# 1994–95 OHL season

The 1994–95 OHL season was the 15th season of the Ontario Hockey League. The Newmarket Royals relocated, and became the Sarnia Sting. The OHL realigned from two divisions, creating the east, central, and west divisions. The Bumbacco Trophy is inaugurated to be awarded to the first place team in the west division, during the regular season. The Leyden Trophy is reallocated to the east division, and the Emms Trophy to the central division. Sixteen teams each played 66 games. The Detroit Junior Red Wings won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the Guelph Storm.

## Relocation
### Newmarket Royals to Sarnia Sting

The Newmarket Royals relocated to Sarnia and were renamed the Sarnia Sting after two seasons in Newmarket. The club was sold to the Ciccarelli brothers at the beginning of the 1993-94 season and were relocated to Sarnia for the 1994-95 season.
The club was originally the Cornwall Royals from 1969-1992, in which the franchise won the Memorial Cup three times. Following the 1991-92, the franchise was relocated to Newmarket. In two seasons in Newmarket, the Royals made the playoffs once, losing to the Sudbury Wolves in the first round of the 1993 playoffs.
The Sting will play at the Sarnia Arena and play in the newly created West Division.

## Arena Renaming
### London Gardens to London Ice House

The London Knights home arena, the London Gardens, was renamed to the London Ice House after the team and arena were purchased by new owner Doug Tarry. Tarry upgraded the building, including replacing seats and add more emergency exits to bring the building up to the fire code.

## Realignment

The OHL announced realignment for the 1994-95 season, as the league would now have three divisions based on geographical location. The three new divisions were the East Division, Central Division and West Division.

### East Division

Six teams from the Leyden Division would form the newly created East Division. The teams are: Belleville Bulls, Kingston Frontenacs, North Bay Centennials, Oshawa Generals and Ottawa 67's. The winner of the East Division will earn the Leyden Trophy.

### Central Division

Five teams would make up the newly created Central Division, four teams from the Emms Division and one from the Leyden Division. The teams were: Guelph Storm, Kitchener Rangers, Niagara Falls Thunder, Owen Sound Platers, and Sudbury Wolves. The winner of the Central Division will be awarded the Emms Trophy.

### West Division

Five teams would make up the newly created West Division, four teams from the Emms Division and one from the Leyden Division. The teams are: Detroit Junior Red Wings, London Knights, Sarnia Sting, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds and Windsor Spitfires. The winner of the West Division will earn the newly created Bumbacco Trophy.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Note: DIV = Division; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = earned first round bye

### East Division

| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA |
| 1 | z-Kingston Frontenacs | 66 | 40 | 19 | 7 | 87 | 284 | 224 |
| 2 | x-Oshawa Generals | 66 | 40 | 21 | 5 | 85 | 300 | 242 |
| 3 | x-North Bay Centennials | 66 | 35 | 27 | 4 | 74 | 272 | 247 |
| 4 | x-Belleville Bulls | 66 | 32 | 31 | 3 | 67 | 295 | 287 |
| 5 | x-Peterborough Petes | 66 | 26 | 34 | 6 | 58 | 255 | 286 |
| 6 | Ottawa 67's | 66 | 22 | 38 | 6 | 50 | 232 | 276 |

### Central Division

| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA |
| 1 | z-Guelph Storm | 66 | 47 | 14 | 5 | 99 | 330 | 200 |
| 2 | x-Sudbury Wolves | 66 | 43 | 17 | 6 | 92 | 314 | 208 |
| 3 | x-Owen Sound Platers | 66 | 22 | 38 | 6 | 50 | 239 | 299 |
| 4 | x-Niagara Falls Thunder | 66 | 18 | 40 | 8 | 44 | 231 | 298 |
| 5 | x-Kitchener Rangers | 66 | 18 | 42 | 6 | 42 | 216 | 296 |

### West Division

| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA |
| 1 | y-Detroit Junior Red Wings | 66 | 44 | 18 | 4 | 92 | 306 | 223 |
| 2 | x-Windsor Spitfires | 66 | 41 | 22 | 3 | 85 | 303 | 232 |
| 3 | x-Sarnia Sting | 66 | 24 | 37 | 5 | 53 | 250 | 292 |
| 4 | x-London Knights | 66 | 18 | 44 | 4 | 40 | 210 | 309 |
| 5 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | 66 | 17 | 45 | 4 | 38 | 228 | 346 |

