2004–05 OHL season

The 2004–05 OHL season was the 25th season of the Ontario Hockey League. The OHL inaugurated two awards for scholastic achievement, the Roger Neilson Memorial Award and the Ivan Tennant Memorial Award. Twenty teams each played 68 games. The London Knights set a Canadian Hockey League record, being undefeated in 31 consecutive games (29-0-2) to start the season. On March 11, 2005, the league announced OHL Live Stream,^[1] a new streaming service to be developed over a three year period. The J. Ross Robertson Cup was won by the London Knights, defeating the Ottawa 67's.

2004–05 OHL season
League	Ontario Hockey League
Sport	Hockey
Duration	Regular season Sept. 2004 – March 2005 Playoffs March 2005 – May 2005
Number of teams	20
TV partner(s)	Rogers TV, TVCogeco
Finals champions	London Knights

2004–05 CHL season
League	Canadian Hockey League
Sport	Hockey
Duration	OHL Sept. 2004 – March 2005 QMJHL Sept. 2004 – March 2005 WHL Sept. 2004 – March 2005
Number of teams	60
TV partner(s)	RDS Rogers Sportsnet Rogers TV Shaw TV

Regular season

Final standings

Note: DIV = Division; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title

Eastern conference

Rank	Team	DIV	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
1	z-Mississauga IceDogs	Central	68	34	21	12	1	81	207	172
2	y-Peterborough Petes	East	68	34	21	9	4	81	238	215
3	x-Barrie Colts	Central	68	33	23	9	3	78	232	210
4	x-Brampton Battalion	Central	68	33	24	9	2	77	214	200
5	x-Sudbury Wolves	Central	68	32	23	6	7	77	201	185
6	x-Ottawa 67's	East	68	34	26	7	1	76	244	210
7	x-Belleville Bulls	East	68	29	29	6	4	68	176	208
8	x-Toronto St. Michael's Majors	Central	68	29	30	6	3	67	177	202
9	Kingston Frontenacs	East	68	28	33	4	3	63	219	242
10	Oshawa Generals	East	68	15	48	3	2	35	173	289

Western conference

Rank	Team	DIV	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
1	z-London Knights	Midwest	68	59	7	2	0	120	310	125
2	y-Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	West	68	33	25	9	1	76	210	188
3	x-Owen Sound Attack	Midwest	68	40	18	7	3	90	245	187
4	x-Kitchener Rangers	Midwest	68	35	20	9	4	83	235	187
5	x-Erie Otters	Midwest	68	31	26	6	5	73	186	207
6	x-Plymouth Whalers	West	68	30	29	6	3	69	198	204
7	x-Windsor Spitfires	West	68	26	29	6	7	65	223	253
8	x-Guelph Storm	Midwest	68	23	34	10	1	57	167	189
9	Saginaw Spirit	West	68	18	42	4	4	44	150	260
10	Sarnia Sting	West	68	16	41	6	5	43	156	228

Scoring leaders

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Corey Perry	London Knights	60	47	83	130	117
Dylan Hunter	London Knights	67	31	73	104	64
Brad Richardson	Owen Sound Attack	68	41	56	97	60
Rob Schremp	London Knights	62	41	49	90	54
Patrick O'Sullivan	Mississauga IceDogs	57	31	59	90	63
Bobby Ryan	Owen Sound Attack	62	37	52	89	51
Evan McGrath	Kitchener Rangers	67	37	52	89	51
Rob Hisey	Barrie/Erie	66	29	57	86	81
Dave Bolland	London Knights	66	34	51	85	97
Liam Reddox	Peterborough Petes	68	36	46	82	36

