Hamilton Spectator Trophy

The Hamilton Spectator Trophy is an award given to the Ontario Hockey League team who finishes the season with the best record. It was first presented to the Ontario Hockey Association by The Hamilton Spectator (newspaper). The trophy was first presented in 1957–58.

Winners

 * 2020-21 - Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
 * 2019-20 - Ottawa 67's
 * 2018-19 - Ottawa 67's
 * 2017-18 - Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
 * 2016-17 - Erie Otters
 * 2015-16 - Erie Otters
 * 2014-15 - Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
 * 2013-14 - Guelph Storm
 * 2012-13 - London Knights
 * 2011-12 - London Knights
 * 2010–11 - Mississauga St. Michaels Majors
 * 2009–10 - Barrie Colts
 * 2008–09 - Windsor Spitfires
 * 2007–08 - Kitchener Rangers
 * 2006–07 - London Knights
 * 2005–06 - London Knights
 * 2004–05 - London Knights
 * 2003–04 - London Knights
 * 2002–03 - Kitchener Rangers
 * 2001–02 - Plymouth Whalers
 * 2000–01 - Erie Otters
 * 1999–2000 - Plymouth Whalers
 * 1998–99 - Plymouth Whalers
 * 1997–98 - Guelph Storm
 * 1996–97 - Ottawa 67's
 * 1995–96 - Guelph Storm
 * 1994–95 - Guelph Storm
 * 1993–94 - North Bay Centennials
 * 1992–93 - Peterborough Petes
 * 1991–92 - Peterborough Petes
 * 1990–91 - Oshawa Generals
 * 1989–90 - Oshawa Generals
 * 1988–89 - Kitchener Rangers
 * 1987–88 - Windsor Compuware Spitfires
 * 1986–87 - Oshawa Generals
 * 1985–86 - Peterborough Petes
 * 1984–85 - Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
 * 1983–84 - Kitchener Rangers
 * 1982–83 - Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
 * 1981–82 - Ottawa 67's
 * 1980–81 - Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
 * 1979–80 - Peterborough Petes
 * 1978–79 - Peterborough Petes
 * 1977–78 - Ottawa 67's
 * 1976–77 - St. Catharines Fincups
 * 1975–76 - Sudbury Wolves
 * 1974–75 - Toronto Marlboros
 * 1973–74 – Kitchener Rangers
 * 1972–73 – Toronto Marlboros
 * 1971–72 – Toronto Marlboros
 * 1970–71 – Peterborough Petes
 * 1969–70 – Montreal Junior Canadiens
 * 1968–69 – Montreal Junior Canadiens
 * 1967–68 – Kitchener Rangers
 * 1966–67 – Kitchener Rangers
 * 1965–66 – Peterborough Petes
 * 1964–65 – Niagara Falls Flyers
 * 1963–64 – Toronto Marlboros
 * 1962–63 – Niagara Falls Flyers
 * 1961–62 – Montreal Junior Canadiens
 * 1960–61 – Guelph Royals
 * 1959–60 – Toronto Marlboros
 * 1958–59 – St. Catharines TeePees
 * 1957–58 – St. Catharines TeePees

Winners Prior to 1958
The Hamilton Spectator Trophy was first awarded in 1957–58. This are a list of teams that finished first before the trophy was created.
 * 1956–57 – Guelph Biltmores
 * 1955–56 – St. Catharines TeePees
 * 1954–55 – St. Catharines TeePees
 * 1953–54 – St. Catharines TeePees
 * 1952–53 – Barrie Flyers
 * 1951–52 – Toronto Marlboros
 * 1950–51 – Barrie Flyers
 * 1949–50 – Toronto Marlboros
 * 1948–49 – Windsor Spitfires
 * 1947–48 – Windsor Spitfires
 * 1946–47 – St. Michael's Majors
 * 1945–46 – St. Michael's Majors
 * 1944–45 – St. Michael's Majors
 * 1943–44 – Oshawa Generals
 * 1942–43 – Oshawa Generals
 * 1941–42 – Brantford Lions
 * 1940–41 – Toronto Marlboros
 * 1939–40 – Oshawa Generals
 * 1938–39 – Oshawa Generals
 * 1937–38 – Stratford Midgets
 * 1936-37 - St. Michael's Majors
 * 1935-36 - St. Michael's Majors
 * 1934-35 - Oshawa Majors
 * 1933-34 - St. Michael's Majors