### Scoring leaders

| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Marc Savard | Oshawa Generals | 66 | 43 | 96 | 139 | 78 |
| David Ling | Kingston Frontenacs | 62 | 61 | 74 | 135 | 136 |
| Bill Bowler | Windsor Spitfires | 61 | 33 | 102 | 135 | 63 |
| Jeff O'Neill | Guelph Storm | 57 | 43 | 81 | 124 | 56 |
| Darryl LaFrance | Oshawa Generals | 57 | 55 | 67 | 122 | 10 |
| Todd Bertuzzi | Guelph Storm | 62 | 54 | 65 | 119 | 58 |
| Dave Roche | Windsor Spitfires | 66 | 55 | 59 | 114 | 180 |
| Steve Washburn | Ottawa 67's | 63 | 43 | 63 | 106 | 72 |
| Vitali Yachmenev | North Bay Centennials | 59 | 53 | 52 | 105 | 8 |
| Lee Jinman | North Bay Centennials | 63 | 39 | 65 | 104 | 41 |

## Playoffs

| Division quarterfinals | Division quarterfinals | Division quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | C1 | Guelph | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | C3 | Owen Sound | 0 | | | | | | | |
| C3 | Owen Sound | 4 | C3 | Owen Sound | 0 | | | | | | | |
| C4 | Niagara Falls | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| C4 | Niagara Falls | 2 | | | | C1 | Guelph | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | E4 | Belleville | 0 | | | | |
| | | | E1 | Kingston | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | E4 | Belleville | 4 | | | | | | | |
| E4 | Belleville | 4 | E4 | Belleville | 4 | | | | | | | |
| E3 | North Bay | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E3 | North Bay | 2 | | | | | | | | C1 | Guelph | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | W1 | Detroit | 4 |
| W2 | Windsor | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | W1 | Detroit | 4 |
| W3 | Sarnia | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| W3 | Sarnia | 0 | W2 | Windsor | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | C2 | Sudbury | 4 | | | | | | | |
| C2 | Sudbury | 4 | C2 | Sudbury | 4 | | | | | | | |
| C5 | Kitchener | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| C5 | Kitchener | 1 | | | | C2 | Sudbury | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | W1 | Detroit | 4 | | | | |
| W1 | Detroit | 4 | | | | | | | W1 | Detroit | 4 | | | | |
| W4 | London | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| W4 | London | 0 | W1 | Detroit | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | E5 | Peterborough | 0 | | | | | | | |
| E5 | Peterborough | 4 | E5 | Peterborough | 0 | | | | | | | |
| E2 | Oshawa | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Division quarter-finals
#### East Division
##### (2) Oshawa Generals vs. (5) Peterborough Petes

* Peterborough wins series 4 – 3

##### (3) North Bay Centennials vs. (4) Belleville Bulls

* Belleville wins series 4 – 2

#### Central Division
##### (2) Sudbury Wolves vs. (5) Kitchener Rangers

* Sudbury wins series 4 – 1

##### (3) Owen Sound Platers vs. (4) Niagara Falls Thunder

* Owen Sound wins series 4 – 2

#### West Division
##### (1) Detroit Junior Red Wings vs. (4) London Knights

* Detroit wins series 4 – 0

##### (2) Windsor Spitfires vs. (3) Sarnia Sting

* Windsor wins series 4 – 0

### OHL quarter-finals
#### (C1) Guelph Storm vs. (C3) Owen Sound Platers

* Guelph wins series 4 – 0

#### (W1) Detroit Junior Red Wings vs. (E5) Peterborough Petes

* Detroit wins series 4 – 0

#### (E1) Kingston Frontenacs vs. (E4) Belleville Bulls

* Belleville wins series 4 – 2

#### (C2) Sudbury Wolves vs. (W2) Windsor Spitfires

* Sudbury wins series 4 – 2

### OHL semi-finals
#### (C1) Guelph Storm vs. (E4) Belleville Bulls

* Guelph wins series 4 – 0

#### (W1) Detroit Junior Red Wings vs. (C2) Sudbury Wolves

* Detroit wins series 4 – 3

### J. Ross Robertson Cup
#### (C1) Guelph Storm vs. (W1) Detroit Junior Red Wings

* Detroit wins series 4 – 2

## Awards

| J. Ross Robertson Cup: | Detroit Junior Red Wings |
| Hamilton Spectator Trophy: | Guelph Storm |
| Leyden Trophy: | Kingston Frontenacs |
| Emms Trophy: | Guelph Storm |
| Bumbacco Trophy: | Detroit Junior Red Wings |
| Red Tilson Trophy: | David Ling, Kingston Frontenacs |
| Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy: | Marc Savard, Oshawa Generals |
| Matt Leyden Trophy: | Craig Hartsburg, Guelph Storm |
| Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy: | David Ling, Kingston Frontenacs |
| Max Kaminsky Trophy: | Bryan Berard, Detroit Junior Red Wings |
| OHL Goaltender of the Year: | Tyler Moss, Kingston Frontenacs |
| Jack Ferguson Award: | Daniel Tkaczuk, Barrie Colts |
| Dave Pinkney Trophy: | Mark McArthur and Andy Adams, Guelph Storm |
| OHL Executive of the Year: | Mike Kelly, Guelph Storm |
| Emms Family Award: | Bryan Berard, Detroit Junior Red Wings |
| F.W. 'Dinty' Moore Trophy: | David MacDonald, Sudbury Wolves |
| OHL Humanitarian of the Year: | Brad Brown, North Bay Centennials |
| William Hanley Trophy: | Vitali Yachmenev, North Bay Centennials |
| Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy: | Bill Bowler, Windsor Spitfires |
| Bobby Smith Trophy: | Jamie Wright, Guelph Storm |

## All-Star teams

The OHL All-Star Teams were selected by the OHL's General Managers.

### First team

* Jeff O'Neill, Centre, Guelph Storm
* Dave Roche, Left Wing, Windsor Spitfires
* David Ling, Right Wing, Kingston Frontenacs
* Ed Jovanovski, Defence, Windsor Spitfires
* Bryan Berard, Defence, Detroit Jr. Red Wings
* Tyler Moss, Goaltender, Kingston Frontenacs
* Craig Hartsburg, Coach, Guelph Storm

### Second team

* Marc Savard, Centre, Oshawa Generals
* Larry Courville, Left Wing, Oshawa Generals
* Todd Bertuzzi, Right Wing, Guelph Storm
* Wes Swinson, Defence, Kingston Frontenacs
* Jamie Rivers, Defence, Sudbury Wolves
* Mark McArthur, Goaltender, Guelph Storm
* Paul Maurice, Coach, Detroit Jr. Red Wings

### Third team

* Bill Bowler, Centre, Windsor Spitfires
* Ethan Moreau, Left Wing, Sudbury Wolves
* Vitali Yachmenev, Right Wing, North Bay Centennials
* Rory Fitzpatrick, Defence, Sudbury Wolves
* Brad Brown, Defence, North Bay Centennials
* Matt Mullin, Goaltender, Sudbury Wolves
* Stan Butler, Coach, Oshawa Generals

## 1995 OHL Priority Selection

The Barrie Colts held the first overall pick in the 1995 Ontario Priority Selection and selected Daniel Tkaczuk from the Mississauga Senators. Tkaczuk was awarded the Jack Ferguson Award, awarded to the top pick in the draft.
Below are the players who were selected in the first round of the 1995 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection.
| # | Player | Nationality | OHL Team | Hometown | Minor Team |
| 1 | Daniel Tkaczuk (C) | Canada | Barrie Colts | Mississauga, Ontario | Mississauga Senators |
| 2 | Joe Thornton (C) | Canada | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | St. Thomas, Ontario | St. Thomas Stars |
| 3 | Nick Boynton (D) | Canada | Ottawa 67's | Nobleton, Ontario | Caledon Canadians |
| 4 | Adam Colagiacomo (RW) | Canada | London Knights | Rexdale, Ontario | Royal York Rangers |
| 5 | Boyd Devereaux (C) | Canada | Kitchener Rangers | Seaforth, Ontario | Stratford Cullitons |
| 6 | Jason Ward (C) | Canada | Niagara Falls Thunder | Oshawa, Ontario | Oshawa Legionaires |
| 7 | Adam Mair (C) | Canada | Owen Sound Platers | Hamilton, Ontario | Ohsweken Golden Eagles |
| 8 | Patrick DesRochers (G) | Canada | Sarnia Sting | Penetanguishene, Ontario | Barrie Colts |
| 9 | Scott Barney (C) | Canada | Peterborough Petes | Courtice, Ontario | North York Rangers |
| 10 | Ryan Ready (LW) | Canada | Belleville Bulls | Peterborough, Ontario | Peterborough Jr. Bees |
| 11 | Luc Belliveau (D) | Canada | North Bay Centennials | Dieppe, New Brunswick | Wilcox Notre Dame |
| 12 | Jay Legault (LW) | Canada | Oshawa Generals | Peterborough, Ontario | Peterborough Bantams |
| 13 | Jeff Zehr (LW) | Canada | Windsor Spitfires | Tavistock, Ontario | Stratford Cullitons |
| 14 | Matt Price (LW) | Canada | Kingston Frontenacs | Holland Landing, Ontario | Newmarket 87's |
| 15 | Tyson Flinn (D) | Canada | Sudbury Wolves | Fredericton, New Brunswick | Fredericton Jr. Canadiens |
| 16 | Jesse Boulerice (D) | United States | Detroit Whalers | Mooers, New York | Hawkesbury Hawks |
| 17 | Brian Willsie (RW) | Canada | Guelph Storm | Belmont, Ontario | St. Thomas Stars |