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The 1970-71 Boston Bruins were destined to storm right into a Stanley Cup victory party. Instead, they watched the playoffs on television after the first round. Find out why.

The 1970-71 NHL season brought incredible change in the offensive landscape of the game. Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito led the way. What feats did they accomplish?

Many of today’s young NHL stars developed their careers early on in the Ontario Hockey League. Which players started out in the OHL?

Are you a hockey card collector? Have a 1976-77 Bryan Trottier Rookie Card? Find out its value.

The East Coast Hockey League feeds the American Hockey League which in turn feeds the National Hockey League. Feeding all these leagues is the Ontario Hockey League. The OHL doesn’t just provide players. Nearly half the coaches in the ECHL played in the OHL.

The Ontario Hockey League is a developmental league. Over a ten year span, each of the league’s teams should be pretty much even as far as wins and losses are concerned. However, this is not the case at all. Find out which teams won the most in the past decade.

One third of the current head coaches in the American Hockey League played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League. Find out which ones.

One third of the current head coaches in the National Hockey League played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League. Who are they?

Winning the President’s Trophy as the NHL team with the most points during the regular season should guarantee a long journey into the Stanley Cup playoffs. This is quite often not the case. Find out about the curse of the President’s Trophy.

From 1970-71 to 1980-81, most individual offensive records in the Ontario Hockey League were shattered. Most of the records set in that era still stand today. Find out more here.

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What Is The Ontario Hockey League?

The Ontario Hockey League has been around since the 1932-33 hockey season. The league has been called the OHL since 1980-81. Previously, it was called the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League (OMJHL) from 1974-75 to 1979-80 and simply the Ontario Hockey Association from 1932-33 to 1973-74.

The Ontario Hockey League currently consists of twenty teams in two conferences with two divisions per conference. Seventeen of the teams are based in the Canadian province of Ontario, two are in the U.S. state of Michigan and one is in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The league has been at the twenty team level since the 1998-99 season. Each team plays a 68 game regular season schedule. The top eight teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs.

The two conferences are logically called the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference. The Eastern consists of the East Division and the Central Division. The Western consists of the Midwest Division and the West Division.

The teams in each division are as follows:

Eastern Division

·         Belleville Bulls

·         Kingston Frontenacs

·         Oshawa Generals

·         Ottawa 67’s

·         Peterborough Petes

Central Division

·         Barrie Colts

·         Brampton Battalion

·         Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors

·         Niagara IceDogs

·         Sudbury Wolves

Midwest Division

·         Erie Otters

·         Guelph Storm

·         Kitchener Rangers

·         London Knights

·         Owen Sound Attack

West Division

·         Plymouth Whalers

·         Saginaw Spirit

·         Sarnia Sting

·         Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds

·         Windsor Spitfires

Some of the Ontario Hockey League’s major awards include:

Hamilton Spectator Trophy

The Hamilton Spectator goes to the team with the best overall record during the regular season. The current holder of the Hamilton Spectator is the Barrie Colts.

J. Ross Robertson Cup

The Robertson Cup is presented to the OHL’s playoff champion. The winner for the past two seasons is the Windsor Spitfires.

Red Tilson Trophy

The Red Tilson is awarded to the player considered the most outstanding in the league. The winner in 2009-10 was Tyler Seguin of the Windsor Spitfires and currently of the NHL’s Boston Bruins.

Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy

The Eddie Powers goes to the league’s scoring champion. In 2009-10, the award was shared between Tyler Seguin of the Plymouth Whalers and Taylor Hall of the Windsor Spitfires.

Max Kaminsky Trophy

The Ontario Hockey League’s most outstanding defenseman receives the Max Kaminsky. The reigning champion is Jake Muzzin of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds.

The Ontario Hockey League remains the top producer of talent for the world’s great hockey league, the NHL. Some examples of the finest players to graduate from the OHL include:

·         Bobby Orr

·         Chris Pronger

·         Marcel Dionne

·         Phil Esposito

·         Stan Mikita

·         Doug Gilmour

·         Eric Lindros

·         Corey Perry

·         John Tavares

·         Patrick Kane

·         Wayne Gretzky

·         Rick Nash