The 2014–15 OHL season was the 35th season of the Ontario Hockey League, in which twenty teams played 68 games each according to the regular season schedule, from September 24, 2014 to March 22, 2015. The Niagara IceDogs began play at their new arena, the Meridian Centre. The Ottawa 67's returned to TD Place Arena after a two-year hiatus due to a renovation. Brian Kilrea returned to coach the Ottawa 67's for one game on October 17, becoming the oldest coach in league history.

The Oshawa Generals won the J. Ross Robertson Cup for the 13th time in franchise history, as they defeated the Erie Otters in five games in the final round of the playoffs. The Generals qualified for the 2015 Memorial Cup held at Colisée Pepsi in Quebec City. Oshawa defeated the Kelowna Rockets 2–1 in overtime in the final game, winning the Memorial Cup for the fifth time in franchise history.

Near the end of the regular season, the Plymouth Whalers were sold, and the franchise moved to Flint, Michigan, becoming the Flint Firebirds. Also near the end of the regular season, the Belleville Bulls were sold and the franchise moved to Hamilton, Ontario, becoming the Hamilton Bulldogs.

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

On April 11, 2015, the OHL conducted the 2015 Ontario Hockey League priority selection. The Sudbury Wolves held the first overall pick in the draft, and selected David Levin from the Don Mills Flyers of the GTHL. Levin 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 2015 Ontario Hockey League priority selection.^[2]

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#	Player	Nationality	OHL team	Hometown	Minor team
1	David Levin (RW)	Israel	Sudbury Wolves	North York, Ontario	Don Mills Flyers
2	Gabriel Vilardi (C)	Canada	Windsor Spitfires	Kingston, Ontario	CIH Academy
3	Ryan McLeod (C)	Canada	Flint Firebirds	Mississauga, Ontario	Toronto Marlboros
4	Owen Tippett (RW)	Canada	Mississauga Steelheads	Peterborough, Ontario	Toronto Red Wings
5	Zach Gallant (C)	Canada	Peterborough Petes	Oakville, Ontario	Mississauga Rebels
6	Brady Gilmour (C)	Canada	Saginaw Spirit	Grafton, Ontario	Quinte Red Devils
7	Ben Jones (C)	Canada	Niagara IceDogs	Waterloo, Ontario	Toronto Marlboros
8	Matthew Strome (LW)	Canada	Hamilton Bulldogs	Mississauga, Ontario	Toronto Marlboros
9	Markus Phillips (D)	Canada	Owen Sound Attack	Toronto, Ontario	Toronto Titans
10	Sasha Chmelevski (C)	United States	Sarnia Sting	Northville, Michigan	Detroit HoneyBaked 16U
11	Robbie Burt (RW)	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs	Erin, Ontario	Mississauga Rebels
12	Greg Meireles (C)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers	Ottawa, Ontario	Ottawa Jr. 67's
13	Hayden Davis (D)	Canada	Niagara IceDogs	Hamilton, Ontario	Hamilton Huskies
14	Nick Suzuki (C)	Canada	Owen Sound Attack	London, Ontario	London Jr. Knights
15	Isaac Ratcliffe (LW)	Canada	Guelph Storm	London, Ontario	London Jr. Knights
16	Austen Keating (C)	Canada	Ottawa 67's	Guelph, Ontario	Guelph Gryphons
17	Evan Bouchard (D)	Canada	London Knights	Burlington, Ontario	Oakville Rangers
18	Brady Lyle (D)	Canada	North Bay Battalion	North Bay, Ontario	Shattuck-St. Mary's 16U
19	Jacob Tortora (LW)	United States	Barrie Colts	Victor, New York	Don Mills Flyers
20	Ivan Lodnia (RW)	United States	Erie Otters	Novi, Michigan	Detroit HoneyBaked 16U
21	Jack Studnicka (C)	Canada	Oshawa Generals	Northville, Michigan	Detroit Belle Tire 16U
22	Liam Hawel (C)	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Arnprior, Ontario	Ottawa Valley Titans

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On June 26–27, 2015, the National Hockey League conducted the 2015 NHL Entry Draft held at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida. In total, 31 players from the Ontario Hockey League were selected in the draft. Connor McDavid of the Erie Otters was the first player from the OHL to be selected, as he was taken with the first overall pick by the Edmonton Oilers.

Below are the players selected from OHL teams at the NHL Entry Draft. ^[3]

