2008-09 OJHL Season

This is the 2008-09 season of the Ontario Junior Hockey League:

Changes
For the 2008-09 season, the Ontario Hockey Association granted a group of teams the right to create their own self-governed division, segregated from interdivisional play, with a longer season, and a series of experimental rules. After a few name changes, the division was dubbed Central Division Hockey. The CDH created its own exclusive showcase weekend, its own all-star games, and an all-star challenge with the neighbouring Central Junior A Hockey League. Although its players did participate in the OJHL all-star game with the other divisions.

The creation of the CDH sparked numerous changes within the rest of the league. Most notably, the league changed its name, mid-season, to the Ontario Junior Hockey League. This came with a logo change. The OJHL implement interdivisional play between the three remaining divisions. The OJHL also renamed the divisions as such: North became Phillips, East became Ruddock, and West became MacKinnon (South was virtually wiped out by creation of CDH).

The creation of the CDH also caused many legal squabbles within the OJHL, as a few teams banded together to attempt cease and desist orders against the CDH unsuccessfully. Also, a variety of appeals were filed by non-CDH teams, but were turned down.

The CDH may or may not be a single year phenomenon, but with increased threats of realignment by the Ontario Hockey Association, downsizing may possibly be imminent for the largest known junior hockey league in existence.

Standings
Team                       GP    W    L   OTL SOL   GF    GA     P  Central Division Hockey Wellington Dukes           53    35   13   1   4    252   181    75 Markham Waxers             53    36   15   1   1    239   200    74 Toronto Jr. Canadiens      53    31   20   1   1    242   251    64 Hamilton Red Wings         53    28   18   3   4    281   245    63 Newmarket Hurricanes       53    28   20   2   3    198   193    61 St. Michael's Buzzers      53    24   24   3   2    227   249    53 Cobourg Cougars            53    17   27   6   3    199   238    43 Stouffville Spirit         53    13   34   2   4    165   246    32 MacKinnon Georgetown Raiders         49    42   6    1   0    263   140    85 Oakville Blades            49    41   8    0   0    289   146    82 Burlington Cougars         49    33   10   6   0    217   160    72 Vaughan Vipers             49    33   13   1   2    242   152    69 Buffalo Jr. Sabres         49    25   17   3   4    207   176    57 Milton Icehawks            49    21   24   3   1    208   229    46 Brampton Capitals          49    17   24   5   3    199   233    42 Streetsville Derbys        49    12   34   1   2    164   272    27 Mississauga Chargers       49    11   33   3   2    186   300    27 Bramalea Blues             49    11   34   2   2    170   297    26 Phillips Couchiching Terriers       49    39   3    2   5    267   110    85 Huntsville Otters          49    38   7    3   1    224   125    80 Aurora Tigers              49    37   11   1   0    228   150    75 Orangeville Crushers       49    33   15   0   1    212   159    67 North York Rangers         49    28   14   0   7    223   194    63 Collingwood Blues          49    22   23   3   1    169   183    48 Toronto Dixie Beehives     49    17   30   1   1    147   200    36 Seguin Bruins              49    16   31   0   2    185   270    34 Upper Canada Hockey Club   49    9    39   1   0    115   286    19 Villanova Knights          49    6    39   1   3    119   259    16 Ruddock Kingston Voyageurs         49    36   9    1   3    256   136    76 Peterborough Stars         49    37   11   0   1    216   138    75 Lindsay Muskies            49    32   13   1   3    212   149    68 Bowmanville Eagles         49    24   20   4   1    162   160    53 Ajax Attack                49    25   24   0   0    216   229    50 Port Hope Predators        49    20   26   1   2    189   221    43 Whitby Fury                49    16   30   1   2    181   250    35 Pickering Panthers         49    16   30   2   1    148   249    35 Trenton Hercs*             37    14   20   2   1    129   153    31 (*) The Hercs folded, final 12 games were 1-0 defaults.

Playoffs
Divisional Quarter-final
 * Wellington Dukes defeated Stouffville Spirit 4-games-to-none
 * Newmarket Hurricanes defeated Hamilton Red Wings 4-games-to-1
 * Toronto Jr. Canadiens defeated St. Michael's Buzzers 4-games-to-2
 * Markham Waxers defeated Cobourg Cougars 4-games-to-3
 * Oakville Blades defeated Brampton Capitals 3-games-to-none
 * Burlington Cougars defeated Milton Icehawks 3-games-to-none
 * Lindsay Muskies defeated Port Hope Predators 3-games-to-none
 * Huntsville Otters defeated Toronto Dixie Beehives 3-games-to-none
 * Orangeville Crushers defeated North York Rangers 3-games-to-1
 * Couchiching Terriers defeated Seguin Bruins 3-games-to-none
 * Georgetown Raiders defeated Streetsville Derbys 3-games-to-none
 * Peterborough Stars defeated Whitby Fury 3-games-to-1
 * Aurora Tigers defeated Collingwood Blues 3-games-to-1
 * Ajax Attack defeated Bowmanville Eagles 3-games-to-1
 * Kingston Voyageurs defeated Pickering Panthers 3-games-to-1
 * Vaughan Vipers defeated Buffalo Jr. Sabres 3-games-to-2

Divisional Semi-final
 * Georgetown Raiders defeated Vaughan Vipers 4-games-to-none
 * Oakville Blades defeated Burlington Cougars 4-games-to-1
 * Kingston Voyageurs defeated Ajax Attack 4-games-to-none
 * Wellington Dukes defeated Newmarket Hurricanes 4-games-to-none
 * Huntsville Otters defeated Aurora Tigers 4-games-to-2
 * Orangeville Crushers defeated Couchiching Terriers 4-games-to-3
 * Peterborough Stars defeated Lindsay Muskies 4-games-to-3
 * Toronto Jr. Canadiens defeated Markham Waxers 4-games-to-3

Divisional Final
 * Huntsville Otters defeated Orangeville Crushers 4-games-to-1
 * Wellington Dukes defeated Toronto Jr. Canadiens 4-games-to-1
 * Kingston Voyageurs defeated Peterborough Stars 4-games-to-2
 * Oakville Blades defeated Georgetown Raiders 4-games-to-3

Semi-final
 * Kingston Voyageurs defeated Huntsville Otters 4-games-to-1
 * Oakville Blades defeated Wellington Dukes 4-games-to-3

Final
 * Kingston Voyageurs defeated Oakville Blades 4-games-to-2