The Peterborough Petes have acquired forward Cooper Dennis from the Brantford Bulldogs in exchange for forward Kaden McGregor.<\/p>\n
Dennis heads to Peterborough after an impressive rookie campaign in which he recorded 34 goals, 40 assists and 74 points in 68 games, finishing second in team scoring while leading the OHL with a plus-48 rating. The Ithaca, NY native also added seven points in 15 playoff games as the Bulldogs reached the Eastern Conference Championship Series. Originally selected by Brantford in the sixth round (109th overall) of the 2023 OHL Priority Selection, Dennis is committed to the University of Michigan.<\/p>\n
“We’re very excited to add a player of Cooper’s caliber to our roster,” said Petes General Manager and Vice President of Operations Michael Oke. “Heading into the summer, we identified him as our number one target to acquire during the offseason. Analytics show that he’s one of, if not the top forward returning to the OHL this season. We believe Cooper is an excellent fit for our lineup and will complement our returning core well.”<\/p>\n
Brantford acquires McGregor, the first overall selection in the 2025 OHL Priority Selection and recipient of the Jack Ferguson Award. The Braeside, ON native recorded seven goals and 20 points in 39 games during his rookie season with Peterborough before an injury cut his campaign short. McGregor also represented Team Canada White at the 2025 U17 World Challenge, helping the team capture a silver medal while producing five points in five games.<\/p>\n
“Kaden McGregor is an incredible addition to our organization,” said Bulldogs President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Spencer Hyman. “He is an elite talent in every sense of the word. Elite skill, elite hockey IQ, elite competitiveness and, most importantly, elite character and leadership. Kaden is the kind of player you build around, and we’re incredibly excited to welcome him and his family to Brantford.”<\/p>\n
Oke also acknowledged the departure of McGregor, saying, “We had to make the difficult decision to move Kaden to complete this deal. It’s never easy to trade a young, talented player like Kaden, but we want to thank him for his contributions to our organization and wish him nothing but the best as he continues his OHL career in Brantford.”<\/p>\n
Hyman thanked Dennis for his contributions to the Bulldogs following his breakout first season in the league.<\/p>\n
“Cooper was an important part of a special season in Brantford, and we’re grateful for everything he brought to our organization,” Hyman said. “His professionalism, work ethic and commitment helped our team every day. We thank Cooper for all of his contributions and wish him nothing but success as he begins this next chapter with Peterborough.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Throughout the 2026 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, this daily recap thread will track the performances of current and future OHL players from across the tournament. Check back each day for game recaps, standout performances and updated statistics from Edmonton.<\/p>\n
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The 2026 Hlinka Gretzky Cup got underway on Monday with an exciting opening day of round-robin action, featuring comeback victories, high-scoring affairs and strong performances from several current and future OHL players. Here’s a look at all of the Day 1 action:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Canada vs. Switzerland<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Final: 7 (CAN) \u2013 3 (SUI)<\/b><\/p>\n Canada opened its 2026 Hlinka Gretzky Cup campaign with a convincing 7-3 victory over Switzerland on Monday in Edmonton, AB.<\/span><\/p>\n The opening period featured seven combined goals, with Canada striking just over a minute into the game. Switzerland responded with two quick goals to take its first \u2013 and only \u2013 lead of the contest before the Canadians answered with four straight goals to close out the frame. Camryn Warren (North Bay Battalion) and Ryerson Edgar (Niagara IceDogs) each found the back of the net while Cooper McAslan (London Knights) recording an assist.<\/span><\/p>\n Canada added two more goals in the second period, with Jaakko Wycisk (Guelph Storm) and Charlie Murata (Flint Firebirds) each picking up helpers. Switzerland scored its third and final goal later in the game as Canada secured the 7-3 victory to improve to 1-0.<\/span><\/p>\n The Canadians return to action on Tuesday against Slovakia (0-1) at 5:00 p.m. MST.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n OHL Player Game Stats:<\/b><\/p>\n Canada<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n United States vs. Czechia<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Final: 6 (USA) – 4 (CZE)<\/b><\/p>\n Defending gold medallists USA opened tournament play with a 6-4 victory over Czechia on Monday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n The Americans jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the opening period, with Nolan Snyder (Kingston Frontenacs) recording an assist on the second goal. Czechia cut the deficit to one late in the frame with a five-on-three power-play marker.