Ice hockey season
Sports season
The 1997–98 OPJHL season is the fifth season of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League (OPJHL). The twenty-two teams of the MacKenzie, MacKinnon, Phillips, and Ruddock Divisions competed in a 51-game schedule. The top 4 teams of each division make the playoffs.
The winner of the OPJHL playoffs, the Milton Merchants , won the 1998 Buckland Cup as OHA Champions and the Dudley Hewitt Cup as Central Canadian Champions, but failed to win the 1998 Royal Bank Cup .[ 1]
Changes
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
1997-98 OPJHL Playoffs
Division Semi-final
Milton Merchants Mississauga Chargers 4-games-to-none Hamilton Kiltys Brampton Capitals 4-games-to-1 Bramalea Blues Streetsville Derbys 4-games-to-2 Oakville Blades Burlington Cougars 4-games-to-2 Couchiching Terriers Collingwood Blues 4-games-to-2 Peterborough Bees Kingston Voyageurs 3-games-to-2 Trenton Sting Bowmanville Eagles 4-games-to-1 Newmarket Hurricanes Aurora Tigers 4-games-to-1 Division Final
Milton Merchants Oakville Blades 4-games-to-2 Hamilton Kiltys Bramalea Blues 4-games-to-2 Couchiching Terriers Newmarket Hurricanes 4-games-to-1 Trenton Sting Peterborough Bees 3-games-to-2 Semi-final
Milton Merchants Hamilton Kiltys 4-games-to-none Trenton Sting Couchiching Terriers 4-games-to-1 Final
Milton Merchants Trenton Sting 4-games-to-none
OHA Buckland Cup Championship
Best-of-7 series
Milton Merchants Wexford Raiders (MetJHL ) 4-games-to-1
Milton Merchants Wexford Raiders 2Milton Merchants Wexford Raiders 2 2OTMilton Merchants Wexford Raiders 1Wexford Raiders Milton Merchants 3 OTMilton Merchants Wexford Raiders 1Best-of-7 series
Milton Merchants Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats (NOJHL ) 4-games-to-2
Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats Milton Merchants 1Milton Merchants Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats 2Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats Milton Merchants 1Milton Merchants Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats 4 3OTMilton Merchants Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats 1 OTMilton Merchants Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats 1The 1998 Royal Bank Cup was hosted by the Nanaimo Clippers of Nanaimo, British Columbia . The Milton Merchants were defeated in the semi-final.
Round Robin
Nanaimo Clippers BCHL ) defeated Milton Merchants 6-2South Surrey Eagles Milton Merchants 3-0Milton Merchants Brockville Braves (CJHL ) 5-2Weyburn Red Wings SJHL ) defeated Milton Merchants 6-2Semi-final
South Surrey Eagles Milton Merchants 6-2
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
See also
References
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