2025–26 GOHL season
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The 2025–26 GOHL season is the 18th season of the Greater Ontario Hockey League. The league began play on September 10, 2025 and concluded on March 8, 2026. The post-season began on March 13, 2026 and concluded on May 2, 2026.
| 2025–26 GOHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Greater Ontario Hockey League |
| Sport | Hockey |
| Games | 575[1] |
| Teams | 23 |
| Total attendance | 245,780[1] |
| Streaming partner | FloSports |
| Regular Season | Cambridge Redhawks |
| Playoffs | |
| Eastern champions | Cambridge Redhawks[2] |
| Eastern runners-up | St. Catharines Falcons[2] |
| Western champions | St. Marys Lincolns[3] |
| Western runners-up | Stratford Warriors[3] |
| Sutherland Cup | |
| Champions | Cambridge Redhawks[4] |
| Runners-up | St. Marys Lincolns[4] |
| Finals MVP | Aidan Hill[4] |
The winner of the playoffs will win the Sutherland Cup.[3] On May 2, 2026, the Cambridge Redhawks defeated the St. Marys Lincolns in five games to win the franchise's first Sutherland Cup.[4]
Team Changes
- The Kitchener-Waterloo Siskins rebrand back to the Waterloo Siskins[5]
Regular season
Rebranding and affiliation
In September 2025, the GOJHL became the first development league for the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).[6] In the same month, the GOJHL was renamed to the Greater Ontario Hockey League (GOHL) as part of rebranding with the OHL.[7]
Expansion
On March 5, 2026, the GOHL announced that the league would be adding the Woodstock Navy Vets as an expansion team in the 2026-27 GOHL season.[8]
Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points[9]
Western Conference
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | T | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chatham Maroons | 50 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 79 | 243 | 146 |
| 2 | Elmira Sugar Kings | 50 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 77 | 233 | 139 |
| 3 | St. Marys Lincolns | 50 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 209 | 120 |
| 4 | Stratford Warriors | 50 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 67 | 183 | 133 |
| 5 | London Nationals | 50 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 223 | 169 |
| 6 | Strathroy Rockets | 50 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 185 | 183 |
| 7 | LaSalle Vipers | 50 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 188 | 180 |
| 8 | St. Thomas Stars | 50 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 189 | 189 |
| 9 | Waterloo Siskins | 50 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 50 | 150 | 148 |
| 10 | Listowel Cyclones | 50 | 20 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 146 | 164 |
| 11 | Komoka Kings | 50 | 16 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 162 | 218 |
| 12 | Sarnia Legionnaires | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 341 |
Eastern Conference
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | T | Pts | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridge Redhawks | 50 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 262 | 117 |
| 2 | St. Catharines Falcons | 50 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 218 | 113 |
| 3 | Fort Erie Meteors | 50 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 218 | 109 |
| 4 | Pelham Panthers | 50 | 32 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 191 | 128 |
| 5 | Port Colborne Sailors | 50 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 59 | 175 | 145 |
| 6 | Brantford Titans | 50 | 20 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 170 | 192 |
| 7 | Ayr Centennials | 50 | 19 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 164 | 199 |
| 8 | Caledonia Corvairs | 50 | 18 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 161 | 180 |
| 9 | Hamilton Kilty B's | 50 | 16 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 125 | 178 |
| 10 | Welland Jr. Canadians | 50 | 7 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 124 | 301 |
| 11 | Caledon Bombers | 50 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 107 | 317 |
Statistics
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes[10]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Tonelli | Fort Erie Meteors | 50 | 30 | 58 | 88 | 58 |
| Kyle Morey | Elmira Sugar Kings | 50 | 28 | 58 | 86 | 66 |
| Reid Gammage | Cambridge Redhawks | 48 | 32 | 50 | 82 | 45 |
| Jake Ritson | Strathroy Rockets | 47 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 20 |
| Austen Pomerleau | London Nationals | 46 | 30 | 41 | 71 | 25 |
| Brendan Gerber | Elmira Sugar Kings | 50 | 32 | 35 | 67 | 32 |
| Zachary LeBlanc | Strathroy Rockets | 46 | 29 | 38 | 67 | 28 |
| Cameron Fries | Cambridge Redhawks | 49 | 29 | 37 | 66 | 53 |
| Danny Adamo | Fort Erie Meteors | 47 | 29 | 34 | 63 | 36 |
| Ryan Hodkinson | St. Marys Lincolns | 48 | 16 | 47 | 63 | 76 |
Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses;
T = Ties; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average [11]
| Player | Team | GP | MINS | W | L | OTL | T | GA | SO | Sv% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finn Moffett | Fort Erie Meteors | 21 | 1206 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 0.926 | 1.99 |
| Aidan Hill | Cambridge Redhawks | 23 | 1362 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 0.915 | 2.11 |
| Gage Hurst | Stratford Warriors | 20 | 1123 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0.895 | 2.19 |
| Brogan Colquhoun | St. Marys Lincolns | 23 | 1367 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 0.927 | 2.19 |
| Vaughn Barr | St. Marys Lincolns | 18 | 1045 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 0.924 | 2.24 |
2026 Sutherland Cup Playoffs
| Conference Quarterfinal | Conference Semifinal | Conference Final | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Chatham | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | St. Thomas | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Chatham | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Stratford | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Stratford | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | London | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Stratford | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| West | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | St. Mary's | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Elmira | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | LaSalle | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Elmira | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | St. Mary's | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | St. Mary's | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Strathroy | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | St. Mary's | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Cambridge | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Cambridge | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Caledonia | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Cambridge | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Pelham | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Pelham | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Port Colborne | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Cambridge | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| East | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | St. Catharines | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | St. Catharines | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Ayr | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | St. Catharines | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Fort Erie | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Fort Erie | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Brantford | 0 | |||||||||||||||||