At the OHL Bard of Governors meeting the league adopted three rule changes.
The league has mandated that all intermissions will be 17 minutes long starting in the 2018-19 season. Also the league has determined that if teams are tied in points at the end of the season, shootout wins will be deducted from the win totals to break the tie:
The OHL shall eliminate shootout wins in the win total as it applies to the first tie-breaker between two or more teams of equal points during the league regular season of games and final league standing so that wins includes only regulation and overtime victories in a tie-breaking scenario.