Road to the 2026 OHL Cup

Follow along as we track progress on the road to the 2026 OHL Cup, with daily score updates and a look at which teams are having success in the playoffs, looking to punch their ticket to this year’s showcase. Here’s a rundown of how teams qualify for the 2026 OHL Cup.

 

As of Sunday, March 15th

GTHL

The Toronto Jr. Canadiens, Vaughan Kings, Toronto Marlboros and Markham Majors have secured spots at the 2026 OHL Cup. All playoff series are best 3-of-5.

Championship Final:

(1) Toronto Jr. Canadiens vs. (2) Vaughan Kings
Mar. 15th – Kings at Jr. Canadiens, 4:15pm (Scotiabank Pond)
Mar. 17th – Jr. Canadiens at Kings
Mar. 19th – Kings at Jr. Canadiens
Mar. 21st – Jr. Canadiens at Kings
Mar. 22nd – Kings at Jr. Canadiens

Round 2:

(1) Toronto Jr. Canadiens vs. (5) Markham Majors
Jr. Canadiens win series 6-2 pts.
Mar. 6th – Majors 4 at Jr. Canadiens 1
Mar. 8th – Jr. Canadiens 3 at Majors 1
Mar. 9th – Majors 1 at Jr. Canadiens 4
Mar. 11th – Jr. Canadiens 5 at Majors 2

(2) Vaughan Kings vs. (3) Toronto Marlboros
Kings win series 6-4 pts.
Mar. 3rd – Marlboros 1 at Kings 3
Mar. 6th – Kings 2 at Marlboros 3
Mar. 8th – Marlboros 4 at Kings 3
Mar. 10th – Kings 7 at Marlboros 1
Mar. 12th – Marlboros 0 at Kings 5

Round 1:

(1) Toronto Jr. Canadiens vs. (8) Mississauga Rebels
Jr. Canadiens win series 6-0 pts.
Feb. 18th – Rebels 1 at Jr. Canadiens 7
Feb. 22nd – Jr. Canadiens 2 at Rebels 0
Feb. 24th – Rebels 0 at Jr. Canadiens 3

(2) Vaughan Kings vs. (7) Toronto Red Wings
Kings win series 6-0 pts.
Feb. 18th – Red Wings 0 at Kings 3
Feb. 22nd – Kings 6 at Red Wings 1
Feb. 24th – Red Wings 2 at Kings 3

(3) Toronto Marlboros vs. (6) Mississauga Senators
Marlboros win series 6-2 pts.
Feb. 20th – Senators 3 at Marlboros 4
Feb. 23rd – Marlboros 4 at Senators 2
Feb. 25th – Senators 5 at Marlboros 1
Feb. 28th – Marlboros 5 at Senators 2

(4) Don Mills Flyers vs. (5) Markham Majors
Majors win series 6-4 pts.
Feb. 20th – Majors 5 at Flyers 2
Feb. 23rd – Flyers 3 at Majors 1
Feb. 25th – Majors 1 at Flyers 0
Feb. 28th – Flyers 4 at Majors 2
Mar. 2nd – Majors 2 at Flyers 1

 

OMHA

The Credit River Capitals, Niagara North Stars, Quinte Red Devils and York-Simcoe Express have all clinched spots at the 2026 OHL Cup.

OMHA Championships (all games at Miskin Law Community Complex – Peterborough)

Group 1: Ajax-Pickering Raiders, Niagara North Stars, Quinte Red Devils, Southern Tier Admirals
Group 2: Barrie Jr. Colts, Credit River Capitals, Oakville Rangers, York-Simcoe Express

