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The 2020–21 OHL season would have been the 41st season of the
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. After the 2019–20 OHL season was curtailed due to the
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, the league initially planned to play a full 68-game regular season beginning in September 2020. However, due to continued public health orders and increasing cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, the league eventually shortened the planned season and postponed it indefinitely in December 2020. By April 2021, the league ultimately cancelled the season.


Postponement and cancellation

The regular season was originally planned to begin in September 2020 and end in March 2021 as each of the 20 teams would play 68 games, followed by 16 teams playing in the post-season. On August 5, 2020, the OHL announced that the start of the regular season was moved to December 1, 2020, and would end on April 29, 2021. Each team was to play a condensed 64 game schedule, followed by a playoff format in which 16, eight from each conference, would participate in. On October 29, the league announced an updated timeline for the season, moving the opening date of the regular season to February 4, 2021. The regular season would end on May 8, 2021, as the clubs would play a 40 game schedule against opponents in their geographic region. The post-season would consist of eight teams playing three rounds to determine the J. Ross Robertson Cup champion. Due to Ontario's provincewide shutdown in December 2020, which ordered the closure of all sports and recreation facilities with limited exceptions for "high-performance athletes and specified professional leagues", the OHL delayed the season indefinitely on December 23, 2020, and stated that they would work with health officials in order to determine potential start dates in 2021. While it had discussed the use of hub cities as used in portions of the WHL and
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seasons, the OHL had not yet announced any plans for a return to play while still committed to a 2020–21 season. In April 2021, Ontario implemented a second provincewide shutdown and stay-at-home order due to widespread infections involving variants of concern. The OHL was intended to host the 2021 Memorial Cup, but no host city was ever announced. On April 13, 2021, the Memorial Cup was cancelled for the second season in a row due to logistical issues associated with the pandemic. On April 20, 2021, the OHL announced that due to continued public health orders and the need to provide certainty to players and staff, the 2020–21 season has been cancelled and would not be played.


Awards


2021 OHL Priority Selection

On May 5, 2021, the league announced the results of their first-ever Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection Draft Lottery. The
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won the lottery and selected
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from the North Jersey Avalanche of the AYHL. The Niagara IceDogs forfeited their first round draft pick due to violating league recruitment rules. These are the results for the first round of the draft:


2021 CHL Import Draft

On June 30, 2021, the
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conducted the 2021 CHL Import Draft, in which teams in all three CHL leagues participate in. The
Barrie Colts The Barrie Colts are a junior ice hockey team in Ontario Hockey League (OHL), based in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. The Colts play home games at the Sadlon Arena. The Colts joined the OHL in 1995, and previously competed at lower levels of junio ...
held the first pick in the draft by a team in the OHL. The Colts selected Artur Cholach from
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with the OHL's first selection in the draft. Below are the players who were selected in the first round by Ontario Hockey League teams in the 2021 CHL Import Draft.


2021 NHL Entry Draft

On July 23–24, 2021, the
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conducted the 2021 NHL Entry Draft held via
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. Mason McTavish of the
Peterborough Petes The Peterborough Petes are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. The team has played at the Peterborough Memorial Centre in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, since 1956, and is the oldest continuously operating team in the league. ...
was the highest player from the OHL to be selected, as he was taken with the third overall pick by the
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. A total of 30 players were drafted from the OHL. Below are the players selected from OHL teams at the NHL Entry Draft.


2021 IIHF World Junior Championship

The 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship was held at
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in
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starting on December 25, 2020. The tournament concluded on January 5, 2021. Twenty-seven current and former OHL players were on eight rosters in this tournament, including eight on
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, four on the
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, three on
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, three on
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, two on
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, two on
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, two on the
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, two on
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and one on
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.


Austria

Team
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had one player on their roster that played in the OHL. Marco Rossi of the
Ottawa 67's The Ottawa 67's are a major junior ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, that plays in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Established during Canada's centennial year of 1967 and named in honour of this, the 67's currently play thei ...
was the lone OHL player on the team. In four games, Rossi earned no points. Austria finished in fifth place in Group B, as the team did not earn any points during their four games. They finished the tournament in tenth place.


