teams<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>First All-Rookie Team<\/strong><br \/>\nC &#8211; Caleb Malhotra (Brantford Bulldogs)<br \/>\nLW &#8211; Jaxon Cover (London Knights)<br \/>\nRW &#8211; Nikita Klepov (Saginaw Spirit) (Rookie of the Year)<br \/>\nD &#8211; Levi Harper (Saginaw Spirit)<br \/>\nD &#8211; Cole Emerton (Barrie Colts)<br \/>\nG &#8211; Ryder Fetterolf (Ottawa 67\u2019s)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second All-Rookie Team<\/strong><br \/>\nC &#8211; Ryerson Edgar (Niagara IceDogs)<br \/>\nLW &#8211; Noah Laus (Soo Greyhounds)<br \/>\nRW &#8211; Joe Salandra (Barrie Colts)<br \/>\nD &#8211; Matthew Perreault (Peterborough Petes)<br \/>\nD &#8211; Andrew Robinson (Windsor Spitfires)<br \/>\nG &#8211; Gavin Betts (Kingston Frontenacs)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Historical results of note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>Ottawa 67&#8217;s supply both the First Team All-Star goaltender (Ryder Fetterolf) and coach (Dave Cameron) \u2014 the franchise&#8217;s first such pairing in 30 years.<\/strong> The 67&#8217;s last provided the First Team goaltender and coach in the same season in 1995-96, when Craig Hillier and Brian Kilrea did so. Fetterolf is also Ottawa&#8217;s first First-Team All-Star goaltender since Hillier in 1995-96. Additionally, he&#8217;s the first 67&#8217;s goaltender to be voted to a First All-Rookie Team since the advent of OHL All-Rookie Teams in 1991-92.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>Nikita Klepov named to both the First All-Star Team and the First All-Rookie Team.<\/strong> The last player to earn First-Team All-Star and First All-Rookie recognition in the same season was Mikhail Sergachev with Windsor in 2015-16.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nathan Aspinall becomes just the second Flint Firebirds player named to the First All-Star Team.\u00a0<\/strong>Follows Brennan Othmann who was a First Team selection in 2021-22. Both made the achievement as left-wingers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ryder Fetterolf named to both the First All-Star Team and First All-Rookie Team.\u00a0<\/strong>Joins Carter George of the 2023-24 Owen Sound Attack in earning similar placement.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>Liam Greentree (Windsor) earns All-Star recognition for a fourth consecutive season<\/strong> \u2014 First All-Rookie Team in 2022-23, followed by Third (2023-24), First (2024-25) and Second (2025-26) All-Star Team honours, spanning all four of his OHL seasons. He becomes the first forward in OHL history to accomplish this feat.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"><strong>Carter George (Soo Greyhounds) lands an All-Star Team nod for a third straight season<\/strong>, following Third Team and First All-Rookie honours in 2023-24 and a Second Team selection in 2024-25 \u2014 the latter two with Owen Sound before this year&#8217;s move to the Soo. He joins a group that includes Alex Nedeljkovic (2014-16) and Thomas McCollum (2007-09) to be named to All-Star Teams in three consecutive seasons.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ben Hrebik becomes the first Barrie Colts goaltender to be named to an All-Star Team since 2015-16.\u00a0<\/strong>Mackenzie Blackwood was a First Team All-Star that season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The OHL has announced All-Star and All-Rookie Teams for the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":298358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[{"term_id":899,"name":"Awards","slug":"awards","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":910,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":312,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1125"},{"term_id":2673,"name":"OHL News","slug":"ohl-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2689,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3761,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2951"}],"class_list":["post-298357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-awards","tag-ohl-news","category-186","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/06\/02133200\/All-star-Cover-Web.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":298364,"date":"2026-06-02T15:50:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T19:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/?p=298364"},"modified":"2026-06-02T15:50:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T19:50:44","slug":"2026-graduating-class-erie-otters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/article\/2026-graduating-class-erie-otters","title":{"rendered":"2026 Graduating Class: Erie Otters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After a challenging season that saw them miss the playoffs, the Erie Otters find themselves at an important crossroads as the organization looks toward the future. Armed with the second overall selection in the upcoming OHL Priority Selection, Erie has an opportunity to add another cornerstone piece to a franchise that has long been recognized for developing elite talent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the club begins its next chapter, Erie will first bid farewell to members of its graduating class, with Andrew Kuzma, Noah Erliden, and Jackson Schouten moving on from the OHL.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Andrew Kuzma (Erie Otters, Kingston Frontenacs \u2013 2025-26)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spending his lone OHL season as an overager, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/players\/9521\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Andrew Kuzma<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> began the year with the Kingston Frontenacs before being acquired by the Erie Otters at the trade deadline. Between the two clubs, he recorded 39 points (20-19\u201339) in 69 regular-season games.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Originally selected by Kingston in the eighth round (155th overall) of the 2021 OHL Priority Selection, Kuzma spent much of his junior career in the USHL and was preparing to join Penn State for the 2024-25 season. However, during routine preseason testing, doctors discovered he had bicuspid aortic valve disease, a congenital heart condition that affects blood flow from the heart to the body. After undergoing open-heart surgery in November 2024, Kuzma returned to the ice this past September and completed his overage season in the OHL. He is committed to returning to the NCAA next season.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kuzma was in a groove \ud83e\udda6<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Kuzma recorded his first multi-goal game with the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ErieOtters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ErieOtters<\/a> last night, leading them to a big win. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KhQWAJNtFr\">pic.twitter.com\/KhQWAJNtFr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ontario Hockey League (@OHLHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OHLHockey\/status\/2021977600344645932?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Noah Erliden (Erie Otters \u2013 2024-26)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In his second full season with the Otters, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/players\/9134\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Noah Erliden<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> continued to serve as Erie\u2019s starting goaltender during his overage campaign, posting a 12-28-2-4 record along with a 3.75 goals-against average and .891 save percentage. 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He also spent time in the BCHL with the Salmon Arm Silverbacks prior to fully joining the Sting&#8217;s roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">For Sarnia, the deal brings back future draft capital as the club continues to manage its assets ahead of the 2026 OHL Priority Selection and beyond. For Erie, the move adds another forward to their roster as the team continues to reshape its lineup during the offseason trade window.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The OHL trade window opened on June 2 and remains open until June 11 at 3:00 p.m. ahead of the 2026 OHL Priority Selection presented by Real Canadian Superstore, which takes place June 12-13 at Slush Puppie Place in Kingston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">All confirmed trades can be found on our <a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/article\/2026-ohl-trade-window-tracker\/\">OHL Trade Window Tracker.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 2026 OHL Priority Selection presented by Real Canadian Superstore will be held June 12-13 at Slush Puppie Place in Kingston, marking the first in-person OHL Priority Selection since 2000. 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