For the fifth consecutive season, we enjoyed a Game 7 in the Conference Finals. And now, the championship is set as London will host Oshawa. But there's so much more to discuss, including the continued inability for the Memorial Cup hosts to win their league, a concerning rash of suspensions, another coaching search, and Canada's golden U18s. Oh yeah, and our Performers of the Week as we whittle the 20-team league down to the last two standing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Little drama to-date in the OHL's final four as London and Oshawa show that they're best-in-class. And, really, the signs were there long before the playoffs even began. Also, another coach is added to the list of this season's casualties, a former OHL'er makes his NHL debut, and our Performers of the Week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'll never pass up the chance to talk to a former Cornwall Royal on the podcast, so please join me in welcoming Eric Calder to the show. A second round pick of the Royals in 1980, Calder would win the Memorial Cup in his sophomore season, the second of back-to-back titles for the Royals as they moved from the QMJHL to the Ontario league. He played as one of the youngest-ever players with Canada's World Junior Championship squad in 1981 and was ultimately drafted in the third round by the...

Three sweeps and seven games. That's how the second round of the OHL playoffs have shaped up, and we'll start with the most surprising at all. It's not the victor, though. It's the vanquished, and another long off-season ahead with questions to be answered in Sudbury. Don't worry, North Bay gets its due as well, and Dan and Mike dive into the Oshawa sweep of Ottawa, they've got more to say about London, and they look ahead to a big Game 7 in Saginaw. Plus, how everybody is suddenly...

North Bay and Oshawa surprise, while London continues to London and we've got a series between Saginaw and the Soo. Of course, all of this is subject to change with a quartet of terrific semi-final match-ups in the OHL. Dan and Mike also dive into ticket-selling tactics, the escalating costs for new arenas, and their Performers of the Week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Barrie Colts bring some playoff heat to the red-hot Oshawa Generals and this season's ultimate suitcase story is there with the Battalion as they close out the Frontenacs. We had to look for stories in the East because the West was won in sweeps almost across the board, leaving lingering questions in Owen Sound and Guelph. Plus, the hard work that has to be done to end the embarrassment of coaches being kicked out of games, the end of the 3 Stars forever (?), and our Performers of the...

Niagara loses another draft lottery while the Guelph Storm lose a key player to suspension for four playoff games. Plus, Dan and Mike dive into the email Inbox and keep their commitment to respond to everything, good or bad. They've also got a list of some names to listen for in the upcoming OHL draft and a look at the first weekend of playoff action, which features a statement by Sudbury and some surprisingly strong play by Barrie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a solid season in the discipline and reaction-time department, the OHL blew all of its goodwill out of the water with a frustratingly inconsistent final few weeks. Dan and Mike have some hopes for the off-season ahead when it comes to improvements to how the league dispenses justice and how it supports its officiating teams. Plus, increasing competition for the top 16-year old prospects should be turning heads at the league offices and the guys stick out their necks with some playoff...

From small town Ontario to OHL captain, where his time with the Kitchener Rangers is still marked by a disappointing playoff loss to the Peterborough Petes. Though drafted by the New York Rangers, Larry Huras really made his mark in Europe, where he's a multi-time European champion. The so-called "hockey lifer" is still in the game as he shares his coaching knowledge with the next generation. With six decades in the game, Huras has a ton of stories and has crossed paths with some of the best...

With a red-hot Eastern Conference team and playoff races coming down to the wire, there's a lot to love in the OHL right now. Unfortunately, the OHL's own mess off the ice is the big story of the week and Dan and Mike dive into the terrible precedent that's been set by the league walking back its bounty suspensions. On the ice, it's all about Oshawa and how they've created some separation in a crowded Eastern Conference. Plus, Saginaw stumbles out of first, the OAs that deserve a closer look,...

The investigation is complete and the punishment is severe after a bounty scandal in the Ontario Hockey League. Dan and Mike think the league sent an important message with the ruling, though, and they wonder about the impact on the Wolves' playoff hopes. Plus, London makes it five division titles in a row, the Otters return to the post-season after a seven-year absence (sort of), Guelph gets screwed by the bonus point, there are nits to pick, fantastic finishes ahead, and Prospects of the...

The Kitchener Rangers celebrated the 1982 Memorial Cup team last week and more than a dozen players from the franchise's first championship showed up. For some, it was their first time back inside the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium since they played in the arena more than 40 years ago. The Aud has undergone a couple of significant renovations since 1982 but the building still brought back a lot of memories for the players, who share some of those memories with us. We tried to talk to as many...

