The Ontario Hockey League (OHL) on Wednesday announced results of the 2026 OHL Priority Selection Draft Lottery, with the Oshawa Generals drawing the first overall selection.
The 13-time OHL champion Generals came away as big winners, and are poised to select first overall for the first time since 2005 when they took franchise cornerstone John Tavares, who went on to become the OHL’s all-time leading goal-scorer.
Each of the four non-playoff teams participating in the Priority Selection Lottery, the 20th place Generals (40 percent change), 19th place Erie Otters (30 percent change), 18th place Brampton Steelheads (20 percent chance) and 17th place Sarnia Sting (10 percent chance), had adjusted proportionate odds of drawing the…