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”.

Teams

North-West Conference North Division Team Centre Arena Joined Aurora Tigers Aurora, Ontario Aurora Community Centre 1997 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 West Division Team Centre Arena Joined Brampton Admirals Brampton, Ontario Brampton Memorial Arena 1998 Brantford 99ers Brantford, Ontario Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre 1971 Buffalo Jr. Sabres Buffalo, New York HarborCenter 1998 Burlington Cougars Burlington, Ontario Wave Twin Rinks 1971 Georgetown Raiders Georgetown, Ontario Gordon Alcott Arena 1975 South-East 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 East Division Team Centre Arena Joined Cobourg Cougars Cobourg, Ontario Cobourg Community Centre 1992 Kingston Voyageurs Kingston, Ontario INVISTA Centre 1995 Lindsay Muskies Lindsay, Ontario Lindsay Recreation Centre 1989 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

Standings

North/West Conference

North Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	Pts
Markham Royals	54	29	18	2	5	207	172	65
Newmarket Hurricanes	54	26	20	3	5	145	120	60
Aurora Tigers	54	24	24	3	3	157	174	54
Pickering Panthers	55	23	29	0	3	141	183	49
Stouffville Spirit	54	12	37	1	4	131	225	29

West Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	Pts
Oakville Blades	54	44	5	1	4	244	121	93
Buffalo Jr. Sabres	54	27	17	2	8	189	181	64
Burlington Cougars	54	27	22	3	2	185	171	59
Brampton Admirals	54	24	23	1	6	181	185	55
Georgetown Raiders	54	24	24	3	4	157	155	55
Brantford 99ers	54	19	33	0	5	154	220	43

South/East Conference

South Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	Pts
North York Rangers	54	40	9	1	4	214	102	85
St. Michael's Buzzers	54	30	22	0	2	197	179	62
Toronto Patriots	54	30	22	0	2	201	196	62
Toronto Jr. Canadiens	54	27	23	1	3	166	180	58
Mississauga Chargers	54	13	35	1	5	117	231	32

East Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	Pts
Cobourg Cougars	54	36	12	0	6	188	132	78
Trenton Golden Hawks	54	33	14	4	3	189	120	73
Whitby Fury	54	3	18	1	2	167	122	69
Wellington Dukes	54	29	19	1	5	193	167	64
Kingston Voyageurs	54	22	25	2	5	152	186	51
Lindsay Muskies	54	8	42	0	4	130	283	20

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 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.

Conference Quarterfinals

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

Conference Semifinals

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

Conference Finals

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

2019 OJHL champions Oakville Blades