Another off-ice story forces the guys to address the culture of the game and even brings out an appearance from Podcast Dad (aka Farwell). Then, it's on to a statement week by Oshawa, the race to the top of the East, the race to the bottom of the West, the race to 50 wins, 50-and-30-goal milestones, and a celebration of a couple of memorable championship teams. It's the content you can't get anywhere else, and it also includes our Prospects of the Week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Memorial Cup champion with the Niagara Falls Flyers. Captain of the Ottawa 67's. Drafted by the New York Rangers. Played pro in three leagues but you only need two words to describe Doug Keeler. Old. School. From bounties to goalie fights, and the time Don Cherry wanted to make sure "Digger" didn't get a hat trick when he played against him, take a trip down memory lane with Keeler. He's sure to mention a name or two that you've heard before! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

The Sudbury Wolves are being investigated for what could be the Ontario Hockey League's own bounty scandal, while a former Greyhound is suing the staff in the Soo. Meantime, Dan and Mike are also talking about the league's own rulings as a rash of suspensions has fans wondering what's right, what's wrong, and if the OHL front office can be influenced. All of that, plus the most colourful coach's comments in years, a hard look at a team with its eyes on the Eastern prize, and our Prospects of...

Sudbury makes a statement while the Storm struggle through the second half. Plus, Sawyer Boulton is in hot water with the league and that's got Farwell a little hot under the collar. While Boulton awaits his ruling, Connor Lockhart returns, the guys explore whether exceptions need to be made to the number of player cards available in an emergency, the new Commissioner might be newer than you think, and Prospects of the Week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Knights appear unstoppable, off-ice trouble in Oshawa casts another shadow over the game, the penalty thresholds we did not know existed, and the impact of a possible NCAA decision to accept players who have also played in the CHL. All of that, plus straight-to-the-point emails from the guys' Inbox, a tale of two goaltenders, the Petes paying a steep price, those funny Flint Firebirds, your Definitive Media Room Rankings, and Prospects of the Week. Dan and Mike leave no stone unturned in...

A banner is removed, another player leaves the ice for the classroom, and a closer look at the Flint Firebirds. Dan and Mike unintentionally run through the entire West Division before getting into why they love the East, how hard it is (or isn't) to score 50 goals, and whether or not there's a future for 3-in-3s in the OHL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are star players still getting preferential treatment? A recent suspension ruling in the OHL suggests the answer to that question is yes. Plus, a scary incident in Sudbury injures a star player and has many questioning the role of the referee when two players clearly want to fight. There are also a couple of Eastern Conference teams catching our eye, streaks stopping and streaks starting, and our Prospects of the Week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A first-place showdown that should have been a showcase for the Ontario Hockey League instead turns into a gong show in London. Plus, the Bulldogs have bite and the East remains anyone's conference. We've also got an unintentional series of bold predictions, hands being tentatively backed away from panic buttons, responses to your emails, and our Prospects of the Week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the dust settles on the trade deadline, there's added drama as a traded player decides to go to school and now the team that acquired him wants the league to investigate. Dan and Mike do some investigation of their own before also diving into the white hot Green Machine in London, pump some tires in Oshawa while worrying a little bit about Owen Sound, and chuckle over some misadventures while busing. Plus, is another OHL team playing its final season in its current market? All of that,...

More than 50 players and 100 draft picks were traded from the end of the Christmas break to the trade deadline on January 10th. The Saginaw Spirit did what they promised and found just about every available player, adding a whopping 10 new pieces in total. But it was the Owen Sound Attack who surprised some by being the first team to jump into the trade pool after Christmas and, by the time all was said and done, every single OHL team made at least one move. We dive into the results this week...

We're still here! And we wanted to check in during this half-holiday kind of week. The kids may not be back in school from Christmas break (at least in Ontario) but the Ontario Hockey League is back in our favourite arenas and is it ever bringing drama! We've got a 7th place team making trades to add assets, the London-Sarnia rivalry delivering some suspensions, an utterly bananas Eastern Conference, some lessons the OHL could take from the PWHL, and a little tweak to the OHL rules that might...

Either one of us is soft or the other is an a$$hole. Or, maybe, two people can just disagree on a point of view and still be friends after. That might be the case following our discussion about the suspension of coach Greg Walters. There's also another suspension to Sawyer Boulton to talk about, some small(ish) trades, milestones to mark, and mid-season awards to hand out! All of that in this episode, plus your Prospects of the Week. Happy holidays! The OHL Podcast is presented by Matt Smith...