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The OHL Podcast

by Mike Farwell

Veteran broadcaster Mike Farwell brings you his unique perspective on the Ontario Hockey League. From his days standing on a milk crate while interviewing players, to spending years on the road with legendary junior hockey broadcaster Don Cameron, Farwell brings you a view of the OHL you simply won't find anywhere else. From Ottawa to Windsor, and from the Soo to Erie, the OHL Podcast has something for every junior hockey fan, bringing you the best stories from the players you cheered...and jeered. Issues and insights. Stories and sarcasm. From the fans to the front office, The OHL Podcast is your online scrapbook for one of the greatest leagues in the world.

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Leave it to the NHL to make a good draft look awful, but the OHL shows well

The NHL draft was as bad as the OHL draft was good two weeks earlier. Maybe the OHL could offer the NHL some pointers? The disaster that was the production of one of the

Jun 30
52 min

OHL'ers to watch in the NHL draft, and we tell you where the OHL will expand

All throughout the season, we've brought you a Prospect of the Week. This weekend, those prospects will hear their names called by NHL teams and there's a handful we're k

Jun 23
56 min

The OHL welcomes its newest players and the Guelph Storm continue to try and build a champion

Kane Cloutier is your first overall pick in the 2026 OHL draft. Eight defensemen get taken in the first round, and the North Bay Battalion grab a goalie at #11. And Tanne

Jun 16
50 min

Should OHL teams receive draft compensation when players flee to the NCAA?

Dozens of draft picks and more than a dozen players changed hands as the OHL trade window opened. Among the interesting stories are Brantford's attempts at a quick turnar

Jun 9
54 min

The OHL is proving to be the dominant CHL league, and the Guelph Storm suffer a serious NCAA blow

Lots to cover this week including, of course, a wrap from the Memorial Cup in Kelowna where the OHL won its third straight tournament title. And could anyone really touch

Jun 2
59 min

We're in Kelowna for the Memorial Cup and we're wondering if OHL teams have to rebuild anymore

We're enjoying some time this week at the Memorial Cup and even as the tournament begins, we're hearing questions. The two most interesting stories involve where the tour

May 26
48 min

In conversation with Don Cherry's son, Tim.

The mere mention of the name Don Cherry is sure to conjure an image in your mind. While that image may be different from one person to the next, there's no disputing Cher

May 23
53 min

The OHL has crowned a champion and we're following them to Kelowna for the Memorial Cup

A lot of people thought the Kitchener Rangers had the team to win the Ontario Hockey League this season, but did anyone really expect a Finals sweep? The Rangers brought

May 19
59 min

No one cares, work harder.

The most bizarre postgame press conference in OHL history was followed up by one of the most sincere apologies we've ever heard. Not buying it? Farwell and Dan are all in

May 12
50 min

Windsor can't exorcise ghosts of playoffs past, and the OHL playoffs finally get a Game 7

For the fourth time in five years, the Kitchener Rangers and Windsor Spitfires renewed their playoff rivalry. And for the third straight year, the ending was the same. Th

May 5
50 min

The OHL's final four playoff teams are giving us the best of junior hockey

The Brantford Bulldogs have been the darlings of OHL pundits since the season began, so it would be sacrilege to suggest they're lucky to be leading their Eastern Confere

Apr 28
1 h 02 min

OHL playoff series' are ending quickly and the Niagara IceDogs shake up the front office. Again.

If you were hoping that the best part of the OHL season would drag out for a little bit, you're out of luck. These playoffs are running at barely above the minimum number

Apr 21
1 h 07 min

The OHL Coach of the Year and the NCAA eligibility window

The OHL's second round is sure to deliver more drama than the first round, right? Right?? Farwell and Dan have some analysis of Round Two so far, as well as a conversatio

Apr 14
54 min

Did Round One of the OHL playoffs disappoint? The North Bay Battalion sure didn't.

We don't want to take anything away from the Flint Firebirds, but their first round dominance has to be measured against Owen Sound's disinterest. It was a playoff failur

Apr 7
1 h 06 min

The OHL playoffs are delivering drama, but fans are balking at premium pricing

It looks like Owen Sound will make a meek -- but mercifully quick -- exit from the OHL playoffs, but what's gone wrong with an Attack team that was setting the pace for t

Mar 31
43 min

When coaches say too much and suspensions are too little. Also, the threat of the new NHL CBA.

Is it possible for a coach to say too much and for a suspension to be too little? These are the questions Farwell and Dan are wrestling with this week as the league offic

Mar 24
1 h 10 min

A long run of 50 win seasons comes to an end, and the Travelling Hat comes back

When you get the chance to pry some stories out of Terry Doyle, you take it. The play-by-play voice of the Sarnia Sting on Your TV has been around this league since he vo

Mar 17
1 h 21 min

First round picks might become OHL trade chips and the league explores Chatham

Farwell's full-time refs idea may have fallen flat, but maybe not as flat as the ticket price increase in the Soo. Plus, the OHL is seriously considering allowing GMs to

Mar 10
53 min

The OHL works on more inter-league play for next season, while also visiting a former market in Cornwall

Have we got news for you! No, really, we do. Including the discussions that are underway to bring more inter-league play between the OHL and QMJHL back for next season, a

Mar 3
1 h 04 min

We might find the OHL's most outstanding player and most outstanding defenceman on the same team

A quick note from Farwell to start this episode: "I don't think I'm alone in saying that the 'Eastern Swing' through Kingston, Ottawa, and Peterborough for a Western Conf

Feb 24
1 h 17 min

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