Schedule
Mar. 13th – Ajax-Pickering 0 vs. Quinte 3
Mar. 13th – Southern Tier 0 vs. Niagara North 3
Mar. 13th – Oakville 1 vs. Credit River 3
Mar. 13th – York-Simcoe 4 vs. Barrie 1
Mar. 13th – Southern Tier 2 vs. Ajax-Pickering 10
Mar. 13th – Niagara North 4 vs. Quinte 1
Mar. 14th – Barrie 0 vs. Credit River 6
Mar. 14th – York-Simcoe 4 vs. Oakville 1
Mar. 14th – Quinte 3 vs. Southern Tier 2
Mar. 14th – Ajax-Pickering 2 vs. Niagara North 3
Mar. 14th – Credit River 3 vs. York-Simcoe 0
Mar. 14th – Oakville 2 vs. Barrie 4
Mar. 15th – York-Simcoe 3 vs. Niagara North 1
Mar. 15th – Quinte 4 vs. Credit River 5
Mar. 15th – York-Simcoe 2 vs. Credit River 4

 

OMHA East

Top two teams in each Group advance to the OMHA Championships

Group A: (1) Quinte Red Devils – 14 pts., (2) Barrie Colts – 14 pts., (9) Greater Kingston Jr. Gaels – 4 pts., (10) North Shore Whitecaps – 4 pts., (11) North Central Predators – 5 pts.
Feb. 14th – North Shore 3 at Kingston 6
Feb. 15th – North Central 0 at North Shore 7
Feb. 15th – Barrie 8 at Kingston 0
Feb. 16th – Barrie 1 at Quinte 6
Feb. 21st – North Shore 1 at Quinte 5
Feb. 21st – North Central 6 at Kingston 3
Feb. 22nd – Barrie 6 at North Shore 4
Feb. 22nd – North Central 1 at Quinte 8
Feb. 24th – North Shore 3 at North Central 5
Feb. 24th – Quinte 6 at Kingston 2
Feb. 28th – Quinte 4 at Barrie 5
Feb. 28th – Kingston 5 at North Central 2
Mar. 1st – Quinte 2 at North Central 1
Mar. 1st – Kingston 1 at Barrie 3
Mar. 3rd – Quinte 8 at North Shore 1
Mar. 4th – Barrie 8 at North Central 3
Mar. 7th – North Shore 0 at Barrie 5
Mar. 7th – Kingston 2 at Quinte 5
Mar. 8th – Kingston 3 at North Shore 4
Mar. 8th – North Central 1 at Barrie 2

Group B: (3) Ajax-Pickering Raiders – 15 pts., (4) York-Simcoe Express – 17 pts., (5) Central Ontario Wolves – 12 pts., (6) Markham Waxers – 7 pt., (7) Whitby Wildcats – 4 pts., (8) Peterborough Petes – 8 pts.
Feb. 14th – Central Ontario 5 at Whitby 2
Feb. 14th – Peterborough 2 at Markham 2
Feb. 14th – Ajax-Pickering 5 at York-Simcoe 4
Feb. 15th – York-Simcoe 1 at Markham 0
Feb. 15th – Peterborough 1 at Ajax-Pickering 4
Feb. 16th – Whitby 3 at Central Ontario 4
Feb. 19th – Whitby 1 at York-Simcoe 5
Feb. 21st – York-Simcoe 2 at Ajax-Pickering 0
Feb. 21st – Peterborough 1 at Central Ontario 7
Feb. 21st – Whitby 1 at Markham 2
Feb. 22nd – Central Ontario 5 at Peterborough 2
Feb. 22nd – Markham 1 at Ajax-Pickering 4
Feb. 23rd – York-Simcoe 3 at Whitby 1
Feb. 25th – Ajax-Pickering 5 at Peterborough 4
Feb. 26th – Central Ontario 3 at Markham 2
Feb. 27th – Markham 5 at Whitby 2
Feb. 28th – Ajax-Pickering 5 at Central Ontario 2
Feb. 28th – Peterborough at York-Simcoe, 6:30pm
Mar. 1st – York-Simcoe 3 at Central Ontario 1
Mar. 1st – Whitby 0 at Peterborough 1
Mar. 1st – Ajax-Pickering 2 at Markham 4
Mar. 3rd – Central Ontario 1 at Ajax-Pickering 4
Mar. 3rd – Peterborough 2 at Whitby 3
Mar. 5th – Markham 1 at York-Simcoe 2
Mar. 5th – Ajax-Pickering 2 at Whitby 2
Mar. 7th – Markham 2 at Central Ontario 8
Mar. 7th – York-SImcoe 4 at Peterborough 5
Mar. 8th – Central Ontario 1 at York-Simcoe 5
Mar. 8th – Markham 2 at Peterborough 3
Mar. 8th – Whitby 1 at Ajax-Pickering 4