Playoffs

Conference quarterfinals

Conference semifinals

Conference finals

Finals

E1

Mississauga

1

E8

Toronto

4

E8

Toronto

1

E2

Peterborough

4

E2

Peterborough

4

E7

Belleville

1

E2

Peterborough

0

E6

Ottawa

4

E3

Barrie

2

E6

Ottawa

4

E6

Ottawa

4

E5

Sudbury

2

E4

Brampton

2

E5

Sudbury

4

E6

Ottawa

1

W1

London

4

W1

London

4

W8

Guelph

0

W1

London

4

W7

Windsor

0

W2

S.S. Marie

3

W7

Windsor

4

W1

London

4

W4

Kitchener

1

W3

Owen Sound

4

W6

Plymouth

0

W3

Owen Sound

0

W4

Kitchener

4

W4

Kitchener

4

W5

Erie

2

Conference quarterfinals

Eastern conference

Mississauga (1) vs. Toronto (8) Date Away Home March 25 Toronto 3 1 Mississauga March 27 Mississauga 6 2 Toronto March 29 Toronto 3 2 Mississauga March 31 Mississauga 1 3 Toronto April 3 Toronto 2 1 Mississauga Toronto wins series 4–1	Peterborough (2) vs. Belleville (7) Date Away Home March 24 Belleville 0 5 Peterborough March 26 Peterborough 3 2 Belleville March 27 Belleville 1 5 Peterborough March 29 Peterborough 3 4 Belleville OT March 31 Belleville 1 4 Peterborough Peterborough wins series 4–1
Barrie (3) vs. Ottawa (6) Date Away Home March 25 Ottawa 5 4 Barrie March 26 Ottawa 1 4 Barrie March 30 Barrie 2 3 Ottawa April 1 Barrie 4 6 Ottawa April 3 Ottawa 2 3 Barrie April 4 Barrie 2 8 Ottawa Ottawa wins series 4–2	Brampton (4) vs. Sudbury (5) Date Away Home March 24 Sudbury 3 2 Brampton OT March 25 Brampton 1 4 Sudbury March 27 Sudbury 3 4 Brampton March 30 Brampton 1 2 Sudbury April 1 Sudbury 2 4 Brampton April 3 Brampton 4 5 Sudbury 2OT Sudbury wins series 4–2

Western conference

London (1) vs. Guelph (8) Date Away Home March 24 Guelph 2 3 London March 25 London 2 1 Guelph March 28 Guelph 1 5 London March 29 London 5 2 Guelph London wins series 4–0	Sault Ste. Marie (2) vs. Windsor (7) Date Away Home March 25 Windsor 0 5 Sault Ste. Marie March 26 Windsor 1 3 Sault Ste. Marie March 30 Sault Ste. Marie 2 1 Windsor March 31 Sault Ste. Marie 3 4 Windsor OT April 2 Windsor 6 5 Sault Ste. Marie April 3 Sault Ste. Marie 3 4 Windsor April 5 Windsor 3 2 Sault Ste. Marie 2OT Windsor wins series 4–3
Owen Sound (3) vs. Plymouth (6) Date Away Home March 25 Plymouth 0 1 Owen Sound March 26 Owen Sound 6 1 Plymouth March 29 Plymouth 0 5 Owen Sound March 31 Owen Sound 7 2 Plymouth Owen Sound wins series 4–0	Kitchener (4) vs. Erie (5) Date Away Home March 25 Erie 2 1 Kitchener March 26 Kitchener 2 4 Erie March 28 Erie 3 4 Kitchener OT March 30 Kitchener 3 2 Erie OT April 1 Erie 2 5 Kitchener April 2 Kitchener 3 2 Erie Kitchener wins series 4–2

Conference semifinals

Eastern conference
Peterborough (2) vs. Toronto (8) Date Away Home April 7 Toronto 4 5 Peterborough OT April 8 Peterborough 6 8 Toronto April 10 Toronto 1 2 Peterborough OT April 12 Peterborough 6 3 Toronto April 14 Toronto 2 3 Peterborough OT Peterborough wins series 4–1	Sudbury (5) vs. Ottawa (6) Date Away Home April 7 Ottawa 3 2 Sudbury April 9 Ottawa 2 3 Sudbury OT April 11 Sudbury 2 6 Ottawa April 13 Sudbury 2 5 Ottawa April 15 Ottawa 2 6 Sudbury April 17 Sudbury 4 7 Ottawa Ottawa wins series 4–2

Western conference
London (1) vs. Windsor (7) Date Away Home April 7 Windsor 0 8 London April 8 London 5 3 Windsor April 10 Windsor 1 9 London April 13 London 2 1 Windsor London wins series 4–0	Owen Sound (3) vs. Kitchener (4) Date Away Home April 6 Kitchener 2 1 Owen Sound April 8 Owen Sound 0 3 Kitchener April 10 Kitchener 6 5 Owen Sound OT April 12 Owen Sound 3 5 Kitchener Kitchener wins series 4–0

Conference finals

Eastern conference	Western conference
Peterborough (2) vs. Ottawa (6) Date Away Home April 21 Ottawa 3 2 Peterborough OT April 23 Peterborough 0 3 Ottawa April 25 Ottawa 4 3 Peterborough April 27 Peterborough 2 3 Ottawa OT Ottawa wins series 4–0	London (1) vs. Kitchener (4) Date Away Home April 21 Kitchener 2 3 London April 23 London 1 3 Kitchener April 25 Kitchener 1 6 London April 27 London 5 4 Kitchener OT April 29 Kitchener 0 6 London London wins series 4–1