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Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	Hometown	OHL team
1	1	Connor McDavid (C)	Canada	Edmonton Oilers	Newmarket, Ontario	Erie Otters
1	3	Dylan Strome (C)	Canada	Arizona Coyotes	Mississauga, Ontario	Erie Otters
1	4	Mitch Marner (RW)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Thornhill, Ontario	London Knights
1	6	Pavel Zacha (C)	Czech Republic	New Jersey Devils	Brno, Czech Republic	Sarnia Sting
1	11	Lawson Crouse (LW)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Mount Brydges, Ontario	Kingston Frontenacs
1	15	Zachary Senyshyn (RW)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Ottawa, Ontario	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
1	24	Travis Konecny (RW)	Canada	Philadelphia Flyers	Clachan, Ontario	Ottawa 67's
2	33	Mitchell Stephens (C)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	Peterborough, Ontario	Saginaw Spirit
2	34	Travis Dermott (D)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Newmarket, Ontario	Erie Otters
2	42	Mackenzie Blackwood (G)	Canada	New Jersey Devils	Thunder Bay, Ontario	Barrie Colts
2	44	Matthew Spencer (D)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	Oakville, Ontario	Peterborough Petes
2	53	Rasmus Andersson (D)	Sweden	Calgary Flames	Malmö, Sweden	Barrie Colts
2	54	Graham Knott (LW)	Canada	Chicago Blackhawks	Holland Landing, Ontario	Niagara IceDogs
2	56	Vince Dunn (D)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Lindsay, Ontario	Niagara IceDogs
3	63	Kyle Capobianco (D)	Canada	Arizona Coyotes	Mississauga, Ontario	Sudbury Wolves
3	67	Blake Speers (RW)	Canada	New Jersey Devils	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
3	72	Anthony Cirelli (C)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	Woodbridge, Ontario	Oshawa Generals
3	82	Mitchell Vande Sompel (D)	Canada	New York Islanders	London, Ontario	Oshawa Generals
3	88	Thomas Schemitsch (D)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Thornhill, Ontario	Owen Sound Attack
4	97	Colton White (D)	Canada	New Jersey Devils	London, Ontario	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
4	103	Chris Martenet (D)	United States	Dallas Stars	St. Louis, Missouri	London Knights
5	134	Matt Schmalz (RW)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Dunnville, Ontario	Sudbury Wolves
6	155	Stephen Desrocher (D)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto, Ontario	Oshawa Generals
6	164	Roy Radke (RW)	United States	Chicago Blackhawks	Geneva, Illinois	Barrie Colts
6	166	Andrew Mangiapane (C)	Canada	Calgary Flames	Bolton, Ontario	Barrie Colts
6	176	Liam Dunda (LW)	Canada	St. Louis Blues	Grimsby, Ontario	Owen Sound Attack
7	185	Nikita Korostelev (RW)	Russia	Toronto Maple Leafs	Moscow, Russia	Sarnia Sting
7	186	Steven Lorentz (C)	Canada	Carolina Hurricanes	Waterloo, Ontario	Peterborough Petes
7	196	Riley Bruce (D)	Canada	Calgary Flames	Carp, Ontario	North Bay Battalion
7	201	Gustav Bouramman (D)	Sweden	Minnesota Wild	Stockholm, Sweden	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
7	207	Jeremiah Addison (RW)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens	Brampton, Ontario	Ottawa 67's

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On June 30, 2015, the Canadian Hockey League conducted the 2015 CHL Import Draft, in which teams in all three CHL leagues participate in. The Sudbury Wolves held the first pick in the draft by a team in the OHL, and selected Dmitry Sokolov from Russia with their selection.

Below are the players who were selected in the first round by Ontario Hockey League teams in the 2015 CHL Import Draft. ^[4]

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#	Player	Nationality	OHL team	Hometown	Last team
3	Dmitry Sokolov (RW)	Russia	Sudbury Wolves	Omsk, Russia	Omsk Yastreby
6	Mikhail Sergachev (D)	Russia	Windsor Spitfires	Nizhnekamsk, Russia	Kazan Irbis
9	Vili Saarijarvi (D)	Finland	Flint Firebirds	Rovaniemi, Finland	Green Bay Gamblers
12	Alexander Nylander (C)	Sweden	Mississauga Steelheads	Stockholm, Sweden	AIK IF Jr. 18
15	Jonne Tammela (LW)	Finland	Peterborough Petes	Ylivieska, Finland	KalPa
18	Markus Niemelainen (D)	Finland	Saginaw Spirit	Kuopio, Finland	HPK Jr.
21	Ondrej Kachyna (D)	Czech Republic	Hamilton Bulldogs	Hodonín, Czech Republic	HC Ceske Budejovice Jr. B
24	Patrik Laine (RW)	Finland	Sarnia Sting	Tampere, Finland	Tappara
27	Konstantin Chernyuk (D)	Russia	Kingston Frontenacs	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Wichita Falls Wildcats
30	No selection made		Kitchener Rangers
33	David Kase (C/LW)	Czech Republic	Niagara IceDogs	Kadaň, Czech Republic	Pirati Chomutov
36	No selection made		Owen Sound Attack
39	Timo Haussener (C/RW)	Switzerland	Guelph Storm	Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland	SC Rapperswill-Jona E Jr.
42	Stepan Falkovsky (D)	Belarus	Ottawa 67's	Minsk, Belarus	Yunost Minsk
45	Olli Juolevi (D)	Finland	London Knights	Helsinki, Finland	Jokerit Jr.
48	Max Kislinger (LW)	Germany	North Bay Battalion	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany	EC Red Bull Salzburg U20
51	Julius Nattinen (C)	Finland	Barrie Colts	Jyväskylä, Finland	JYP
54	Erik Cernak (D)	Slovakia	Erie Otters	Košice, Slovakia	HC Kosice
56	Lukas Lofquist (RW)	Sweden	Oshawa Generals	Stockholm, Sweden	Djurgardens IF Jr.
58	Makar Tokarev (LW)	Russia	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Magnitogorsk, Russia	Magnitogorsk Stalnye Lisy

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