1952-53 OHA Junior A Season

This is the 1952-53 season of the Ontario Hockey Association's Junior A series:
==Standings==
Standings 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
Barrie Flyers 	56	37	17	2	256	187	76
Toronto Marlboros 	56	32	17	7	199	139	71
St Michaels Majors 	56	31	18	7	233	181	69
St Catharines TeePees	56	31	20	5	219	204	67
Galt Black Hawks 	56	27	26	3	242	255	57
Oshawa Generals 	56	24	29	3	230	272	51
Guelph Biltmores 	56	22	32	2	212	244	46
Windsor Spitfires 	56	16	35	5	127	186	37
Kitchener Greenshirts	56	15	38	5	161	239	35
Note: This league played a partial interlocking schedule with the Quebec Junior Hockey League.
==Playoffs==
Note:The Quebec Amateur Hockey Association was suspended by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association on March 1. This meant that the Quebec junior champion could not compete in the Memorial Cup playoffs.
Faced with the loss of one round of Memorial Cup playoffs, this league increased the length of several of its own series to compensate.
===Quarter Finals===
Best of 5
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
March 4	St. Michaels 4	St. Catharines 1	Toronto
March 6	St. Michaels 4	St. Catharines 2	St. Catharines
March 7	St. Michaels 5	St. Catharines 3	Toronto
St Michaels Majors beat St Catharines 3 wins to none.
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
March 4 	Galt 5 	Oshawa 4	Galt
March 7 	Galt 4 	Oshawa 4	Oshawa
March 10	Galt 8 	Oshawa 4	Galt
March 12	Oshawa 5	Galt 4 	Oshawa
March 12	Oshawa 5	Galt 2 	Oshawa
March 14	Galt 4 	Oshawa 2	Galt
The March 7th game had to be suspended because of local rules that prohibited games on Sunday. It had to be called at midnight Saturday. This game was continued and completed on March 12th before the regularly scheduled game.
Galt Black Hawks beat Oshawa Generals 3 wins to 2.
===Semi Finals===
Best of 9 (increased from best of 7 when Quebec was suspended)
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
March 4 	Barrie 2 	Toronto 1	Barrie
March 7 	Toronto 2	Barrie 1 	Toronto
March 11	Barrie 4 	Toronto 0	Barrie
March 14	Toronto 6	Barrie 3 	Toronto
March 18	Barrie 1 	Toronto 0	Barrie
March 21	Barrie 6 	Toronto 2	Toronto
March 25	Barrie 6 	Toronto 3	Barrie
Barrie Flyers beat Toronto Marlboros 5 wins to 2.
Best of 7 (increased from best of 5 when Quebec was suspended)
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
March 15	St. Michaels 7	Galt 4 	Toronto
March 20	Galt 5 	St. Michaels 1	Galt
March 21	St. Michaels 6	Galt 3 	Toronto
March 24	Galt 2 	St. Michaels 2	Galt
March 25	St. Michaels 9	Galt 3 	Toronto
March 27	St. Michaels 6	Galt 5 	Galt
St Michaels Majors beat Galt Black Hawks 4 wins to 1, 1 tie.
===Final===
Best of 9 (increased from best of 7 when Quebec was suspended)
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
March 28	Barrie 4 	St. Michaels 1	Toronto
March 31	St. Michaels 5	Barrie 3 	Barrie
April 2 	Barrie 5 	St. Michaels 2	Barrie
April 4 	St. Michaels 6	Barrie 4 	Toronto
April 6 	St. Michaels 6	Barrie 4 	Barrie
April 8 	Barrie 5 	St. Michaels 4	Toronto
April 10	Barrie 6 	St. Michaels 4	Barrie
April 11	Barrie 4 	St. Michaels 2	Toronto
Barrie Flyers beat St Michaels Majors 5 wins to 3.
Barrie Flyers advanced to the 1952-53 Eastern Canada Memorial Cup Playoffs.
==Team Photos==
52-53BarFly.jpg|Barrie Flyers
52-53BarFlyCelebrate.jpg|Barrie Flyers celebrate winning the final.
==Game Ads==
52-53OHAJrExhWindsorGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Windsor
52-53OHAJrABarrieGameAd.jpg|@ Barrie
52-53OHAJrATorontoGameAd.jpg|@ Toronto
52-53OHAJrADblTorontoGameAd.jpg|Doubleheader @ Toronto
52-53OHAJrAWindsorGameAd.jpg|@ Windsor
52-53OHAJrAQFTorontoGameAd.jpg|Quarter Final @ Toronto
52-53OHAJrASFTorontoGameAd.jpg|Semi Final @ Toronto
52-53OHAJrASFTorontoGameAd2.jpg|Semi Final @ Toronto
52-53OHAJrAFTorontoGameAd.jpg|Final @ Toronto
==See Also==
List of OHA Junior A Seasons
Category:Ontario Hockey Association Junior A
Category:1953 in hockey