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.http://www.pointstreaksites.com/view/ojhl/news-21/news_508626
==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.https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-expositor-brantford/20180620/281655370794755 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”.http://www.pointstreaksites.com/view/ojhl/news-21/news_509352
==Teams==
 	
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North-West Conference	North-West Conference	North-West Conference 	North-West Conference	North-West Conference	North-West Conference	North-West Conference	North-West Conference	North-West Conference	North-West Conference	North-West Conference
North Division 	North Division 	North Division 	North Division 	North Division 	North Division 	North Division 	North Division 	North Division 	North Division 	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 	West Division 	West Division 	West Division 	West Division 	West Division 	West Division 	West Division 	West Division 	West Division 	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-East Conference	South-East Conference 	South-East Conference	South-East Conference	South-East Conference	South-East Conference	South-East Conference	South-East Conference	South-East Conference	South-East Conference
South Division 	South Division 	South Division 	South Division 	South Division 	South Division 	South Division 	South Division 	South Division 	South Division 	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 	East Division 	East Division 	East Division 	East Division 	East Division 	East Division 	East Division 	East Division 	East Division 	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
==References==
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