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OHL Priority Selection

Windsor Spitfires Get Top-5 Pick in 2021 OHL Draft Lottery

Dave Jewell | May 6, 2021

After a chaotic year that saw the OHL get shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s a little relief on the way for Windsor Spitfires’ general manager Bill Bowler.…

Categories CHL, OHL

Windsor Spitfires Focus on Future as OHL Announces 2021 Draft

Dave Jewell | April 29, 2021

While the COVID-19 pandemic still controls much of our lives, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel for the OHL. Just one week after canceling the 2020-21 season,…

Categories CHL, OHL, Prospects

Prospects News & Rumors: Byfield, Barron & OHL

Greg Boysen | April 28, 2021

Today is a good day for the 2020 NHL draft class as one member is getting set to make his league debut with Los Angeles Kings, and another signed his…

Categories Avalanche Prospects, Column, Kings Prospects, News, OHL, Prospects

Windsor Spitfires’ 2020 OHL Priority Selection Preview

Dave Jewell | April 3, 2020

With the 2019-20 season in the rearview mirror, the focus in the OHL shifts to the offseason, starting with the OHL Priority Selection on Saturday. For the Windsor Spitfires, this…

Categories OHL

OHL Priority Selection Process

Andrew Fedurko | April 6, 2018

The Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection is an annual online player draft featuring the future of Major-Junior hockey. Draft-eligible players wait anxiously all season long for this one big day.…

Categories OHL, The Business of Hockey

OHL Priority Selection Draft 2018 – Top 10 Can’t-Miss Prospects

Andrew Fedurko | April 5, 2018

The 2018 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection draft will be underway as of 9:00 A.M. (EST), Saturday, Apr. 7. The early rounds will be featured in the annual OHL draft show,…

Categories OHL, Top 10 Lists

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…

Categories CHL, Editor's Choice, OHL

Erie Otters’ Dylan Strome Next in Elite Hockey Family

David OConnor | April 6, 2013

When the Erie Otters announced Dylan Strome’s name as the second overall pick in the 2013 OHL Priority Selection, it marked a new arrival in hockey’s family of brothers.

A 6-foot-2, 165 pound forward, Strome played his minor midget season with the Toronto Marlboros.

Categories CHL, OHL, Player Profiles, Prospects

Travis Konecny Selected 1st Overall, Day Waits Another Day

Brendan Ross | April 5, 2013

For the first time in the history of the exceptional status rule, the player deemed “exceptional” will not be selected first overall after the Ottawa 67’s announced Friday afternoon that team will be selecting forward Travis Konecny with the first pick of the 2013 OHL Priority Selection Draft.

Categories CHL, OHL, Prospects

The Future of Hockey: 2013 OHL Mock Draft

Brendan Ross | April 4, 2013

  For the third time in as many years, an underage player has been granted exceptional status in the Ontario Hockey League allowing Sean Day, a standout defenseman from Detroit…

Categories CHL, OHL, Prospects

Inside the Scout’s Notebook: 2013 OHL Cup (Part III)

Brendan Ross | March 25, 2013

The final edition (part III) of Inside the Scout’s Notebook: 2013 OHL Cup will break down the standout players from the remaining seven teams of the OHL Cup featuring the…

Categories CHL, OHL, Prospects

Inside the Scout’s Notebook: 2013 OHL Cup (Part II)

Brendan Ross | March 22, 2013

The OHL Cup, scheduled each year to showcase the upcoming talent for the draft, has produced some impressive hockey players for the Ontario Hockey League, including Steven Stamkos, John Tavares…

Categories OHL, Player Profiles, Prospects
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