September 5, 2024
The Stouffville Spirit and North York Rangers open the OJHL regular season today at the Herbert H. Carnegie Centennial Centre in Toronto beginning at 5:30 p.m. (File photo by Ray MacAloney / OJHL Images)
September 5, 2024, Mississauga, ON – The Ontario Junior Hockey League’s (OJHL) 2024-25 regular season schedule opens today (Thursday, Sept. 5) with two games.
The North York Rangers will host the Stouffville Spirit (5:30 p.m. start) and the Toronto Patriots visit the Caledon Admirals (7:30 p.m.) on opening night.
The defending national Centennial Cup and OJHL Buckland Cup champion Collingwood Blues play their home opener the next night, Sept. 6, against the Mississauga Chargers. It’s one of eight games on tomorrow’s schedule.
Other teams hosting home openers on Friday include the Niagara Falls Canucks, St. Michael’s Buzzers, Lindsay Muskies, Milton Menace, Pickering Panthers, Trenton Golden Hawks and Burlington Cougars.
The regular OJHL season will end March 2.
The OJHL is divided into East and West conferences again this season with the top eight teams in each conference qualifying for the playoffs.
Click the link for the full 2024-25 OJHL regular season schedule:
https://www.ojhl.ca/stats/schedule/all-teams/26/9?league=1
Highlights of the 2024-25 schedule include:
- The OJHL’s annual Governors’ Showcase will be held at the Gale Centre in Niagara Falls, ON Sept. 23-25. The four-arena complex that opened in 2010 is the home of the OJHL’s Niagara Falls Canucks. One of the largest junior showcases in North America, the event attracts more than 150 scouts from all levels of the game each season.
- The OJHL’s annual All-Star and Prospects program will have a new look this season. The OJHL will be partnering with the Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL) to present the ‘Battle of Ontario’ Nov. 12-13 in Smiths Falls, Ontario. Each league’s All-Stars and Prospects will face off against each other in front of scouts and spectators during the three-day competition.
- The league will be introducing a new event in the 2024-2025 season, which will provide additional exposure for 20-year-old players within the OJHL. A team composed of the top 20-year-olds in the OJHL will play an exhibition series against two teams in the OUA. The OJHL 20-year-old team will first face the Toronto Metropolitan University Bold at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto Jan. 4, 2025, and then Ontario Tech Ridgebacks at Campus Ice Centre in Oshawa Jan. 5, 2025.
The playoff schedule includes:
- Round 1, March 7-20
- Round 2, March 21 – April 3
- Round 3, April 4-17
- Championship Series, April 18- May 1
You can watch all games at www.flohockey.tv (subscription required).
Live scoring is available on the OJHL’s website: ojhl.ca
The OJHL champions will qualify for the 2025 Centennial Cup, scheduled to take place from May 8-18, 2025, in Calgary.
About the OJHL – “ League of Choice”
The Ontario Junior Hockey League is the largest Junior ‘A’ league operating under the auspices of the Canadian Junior Hockey League with 24 member clubs. The OJHL is the home of the 2024 Centennial Cup champion Collingwood Blues. A proud member of the CJHL and Ontario Hockey Association, the OJHL was originally named the Ontario Provincial Junior ‘A’ Hockey League and it was formed out of the Central Junior ‘B’ Hockey League in 1993-94. With a long and storied history of developing players for the next level, including U SPORTS, the NCAA, CHL, minor pro ranks and the NHL, the OJHL had more than 45 NCAA Division I scholarship commitments this past season.