<\/span><\/p>\n Looking to capitalize on the carryover power play to begin the second period, Czechia instead watched the Americans score shorthanded. USA added another goal just minutes later, with Gerry DiCunzolo (Peterborough Petes) collecting his first assist of the game, before extending their lead to 5-1. OHL commit Jiri Gombar (Kitchener Rangers) responded to bring Czechia back within three, but the Americans restored their four-goal advantage before the intermission, with DiCunzolo picking up his second assist of the contest.<\/span><\/p>\n Czechia made things interesting midway through the third period with two quick goals, including one from OHL commit Adam Nemec (Brantford Bulldogs), but the Americans held on for the 6-4 win to improve to 1-0.<\/span><\/p>\n USA will face Finland (1-0) on Tuesday evening in its next round-robin matchup.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n OHL Player Game Stats:<\/b><\/p>\n United States<\/span><\/p>\n Czechia<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Finland vs. Germany<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Final: 5 (FIN) – 2 (GER)<\/b><\/p>\n Finland earned its first win of the tournament with a 5-2 comeback victory over Germany on Monday evening.<\/span><\/p>\n Trailing 2-0 after the opening period, the Finns responded with five unanswered goals to secure the victory. OHL commit Luca Santala (London Knights) recorded his first point of the tournament with an assist on Finland’s empty-net goal.<\/span><\/p>\n Finland returns to the ice on Tuesday against the United States (1-0) at 7:00 p.m. MST.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n OHL Player Game Stats:<\/b><\/p>\n Finland<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sweden vs. Slovakia<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Final: 4 (SWE) – 3 (SVK) \u2013 OT<\/b><\/p>\n In the final game of the opening day, Sweden defeated Slovakia 4-3 in overtime.<\/span><\/p>\n Slovakia opened the scoring with a shorthanded goal in the first period before Sweden tied the game late in the second. The teams traded two goals apiece in the third period before Sweden found the overtime winner just under three minutes into the extra frame.<\/span><\/p>\n OHL commit Vilmer Salen Forsberg (Brantford Bulldogs) made 35 saves in the win.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Sweden will face Switzerland (0-1) on Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. MST in its next round-robin matchup.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n OHL Player Game Stats:<\/b><\/p>\n Sweden<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n __________________________________________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n TSN and RDS, the official broadcast partners of Hockey Canada, will broadcast select tournament games, including all Canada games.<\/span><\/p>\n For the full tournament schedule,<\/span> including stats and standings<\/span>, <\/b>click here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Day 1 of the 2026 Hlinka Gretzky Cup featured standout performances from current and future OHL players as Canada, the United States, Finland and Sweden opened with victories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":575,"featured_media":299751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[{"term_id":1660,"name":"Hlinka Gretzky Cup","slug":"hlinka-gretzky-cup","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1673,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":82,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1493"},{"term_id":2673,"name":"OHL News","slug":"ohl-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2689,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3984,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2833"}],"class_list":["post-299747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-hlinka-gretzky-cup","tag-ohl-news","category-186","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/08\/04115731\/Hlinka-Day-1.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\/299747","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=299747"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":299759,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299747\/revisions\/299759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":299743,"date":"2026-08-04T10:20:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T14:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/?p=299743"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T14:33:16","slug":"colts-acquire-tsherna-from-bulldogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/article\/colts-acquire-tsherna-from-bulldogs","title":{"rendered":"Colts acquire Tsherna from Bulldogs"},"content":{"rendered":" The Barrie Colts have acquired forward Dylan Tsherna from the Brantford Bulldogs in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2028 OHL Priority Selection.