2012-13 ACH Season

This is the 2012-13 Allan Cup Hockey Season.  This was the league's 2nd season under this name and 23rd season overall.  The league was previously known as Major League Hockey from 2004 to 2011, Ontario Senior AAA Hockey League from 2003 to 2004, and Southwestern Senior A Hockey League from 1990 to 2003.
==Franchise Changes==
*The Norwood Vipers sat out the 2012-13 season.  They would return to the league for the 2013-14 season.
*The league added the Welland Whalers.
==Standings==
 Team GP W L OTL SOL P GF GA PIM
 Brantford Blast 24 20 2 1 1 42 148 82 485
 Whitby Dunlops 24 15 6 1 2 33 127 94 470
 Dundas Real McCoys 24 13 11 0 0 26 122 119 443 
 Orillia Tundras 24 7 17 0 0 14 82 130 528\
 Welland Whalers 24 5 18 0 1 11 86 140 424
==Playoffs==
===Format===
All teams qualified for the playoffs.  The 4th and 5th place teams played in a two-game-total-goal "Play-In Series".  In the semifinals, the 1st place team played the winner of the play-in series and the 2nd place team played the 3rd place team.  The winners of the two series met in the final.  The semifinal and final rounds were best-of-seven.
===Play-In Series===
*Orillia defeated Welland 7 goals to 5 (1-1, 6-4) in a two-game-total-goal series
===Semifinals===
*Brantford defeated Orillia 4 games to 1 (4-5, 5-3, 5-3, 7-4, 5-0)
*Dundas defeated Whitby 4 games to 0 (6-5, 5-4, 3-2, 4-2)
===Final===
*Brantford defeated Dundas 4 games to 2 (3-5, 3-5, 5-2, 9-5, 4-1, 6-4)
Brantford advanced to the Renwick Cup to play the Kenora Thistles of Hockey Northwestern Ontario in a best-of-three series.
==Renwick Cup==
The Kenora Thistles defeated Brantford two games to none (unknown scores) to advance to the 2013 Allan Cup held at the Red Deer Arena in Red Deer, Alberta
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