Peterborough Petes Awarded First Overall Pick In 2025 OHL Priority Selection
/Fortune favoured the Peterborough Petes as they were granted the first overall pick in the 2025 Ontario Hockey League (OHL) Priority Selection during a livestream on Wednesday night.
Barclay Branch, OHL vice president of hockey operations, reveals the Petes winning the first-overall pick over three teams. Screenshot.
The Petes were granted the highest percentage of landing the number one overall pick at 40 per cent due to their record of 18-41-9, resulting in 20th and last place in the league.
The Guelph Storm (19th place), Sarnia Sting (18th place) and Ottawa 67’s (17th place) were in contention to get the first overall pick with 30, 20 and 10 per cent odds, respectively.
Despite being the longest continuously-running OHL franchise (since 1956), this is the first time that the Petes have owned the first overall pick. The Petes won the J. Ross Robertson Cup in 2023 but have been rebuilding since the championship win. Peterborough has won 10 OHL Championships, the second-most in OHL history behind their rival Oshawa Generals with 13.
During the 2023-24 season, they finished 17th in the league with a 20-40-8 record for 48 points. They drafted third overall, taking standout forward Colin Fitzgerald, who was also given the Black’s Family Trophy (rookie of the year) during the team’s annual awards ceremony on Tuesday night.
The following is the first-round draft order for the 2025 OHL Priority Selection:
Peterborough Petes
Guelph Storm
Ottawa 67’s
Sarnia Sting
Owen Sound Attack
North Bay Battalion
Soo Greyhounds
Flint Firebirds
Kingston Frontenacs*
Niagara IceDogs
Sudbury Wolves
Erie Otters
Saginaw Spirit
Brampton Steelheads
Brampton Steelheads*
Oshawa Generals
Kingston Frontenacs
Barrie Colts
Soo Greyhounds*
Brantford Bulldogs
Windsor Spitfires
Kitchener Rangers
London Knights
