Ontario Hockey League - OHL - 2025-26 Season
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2025-26 Season Insights
OHL 2025–26 League-Level Insights
• Elite Teams Led by Brantford – Brantford captured the league’s top point percentage (77.9%) and best goal differential (+106). Ottawa (+105), Windsor (+91), and Kitchener (+82) also established themselves as top contenders, while Barrie and Flint rounded out a strong upper tier.
• Clear Separation Between Contenders and Rebuilders – Ten teams finished with positive goal differentials, while clubs such as Erie (-110), Oshawa (-96), Sarnia (-84), and Brampton (-82) struggled significantly. The large spread in goal differential highlights a noticeable competitive gap across the league.
• Peterborough and Niagara Exceeded Expectations – Peterborough (+5.4 wins above expectation) and Niagara (+4.1) outperformed what their goal differentials suggested, indicating strong performance in close games. Barrie and Flint also converted their opportunities efficiently.
• Windsor Underperformed Relative to Its Goal Differential – Despite posting a +91 goal differential, Windsor finished 3.6 wins below its Pythagorean expectation, suggesting the Spitfires were stronger than their record indicated and may have left points on the table.
• Distinct Team Identities Emerged – Brantford, Ottawa, Windsor, Kitchener, and Flint combined strong offenses with solid defensive play, creating balanced contender profiles. Meanwhile, several bottom teams struggled on both ends of the ice, particularly defensively.
OHL Offense vs. Defense Team Profiles
OHL Offensive vs. Defensive Balance Insights
• Brantford possessed the league’s most explosive offense at over 4.3 goals per game while still allowing fewer than 2.8 goals per contest, giving the Bulldogs the OHL’s widest positive scoring margin.
• Ottawa, Windsor, and Kitchener paired elite offenses with strong defensive play, all averaging nearly four goals per game while ranking among the stingiest teams in goals allowed.
• Soo Greyhounds, Barrie, and London displayed balanced profiles, combining above-average scoring with solid defensive numbers, making them difficult opponents despite not matching the top tier offensively.
• Owen Sound and Saginaw relied heavily on offense, but both allowed more than four goals per game, illustrating how defensive issues limited their overall success despite respectable scoring rates.
• Erie, Brampton, Oshawa, and Sarnia faced challenges at both ends of the ice, ranking among the lowest-scoring teams while also allowing four or more goals per game, contributing to difficult seasons.
2025-26 OHL Special Teams
OHL Special Teams Insights
• Windsor possessed the league’s strongest overall special teams profile, pairing an elite power play with the OHL’s best penalty kill, making the Spitfires dangerous in all manpower situations.
• Brantford featured the most potent power play at nearly 35%, though its penalty kill was closer to league average, illustrating a team driven primarily by offensive special teams success.
• Kitchener, Peterborough, and London combined above-average power plays with strong penalty killing, giving each club balanced special teams that complemented their overall strong seasons.
• Saginaw and Owen Sound generated offense on the power play but struggled while shorthanded, with penalty kill percentages among the league’s weakest, limiting the impact of their power-play success.
• Niagara, North Bay, Brampton, and Sarnia ranked in the lower-left quadrant, indicating below-average performance on both the power play and penalty kill and highlighting an area for improvement moving forward.
2025-26 OHL Goalie Performance
OHL Goaltending Performance Insights
• Ryder Fetterolf and Ben Hrebik posted the highest save percentages among heavily used starters, combining elite efficiency with substantial workloads and helping anchor two of the league’s strongest teams.
• Easton Rye paired a .915 save percentage with one of the largest win totals in the league, demonstrating both consistency and durability over a demanding season.
• Joey Costanzo, Sebastian Gatto, and Jack Lisson all delivered save percentages above .910 while facing significant shot volumes, making them key contributors to their teams’ success.
• Several goaltenders carried heavy workloads but posted save percentages below .900, including Stepan Shurygin and Noah Erliden, illustrating the challenges faced by teams that relied heavily on their netminders.
• Workload and performance varied considerably across the league, with only a handful of goaltenders combining elite save percentages with high shot totals, emphasizing the importance of reliable goaltending in sustaining success.