2000–01 OHL season

The 2000–01 OHL season was the 21st season of the Ontario Hockey League. The Guelph Storm moved from the Guelph Memorial Gardens to the Guelph Sports and Entertainment Centre at the start of the season. The Owen Sound Platers were renamed to the Owen Sound Attack Twenty teams each played 68 games. The Ottawa 67's won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the Plymouth Whalers.

Final standings
Note: DIV = Division; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title

First team

 * Kyle Wellwood, Centre, Belleville Bulls
 * Randy Rowe, Left Wing, Belleville Bulls
 * Branko Radivojevic, Right Wing, Belleville Bulls
 * Rostislav Klesla, Defence, Brampton Battalion
 * Alexei Semenov, Defence, Sudbury Wolves
 * Craig Anderson, Goaltender, Guelph Storm
 * Dave MacQueen, Coach, Erie Otters

Second team

 * Brad Boyes, Centre, Erie Otters
 * Raffi Torres, Left Wing, Brampton Battalion
 * Cory Pecker, Right Wing, Erie Otters
 * Kevin Dallman, Defence, Guelph Storm
 * Jon Zion, Defence, Ottawa 67's
 * Rob Zepp, Goaltender, Plymouth Whalers
 * Dave Cameron, Coach, Toronto St. Michael's Majors

Third team

 * Jason Spezza, Centre, Windsor Spitfires
 * Steve Ott, Left Wing, Windsor Spitfires
 * Nikita Alexeev, Right Wing, Erie Otters
 * Libor Ustrnul, Defence, Plymouth Whalers
 * Mark Popovic, Defence, Toronto St. Michael's Majors
 * Alex Auld, Goaltender, North Bay Centennials
 * Jim Hulton, Coach, Belleville Bulls

2001 OHL Priority Selection
On May 5, 2001, the OHL conducted the 2001 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection. The Mississauga IceDogs held the first overall pick in the draft, and selected Patrick O'Sullivan from the USA U17 team. O'Sullivan was awarded the Jack Ferguson Award, awarded to the top pick in the draft.

Below are the players who were selected in the first round of the 2001 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection.