2016-17 OJHL Season

This is the 2016-17 Ontario Junior Hockey League season. This is the league's 7th season as a re-established league after the league members played in 2 seperate leagues for the 2009-10 season.

Membership changes[]

none

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 Sports Centre	1998
South-West Conference
South Division
Team	Centre	Arena	Joined
Mississauga Chargers	Mississauga, Ontario	Port Credit Memorial 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	HarborCenter	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	OL	GF	GA	Pts
Markham Royals	54	30	20	1	3	187	170	64
Stouffville Spirit	54	28	20	3	3	198	168	62
Newmarket Hurricanes	54	22	26	2	4	160	200	50
Lindsay Muskies	54	14	36	0	4	137	257	32
Aurora Tigers	54	9	39	2	4	135	247	24
Pickering Panthers	54	9	42	1	2	120	253	21

East Division[]

Team	GP	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	Pts
Trenton Golden Hawks	54	42	9	2	1	255	119	87
Cobourg Cougars	54	39	11	0	4	240	126	82
Whitby Fury	54	38	11	1	4	226	147	81
Wellington Dukes	54	31	19	1	3	190	140	66
Kingston Voyageurs	54	28	16	3	7	217	194	66

South/West Conference[]

South Division[]

Team	GP	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	Pts
Oakville Blades	54	33	14	0	7	217	146	73
St. Michael's Buzzers	54	28	19	0	7	213	174	63
Toronto Jr. Canadiens	54	28	20	2	4	176	164	62
Toronto Patriots	54	29	23	0	2	182	173	60
North York Rangers	54	26	24	1	3	186	181	56
Mississauga Chargers	54	16	34	2	2	159	238	36

West Division[]

Team	GP	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	Pts
Georgetown Raiders	54	45	5	2	2	258	103	94
Burlington Cougars	54	40	11	3	0	215	141	83
Buffalo Jr. Sabres	54	23	27	2	2	177	189	50
Orangeville Flyers	54	17	33	1	3	181	239	38
Milton Icehawks	54	4	48	1	1	125	385	10

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 Buckland Cup champions (or the runners up if the Trenton Golden Hawks win the Buckland Cup) will advance to the 2017 Dudley Hewitt Cup being held in Trenton, Ontario. The winnner of that tournament (or the runners up if the Cobourg Cougars win the tournament) will advance to the 2017 Royal Bank Cup being held in Cobourg, Ontario.