1952-53 OHA Junior C Season

This is the 1952-53 Ontario Hockey Association Junior C season:
Certain teams advanced to the 1953 Clarence Schmalz Cup playoffs.
==Georgian Bay Group==
Regular Season 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF	GA	Pts
Collingwood Greenshirts	18	10	7 	1	- 	- 	21
Aurora Bears 	18	9 	9 	0	- 	- 	18
Midland Shamrocks 	18	8 	9 	1	- 	- 	17
Owen Sound Greys 	18	8 	10	0	- 	- 	16
The Owen Sound Greys were a Junior B team and advanced to the 1952-53 Sutherland Cup Championship playoffs.
;Final
*3/4: Collingwood - Aurora 8:4
The Collingwood-Aurora final was cancelled after an incident that killed Bob Gillies, a Collingwood player. He was checked into the boards, striking his head on them. Gillies lapsed into a coma, and died in an ambulance on the way to a Toronto hospital. Instead all three Junior C teams advanced to the 1953 Clarence Schmalz Cup playoffs.
==Niagara Group==
==Standings===
Standings 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
Thorold 	20	14	5 	1	144	87 	29
Grimsby 	19	12	5 	2	97 	82 	26
Fort Erie 	20	12	7 	1	124	95 	25
Port Colborne	20	12	8 	0	112	104	24
Dunnville 	19	7 	12	0	80 	110	14
Smithville 	20	0 	20	0	37 	116	0
===Junior B===
Port Colborne & Brantford were Junior B teams and played off separately. The latter did not compete in the regular season. Brantford won and advanced to the 1952-53 Sutherland Cup Championship playoffs.
===Semi Finals===
Best of 5
*Dunnville beat Grimsby 3 wins to none.
*Thorold beat Fort Erie.
===Final===
Best of 5
*Thorold beat Dunnville 3 wins to none.
Thorold advanced to the 1953 Clarence Schmalz Cup playoffs.
==Independent Teams==
All advanced to the 1953 Clarence Schmalz Cup playoffs.
*Gananoque Jets (also played in 1952-53 Ottawa District Junior B playoffs)
*Parry Sound Shamrocks
*Simcoe (played in Junior D group)
==See Also==
List of OHA Junior C Seasons
Category:1953 in hockey
Category:Ontario Hockey Association Junior C seasons