2000–01 OHL season

2000–01 OHL season
LeagueOntario Hockey League
SportHockey
DurationPreseason
August 2000 – September 2000
Regular season
September 2000 – March 2001
Playoffs
March 2001 – May 2001
Teams20
TV partner(s)Rogers TV, TVCogeco, Shaw TV
Draft
Top draft pickPatrick Jarrett
Picked byMississauga IceDogs
Regular season
Hamilton Spectator TrophyPlymouth Whalers (3)
Season MVPBrad Boyes (Erie Otters)
Top scorerKyle Wellwood (Belleville Bulls)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPSeamus Kotyk (67's)
Finals championsOttawa 67's (2)
  Runners-upPlymouth Whalers
2000–01 CHL season
LeagueCanadian Hockey League
SportHockey
DurationOHL
September 2000 – March 2001
QMJHL
September 2000 – March 2001
WHL
September 2000 – March 2001
Teams60
TV partner(s)RDS
Rogers Sportsnet
Rogers TV
Shaw TV
Season MVPSimon Gamache (Val-d'Or Foreurs) (QMJHL)
Top scorerSimon Gamache (Val-d'Or Foreurs) (QMJHL)
Memorial Cup
Finals championsRed Deer Rebels (WHL) (1st title)
  Runners-upVal-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)


The 2000–01 OHL season was the 21st season of the Ontario Hockey League. The Guelph Storm moved from the Guelph Memorial Gardens to the Guelph Sports and Entertainment Centre at the start of the season. The Owen Sound Platers were renamed to the Owen Sound Attack Twenty teams each played 68 games. The Ottawa 67's won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the Plymouth Whalers.