<\/p>\n Originally selected by the Bulldogs in the second round (34th overall) of the 2023 OHL Priority Selection, Tsherna appeared in 112 career regular season games with Brantford, recording nine goals, 14 assists and 23 points over three seasons. The Maple, ON native also suited up in 22 playoff games, producing six points (2-4-6) while bringing a physical style of play to the Bulldogs’ lineup. He was part of Brantford’s “TNC” line alongside Noah Nelson and Calvin Crombie during the club’s 2025 playoff run.<\/p>\n “Dylan is a veteran player who plays the game with a high level of aggression and jam that was evident through last year’s playoffs,” said Colts head coach Dylan Smoskowitz. “He fits the mold of a Barrie Colt perfectly, and will be relied upon to provide leadership and guidance to our younger players.”<\/p>\n Brantford receives Barrie’s sixth-round selection in the 2028 OHL Priority Selection in return.<\/p>\n “We want to thank Dylan Tsherna for everything he gave to the Brantford Bulldogs organization,” said Bulldogs President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Spencer Hyman. “Dylan represented our team with professionalism, worked hard every day, and was a valued part of our program. While it’s never easy to see good people move on, this trade provides Dylan with a great opportunity to earn a larger role and continue his development. We wish him nothing but success in Barrie and thank him for everything he did while wearing the Bulldogs jersey.”<\/p>\n Tsherna joins a Barrie club looking to add experience and physicality to its forward group ahead of the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n Brantford receives Barrie’s sixth-round selection in the 2028 OHL Priority Selection in return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Barrie Colts have acquired forward Dylan Tsherna from the Brantford Bulldogs in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2028 OHL Priority Selection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":299744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[{"term_id":98,"name":"Barrie Colts","slug":"barrie-colts","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":98,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1570,"filter":"raw","term_order":"378"},{"term_id":2724,"name":"Brantford Bulldogs","slug":"brantford-bulldogs","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2740,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":686,"filter":"raw","term_order":"526"},{"term_id":2790,"name":"Dylan Tsherna","slug":"dylan-tsherna","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2805,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1218"},{"term_id":2673,"name":"OHL News","slug":"ohl-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2689,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3984,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2833"},{"term_id":3619,"name":"Trades","slug":"trades","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3619,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":97,"filter":"raw","term_order":"3531"}],"class_list":["post-299743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-barrie-colts","tag-brantford-bulldogs","tag-dylan-tsherna","tag-ohl-news","tag-trades","category-186","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/08\/04103303\/Tsherna.png",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\/299743","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=299743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":299745,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299743\/revisions\/299745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":299705,"date":"2026-08-03T16:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T20:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/?p=299705"},"modified":"2026-08-03T16:18:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T20:18:29","slug":"futures-watch-oshawa-generals-2026-draft-class-and-new-faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/article\/futures-watch-oshawa-generals-2026-draft-class-and-new-faces","title":{"rendered":"Futures Watch: Oshawa Generals 2026 Draft Class and New Faces"},"content":{"rendered":" As the 2026-27 OHL season approaches, the Oshawa Generals are preparing to build on last year’s campaign. We spoke with members of the organization about the club’s 2026 draft class and the new faces fans should keep an eye on heading into the upcoming season<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2026 Draft Class Revisit<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe’re extremely excited about this 2026 draft class. We feel we’ve added several high-impact players while laying the foundation for a future championship-calibre core.