1950 - 51 OHA Senior Season This is the 1950 - 51 season of the Ontario Hockey Association ' s Senior A series : Note : The Ontario Hockey Association has since renamed the Senior A level as Senior AAA and the Senior B level as Senior AA . In this article the contemporary terms are used . = History = In 1950 - 51 , the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association started a new level of senior hockey called the Major series . In Ontario a league at that level was formed which included three of the four Senior A teams from 1949 - 50 . Only the Owen Sound Mercurys were left . To fill this gap the Ontario Hockey Association combined the Senior A & B levels . Four groups - Southwestern , Western , Central , and Eastern - each were allowed to send one team to the provincial A playoffs and one team to the provincial B playoffs . Each group set up its own system to determine the teams to advamce . Only the Senior A champion could go on to the Allan Cup playoffs . = Southwestern Group = There were only two teams in this group . The Chatham Maroons and Sarnia Sailors also played in the International Hockey League . The two teams played a series with the winner advancing to the A playoffs and the loser going to the B playoffs . Playoff . " Best of 5 " Chatham Maroons beat Sarnia Sailors 3 games to 2 , 1 tie . " The OHA ruled that a Chatham player , Ernie Dick , was ineligible . The Maroons were penalized their first two wins that he had played in . Sarnia now had a 2 - 1 lead with 1 tie . " Sarnia Sailors beat Chatham Maroons 3 games to 1 , 1 tie . Sarnia Sailors advanced to the Senior A playoffs . Chatham Maroons advanced to the 1950 - 51 OHA Senior B Playoffs . = Western Group = Standings . Brantford Nationals , Port Colborne Merchants , Woodstock , St Catharines , Crowland Bisons , Grimsby . " Standings are unavailable . The top 4 teams in the group were in the playoffs . " Playoffs . Semi Finals . " Best of 5 " Brantford beat Niagara Falls 3 games to none . " Best of 7 " Port Colborne beat Woodstock 4 games to 2 . In its first two wins Port Colborne had used a former pro - Edward Young - who had not been reinstated as an amateur . They lost these two wins . The series was changed to " Best of 5 " with " Woodstock leading 2 games to 1 " . Woodstock beat Port Colborne 3 games to 1 . Final . " Best of 7 " Brantford beat Woodstock 3 games to none . " Brantford was given the option of going to the A or B playoffs . It chose the B ( which gave the team more games & more revenue ) . Woodstock went to the A playoffs . Brantford advanced to the 1950 - 51 OHA Senior B Playoffs " = Central Group = Big Seven League Standings . " Statistics are unavailable . " The first and second place teams played off . The winner went on to the Senior A playoffs . The loser met the winner of the 3rd place - 4th place playoff series ( Markham vs . Alliston ) for a spot in the Senior B playoffs . Collingwood , Newmarket , and Midland entered the 1950 - 51 OHA Intermediate A Playoffs . Playoffs . First place - second place final " Best of 7 " Owen Sound beat Stouffville 4 games to 1 . Owen Sound advanced to the Senior A playoffs . Stouffville advanced to the Group Senior B final . = Eastern Group = Standings . " Gananoque was an Intermediate team and entered the 1950 - 51 OHA Intermediate A Playoffs . " Playoffs . 1st PLACE - 2nd PLACE FINAL " Best of 5 " Peterborough Petes beat Kingston Nylons 3 games to 1 . The Petes advanced to the Senior A playoffs . Kingston advanced to the Group Senior B final vs . the winner of the 3rd place - 4th place series . = Provincial Senior A Playoffs = Semi Finals . " Best of 3 " Sarnia Sailors beat Woodstock 2 games to none . " Best of 7 " Owen Sound Mercurys beat Peterborough Petes 4 games to none . Final . " Best of 7 " Owen Sound Mercurys beat Sarnia Sailors 4 games to 2 . Owen Sound Mercurys advanced to the 1950 - 51 Eastern Canada Allan Cup Playoffs . = Galleries = Game Ads . = See Also =