J. Ross Robertson Cup finals

London vs. Ottawa
Date	Away	Home
May 6	Ottawa 2	4 London
May 8	Ottawa 6	3 London
May 10	London 5	4 Ottawa
May 12	London 4	1 Ottawa
May 14	Ottawa 2	6 London
London wins series 4–1

J. Ross Robertson Cup Champions Roster

2004-05 London Knights[2]
Goaltenders 28 – Adam Dennis  37 – Gerald Coleman		Defencemen 3 – Marc Methot  4 – Matt McCready  16 – Steve Ferry  25 – Danny Syvret  - C 26 – Scott Aarssen  27 – Ryan Martinelli  52 – Jeff Whitfield  55 – Daniel Girardi  74 – Bryan Rodney		Wingers 10 – Josh Beaulieu  11 – Trevor Kell  12 – Kole Bryce  17 – Robbie Drummond  23 – Kelly Thomson  33 – Brandon Prust  71 – Harrison Reed  79 – Dylan Hunter  87 – Adam Perry  91 – David Bolland  94 – Corey Perry		Centres 7 – Drew Larman  44 – Rob Schremp  49 – Danny Fritsche  57 – Jordan Foreman  Coach: Dale Hunter General Manager: Mark Hunter

All-Star teams

First team

• Jeff Carter, Centre, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
• Dylan Hunter, Left Wing, London Knights
• Corey Perry, Right Wing, London Knights
• Danny Syvret, Defence, London Knights
• Andre Benoit, Defence, Kitchener Rangers
• Michael Ouzas, Goaltender, Mississauga IceDogs
• Dale Hunter, Coach, London Knights

Second team

• Mike Richards, Centre, Kitchener Rangers
• Benoit Pouliot, Left Wing, Sudbury Wolves
• Bobby Ryan, Right Wing, Owen Sound Attack
• Jordan Smith, Defence, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
• Kyle Quincey, Defence, Mississauga IceDogs
• Adam Dennis, Goaltender, London Knights
• Dick Todd, Coach, Peterborough Petes

Third team

• Brad Richardson, Centre, Owen Sound Attack
• Liam Reddox, Left Wing, Peterborough Petes
• Ryan Callahan, Right Wing, Guelph Storm
• Nathan McIver, Defence, Toronto St. Michael's Majors
• Mark Flood, Defence, Peterborough Petes
• Gerald Coleman, Goaltender, London Knights
• Mike Stothers, Coach, Owen Sound Attack

CHL Canada/Russia Series

In the ADT Canada-Russia Challenge:

• On November 25, the OHL All-stars defeated the Russian Selects 3–1 at Barrie, Ontario.
• On November 28, the OHL All-stars defeated the Russian Selects 5–2 at Mississauga, Ontario.

After these two games, OHL had an all-time record of 4–0 against the Russian Selects since the tournament began in 2003–04.

Awards

J. Ross Robertson Cup:	London Knights
Hamilton Spectator Trophy:	London Knights
Bobby Orr Trophy:	Ottawa 67's
Wayne Gretzky Trophy:	London Knights
Leyden Trophy:	Peterborough Petes
Emms Trophy:	Mississauga IceDogs
Holody Trophy:	London Knights
Bumbacco Trophy:	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Red Tilson Trophy:	Corey Perry, London Knights
Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy:	Corey Perry, London Knights
Matt Leyden Trophy:	Dale Hunter, London Knights
Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy:	Corey Perry, London Knights
Max Kaminsky Trophy:	Danny Syvret, London Knights
OHL Goaltender of the Year:	Michael Ouzas, Mississauga IceDogs
Jack Ferguson Award:	John Tavares, Oshawa Generals
Dave Pinkney Trophy:	Gerald Coleman and Adam Dennis, London Knights
OHL Executive of the Year:	Mike Futa, Owen Sound Attack
Bill Long Award:	Bert Templeton, posthumous honour
Emms Family Award:	Benoit Pouliot, Sudbury Wolves
F. W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy:	Kyle Gajewski, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy:	Jeff MacDougald, Peterborough Petes
William Hanley Trophy:	Jeff Carter, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy:	Andre Benoit, Kitchener Rangers
Bobby Smith Trophy:	Richard Clune, Sarnia Sting
Roger Neilson Memorial Award:	Danny Battochio, Ottawa 67's
Ivan Tennant Memorial Award:	Matt Pelech, Sarnia Sting
Tim Adams Memorial Trophy:	Sam Gagner, Toronto Marlies
Wayne Gretzky 99 Award:	Corey Perry, London Knights

London Knights' 2004–05 undefeated streak

In the 2004–05 season the London Knights broke an OHL record, going 28 games in a row without a loss (27–0–1). They subsequently broke the CHL record of 29 games (held by the 1978–79 Brandon Wheat Kings, who went 25–0–4 during their streak), with a 0–0 tie with the Guelph Storm on December 10, 2004, giving them a record of 28–0–2. The streak ended at 31 games after a 5–2 loss to the Sudbury Wolves on December 17.

