# 1982–83 OHL season

The 1982–83 OHL season was the third season of the Ontario Hockey League. The Niagara Falls Flyers move to North Bay, Ontario, becoming the Centennials. The Guelph Platers are granted an expansion franchise. Fifteen teams each played 70 games. The Oshawa Generals won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds.

## Expansion and Relocation
### Guelph Platers

The Guelph Platers were approved to join the Ontario Hockey League for the 1982-83 season as the league approved an expansion team for the city of Guelph. The Platers would play in the Guelph Memorial Gardens and join the Emms Division.
The Platers previously played in the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League since the 1977-78 season. The club won the 1978 Centennial Cup, defeating the Prince Albert Raiders of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League in a four game sweep. In the 1981-82 season, Guelph finished with a 40-4-6 record, earning 86 points and first place in the OPJHL. At the 1982 Centennial Cup, Guelph lost to Prince Albert in four games.
The Belleville Bulls, who played in the OPJHL from 1979-1981, joined the OHL one year earlier, in the 1981-82 season.

### Niagara Falls Flyers to North Bay Centennials

The Niagara Falls Flyers relocated to the city of North Bay and were renamed the North Bay Centennials. The club's nickname was to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the railroad in North Bay.
The Centennials remained in the Emms Division, and would play out of the North Bay Memorial Gardens.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched first round bye; z = clinched division title & first round bye

### Leyden Division

| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA |
| 1 | z-Ottawa 67's | 70 | 46 | 21 | 3 | 95 | 395 | 278 |
| 2 | y-Peterborough Petes | 70 | 46 | 22 | 2 | 94 | 367 | 278 |
| 3 | x-Oshawa Generals | 70 | 45 | 22 | 3 | 93 | 380 | 255 |
| 4 | x-Toronto Marlboros | 70 | 36 | 29 | 5 | 77 | 325 | 311 |
| 5 | x-Cornwall Royals | 70 | 36 | 33 | 1 | 73 | 370 | 335 |
| 6 | x-Belleville Bulls | 70 | 34 | 36 | 0 | 68 | 342 | 332 |
| 7 | Kingston Canadians | 70 | 24 | 45 | 1 | 49 | 351 | 425 |

### Emms Division

| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA |
| 1 | z-Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | 70 | 48 | 21 | 1 | 97 | 363 | 270 |
| 2 | y-Kitchener Rangers | 70 | 45 | 23 | 2 | 92 | 393 | 292 |
| 3 | x-North Bay Centennials | 70 | 44 | 23 | 3 | 91 | 352 | 285 |
| 4 | x-Brantford Alexanders | 70 | 34 | 33 | 3 | 71 | 275 | 282 |
| 5 | x-London Knights | 70 | 32 | 37 | 1 | 65 | 336 | 339 |
| 6 | x-Windsor Spitfires | 70 | 19 | 50 | 1 | 39 | 289 | 394 |
| 7 | Sudbury Wolves | 70 | 15 | 50 | 5 | 35 | 269 | 422 |
| 8 | Guelph Platers | 70 | 7 | 63 | 0 | 14 | 246 | 555 |

### Scoring leaders

| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Doug Gilmour | Cornwall Royals | 68 | 70 | 107 | 177 | 62 |
| Ron Handy | Kingston Canadians | 67 | 52 | 96 | 148 | 64 |
| Dan Quinn | Belleville Bulls | 70 | 59 | 88 | 147 | 27 |
| John Tucker | Kitchener Rangers | 70 | 60 | 80 | 140 | 33 |
| Ian MacInnis | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds/Cornwall Royals | 68 | 59 | 74 | 133 | 29 |
| Keith Knight | Kingston Canadians | 70 | 56 | 75 | 131 | 18 |
| Wayne Groulx | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | 67 | 44 | 86 | 130 | 54 |
| Steve Driscoll | Cornwall Royals | 64 | 49 | 77 | 126 | 34 |
| Kevin Conway | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | 67 | 57 | 65 | 122 | 30 |
| John Ollson | Ottawa 67's | 68 | 46 | 76 | 122 | 41 |

