1965-66 NDJBHL Season

This is the 1965-66 season of the Niagara District Junior B Hockey League:

Standings[]

Team                        GP    W    L    T    GF    GA     P
Hamilton Bees               30    23   7    0    195   115    46
Welland Clippers            27    16   5    6    175   140    42
St. Catharines Blackhawks   29    16   9    4    216   161    38
Stamford Bruins             30    11   13   6    164   161    28
Burlington Mohawks          30    13   16   1    147   148    27
Thorold Jaycees             30    11   16   3    162   220    25
Fort Erie Autos             28    2    26   0    166   220    4

Quarter Finals[]

Best of 5

Welland beat Burlington 3 wins to none (6-5, 3-0, 10-6)
St. Catharines beat Thorold 3 wins to none (11-5, 15-3, 12-4)

Semi Finals[]

Best of 7

Hamilton beat Stamford 4 wins to 3 (2-5, 4-5, 5-4, 6-4, 9-1, 7-8, 7-3)

Best of 5

Welland beat St. Catharines 3 wins to none.

Finals[]

Hamilton beat Welland 4 wins to 2 (5-4, 1-5, 7-4, 6-7, 7-2, 6-1)

Hamilton advanced to the 1965-66 Sutherland Cup Championship playoffs.

Scoring Leaders[]

1.Dan Lodboa, Thor             30   63  31  94
2.Al Humppi, Bur                            85
3.Stu Roberts, St.Cath         26   48  29  77
4.Bob Channell, Thorn          30   20  47  67
  John Dandy, Well                          67
6.Tom Holmes, Bur
7.Vic Teal, St.Cath            29   25  35  60
8.Bob Reid, Well
9.John Maney, St.Cath          29   32  24  56
10.Gary Daniels, Burl
11.Lou Polgrablia, St.Cath     23    9  43  52
   Brian Law, Welland                       52
13.Jim Adair, Hamil  
14.Garry Swain, Welland
15.Rick Sommerville, Thor

Awards[]

MVP: Dan Lodboa, Thornhill

Top Defenseman: John Nickerson, St.Cath

Rookie of Year: Bob Channell, Thornhill

Sources[]

Dave Clamen