Game #	Date	Score	Record	Location
1	September 24, 2004	London 4–3 Kitchener	1–0–0–0	Kitchener
2	September 26, 2004	London 5–2 Kitchener	2–0–0–0	London
3	September 30, 2004	London 2–1 Windsor	3–0–0–0	Windsor
4	October 1, 2004	London 5–4 Plymouth (OT)	4–0–0–0	London
5	October 2, 2004	London 3–2 Saginaw	5–0–0–0	Saginaw
6	October 8, 2004	London 8–0 Windsor	6–0–0–0	London
7	October 9, 2004	London 6–1 Sarnia	7–0–0–0	Sarnia
8	October 10, 2004	London 6–3 Sault Ste. Marie	8–0–0–0	Sault Ste. Marie
9	October 15, 2004	London 5–2 Owen Sound	9–0–0–0	London
10	October 16, 2004	London 8–3 Sault Ste. Marie	10–0–0–0	London
11	October 22, 2004	London 3–3 Mississauga	10–0–1–0	London
12	October 23, 2004	London 5–2 Owen Sound	11–0–1–0	Owen Sound
13	October 24, 2004	London 4–2 Guelph	12–0–1–0	Guelph
14	October 29, 2004	London 3–1 Saginaw	13–0–1–0	London
15	October 30, 2004	London 4–1 Erie	14–0–1–0	London
16	November 4, 2004	London 3–2 Guelph (OT)	15–0–1–0	London
17	November 5, 2004	London 5–3 Barrie	16–0–1–0	London
18	November 7, 2004	London 4–0 Toronto	17–0–1–0	Toronto
19	November 10, 2004	London 6–1 Mississauga	18–0–1–0	Mississauga
20	November 12, 2004	London 8–2 Belleville	19–0–1–0	London
21	November 13, 2004	London 3–1 Erie	20–0–1–0	Erie
22	November 19, 2004	London 5–3 Ottawa	21–0–1–0	London
23	November 21, 2004	London 4–2 Sault Ste. Marie	22–0–1–0	London
24	November 26, 2004	London 4–2 Plymouth	23–0–1–0	London
25	November 27, 2004	London 4–2 Barrie	24–0–1–0*	Barrie
26	November 28, 2004	London 3–0 Sudbury	25–0–1–0**	Sudbury
27	December 3, 2004	London 4–3 Windsor	26–0–1–0	London
28	December 4, 2004	London 5–1 Erie	27–0–1–0	Erie
29	December 8, 2004	London 5–3 Kitchener	28–0–1–0***	Kitchener
30	December 10, 2004	London 0–0 Guelph	28–0–2–0****	London
31	December 12, 2004	London 4–3 Kitchener (OT)	29–0–2–0	London

*Tied OHL record previously set by Kitchener in 1983–84
**Broke OHL record previously set by Kitchener in 1983–84
***Tied CHL record previously set by Brandon in 1978–79
****Broke CHL record previously set by Brandon in 1978–79

2005 OHL Priority Selection

On May 7, 2005, the OHL conducted the 2005 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection. The Oshawa Generals held the first overall pick in the draft, and selected John Tavares from the Toronto Marlboros. Tavares 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 2005 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection.^[3]

