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He set career highs that year with 64 points before following it up with another strong campaign in 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p>On the international stage, Procyszyn represented Canada at the 2023 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, earning a silver medal while recording four points in seven games.<\/p>\n<p>He is expected to begin his professional career in the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Bay Battalion captain Ethan Procyszyn has signed a three-year NHL entry-level contract with the Anaheim Ducks after leading the club in scoring during the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":297673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[{"term_id":2522,"name":"Ethan Procyszyn","slug":"ethan-procyszyn","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2538,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":13,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1777"},{"term_id":101,"name":"North Bay Battalion","slug":"north-bay-battalion","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":101,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1369,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2880"},{"term_id":2673,"name":"OHL News","slug":"ohl-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2689,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3650,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2908"}],"class_list":["post-297672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-ethan-procyszyn","tag-north-bay-battalion","tag-ohl-news","category-186","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/22124922\/16_9-WEB-1.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\/297672","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=297672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":297646,"date":"2026-04-21T18:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/?p=297646"},"modified":"2026-04-21T15:51:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:51:43","slug":"series-hq-brantford-bulldogs-vs-barrie-colts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/article\/series-hq-brantford-bulldogs-vs-barrie-colts","title":{"rendered":"Series HQ: Brantford Bulldogs vs. Barrie Colts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><b>(1) Brantford Bulldogs (48-10-8-2) vs. (2) Barrie Colts (45-14-5-4)\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Eastern Conference Final brings together two of the best teams in the OHL this season, as the East Division-winning Brantford Bulldogs host the Central Division-winning Barrie Colts in what promises to be a compelling clash of contrasting styles. Both clubs have been dominant throughout the postseason, setting the stage for what could be a classic conference final.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The season series between these two offers little clarity, ending deadlocked at 2-2, with the results swinging wildly from a 7-1 blowout to a 7-4 affair, suggesting that when these two meet, anything can happen. One thing that is certain, however, is the physicality this matchup brings, as the teams combined for 181 penalty minutes over those four games. It also marks just the second playoff meeting in franchise history, adding another layer of intrigue to an already compelling series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brantford comes in as the top seed and has looked every bit the part throughout the playoffs. The Bulldogs have swept both of their series and have not scored fewer than three goals in any game this postseason, a testament to the depth of an offence that generates contributions from up and down the lineup night after night. Captain Jake O&#8217;Brien leads the team with 15 points and set the tone ahead of the series when speaking to the media.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI&#8217;m very confident in our group right now,\u201d O&#8217;Brien said. \u201cThis is the best we&#8217;ve played all year, especially throughout the playoffs. Barrie is a really strong team, so it&#8217;s going to be a tough challenge, but we&#8217;re excited for it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Up front, Emms Family Award finalist Caleb Malhotra paces the club in goals with eight, five of which have come on the power play, making Brantford&#8217;s man advantage one of the most dangerous in the league. In goal, Ryerson Leenders leads the entire league with a 1.84 goals-against average and has been calm and composed throughout. Coach Jay McKee touched on his group&#8217;s character ahead of the series.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cEvery player should be able to look in the mirror after a game and know they gave everything they had. That&#8217;s all we ask. It&#8217;s a high-character team that competes hard and executes at a high level, and that gives us confidence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Barrie arrives in the Eastern Conference Final for the second consecutive season, but this year&#8217;s group is hungry to go further after being swept by the Oshawa Generals a year ago. Coach Dylan Smoskowitz addressed that disappointment head-on ahead of the series.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe were disappointed with how things ended last year, but we&#8217;ve talked a lot about growth. We believe there&#8217;s no such thing as losing if you learn from it. The players who were here last season have shared those lessons with the group, and that&#8217;s been part of our mindset since day one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Colts are led offensively by Cole Beaudoin, who tops the entire league in playoff scoring with 23 points and has registered a point in every single game of this postseason. Beaudoin spoke about what it will take to get past Brantford.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI think it comes down to our depth throughout the lineup. Every night, we&#8217;ll need someone to step up. It&#8217;s going to take a full team effort to get past Brantford.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Emil Hemming is not far behind at 17 points, giving Barrie a potent one-two punch at the top of the lineup. Goaltender Ben Hrebik enters with a .923 save percentage and will need to be at his best against a Brantford offence that has shown no signs of slowing down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One area that will bear watching is discipline. Barrie has more than doubled Brantford&#8217;s penalty minute total in the postseason, 141 to 59, and Kashawn Aitcheson was candid about the challenge that presents against a Brantford power play as dangerous as this one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe take pride in playing a certain way, getting under opponents&#8217; skin, bringing energy, and playing with edge. But in this series, it&#8217;ll be important to stay disciplined. Their power play is very strong and can make you pay if you give them too many opportunities.