OMHA West

Top two teams in each Group advance to the OMHA Championships

Group A: (1) Credit River Capitals – 9 pts., (2) Niagara North Stars – 12 pts., (8) Guelph Gryphons – 0 pts., (9) Halton Hurricanes – 5 pts.
Feb. 14th – Credit River 11 at Halton 1
Feb. 14th – Niagara North 5 at Guelph 2
Feb. 19th – Guelph 2 at Niagara North 4
Feb. 21st – Guelph 1 at Halton 2
Feb. 22nd – Guelph 1 at Credit River 6
Feb. 26th – Niagara North 4 at Halton 3
Feb. 27th – Credit River 8 at Guelph 0
Feb. 28th – Credit River 1 at Niagara North 2
Mar. 4th – Halton 1 at Niagara North 11
Mar. 7th – Halton 2 at Credit River 6
Mar. 8th – Niagara North 2 at Credit River 1
Mar. 8th – Halton 7 at Guelph 4

Group B: (3) Oakville Rangers – 10 pts., (4) Burlington Eagles – 6 pts., (5) Hamilton Steel – 9 pts., (6) Southern Tier Admirals – 11 pts., (7) Grey-Bruce Highlanders – 6 pts.
Feb. 14th – Grey-Bruce 2 at Oakville 0
Feb. 15th – Grey-Bruce 2 at Burlington 1
Feb. 15th – Hamilton 3 at Southern Tier 0
Feb. 18th – Hamilton 2 at Burlington 5
Feb. 19th – Southern Tier 1 at Oakville 2
Feb. 21st – Oakville 5 at Hamilton 1
Feb. 21st – Grey-Bruce 1 at Southern Tier 3
Feb. 22nd – Grey-Bruce 2 at Hamilton 8
Feb. 22nd – Burlington 2 at Southern Tier 4
Feb. 25th – Oakville 2 at Burlington 1
Feb. 25th – Southern Tier 1 at Hamilton 1
Feb. 28th – Southern Tier 4 at Grey-Bruce 0
Feb. 28th – Burlington 4 at Hamilton 3
Mar. 1st – Oakville 3 at Grey-Bruce 0
Mar. 3rd – Oakville 2 at Southern Tier 3
Mar. 4th – Southern Tier 1 at Burlington 5
Mar. 7th – Hamilton 2 at Grey-Bruce 1
Mar. 7th – Burlington 2 at Oakville 5
Mar. 8th – Burlington 4 at Grey-Bruce 5
Mar. 8th – Hamilton 5 at Oakville 3
Mar. 10th – Southern Tier 5 at Hamilton 1

 

ALLIANCE

The London Jr. Knights, Huron-Perth Lakers, Brantford 99ers and Sun County Panthers have secured spots at the OHL Cup. Playoff series are best 3-of-5.

Championship Final:

(1) London Jr. Knights vs. (3) Brantford 99ers
Mar. 17th – Brantford at London, 8:30pm
Mar. 22nd – London at Brantford, 1:30pm
Mar. 23rd – Brantford at London, 8:00pm
Mar. 24th – London at Brantford, 8:00pm

Semi-Finals:

(1) London Jr. Knights vs. (4) Sun County Panthers
London wins series 6-0 pts.
Mar. 3rd – Sun County 2 at London 6
Mar. 5th – London 3 at Sun County 0
Mar. 8th – Sun County 2 at London 8

