Relocation

On February 7, 2023, the Hamilton Bulldogs announced that the club would be moving to Brantford, Ontario, for three seasons due to renovations and the long-term closure of First Ontario Centre beginning this season. The team also announced that the team would be known as the Brantford Bulldogs and play at the Brantford Civic Centre.^[1]

Standings

Note: DIV = Division; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against;
PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title
Standings as of January 14, 2024^[3]

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes^[4]

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses;
SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average^[5]

Canada

The Canadian team had eight current and former OHL players on their roster. The players on the Canadian team who currently played in the OHL are: Oliver Bonk, London Knights; Jorian Donovan, Brantford Bulldogs; Ty Nelson, North Bay Battalion; Owen Allard, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds; Owen Beck, Peterborough Petes; Easton Cowan, London Knights and Carson Rehkopf, Kitchener Rangers. Former Guelph Storm player Matthew Poitras of the Boston Bruins was also named to the team. Beck and Poitras were named alternate captains on the team. Sarnia Sting head coach Alan Letang was named the head coach of the Canadian team.

Both Poitras and Rehkopf finished tied for third in team scoring, scoring two goals and adding two assists for four points. Allard scored two goals and added an assist for three points. Both Nelson and Bonk earned three assists, while Cowan scored a goal and earned an assist for two points. Beck scored a goal, while Donovan was held pointless.

Canada finished second in Group A during the preliminary round with a record of 3-0-0-1, earning nine points. In the quarter-finals, Canada was defeated by Czechia 3-2, finishing the tournament in fifth place.

Czechia

Team Czechia had six OHL players on their roster. The players named to the team were: Tomáš Hamara, Brantford Bulldogs; Jakub Vondras, Sudbury Wolves; Eduard Šalé, Barrie Colts; Matyas Sapovaliv, Saginaw Spirit and Adam Zidlicky, Mississauga Steelheads. Simon Slavicek of the Flint Firebirds was named to the extended roster as an injury replacement. Hamara and Sapovaliv were named alternate captains of the team.

Šalé scored three goals and four assists for seven points, finishing fourth in team scoring. Hamara scored two goals and added five assists for seven points, leading the Czechia defense in scoring. Sapovaliv scored three goals and earned an assist for four points and Zidlicky had no points in the tournament. Vondras appeared in one game, as he had a record of 1-0-0 with a 3.51 GAA and a 0.850 save percentage. Slavicek did not appear in any games.

Czechia finished in third place in Group B during the preliminary round with a record of 2-0-1-1, earning seven points. In the quarter-finals, Czechia defeated Canada 3-2 to advance to the semi-finals. In their semi-final game, Czechia lost 5-2 to Sweden, sending them to the Bronze Medal game. In their final game of the tournament, Czechia defeated Finland 8-5 to finish the tournament in third place and win the Bronze Medal.

Finland

Team Finland had three OHL players on their roster. Arttu Kärki, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds; Kasper Halttunen, London Knights; and Rasmus Kumpulainen, Oshawa Generals were named to the team.

Halttunen scored three goals and three assists for six points to finish third in team scoring. Kärki had three assists and Kumpulainen scored twice during the tournament.

Finland finished in third place in Group A during the preliminary round with a 1-1-0-2 record, earning five points. In the quarter-finals, Finland defeated Slovkia 4-3 in overtime to advance to the next round. In the semi-finals, Finland lost to the United States 3-2, putting them into the Bronze Medal game. Finland ended the tournament in fourth place, as they lost to Czechia 8-5 in their final game.

Latvia

Latvia had one OHL player on their roster. Sandis Vilmanis of the Sarnia Sting was named to the team and was named an alternate captain for the team.

Vilmanis scored two goals and two assists for four points, finishing second in team scoring.

Latvia finished the preliminary round of the tournament in fourth place in Group A with a record of 1-0-0-3, earning three points. Latvia lost to the United States 7-2 in the quarter-finals, as they finished the tournament in eighth place.

Slovakia

Team Slovakia had five OHL players on their roster. Dalibor Dvorský, Sudbury Wolves; Filip Mešár, Kitchener Rangers; Martin Misiak, Erie Otters; and Servac Petrovsky of the Owen Sound Attack were named to the team. Roman Kukumberg of the Sarnia Sting was named to the extended roster as an injury replacement player. Mešár was named as an alternate captain.

Petrovsky scored five goals and four assists for nine points, while Mešár had two goals and seven assists, earning nine points, tying them for the team lead in points. Dvorský scored three goals and three assists for six points, while Misiak earned three assists. Kukumberg appeared in three games, however, he did not earn a point.

Slovakia finished the preliminary round of the tournament with a 3-0-0-1 record, finishing in second place in Group B with nine points. In the quarter-finals, Slovakia lost to Finland 4-3 in overtime. Slovakia finished the tournament in sixth place.

Switzerland

Team Switzerland named one OHL player to their team, which Rodwin Dionicio of the Saginaw Spirit.

Dionicio scored two goals and added two assists for four points, leading the defense in scoring and finishing third overall in team scoring.

Switzerland had a record of 1-0-0-3 in four games during the preliminary round, earning three points and fourth place in Group B. In the quarter-finals, Switzerland lost to Sweden 3-2 in overtime. Switzerland finished the tournament in seventh place.

United States

The United States had three players from the OHL on their roster. Sam Hillebrandt, Barrie Colts and Gavin Hayes, Flint Firebirds were named to the team. Carey Terrance, Erie Otters was named to the extended roster as an injury replacement player.

Hayes earned two assists in the tournament. Hillebrandt and Terrance did not appear in any games.

The United States finished in first place in Group B with a 3-1-0-0 record, earning eleven points, during the preliminary round. In the quarter-finals, the United States defeated Latvia 7-2 to advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-final game, the United States defeated Finland 3-2 to advance to the Gold Medal game. The United States captured the Gold Medal with a 6-2 victory over Sweden.