1996–97 OPJHL season

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1996–97 OPJHL season
LeagueOntario Provincial Junior A Hockey League
SportHockey
DurationRegular season
1996-09 – 1997-02
Playoffs
1997-02 – 1997-04
Number of teams22
Finals championsMilton Merchants
OPJHL seasons

The 1996–97 OPJHL season is the fourth season of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League (OPJHL). The twenty-two teams of the MacKenzie, MacKinnon, Phillips, and Ruddock Divisions competed in a 51-game schedule. The top 4 teams of each division make the playoffs.

The winner of the OPJHL playoffs, the Milton Merchants, lost the 1997 Buckland Cup and Dudley Hewitt Cup to the Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League.[1]

Changes[]

Final standings[]


Note: 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

MacKenzie Division
Team GP W L T GF GA P
Bramalea Blues 51 36 12 3 263 154 76
Brampton Capitals 51 35 14 2 280 183 73
Mississauga Chargers 51 29 19 3 234 220 62
St. Michael's Buzzers 51 26 22 3 210 173 59
Streetsville Derbys 51 19 26 6 212 222 45
Vaughan Vipers 51 16 33 2 179 272 35
MacKinnon Division
Team GP W L T GF GA P
Milton Merchants 51 37 9 5 319 169 81
Hamilton Kilty 51 32 14 5 286 218 70
Oakville Blades 51 22 28 1 218 233 50
Burlington Cougars 51 14 34 3 188 273 32
Georgetown Raiders 51 3 47 1 140 375 10
Phillips Division
Team GP W L T GF GA P
Newmarket 87's 51 43 5 3 313 135 89
Collingwood Blues 51 28 18 5 249 206 62
Orillia Terriers 50 25 21 4 201 194 56
Lindsay Muskies 51 17 29 5 188 247 42
Stouffville Spirit 50 8 41 1 167 295 19
Ruddock Division
Team GP W L T GF GA P
Kingston Voyageurs 51 42 7 2 313 138 87
Peterborough Jr. Petes 51 29 19 3 219 182 64
Ajax Axemen 51 21 28 2 212 258 45
Bowmanville Eagles 51 15 31 5 215 285 37
Trenton Sting 51 16 32 3 192 278 36
Cobourg Cougars 51 11 35 5 190 278 29

1996-97 OPJHL Playoffs[]

This article is about the Central Canada Championship. For Dudley Hewitt Cup, see . For 1997 Royal Bank Cup, see .

Division Semi-final

Newmarket 87's defeated Bowmanville Eagles 4-games-to-2
Kingston Voyageurs defeated Ajax Axemen 4-games-to-none
Peterborough Jr. Petes defeated Lindsay Muskies 4-games-to-2
Collingwood Blues defeated Orillia Terriers 4-games-to-2
Milton Merchants defeated Streetsville Derbys 4-games-to-none
Brampton Capitals defeated St. Michael's Buzzers 4-games-to-2
Mississauga Chargers defeated Hamilton Kiltys 4-games-to-2

Division Final

Newmarket 87's defeated Collingwood Blues 4-games-to-none
Kingston Voyageurs defeated Peterborough Jr. Petes 4-games-to-1
Milton Merchants defeated Mississauga Chargers 4-games-to-none
Bramalea Blues defeated Brampton Capitals 4-games-to-2

Semi-final

Newmarket 87's defeated Kingston Voyageurs 4-games-to-1
Milton Merchants defeated Bramalea Blues 4-games-to-3

Final

Milton Merchants defeated Newmarket 87's 4-games-to-3

OHA Buckland Cup and Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship[]

Best-of-7

Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats (NOJHL) defeated Milton Merchants 4-games-to-1
Milton 4 - Rayside-Balfour 0
Rayside-Balfour 4 - Milton 3 OT
Rayside-Balfour 5 - Milton 3
Rayside-Balfour 9 - Milton 2
Rayside-Balfour 4 - Milton 1

Scoring leaders[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts
Kingston Voyageurs 51 54 81 135
Kingston Voyageurs 48 51 61 112
Hamilton Red Wings 50 50 62 112
Brampton Capitals 51 62 48 110
Milton/Bowmanville 49 43 62 105
Newmarket 87's 44 43 60 103
Hamilton Red Wings 51 51 49 100
Darren Haydar Milton Merchants 51 32 68 100

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Shaw Communications".

External links[]

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