2014-15 OHL Season

This is the 2014-15 Ontario Hockey League season.  This is the league's 45th season dating back to its' founding as the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League.
==Franchise changes==
*For the 2014-15 season there were no franchise relocations, however, during the season the Belleville Bulls were sold to the then owner of the Hamilton's AHL franchise and announced as relocating to the city when the Montreal Canadiens purchased the AHL team and announced plans to relocate the AHL franchise to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.  The team will be known as the Hamilton Bulldogs, the same as the previous AHL team.  The Plymouth Whalers were sold and announced to be relocating to Flint, Michigan and would be renamed the Flint Firebirds.
==Standings==
 Team GP W L OTL SL GF GA PIM P
 Eastern Conference
 East Division
 Oshawa Generals 68 51 11 2 4 292 157 983 108
 Ottawa 67's 68 38 25 4 1 239 220 699 81
 Kingston Frontenacs 68 32 28 5 3 196 197 891 72
 Belleville Bulls 68 27 33 3 5 203 246 822 62
 Peterborough Petes 68 26 36 1 5 203 268 835 58
 Central Division
 Barrie Colts 68 41 24 1 2 278 227 1155 85 
 North Bay Battalion 68 37 20 6 5 237 195 742 85
 Niagara IceDogs 68 37 27 2 2 274 237 918 78
 Mississauga Steelheads 68 25 40 2 1 178 265 883 53
 Sudbury Wolves 68 12 54 1 1 149 323 935 26
 Western Conference
 Midwest Division
 Erie Otters 68 50 14 2 2 331 212 896 104
 London Knights 68 40 24 1 3 289 260 1055 84
 Guelph Storm 68 38 26 2 2 237 237 938 80
 Owen Sound Attack 68 35 24 2 7 240 211 1008 79
 Kitchener Rangers 68 32 26 3 7 216 221 938 74
 West Division
 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 68 54 12 0 2 342 196 829 110
 Sarnia Sting 68 29 32 4 3 232 263 876 65
 Saginaw Spirit 68 29 36 2 1 212 271 921 61
 Plymouth Whalers 68 23 38 5 2 195 255 1047 53
 Windsor Spitfires 68 24 40 2 2 223 305 952 52
tiebreaker: Barrie wins the Central Division on the first tiebreaker (wins) with 41 vs North Bay's 37
==2015 J. Ross Robertson Cup Playoffs==
===Format===
The top eight teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs.  The two division winners are seeded one and two and the remaining teams are seeded three through eight based on points.  Teams are re-seeded after the conference quarterfinals with the 1 seed playing the 4 seed and 2 playing 3. All Series are best-of-seven.  The J. Ross Robertson Cup champion will advance to the 2015 Memorial Cup being held in Quebec City, Quebec.
===Eastern Conference Quarterfinals===
*Oshawa defeated Peterborough 4 games to 1 (7-2, 2-1, 1-3, 4-0, 3-2)
*Barrie defeated Belleville 4 games to none (3-2, 8-2, 2-1 (ot),4-2)
*North Bay defeated Kingston 4 games to none (8-2, 3-2, 3-1, 3-1)
*Niagara defeated Ottawa 4 games to 2 (5-8, 2-8, 6-2, 3-2, 4-3 (ot), 8-3, 4-3)
===Western Conference Quarterfinals===
*Sault Ste. Marie defeated Saginaw 4 games to none (5-1, 8-2, 4-0, 5-2)
*Erie defeated Sarnia 4 games to 1 (2-3, 3-1, 6-5, 4-3(ot), 7-0)
*London defeated Kitchener 4 games to 2 (3-1, 6-2, 10-6, 4-, 3-6, 5-0)
*Guelph defeated Owen Sound 4 games to 1 (1-6, 5-4 (ot), 2-1, 3-2 (ot), 2-1)
===Eastern Conference Semifinals===
*Oshawa defeated Niagara 4 games to 1 (5-3, 6-1, 3-7, 7-4, 4-2)
*North Bay defeated Barrie 4 games to 1 (2-3, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3 (2ot), 7-5)
===Western Conference Semifinals===
*Sault Ste. Marie defeated Guelph 4 games to none (7-4, 9-3, 6-1, 3-2)
*Erie defeated London 4 games to none (5-2, 7-3, 4-1, 5-2)
===Eastern Conference Final===
*Oshawa defeated North Bay 4 games to 2 (1-6, 1-0 (ot), 1-2 (ot), 3-2, 4-1, 2-1)
Oshawa wins the Bobby Orr Trophy
===Western Conference Final===
*Erie defeated Sault Ste. Marie 4 games to 2 (3-6, 5-2, 4-2, 7-5, 2-4, 7-3)
Erie wins the Wayne Gretzky Trophy
===J. Ross Robertson Cup Final===
*Oshawa defeated Erie 4 games to 1
The Oshawa Generals win the J. Ross Robertson Cup and advance to the 2015 Memorial Cup.
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