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Matt Wilson

Matt Wilson covers the OHL for The Hockey Writers and has been following the league for 15-plus years. He holds a dual degree in English and mathematics and endeavours to take a stats-based, data-driven approach to hockey analysis.

Best Online Resources for OHL Fans

Matt Wilson | October 18, 2017

Whatever it is that draws you in—goals galore, the opportunity to watch the NHL’s future stars develop, the luxury of having a team right in your backyard—junior hockey fandom is…

What Does an OHL Contender Look Like?

Matt Wilson | October 10, 2017

Last month, I picked a fight with a couple Kitchener Rangers fans, who were bemoaning what they said was their team’s mediocre play over the past few seasons. “We haven’t…

OHL Should Crack Down on Two-Part Trades

Matt Wilson | September 11, 2017

Last month, the Windsor Spitfires finalized a trade that was big in more ways than one, shipping behemoth defenceman Logan Stanley to the Kitchener Rangers for a parcel of distant draft picks.…

OHL Team Anagrams (Part 2) – Amalgam Art Shone!

Matt Wilson | July 23, 2017

This is the second in a two-part series of articles in which I’ve attempted to devise an appropriate anagram—a word, phrase, or name formed by rearranging the letters in another,…

OHL Team Anagrams (Part 1) – Smart Homage, Alan!

Matt Wilson | July 22, 2017

With a trade freeze in place, the OHL Priority Selection and the CHL Import Draft complete, and the Memorial Cup a distant memory, there’s been little to talk about in…

Is the OHL Schedule Fair?

Matt Wilson | June 9, 2017

The 2017-18 OHL Schedule was revealed this week. Like the NHL, the OHL has an unbalanced schedule. Most teams play their division rivals six times, their cross-conference rivals four times, and…

OHL’s Western Conference Dominating Eastern Conference

Matt Wilson | June 6, 2017

When the Erie Otters dusted off the Mississauga Steelheads in five games to win their second OHL title, no one was surprised. In fact, some expressed surprise that the series…

How Much Did Sanctions Hurt the Spitfires?

Matt Wilson | May 19, 2017

It’s been a rough six years for the Windsor Spitfires. Since their back-to-back Memorial Cup Championships in 2009 and 2010 and another Conference Finals run in 2011, the Spitfires have…

Otters Keep Hitting on First-Round Picks

Matt Wilson | April 29, 2017

Much has been made of the importance of stockpiling second-round draft picks in the OHL Priority Selection. Because the OHL prohibits the trading of first-round picks, second rounders are the most…

OHL’s Conference Finals Will Deliver

Matt Wilson | April 20, 2017

After a thrilling Game 7 overtime win on Tuesday, the Erie Otters moved on to join the Peterborough Petes, Mississauga Steelheads and Owen Sound Attack in the OHL’s conference finals. Thanks…

Knights in Unusual, Unfriendly Territory as Underdogs

Matt Wilson | April 8, 2017

Fresh off their thrilling Game 7 win against the Windsor Spitfires on Tuesday, the London Knights are back in action already, facing down the top-seeded Erie Otters in their Ontario…

Fixing the OHL’s First Round

Matt Wilson | April 6, 2017

After a pair of tight Game 7 victories, the fourth-seeded Kingston Frontenacs and London Knights have advanced to the second round of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) playoffs. And because…

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