1939-40 Sutherland Cup Championship

These are the 1939-40 playoffs for the Sutherland Cup, the Ontario Hockey Association's Junior B championship:

The teams were decided in the 1939-40 OHA Junior B Groupings.

First Round
2 games total goals


 * Kingston 6 Belleville 0
 * Kingston 8 Belleville 5

Kingston Red Indians beat Belleville 14 goals to 5.

Second Round
Best of 3


 * Aurora 4 Upper Canada 1
 * Upper Canada 9 Aurora 5
 * Aurora 5 Upper Canada 3

Aurora Tigers beat Upper Canada College 2 wins to 1.


 * Oshawa 3 Kingston 2
 * Oshawa 3 Kingston 2

Oshawa Bees beat Kingston Red Indians 2 wins to none.

Quarter Final
Round Robin


 * Brantford 5 Waterloo 0
 * Brantford 10 Oshawa 4
 * Owen Sound 6 Waterloo 4
 * Waterloo 2 Oshawa 1
 * Waterloo 7 Aurora 6
 * Waterloo 4 Brantford 3
 * Aurora 5 Oshawa 3
 * Aurora 11 Owen Sound 1
 * Oshawa 6 Brantford 5
 * Waterloo 4 Oshawa 3
 * Owen Sound 6 Brantford 4
 * Waterloo 5 Owen Sound 4
 * Aurora 6 Brantford 5
 * Aurora 10 Oshawa 8
 * Aurora 7 Waterloo 3
 * Brantford 12 Aurora 8
 * Owen Sound 9 Brantford 5
 * Owen Sound won Oshawa defaulted

Semi Final
Best of 3


 * Waterloo 5 Aurora 1
 * Waterloo 4 Aurora 3

Waterloo Siskins beat Aurora Tigers 2 wins to none.

Final
Best of 5

Waterloo Siskins beat Owen Sound Greys 3 wins to 1.
 * Waterloo 7 Owen Sound 6
 * Waterloo 6 Owen Sound 4
 * Owen Sound 7 Waterloo 4
 * Waterloo 6 Owen Sound ta

Owen Sound's coach
The coach of the Owen Sound Greys was a black man - Norman "Pinky" Lewis. Lewis, born in 1898 in Hamilton, He spent much of his life in sports, mostly as a trainer. There is a recreation centre in his hometown bearing his name. This must be one of the first times that a black coached a white team in all of North America.

Interestingly, three years earlier in the 1936-37 Sutherland Cup Championship, the star of the winning Northern Vocational School was Herb Carnegie, one of the first blacks to play in hockey.