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Player Spotlights:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Kane Cloutier (C)<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Selected: 1st Round, 1st Overall (2026 OHL Priority Selection)<\/b><\/p>\n 2025-26 Stats: 33 GP, 32G, 26A, 58 PTS<\/b><\/p>\n Age: 16<\/b><\/p>\n Earning the Jack Ferguson Award as the first overall selection in the 2026 OHL Priority Selection, Kane Cloutier spent the 2025-26 season with the GTHL\u2019s Vaughan Kings U16 AAA program, producing 58 points (32-26\u201358) over 33 games. After leading Vaughan to a GTHL championship, Cloutier added 11 points (6-5\u201311) over four games at the 2026 OHL Cup. The son of former OHL goaltender, Memorial Cup champion and long-time pro Dan Cloutier, Kane Cloutier arrives in Oshawa as one of the most decorated prospects in this year\u2019s class.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re obviously ecstatic to snag the top player on our board. Cloutier is a high-end offensive player and explosive skater who is reliable in all three zones. He should be a future star in our league.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jakub Kuklinski (LW)<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Selected: 2nd Round, 38th Overall (2026 OHL Priority Selection)<\/b><\/p>\n 2025-26 Stats: 32 GP, 35G, 24A, 59 PTS<\/b><\/p>\n Age: 16<\/b><\/p>\n The second selection for Oshawa in the 2026 OHL Priority Selection, Jakub Kuklinski was taken in the second round (38th overall) from the Mississauga Senators U16 AAA program. The winger from Caledon, ON recorded a GTHL-leading 35 goals in 32 regular-season games.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe were pleasantly surprised we were able to land Kuklinski in the second round after he led the GTHL in goals in the regular season. He has terrific hands and an explosive shot and is someone who should be a perfect complement to Cloutier eventually.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Deverin Warner (C)<\/b><\/p>\n Selected: 4th Round, 70th Overall (2026 OHL Priority Selection)<\/b><\/p>\n 2025-26 Stats: 32 GP, 35G, 24A, 59 PTS<\/b><\/p>\n Age: 16<\/b><\/p>\n The third selection for Oshawa in the 2026 OHL Priority Selection, Deverin Warner was chosen in the fourth round (70th overall) from the Woodbridge Wolfpack Premier 15’s program. The Roselle Park, N.J. native recorded 10 points (6-4\u201310) in 15 games before adding three points (2-1\u20133) at the USA Hockey 15O National Championships. The 5-foot-9 centreman is expected to suit up for the U.S. National Under-17 Team in 2026-27.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cA high-skilled and dynamic playmaker with a great motor. He should come in and make an immediate impact as soon as 2027.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Matyas Michalek (D)<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Selected: 1st Round, 1st Overall (2026 CHL Import Draft)<\/b><\/p>\n 2025-26 Stats: 30 GP, 13G, 26A, 39 PTS<\/b><\/p>\n Age: 16<\/b><\/p>\n Marking the highest CHL Import Draft selection in franchise history, Matyas Michalek was selected first overall after a rule change made 2010-born players eligible to be selected in the first round. The 6-foot-3, 187-pound left-shot defenceman from Prague, Czechia, produced 39 points (13-26\u201339) in 30 games with Sparta Prague’s U17 team last season before adding eight points (3-5\u20138) in 12 playoff games to help the club capture the Czech U17 championship. He also appeared in 18 games at the U20 level, recording eight points (1-7\u20138). Internationally, Michalek represented Czechia at both the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge and the IIHF U18 World Championship, helping his country earn a bronze medal.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cEasily our top-ranked player for the Import Draft. He has tremendous poise and skating ability and has the NHL tools as a 16-year-old. The sky is the limit for him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ethan Cava (C)<\/b><\/p>\n Selected: 1st Round, 1st Overall (2026 U18 Priority Selection)<\/b><\/p>\n 2025-26 Stats: 42 GP, 14G, 26A, 40 PTS<\/b><\/p>\n Age: 17\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Taken first overall in the 2026 OHL Under-18 Priority Selection, Ethan Cava was one of just two players selected by Oshawa in the draft. The 6-foot-5 centreman comes from Thunder Bay’s Seventh Fire Secondary School Prep Hockey Program and is the son of former Soo Greyhounds captain and Sarnia Sting forward Peter Cava. The 17-year-old recorded 40 points (14-26\u201340) in 42 games last season while also appearing in one game with the SIJHL champion Thunder Bay North Stars.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cA big 6-foot-5 centreman that has soft hands and good vision. Real heady player who\u2019s not afraid to go to the dirty areas of the ice.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Other members of the 2026 Draft Class:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n
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