1943-44 OHA Senior Season

This is the 1943-44 season of the Ontario Hockey Association's Senior series:
==History==
At the beginning of the season the Toronto Army Daggers were forced to withdraw. Army regulations forbade hockey from interfering with operations. Kingston had a training centre so it could be argued that the games were part of training. Toronto had no training centre.
==Jan. 14 situation==
Standings 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF	GA	Pts
St Catharines Saints 	24	17	7 	0	85	77	34
Hamilton Majors 	23	16	6 	1	75	54	33
Toronto HMCS York 	23	12	11	0	62	83	24
Kingston Army Frontenacs	16	11	5 	0	90	82	22
Toronto RCAF Flyers 	15	6 	8 	1	62	78	13
Pressure had been building on the military to change its policies. For the past two seasons, military teams had dominated Canadian senior hockey and, incidentally, Canadian football. The military was accused of keeping athletes at home and out of the fighting. In January, the Army and the Air Force changed their policies and forbade their teams from competing with civilian teams. Toronto RCAF Flyers and Kingston Army Frontenacs were forced to withdraw from the OHA Senior.
The Navy permitted its teams to play in civilian leagues but not to participate in the Allan Cup playoffs. Although HMCS York continued on, it could not have advanced had it won the league.
St Catharines and Hamilton were both civilian teams and therefore not affected by all this.
In the above standings, Kingston Army Frontenacs and Toronto RCAF Flyers had just withdrawn. The other three teams were credited with wins for unplayed games with these two teams. These losses, however, were not charged to the two military teams.
Play then continued.
==Final Standings==
Regular Season 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
St Catharines Saints	36	25	11	0	148	139	50
Hamilton Majors 	36	23	12	1	169	105	47
Toronto HMCS York 	36	16	20	0	119	168	32
These standings reflect the record of Kingston Army Frontenacs and Toronto RCAF Flyers as explained above plus the unplayed wins awarded to St Catharines, Hamilton, and Toronto HMCS York.
==Final==
Best of 7
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
March 2 	St Catharines 4	Hamilton 3 	St Catharines
March 4 	Hamilton 3 	St Catharines 1	Hamilton
March 6 	Hamilton 7 	St Catharines 0	St Catharines
March 8 	Hamilton 8 	St Catharines 4	Hamilton
March 11	Hamilton 1 	St Catharines 0	St Catharines
Hamilton Majors beat St Catharines Saints 4 games to 1.
Hamilton Majors advanced to the 1943-44 Eastern Canada Allan Cup Playoffs.
==Game Ads==
43-44OHASrTorontoGameAdJan2.jpg|Toronto
43-44OHASrTorontoGameAdJan.jpg|Toronto
==See Also==
List of OHA Senior Seasons
Category:1944 in hockey
Category:Ontario Hockey Association Senior Seasons