1971-72 SOJAHL Season

This is the 1971-72 season of the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League:

Standings
Team                       GP    W    L    T    GF    GA     P  Guelph CMC's                56    41   10   5    261   140    87 Detroit Jr. Red Wings      56    35   16   5    333   225    75 Chatham Maroons            56    33   17   6    247   215    72 St. Thomas Elgins          56    20   26   10   244   288    50 Welland Sabres             56    20   31   5    223   261    45 Windsor Spitfires          56    21   32   3    220   266    45 Brantford Majors           56    18   32   6    193   220    42 Sarnia Bees                56    15   31   10   158   200    40

Playoffs
Quarter-final
 * Detroit Jr. Red Wings defeated Welland Sabres 4-games-to-1
 * Chatham Maroons defeated Windsor Spitfires 4-games-to-1

Semi-final
 * Guelph CMC's defeated St. Thomas Elgins 4-games-to-none
 * Detroit Jr. Red Wings defeated Chatham Maroons 4-games-to-3

Final
 * Guelph CMC's defeated Detroit Jr. Red Wings 4-games-to-1


 * Guelph CMC's move on the 1972 Hewitt-Dudley Memorial Trophy

Scoring Leaders
1.Bob Dobek Detroit          56  65  70 135 2.Dave Walter Welland        56  62  56 118 3.Tom Ross Detroit           52  50  51 101 4.Bill Ciraulo Detroit       48  34  49  83 5.John Vaudry St. Thomas     56  39  42  81 6.Hal Murphy, Brant          56  45  31  76 7.Gary Brewer, Chat          56  42  34  76 8.Rob Watson, St.Thomas      53  31  41  72 9.John Van Boxmeer, Gue      56  30  42  72 10.Dan Smith, St.Th          55  33  36  69

Awards
MVP: Bob Dobek, Detroit Outstanding Forward: Dave Walter, Welland Top Defenseman: John VanBoxmeer, Guelph

F-Hal Murphy, Brant           Dean Sheremeta, Windsor F-Bob Dobek, Detroit          Tom Ross, Detroit F-Dave Walter, Welland        Bill Ciraulo, Detroit D-John Van Boxmeer, Guelph    Tony Bellavance, Brant D-Ken Ritter, Detroit         Dan Bosher, Chatham G-Jake Dupuis, Guelph         Frank Blum, Sarnia