2015-16 OJHL Season

This is the 2015-16 Ontario Junior Hockey League season. This was the league's sixth season as a re-established league after the league members played in 2 seperate league's for the 2009-10 season.

The league had each team playing 54 games including 25 home games, 25 road games, 2 Governors' Showcase games (September 22-24 at HarborCenter in Buffalo), and 2 Conference Showcase games. The regular season started on September 4th and ended February 27th.

The playoff champion Trenton Golden Hawks advanced to the 2016 Dudley Hewitt Cup which was being held in Kirkland Lake and was hosted by the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners who qualified as host.

Membership Changes[]

Due to the Belleville Bulls of the OHL being sold and relocated to Hamilton as the Hamilton Bulldogs, the Hamilton Red Wings relocated to Markham and were renamed the Markham Royals and play out of the Markham Centennial Centre. The team was also shifted from the West Division to the North Division, giving each conference 11 teams (one division with six teams and one with five teams).

Teams[]

North-East Conference
North Division
Team	Centre	Arena	Joined
Aurora Tigers	Aurora, Ontario	Aurora Community Centre	1997
Lindsay Muskies	Lindsay, Ontario	Lindsay Recreation Centre	1989
Markham Royals	Markham, Ontario	Markham Centennial Centre	1993
Newmarket Hurricanes	Newmarket, Ontario	Ray Twinney Complex	1987
Pickering Panthers	Pickering, Ontario	Pickering Recreation Complex	1998
Stouffville Spirit	Stouffville, Ontario	Stouffville Arena	1995
East Division
Team	Centre	Arena	Joined
Cobourg Cougars	Cobourg, Ontario	Cobourg Community Centre	1992
Kingston Voyageurs	Kingston, Ontario	INVISTA Centre	1995
Trenton Golden Hawks	Trenton, Ontario	Duncan McDonald Memorial Community Gardens	1998
Wellington Dukes	Wellington, Ontario	Wellington & District Community Centre	1998
Whitby Fury	Whitby, Ontario	Iroquois Park Arena	1998
South-West Conference
South Division
Team	Centre	Arena	Joined
Mississauga Chargers	Mississauga, Ontario	Port Credit Arena	1995
North York Rangers	North York, Ontario	Carnegie Centennial Centre	1998
Oakville Blades	Oakville, Ontario	Sixteen Mile Sports Complex	1971
St. Michael's Buzzers	Toronto, Ontario	St. Michael's College School Arena	1995
Toronto Jr. Canadiens	Downsview, Ontario	Buckingham Arena	1998
Toronto Patriots	Rexdale, Ontario	Westwood Arena	1998
West Division
Team	Centre	Arena	Joined
Buffalo Jr. Sabres	Buffalo, New York	Harbor Center	1998
Burlington Cougars	Burlington, Ontario	Wave Twin Rinks	1971
Georgetown Raiders	Georgetown, Ontario	Gordon Alcott Arena	1975
Milton Icehawks	Milton, Ontario	Milton Memorial Arena	1971
Orangeville Flyers	Orangeville, Ontario	Alder Street Recreation Facility	1998

Standings[]

