2017–18 OHL season
# Player Nationality OHL Team Hometown Last Team
3 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen ( G ) Finland Sudbury Wolves Espoo , Finland Leki
6 Jan Jenik ( RW ) Czech Republic Flint Firebirds Brno , Czech Republic Benatky nad Jizerou HC
9 Liam Kirk ( LW ) United Kingdom Peterborough Petes Nottingham , United Kingdom Sheffield Steelers
12 Petr Cajka ( C ) Czech Republic Erie Otters Kadan , Czech Republic Zug EV Jr
15 Ivan Prosvetov ( G ) Russia Saginaw Spirit Moscow , Russia Youngstown Phantoms
18 Marco Rossi ( C ) Austria Ottawa 67 's Feldkirch , Austria Zurich GCK Lions Jr
21 No selection made Guelph Storm
24 Filip Reisnecker ( LW ) Czech Republic Mississauga Steelheads Praha , Czech Republic Regensburg Jr
27 Yegor Postnov ( LW ) Russia North Bay Battalion Moscow , Russia Stupino Capitan
30 Kari Piiroinen ( G ) Finland Windsor Spitfires Helsinki , Finland HIFK Helsinki B
33 Nando Eggenberger ( LW ) Switzerland Kingston Frontenacs Chur , Switzerland Davos HC
36 Kyen Sopa ( LW ) Switzerland Niagara IceDogs Flawil , Switzerland Bern Future SC Jr
39 Ian Derungs ( LW ) Switzerland Kingston Frontenacs Frauenfeld , Switzerland Kloten EHC Sports AG Jr
42 Matvei Guskov ( C ) Russia London Knights Nizhnekamsk , Russia Moscow CSKA U17
45 Manuel Alberg ( RW ) Germany Owen Sound Attack Koln , Germany Kolner EC Jr
48 Maksim Zhukov ( G ) Russia Barrie Colts Kaliningrad , Russia Green Bay Gamblers
51 Axel Andersson ( D ) Sweden Kitchener Rangers Södertälje , Sweden Djurgardens IF Jr
54 Philip Broberg ( D ) Sweden Hamilton Bulldogs Orebro , Sweden AIK IF Jr
56 No selection made Sarnia Sting
58 Roman Pucek ( LW ) Czech Republic Sault Ste . Marie Greyhounds Vsetín , Czech Republic Vsetin Jr. B
2018 CHL Import Draft
On June 28 , 2018 , the Canadian Hockey League conducted the 2018 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 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen from Finland with their selection . Below are the players who were selected in the first round by Ontario Hockey League teams in the 2018 CHL Import Draft . [ 6 ]
The 2017-18 OHL season was the 38th season of the Ontario Hockey League, in which twenty teams played 68 games each according to the regular season schedule, from September 21, 2017 to March 18, 2018. The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds accomplished a streak of 23 consecutive wins between October 27, 2017 and January 4, 2018. The Hamilton Bulldogs won the J. Ross Robertson Cup as they defeated the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in six games to represent the Ontario Hockey League at the 2018 Memorial Cup, which was hosted by the Regina Pats of the WHL at the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan from May 18-27, 2018.