Canada

The
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team had eight players on their roster that plays in the OHL. The players on the Canadian team were:
Quinton Byfield Quinton Byfield (born August 19, 2002) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre (ice hockey), centre for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). Byfield was selected second overall by the Kings in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, ...
(
Sudbury Wolves The Sudbury Wolves are an Ontario Hockey League (OHL) ice hockey team based in Greater Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Sudbury has had various hockey teams competing at the Junior ice hockey, junior and senior ice hockey levels of the game k ...
);
Jamie Drysdale Jamie Drysdale (born April 8, 2002) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Anaheim Ducks of the NHL. Internationally, Drysdale has represent ...
(
Erie Otters The Erie Otters are a major junior ice hockey team based in Erie, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Midwest division of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), one of only three American teams in the league. The team's name refers to the North Am ...
); Thomas Harley (
Mississauga Steelheads The Brampton Steelheads are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), based in Brampton, Ontario. The Steelheads play their home games at the CAA Centre in Brampton. The team relocated from nearby Mississauga in 202 ...
); Connor McMichael (
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); Cole Perfetti ( Saginaw Spirit); Jack Quinn, (
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); Ryan Suzuki ( Saginaw Spirit); and Philip Tomasino (
Oshawa Generals The Oshawa Generals are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They are based in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The team is named for General Motors, an early sponsor (commercial), sponsor which has its Canadian headquarters in Oshawa. ...
). Andre Tourigny, the head coach of the
Ottawa 67's The Ottawa 67's are a major junior ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, that plays in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Established during Canada's centennial year of 1967 and named in honour of this, the 67's currently play thei ...
, is the head coach of the Canadian team. McMichael finished second in team scoring, as he scored four goals and eight points in seven games. Byfield finished the tournament with two goals and seven points in seven games, Perfetti scored two goals and six points in seven games and Tomasino recorded four goals and six points in seven games. Quinn scored one goal and five points in seven games, Suzuki had two goals and four points in seven games. On defense, Drysdale earned two assists in seven games and Harley scored a goal in seven games Canada finished in first place in Group A during the preliminary round, as they recorded 12 points. In the quarter-finals, Canada shutout the
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3-0, followed by a 5-0 shutout victory over
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in the semi-finals, earning a berth in the gold medal game. In the final game, Canada lost to the
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2-0, claiming the silver medal in the tournament.


Czech Republic

The
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had four OHL players on their roster. Martin Has (
Guelph Storm The Guelph Storm are a major junior ice hockey team based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. They have played in the OHL since the 1991–92 season. The team plays home games at the Sleeman Centre. History The franchise started as the Toronto Marl ...
); Nick Malik, ( Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds); Jan Mysak ( Hamilton Bulldogs); and Jaromir Pytlik, ( Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds) were on the team. Mysak scored two goals and three points in five games during the tournament, while Has earned an assist in five games. In four games, Malik posted a 1-2-0 record with a 2.90 GAA and a 0.890 save percentage, while earning a shutout. The team finished the preliminary round in fourth place in Group B, as the Czech Republic earned six points in four games. The Czech Republic finished the tournament in seventh place as they lost to
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by a score of 3–0 in the quarter-finals.


Finland

Team
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had two OHL players on their roster.
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of the
Windsor Spitfires The Windsor Spitfires are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). The team is based in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1971, the franchise was promoted to the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League for the 1975†...
and
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of the Windsor Spitires represented Finland at the tournament. Piiroinen posted a 4-2-0 record with a 2.18 GAA and a 0.915 save percentage in six games, while Rafkin appeared in one game, earning no points. Finland finished the preliminary round with nine points and in second place in Group A. Finland defeated
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3-2 in the quarter-finals, however, they lost to the
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in the semi-finals by a score of 4-3. In the bronze medal game, Finland defeated
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4-1.


Germany

Team
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had one player from the OHL on their roster as Josh Samanski of the Owen Sound Attack was the lone current OHL player on the team. OHL graduates Manuel Alberg, formerly of the Owen Sound Attack and currently playing with
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and Filip Reisnecker, formerly of the
Mississauga Steelheads The Brampton Steelheads are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), based in Brampton, Ontario. The Steelheads play their home games at the CAA Centre in Brampton. The team relocated from nearby Mississauga in 202 ...
and currently playing with Fischtown Pinguins, were also on the roster. In five games, Alberg earned two assists. In two games, both Samanski and Reisnecker were held off the score sheet. Germany finished the preliminary round in third place in Group A, as the team earned five points in four games. In the quarter-finals, Germany lost to
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by a close score of 2–1 to finish in sixth place in the tournament.


Russia

Team
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had two players from the OHL on their roster. Egor Afanasyev of the
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and Daniil Chayka of the
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represented Russia at the tournament. Afanasyev scored two goals and five points in seven games, while Chayka earned no points in six games. Russia finished in second place in Group B during the preliminary round, earning eight points. In the quarter-finals, Russia defeated
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by a score of 2-1. In the semi-finals, they lost to
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5-0 and an appearance in the bronze medal game. In the final game, Russia lost to
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4-1 to finish the tournament in fourth place.


Slovakia

Team
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had three players from the OHL on their roster. The players were Martin Chromiak of the
Kingston Frontenacs The Kingston Frontenacs are a Canadian major junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League, based in Kingston, Ontario. The Frontenacs play home games at Slush Puppie Place, which opened in 2008. The team's history predates the Ontario Ho ...
, Dominik Jendek of the
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and David Mudrak of the
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. In five games, Chromiak scored a goal, while both Jendek and Mudrak were held to no points. Slovakia finished the preliminary round in fourth place in Group A, as the team earned four points in four games. In the quarter-finals, Slovakia lost to the
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by a score of 5–2.


