Game scheduled for Dec. 8 at the home of the Ontario Tech Ridgebacks in Oshawa
November 14, 2025, Mississauga, ON – The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) is excited to announce a showcase featuring two teams of 20-year-old OJHL players who will face off in front of Canadian university coaches next month.
The game will be played Monday, Dec. 8, and hosted at the Campus Ice Centre – the home of the OUA Ridgebacks – at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa. Puck drop is scheduled for 4 p.m.
Coaches and scouts from U SPORTS schools across Ontario are being invited to attend. OJHL staff will host a meet-and-greet, make a presentation to the university scouts and coaches in attendance and hold a question-and-answer session. Following the game, a meet-and-greet is also scheduled, giving coaches an opportunity to speak with the OJHL players.
The game is an extension of the OJHL-OUA series launched last season when two teams of 20-year-olds visited Ontario Tech and Toronto Metropolitan University to play the schools’ varsity teams. Nineteen OJHL players who took part in last year’s series are on U SPORTS’ rosters this season.
“We are excited to partner with U SPORTS for a second season with our 20-year-old game,” Chris Vanstone, the OJHL’s Vice-president of Hockey Operations, said. “Ontario Tech again will host the event and they have been great to work with. This event is key to our development for our players through the OJHL Development Pathway. Last year, 19 players who took part in our series with OUA teams committed to play U SPORTS at the end of their OJHL season. We are looking forward to growing that number this year.”
“Our Ontario Tech hockey program is excited to be able to host the inaugural OJHL U SPORTS showcase here at the Campus Ice Centre in Oshawa,” said Curtis Hodgins, Head Coach of Ontario Tech. “This is a great opportunity for all our OUA coaches to come to a central location and watch the best 20-year-olds that the OJHL has to offer. The OJHL has been a great feeder system to the OUA for many years and that is only likely to grow in the coming years.”
The agenda for OJHL players, aside from the game, will include a morning skate, U SPORTS seminar, lunch, facility tour, pre-game warm-up hosted by the staff of Ontario Tech and the post-game meet and greet.
Stay tuned for more news on the event in the coming weeks, including the naming of the teams’ coaching and support staff, rosters, ticket information and other pertinent details.
About the OJHL – “League of Choice”
The Ontario Junior Hockey League is the largest Junior ‘A’ league operating under the auspices of the Canadian Junior Hockey League with 24 member clubs. A proud member of the CJHL and Ontario Hockey Association, the OJHL was originally named the Ontario Provincial Junior ‘A’ Hockey League and it was formed out of the Central Junior ‘B’ Hockey League in 1993-94. With a long and storied history of developing players for the next level, including U SPORTS, the NCAA, CHL, minor pro ranks and the NHL, the OJHL had more than 135 commitments in 2024-25, including 54 to NCAA Division 1 and 29 to the Ontario Hockey League. In addition, the OJHL had 39 OHL Affiliate Players who played 152 OHL games. Thirty OJHL alumni are playing in the NHL at the start of the 2025-26 season.
For more information on the Ontario Junior Hockey League, please visit www.ojhl.ca