(2) Huron-Perth Lakers vs. (3) Brantford 99ers
Brantford wins series 7-3 pts.
Mar. 6th – Brantford 1 at Huron-Perth 4
Mar. 8th – Huron-Perth 1 at Brantford 4
Mar. 12th – Brantford 1 at Huron-Perth 1
Mar. 14th – Huron-Perth 3 at Brantford 10
Mar. 15th – Brantford 3 at Huron-Perth 2

Round 1:

(1) London Jr. Knights vs. (8) Waterloo Wolves
London wins series 6-0 pts.
Feb. 23rd – Waterloo 2 at London 7
Feb. 28th – London 5 at Waterloo 1
Mar. 1st – Waterloo 0 at London 5

(2) Huron-Perth Lakers vs. (7) Elgin-Middlesex Canucks
Huron-Perth wins series 6-0 pts.
Feb. 22nd – Elgin-Middlesex 0 at Huron-Perth 2
Feb. 24th – Huron-Perth 5 at Elgin-Middlesex 2
Feb. 27th – Elgin-Middlesex 3 at Huron-Perth 8

(3) Brantford 99ers vs. (6) Windsor Jr. Spitfires
Brantford wins series 6-2 pts.
Feb. 21st – Brantford 3 at Windsor 2
Feb. 22nd – Windsor 3 at Brantford 2
Feb. 27th – Windsor 2 at Brantford 6
Feb. 28th – Brantford 4 at Windsor 2

(4) Sun County Panthers vs. (5) Sarnia-Lambton Jr. Sting
Sun County wins series 6-0 pts.
Feb. 19th – Sarnia-Lambton 1 at Sun County 3
Feb. 21st – Sun County 4 at Sarnia-Lambton 1
Feb. 22nd – Sarnia-Lambton 2 at Sun County 3

Wild Card Play-In Round:

(8) Waterloo Wolves vs. (9) Kitchener Jr. Rangers
Feb. 17th – Kitchener 2 at Waterloo 7

(7) Elgin-Middlesex Canucks vs. (10) Cambridge Jr. Redhawks
Feb. 18th – Cambridge 3 at Elgin-Middlesex 4

 

HEO

The Eastern Ontario Wild and Ottawa Jr. 67’s have clinched spots in the 2026 OHL Cup. All series are best-of-seven points.

Championship:

(2) Eastern Ontario Wild vs. (4) Ottawa Jr. 67’s
Eastern Ontario leads series 5-1 pts.
Mar. 11th – Ottawa 0 at Eastern Ontario 3
Mar. 13th – Eastern Ontario 3 at Ottawa 3
Mar. 15th – Ottawa 1 at Eastern Ontario 2
Mar. 18th – at Ottawa, 8:00pm
Mar. 19th – at Eastern Ontario, 7:15pm
Mar. 21st – at Ottawa, 7:00pm

Semi-Finals:

(1) Upper Canada Cyclones vs. (4) Ottawa Jr. 67’s
Ottawa wins series 7-5 pts.
Feb. 21st – Ottawa 2 at Upper Canada 2
Feb. 23rd – Upper Canada 6 at Ottawa 6
Feb. 28th – Ottawa 0 at Upper Canada 2
Mar. 2nd – Upper Canada 1 at Ottawa 4
Mar. 3rd – Ottawa 2 at Upper Canada 0
Mar. 6th – Upper Canada 2 at Ottawa 2

(2) Eastern Ontario Wild vs. (3) Ottawa Valley Titans
Eastern Ontario wins series 8-6 pts.
Feb. 21st – Ottawa Valley 1 at Eastern Ontario 3
Feb. 22nd – Eastern Ontario 2 at Ottawa Valley 5
Feb. 26th – Ottawa Valley 5 at Eastern Ontario 3
Mar. 1st – Eastern Ontario 5 at Ottawa Valley 3
Mar. 2nd – Ottawa Valley 1 at Eastern Ontario 1
Mar. 5th – Eastern Ontario 2 at Ottawa Valley 2
Mar. 7th – Ottawa Valley 1 at Eastern Ontario 4