Switzerland

Team
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had two players from the OHL on their roster. Giancarlo Chanton of the
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and Noah Delemont of the Owen Sound Attack represented Switzerland at the tournament. Delemont scored a goal in three games for Switzerland, while Chanton had no points in four games. Switzerland finished in last place in Group A during the preliminary round, earning no points in four games. The team finished the tournament in ninth place.


United States

The
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had two players of the OHL on their roster. The players were
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of the Hamilton Bulldogs and Hunter Skinner of the
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. Kaliyev scored three goals and eight points in seven games, which placed him in a tie for second on the team scoring list. Skinner appeared in one game, earning no points. The United States finished in first place in Group B during the preliminary round as they earned nine points. In the quarter-finals, the USA defeated
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5-2. In the semi-finals, they defeated
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by a score of 4-3, advancing to the gold medal game. In the final game of the tournament, the United States shutout
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2-0 to win the gold medal for the fifth time in the history of the tournament.


2021 IIHF World U18 Championship

The
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was held in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex in two venues, the Children's Health StarCenter in Plano and at the Comerica Center in Frisco starting on April 26, 2021. The tournament concluded on May 6, 2021. Twenty-seven current and former OHL players were on eight rosters in this tournament, including eight on
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, four on the
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, three on
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, three on
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, two on
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, two on
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, two on the
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, two on
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and one on
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.


Canada

The
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team had thirteen players on their roster that play in the OHL. The players on the Canadian team were: Brandt Clarke,
Barrie Colts The Barrie Colts are a junior ice hockey team in Ontario Hockey League (OHL), based in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. The Colts play home games at the Sadlon Arena. The Colts joined the OHL in 1995, and previously competed at lower levels of junio ...
; Ethan Del Mastro,
Mississauga Steelheads The Brampton Steelheads are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), based in Brampton, Ontario. The Steelheads play their home games at the CAA Centre in Brampton. The team relocated from nearby Mississauga in 202 ...
; Benjamin Gaudreau,
Sarnia Sting The Sarnia Sting are a junior ice hockey team based in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. They are one of the 20 teams that make up the Ontario Hockey League. They play out of the Progressive Auto Sales Arena (formerly the Sarnia Sports and Entertainment ...
; Brett Harrison,
Oshawa Generals The Oshawa Generals are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They are based in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The team is named for General Motors, an early sponsor (commercial), sponsor which has its Canadian headquarters in Oshawa. ...
; Wyatt Johnston,
Windsor Spitfires The Windsor Spitfires are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). The team is based in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1971, the franchise was promoted to the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League for the 1975†...
; Jack Matier,
Ottawa 67's The Ottawa 67's are a major junior ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, that plays in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Established during Canada's centennial year of 1967 and named in honour of this, the 67's currently play thei ...
; Mason McTavish,
Peterborough Petes The Peterborough Petes are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. The team has played at the Peterborough Memorial Centre in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, since 1956, and is the oldest continuously operating team in the league. ...
; Brennan Othmann, Flint Firebirds; Francesco Pinelli,
Kitchener Rangers The Kitchener Rangers are a major junior ice hockey team based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Midwest Division of the Western Conference of the Ontario Hockey League. The Rangers have won the J. Ross Robertson Cup as OHL ...
; Chase Stillman,
Sudbury Wolves The Sudbury Wolves are an Ontario Hockey League (OHL) ice hockey team based in Greater Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Sudbury has had various hockey teams competing at the Junior ice hockey, junior and senior ice hockey levels of the game k ...
; Ryan Winterton, Hamilton Bulldogs; Shane Wright,
Kingston Frontenacs The Kingston Frontenacs are a Canadian major junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League, based in Kingston, Ontario. The Frontenacs play home games at Slush Puppie Place, which opened in 2008. The team's history predates the Ontario Ho ...
; and Danny Zhilkin,
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. Wright was named
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of the team, while McTavish served as an alternate captain. Wright led Canada in scoring, as he had nine goals and 14 points in five games. His nine goals set a Canadian record for most goals by one player at the tournament. McTavish scored five goals and 11 points in seven games, while Pinelli had four goals and 11 points in seven games. In goal, Gaudreau posted a 5-0-0 record with a 2.20 GAA and a .919 save percentage. Canada finished in first place in Group A during the preliminary round, as they recorded 12 points in four games. In the quarter-finals, Canada defeated the
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10-3, followed by another lopsided victory, as the team defeated
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8-1 to earn a berth in the gold medal game. In the final game, Canada defeated
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5-3 to win the tournament.


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