North East Conference
North Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	PIM	P
Markham Royals	54	31	17	3	3	-	197	149	804	68
Aurora Tigers	54	28	17	1	8	-	174	137	885	65
Newmarket Hurricanes	54	23	22	3	6	-	161	161	714	55
Stouffville Spirit	54	24	24	3	3	-	185	192	1152	54
Pickering Panthers	54	15	32	2	5	-	154	223	1162	37
Lindsay Muskies	54	12	36	0	6	-	122	225	1030	30
East Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	PIM	P
Trenton Golden Hawks	54	44	6	1	3	-	193	102	728	92
Kingston Voyageurs	54	34	14	2	4	-	199	154	1096	74
Wellington Dukes	54	32	19	2	1	-	202	154	809	67
Cobourg Cougars	54	27	21	0	6	-	177	158	781	60
Whitby Fury	54	25	23	1	5	-	180	189	1094	56
South West Conference
South Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	PIM	P
Oakville Blades	54	34	17	2	1	-	231	178	839	71
North York Rangers	54	30	16	2	6	-	205	161	799	68
Toronto Jr. Canadiens	54	30	16	3	5	-	184	170	865	68
St. Michael's Buzzers	54	28	23	1	2	-	196	182	715	59
Toronto Patriots	54	18	28	1	7	-	166	215	867	44
Mississauga Chargers	54	10	41	0	3	-	134	277	1195	23
West Division
Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	PIM	P
Georgetown Raiders	54	37	13	3	1	-	210	129	891	78
Burlington Cougars	54	34	17	1	2	-	249	175	975	71
Buffalo Jr. Sabres	54	33	17	1	1	-	233	166	1207	70
Orangeville Flyers	54	23	24	2	5	-	182	185	884	53
Milton Icehawks	54	5	48	0	1	-	110	362	869	11

Buckland Cup Playoffs[]

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 playoff champion will advance to the 2016 Dudley Hewitt Cup which is being held in Kirkland Lake and being hosted by the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners. The tournament was originally awarded to Sudbury, Ontario to be hosted by the Sudbury Nickel Barons on October 7, 2014; but the team announced they were relocating to Rayside-Balfour prior to the 2015-16 season and there was deemed to be little support in the community of Sudbury. The tournament was then re-awarded to Kirkland Lake on April 27, 2015. The winner of the Dudley Hewitt Cup advances to the 2016 Royal Bank Cup being held in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan.

North East Conference Quarterfinals[]

Trenton Golden Hawks defeated Newmarket Hurricanes 4 games to none (6-2, 2-0, 3-0, 6-2)
Markham Royals defeated Whitby Fury 4 games to 1 (1-4, 4-1, 5-1, 8-2, 7-6 (ot)
Kingston Voyageurs defeated Cobourg Cougars 4 games to none (2-1, 5-2, 6-3, 4-3 (ot))
Wellington Dukes defeated Aurora Tigers 4 games to 2 (2-1, 3-2, 3-5, 1-5, 4-3, 6-5 (ot))

South West Conference Quarterfinals[]

Georgetown Raiders defeated Orangeville Flyers 4 games to none (4-3 (ot), 7-3, 5-4 (ot), 4-3)
Oakville Blades defeated St. Michaels Buzzers 4 games to 2 (2-1, 0-5, 6-1, 3-7, 8-1, 6-1)
Burlington Cougars defeated Toronto Jr. Canadiens 4 games to 1 (4-1, 2-1, 3-2, 3-4, 9-3)
North York Rangers defeated Buffalo Jr. Sabres 4 games to 1-3, 5-4 (ot), 4-1, 5-2, 3-1)

North East Conference Semifinals[]

Trenton Golden Hawks defeated Wellington Dukes 4 games to 1 (2-1, 2-3, 4-2, 4-1, 1-0)
Kingston Voyageurs defeated Markham Royals 4 games to none (4-1, 4-1, 4-3 (ot), 7-4)

South West Conference Semifinals[]

Georgetown Raiders defeated North York Rangers 4 games to 2 (3-4 (ot), 1-3, 5-4 (ot), 7-3, 2-1, 5-2)
Oakville Blades defeated Burlington Cougars 4 games to 2 (4-1, 11-4, 1-4, 1-5, 7-2, 7-2)

North East Conference Final[]

Trenton Golden Hawks defeated Kingston Voyageurs 4 games to none (6-4, 5-1, 5-2, 3-2)

South West Conference Final[]

Georgetown Raiders defeated Oakville Blades 4 games to 2 (5-2, 2-3 (ot), 4-1, 4-1, 0-5, 5-3)

Buckland Cup Final[]

Trenton Golden Hawks defeated Georgetown Raiders 4 games to 1 (5-4, 2-3 (2ot), 2-0, 2-1, 2-1)

The Trenton Golden Hawks advance to the 2016 Dudley Hewitt Cup.