1983–84 OJHL season
1983–84 OJHL season | |
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League | Ontario Junior Hockey League |
Duration | Regular season 1983-09 – 1984-02 Playoffs 1984-02 – 1984-04 |
Champions | Orillia Travelways |
Number of teams | 8 |
OJHL seasons | |
← 1982–83 |
1984–85 → |
The 1983–84 OJHL season is the 12th season of the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL). The eight teams of the league played a 42-game season. The all eight teams made the playoffs.
The winner of the OJHL playoffs, the Orillia Travelways, won the OHA Buckland Cup and then the Dudley Hewitt Cup as Central Canadian champions. In 1984, the Callaghan Cup champion from the east did not compete in the National playdowns, so the Travelways gained a direct berth into the 1984 Centennial Cup. The Travelways failed to win the Centennial Cup.[1]
Changes
- OJHL reverts from two-division system to a single, non-partitioned standings.
- Richmond Hill Rams become the Richmond Hill Dynes.
- Cambridge Winterhawks leave OJHL for MWJHL.
Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title
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1983-84 OJHL Playoffs
- For the Central Canada Championship, please go to the Dudley Hewitt Cup.
- For the National Championship, please go to the 1984 Centennial Cup.
Quarter-final
- Dixie Beehives defeated Aurora Tigers 4-games-to-none
- Orillia Travelways defeated Markham Waxers 4-games-to-none
- North York Rangers defeated Richmond Hill Rams 4-games-to-2
- Newmarket Flyers defeated Hamilton Mountain A's 4-games-to-none
Semi-final
- Orillia Travelways defeated Richmond Hill Rams 4-games-to-none
- Dixie Beehives defeated Newmarket Flyers 4-games-to-3
Final
- Orillia Travelways defeated Dixie Beehives 4-games-to-1
OHA Buckland Cup Championship
The 1984 Buckland Cup was a best-of-5 series between the Rayside-Balfour Canadians (NOJHL) and the Orillia Travelways. The winner moved on to the 1984 Dudley Hewitt Cup.
- Orillia Travelways defeated Rayside-Balfour Canadians (NOJHL) 3-games-to-1
- Orillia 8 - Rayside-Balfour 7 OT
- Orillia 8 - Rayside-Balfour 1
- Rayside-Balfour 7 - Orillia 6
- Orillia 4 - Rayside-Balfour 3
Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship
The 1984 Dudley Hewitt Cup was a best-of-7 series between the Pembroke Lumber Kings (CJHL) and the Orillia Travelways. The winner moved on to the 1984 Centennial Cup.
- Orillia Travelways defeated Pembroke Lumber Kings (CJHL) 4-games-to-none
- Orillia 9 - Pembroke 5
- Orillia 12 - Pembroke 5
- Orillia 4 - Pembroke 2
- Orillia 8 - Pembroke 3
1984 Centennial Cup Championship
The 1984 Centennial Cup was the best-of-7 Canadian National Junior A championship series between the Eastern Champion Orillia Travelways and the Western Abbott Cup champion Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL).
- Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL) defeated Orillia Travelways 4-games-to-3
- Orillia 6 - Weyburn 5
- Weyburn 6 - Orillia 4
- Weyburn 7 - Orillia 4
- Orillia 2 - Weyburn 1
- Orillia 8 - Weyburn 5
- Weyburn 5 - Orillia 4
- Weyburn 3 - Orillia 0
Leading Scorers
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Players taken in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft
- Rd 2 #32 Tony Hrkac - St. Louis Blues (Orillia Travelways)
- Rd 10 #196 Tom Tilley - St. Louis Blues (Orillia Travelways)
See also
- 1984 Centennial Cup
- Dudley Hewitt Cup
- List of Ontario Hockey Association Junior A seasons
- Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League
- Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League
- Central Junior A Hockey League
- 1983 in ice hockey
- 1984 in ice hockey
References
External links
- Official website of the Ontario Junior Hockey League
- Official website of the Canadian Junior Hockey League
Preceded by 1982–83 OJHL season |
Ontario Hockey Association Junior A Seasons |
Succeeded by 1984–85 OJHL season |
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