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">McKee, for his part, made clear that the respect runs both ways. &#8220;Like us, they have their strengths and weaknesses. They&#8217;re built a bit differently, so we&#8217;ll need to manage their power forwards, and they also have a strong power play. Discipline will be important. Both teams are very strong, and we&#8217;re expecting a great series.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Both coaches have spoken about respecting the other team while trusting their own identity, and that mutual respect feels genuinely earned. Brantford&#8217;s depth and goaltending give them the edge, but Barrie&#8217;s offensive firepower, battle-tested resilience, physicality, and burning desire to go one step further than last year make them a genuine threat. With Beaudoin on a career-high run and Leenders standing tall at the other end, this Eastern Conference Final has all the ingredients for something special.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><b>Series Schedule:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">* <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">if needed<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Game 1 \u2013 Wed., April 22 at Brantford, 7:00pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Game 2 \u2013 Fri., April 24 at Brantford, 7:00pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Game 3 \u2013 Sun., April 26 at Barrie, 6:00pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Game 4 \u2013 Tues., April 28 at Barrie, 7:00pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Game 5 \u2013 Thurs., April 30 at Brantford, 7:00pm*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Game 6 \u2013 Sat., May 2 at Barrie, 7:00pm*<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Game 7 \u2013 Mon., May 4 at Brantford, 7:00pm*<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><b>Season Series:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Series tied 2-2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oct. 29 &#8211; BAR 5 at BFD 4<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jan. 25 &#8211; BAR 1 at BFD 7<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Feb. 21 &#8211; BFD 4 at BAR 7<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mar. 5 &#8211; BFD 5 at BAR 3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><b>Playoff History:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This marks the first playoff meeting between Brantford and Barrie since the Bulldogs\u2019 relocation, and just the second in franchise history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2023 BAR def. 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The tournament will take place in Bratislava and Tren\u010d\u00edn, Slovakia, from April 22 to May 2. The Americans will look to win their first gold medal since 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Defencemen:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Levi Harper (Saginaw Spirit)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Forwards:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brooks Rogowski (Oshawa Generals)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 2026 IIHF U18 Men\u2019s World Championship kicks off on April 22, with Team USA taking on Czechia, Denmark, Sweden and Germany in the preliminary round before the tournament concludes with the medal games on May 2. All U.S. games throughout the tournament will be broadcast live on NHL Network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information on the 2026 IIHF U18 Men\u2019s World Championship, please visit the official tournament website at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iihf.com\/en\/events\/2026\/wm18\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IIHF.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information on USA Hockey and USA\u2019s National Men\u2019s Under-18 Team, please visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/teamusa.usahockey.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">UsaHockey.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or follow along via social media on Facebook, X, and Instagram.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team USA has announced its tournament roster for the 2026 IIHF U18 Men&#8217;s World Championship, which includes two OHL players<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":575,"featured_media":297659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[{"term_id":2673,"name":"OHL News","slug":"ohl-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2689,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3650,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2908"},{"term_id":933,"name":"Under-18","slug":"under-18","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":945,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":193,"filter":"raw","term_order":"3509"},{"term_id":934,"name":"USA Hockey","slug":"usa-hockey","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":946,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":85,"filter":"raw","term_order":"3511"}],"class_list":["post-297657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-ohl-news","tag-under-18","tag-usa-hockey","category-186","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/21165845\/2025-26-Generic_Web_Cover_Multi-Recovered.jpeg",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\/297657","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=297657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":297637,"date":"2026-04-21T16:12:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/?p=297637"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:12:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:12:56","slug":"st-louis-blues-prospect-lukas-fischer-assigned-to-springfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/ohl\/article\/st-louis-blues-prospect-lukas-fischer-assigned-to-springfield","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis Blues&#8217; prospect Lukas Fischer assigned to Springfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"477\">Defenceman <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Lukas Fischer<\/span><\/span> is set to join the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Springfield Thunderbirds<\/span><\/span>, the AHL affiliate of the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">St. Louis Blues<\/span><\/span>, as they prepare for a best-of-three series against the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Charlotte Checkers<\/span><\/span>. The 2024 second-round selection signed his entry-level contract with St. Louis in March 2025, and has already seen action at the professional level, appearing in three games with Springfield last season.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"1003\">Fischer spent the 2025\u201326 OHL season continuing to build his reputation as a reliable two-way blueliner. He began the year as captain of the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Sarnia Sting<\/span><\/span>, recording 26 points (5-21-26) in 39 games while logging significant minutes on the back end. 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