#	Player	Nationality	OHL Team	Hometown	Minor Team
1	John Tavares (C)	Canada	Oshawa Generals	Oakville, Ontario	Toronto Marlboros
2	Mark Katic (D)	Canada	Sarnia Sting	South Porcupine, Ontario	Timmins Majors
3	Zack Torquato (C)	Canada	Saginaw Spirit	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	Stratford Warriors
4	Luke Pither (C)	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs	Blackstock, Ontario	Clarington Toros
5	Drew Doughty (D)	Canada	Guelph Storm	London, Ontario	London Jr. Knights
6	Akim Aliu (D)	Canada	Windsor Spitfires	Toronto, Ontario	Toronto Marlboros
7	Brendan Smith (D)	Canada	Toronto St. Michael's Majors	Etibicoke, Ontario	Toronto Marlboros
8	Bryan Cameron (RW)	Canada	Belleville Bulls	Brampton, Ontario	Toronto Marlboros
9	Nicholas Petrecki (D)	United States	Plymouth Whalers	Clifton Park, New York	Capital District Selects
10	Anthony Peluso (RW)	Canada	Erie Otters	King City, Ontario	Richmond Hill Stars
11	Jake Muzzin (D)	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Woodstock, Ontario	Brantford 99'ers
12	Logan Couture (C)	Canada	Ottawa 67's	Lucan, Ontario	St. Thomas Stars
13	Brett Parnham (C)	Canada	Sudbury Wolves	Orillia, Ontario	Huntsville Muskoka Otters
14	Matt Smyth (LW)	United States	Brampton Battalion	Orlando, Florida	Markham Majors
15	Blake Parlett (D)	Canada	Barrie Colts	Bracebridge, Ontario	Huntsville Muskoka Otters
16	Zach Harnden (RW)	Canada	Peterborough Petes	Thunder Bay, Ontario	Thunder Bay Kings
17	Jordan Skellett (LW)	Canada	Mississauga IceDogs	London, Ontario	London Jr. Knights
18	Michael Pelech (C)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers	York, Ontario	St. Michael's Buzzers
19	Josh Bailey (C)	Canada	Owen Sound Attack	Bowmanville, Ontario	Clarington Toros
20	Corey Syvret (D)	Canada	London Knights	Millgrove, Ontario	Cambridge Winter Hawks

2005 CHL Import Draft

On June 29, 2005, the Canadian Hockey League conducted the 2005 CHL Import Draft, in which teams in all three CHL leagues participate in. The Ottawa 67's held the first pick in the draft by a team in the OHL, and selected Jakub Vojta from the Czech Republic with their selection.

Below are the players who were selected in the first round by Ontario Hockey League teams in the 2005 CHL Import Draft.^[4]

#	Player	Nationality	OHL Team	Hometown	Minor Team
1	Jakub Vojta (D)	Czech Republic	Ottawa 67's	Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic	Sparta Praha Jr.
4	Tomas Pospisil (RW)	Czech Republic	Sarnia Sting	Šumperk, Czech Republic	Ocelari Trinec
7	Marek Polak (LW)	Czech Republic	Sudbury Wolves	Havířov, Czech Republic	Trinec HC Zelezarny Jr.
10	Marek Bartanus (LW)	Slovakia	Owen Sound Attack	Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia	HC Košice
13	David Kuchejda (LW)	Czech Republic	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Opava, Czech Republic	HC Ceske Budejovice Jr.
16	Oskar Osala (LW)	Finland	Mississauga IceDogs	Vaasa, Finland	Sport Vaasa
19	Fredrik Naslund (LW)	Sweden	Peterborough Petes	Bromma, Sweden	Vasteras VIK HK
22	Erik Caladi (RW)	Slovakia	Belleville Bulls	Nitra, Slovakia	HK Nitra Jr.
25	Ondrej Otcenas (C)	Slovakia	Plymouth Whalers	Piešťany, Slovakia	Trencin Jr.
28	Ivan Maximkin (D)	Russia	Erie Otters	Balakovo, Russia	Togliatti Lada-2
31	Jiri Tlusty (LW)	Czech Republic	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Slaný, Czech Republic	Kladno Jr.
34	Stefan Grauwiler (G)	Switzerland	Oshawa Generals	Zürich, Switzerland	ZSC Lions Jr.
37	Anton Hedman (RW)	Sweden	Sudbury Wolves	Stockholm, Sweden	Djurgarden IF Jr.
40	Michal Klejna (C)	Slovakia	Brampton Battalion	Bratislava, Slovakia	Pardubice Jr.
43	Tibor Radulay (RW)	Slovakia	Ottawa 67's	Trenčín, Slovakia	Trencin Jr.
46	Marek Horsky (C)	Slovakia	Toronto St. Michael's Majors	Bratislava, Slovakia	Skalica Jr.
49	Sebastian Dahm (G)	Denmark	Belleville Bulls	Copenhagen, Denmark	Malmo IF Redhawks Jr.
52	No selection made		Kitchener Rangers
55	Tomas Marcinko (C)	Slovakia	Barrie Colts	Poprad, Slovakia	Kosice Jr.
57	Sergei Kostitsyn (LW)	Belarus	London Knights	Novopolotsk, Belarus	Gomel HC

See also

• List of OHA Junior A standings
• List of OHL seasons
• 2005 Memorial Cup
• 2005 NHL Entry Draft
• 2004 in sports
• 2005 in sports