2018-19 OJHL Season

This is the 2018-19 Ontario Junior Hockey League season. This is the league's 9th season as a re-established league after the league members played in 2 separate leagues for the 2009-10 season. The league slightly re-aligned the conferences with the North-East and South-West Conferences becoming the North-West Conference and  the South-East Conference. The Lindsay Muskies were moved from the North Division to the East Division and the Oakville Blades shifting from the South Division to the West Division.

Membership changes

 * The Orangeville Flyers would announce that they were relocating to Brampton and would be renamed the Brampton Admirals for the 2018-19 season.


 * March 2019, the OJHL announced the addition of the Collingwood Colts for the 2019-20 season. Also for the 2019-20 season it was announced that the Newmarket Hurricanes had been sold and would be re-located to Milton and be rebranded the Milton Menace.

Milton Icehawks Relocation

 * On June 18, 2018 the ownership of the Milton Icehawks, who also owns the Junior B level Brantford 99ers announced that the team will be relocated to Brantford and assume the 99ers name. No decision has been made as for the future of the Junior B team, as of now the team is tentatively planning on staying put pending a meeting with Ontario Hockey Federation officials.
 * In mid-September the Ontario Hockey Association stated that it did not approve the relocation. The OHA’s position is that it has the authority to approve a relocation,and that it did not approve this relocation. The OJHL and the Junior A teams’ position is that the OHA approved the relocation, but if it did not approve the relocation then the OHA’s approval of such a relocation is not required.  Pending the outcome of the legal proceedings, the team will be known as the “Milton Icehawks”.

Format
The top eight teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs with the division winners are seeded 1-2 and the first place team plays the eighth place team 2 vs7, 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5. in the conference quarterfinals. All series are best-of-seven.

The Buckland Cup champions will advance to the 2019 Dudley Hewitt Cup being held in Cochrane, Ontario. The winnner of that tournament will advance to the 2019 National Junior A Championship being held in Brooks, Alberta.

North-West Conference

 * Oakville Blades defeated Brampton Admirals 4 games to 1
 * Buffalo Jr. Sabres defeated Burlington Cougars 4 games to 3
 * Markham Royals defeated Georgetown Raiders 4 games to 2
 * Newmarket Hurricanes defeated Aurora Tigers 4 games to 1

South-East Conference

 * North York Rangers defeated Toronto Jr. Canadiens 4 games to 1
 * St. Michael's Buzzers defeated Toronto Patriots 4 games to 3
 * Wellington Dukes defeated Cobourg Cougars 4 games to 1
 * Whitby Fury defeated Trenton Golden Hawks 4 games to 2

North-West Conference

 * Oakville Blades defeated Buffalo Jr. Sabres 4 games to 1
 * Markham Royals defeated Newmarket Hurricanes 4 games to 3

South-East Conference

 * North York Rangers defeated St. Michael's Buzzers 4 games to 0
 * Wellington Dukes defeated Whitby Fury 4 games to 3

North-West Conference

 * Oakville Blades defeated Markham Royals 4 games to 1

South-East Conference

 * Wellington Dukes defeated North York Rangers 4 games to 3

Buckland Cup OJHL Final

 * Oakville Blades defeated Wellington Dukes 4 games to none