## Playoffs

| Division quarter-finals | Division quarter-finals | Division quarter-finals | Division semi-finals | Division semi-finals | Division semi-finals | Division finals | Division finals | Division finals | | J. Ross Robertson Cup | J. Ross Robertson Cup | J. Ross Robertson Cup |
| L4 | Toronto | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| L5 | Cornwall | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| L5 | Cornwall | 7 | L1 | Ottawa | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | L5 | Cornwall | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | L1 | Ottawa | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | L3 | Oshawa | 8 | | | | |
| L3 | Oshawa | 7 | | | | | | | L3 | Oshawa | 8 | | | | |
| L6 | Belleville | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| L6 | Belleville | 1 | L2 | Peterborough | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | L3 | Oshawa | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | L3 | Oshawa | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | | E1 | Sault Ste. Marie | 0 |
| E4 | Brantford | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | E1 | Sault Ste. Marie | 0 |
| E5 | London | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E5 | London | 0 | E1 | Sault Ste. Marie | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | E4 | Brantford | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | E1 | Sault Ste. Marie | 9 | | | | |
| | | | | | | E2 | Kitchener | 5 | | | | |
| E3 | North Bay | 6 | | | | | | | E2 | Kitchener | 5 | | | | |
| E6 | Windsor | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| E6 | Windsor | 0 | E2 | Kitchener | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | E3 | North Bay | 2 | | | | | | | |

### Division quarter-finals
#### Leyden Division
##### (3) Oshawa Generals vs. (6) Belleville Bulls

* Oshawa wins series 7 – 1

##### (4) Toronto Marlboros vs. (5) Cornwall Royals

* Cornwall wins series 7 – 1

#### Emms Division
##### (3) North Bay Centennials vs. (6) Windsor Spitfires

* North Bay wins series 6 – 0

##### (4) Brantford Alexanders vs. (5) London Knights

* Brantford wins series 6 – 0

### Division semi-finals
#### Leyden Division
##### (1) Ottawa 67's vs. (5) Cornwall Royals

* Ottawa wins series 8 – 0

##### (2) Peterborough Petes vs. (3) Oshawa Generals

* Oshawa wins series 8 – 0

#### Emms Division
##### (1) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds vs. (4) Brantford Alexanders

* Sault Ste. Marie wins series 8 – 2

##### (2) Kitchener Rangers vs. (3) North Bay Centennials

* Kitchener wins series 8 – 2

### Division finals
#### Leyden Division
##### (1) Ottawa 67's vs. (3) Oshawa Generals

* Oshawa wins series 8 – 2

#### Emms Division
##### (1) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds vs. (2) Kitchener Rangers

* Sault Ste. Marie wins series 9 – 5

### J. Ross Robertson Cup
#### (E1) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds vs. (L3) Oshawa Generals

* Oshawa wins series 8 – 0

## Awards

| J. Ross Robertson Cup: | Oshawa Generals |
| Hamilton Spectator Trophy: | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds |
| Leyden Trophy: | Ottawa 67's |
| Emms Trophy: | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds |
| Red Tilson Trophy: | Doug Gilmour, Cornwall Royals |
| Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy: | Doug Gilmour, Cornwall Royals |
| Matt Leyden Trophy: | Terry Crisp, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds |
| Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy: | Ian MacInnis, Cornwall Royals |
| Max Kaminsky Trophy: | Al MacInnis, Kitchener Rangers |
| Jack Ferguson Award: | Trevor Steinberg, Guelph Platers |
| Dave Pinkney Trophy: | Peter Sidorkiewicz and Jeff Hogg, Oshawa Generals |
| Emms Family Award: | Bruce Cassidy, Ottawa 67's |
| F.W. 'Dinty' Moore Trophy: | Dan Burrows, Belleville Bulls |
| William Hanley Trophy: | Kirk Muller, Guelph Platers |
| Bobby Smith Trophy: | Dave Gagner, Brantford Alexanders |