The 1986–87 OHL season was the seventh season of the
Ontario Hockey League
The Ontario Hockey League (OHL; french: Ligue de hockey de l'Ontario (LHO)) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 16–19. There are exceptions for overag ...
. Fifteen teams each played 66 games. The
Oshawa Generals
The Oshawa Generals are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They are based in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The team is named for General Motors, an early sponsor (commercial), sponsor which has its Canadian headquarters in Oshawa. ...
won the
J. Ross Robertson Cup
The J. Ross Robertson Cup is a Canadian ice hockey trophy. It is awarded annually in junior ice hockey to the champion of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs. It was donated by John Ross Robertson to the Ontario Hockey Association in 1910, and ...
, defeating the
North Bay Centennials
The North Bay Centennials were a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League, who played from 1982–2002. The team was based in North Bay, Ontario.
History
The North Bay Centennials or "Cents" as they were popularly known, were named afte ...
.
Regular season
Final standings
''Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title;''
Leyden Division
Emms Division
Scoring leaders
Playoffs
OHL Superseries
The winner of the OHL Superseries will host the
1987 Memorial Cup
The 1987 Memorial Cup occurred May 9–15 at the Oshawa Civic Auditorium in Oshawa, Ontario. It was the 69th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the junior ice hockey, major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) ...
. This series featured the top ranked team in the Leyden Division, the
Oshawa Generals
The Oshawa Generals are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They are based in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The team is named for General Motors, an early sponsor (commercial), sponsor which has its Canadian headquarters in Oshawa. ...
, take on the top ranked team in the Emms Division, the
North Bay Centennials
The North Bay Centennials were a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League, who played from 1982–2002. The team was based in North Bay, Ontario.
History
The North Bay Centennials or "Cents" as they were popularly known, were named afte ...
.
(L1) Oshawa Generals vs. (E1) North Bay Centennials
Division quarter-finals
Leyden Division
=(3) Ottawa 67's vs. (6) Cornwall Royals
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=(4) Kingston Canadians vs. (5) Belleville Bulls
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Emms Division
=(2) Hamilton Steelhawks vs. (6) Guelph Platers
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=(3) Windsor Compuware Spitfires vs. (5) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
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Division semi-finals
Leyden Division
=(1) Oshawa Generals vs. (4) Kingston Canadians
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=(2) Peterborough Petes vs. (3) Ottawa 67's
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Emms Division
=(1) North Bay Centennials vs. (4) Kitchener Rangers
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=(2) Hamilton Steelhawks vs. (3) Windsor Spitfires
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Division finals
Leyden Division
=(1) Oshawa Generals vs. (2) Peterborough Petes
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Emms Division
=(1) North Bay Centennials vs. (3) Windsor Compuware Spitfires
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J. Ross Robertson Cup
(L1) Oshawa Generals vs. (E1) North Bay Centennials
Awards
1987 OHL Priority Selection
The
Sudbury Wolves
The Sudbury Wolves are an Ontario Hockey League (OHL) ice hockey team based in Greater Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
Sudbury has had various hockey teams competing at the Junior ice hockey, junior and senior ice hockey levels of the game k ...
held the first overall pick in the 1987 Ontario Priority Selection and selected
John Uniac from the Stratford Cullitons. Uniac was awarded the
Jack Ferguson Award
The Jack Ferguson Award is awarded each year to the top draft pick in the Ontario Hockey League priority selection draft. The trophy is named in honour of Jack Ferguson, a former director of OHL Central Scouting.
Winners
List of OHL first overall ...
, awarded to the top pick in the draft.
Below are the players who were selected in the first round of the 1987 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection.
See also
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List of OHA Junior A standings
This is a list of OHA standings and season-by-season summaries of the Ontario Hockey Association's Junior A division from 1933 to 1972, and its Tier I division from 1972 to 1974.
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* GP = games played
* W = wins
* L = losses
* T = ties
* P ...
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List of OHL seasons
This is a list of Ontario Hockey League seasons since inception of the league, as well as a list of seasons for its precursor leagues, the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League (OMJHL), and the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A League (OHA).
OHA se ...
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1987 Memorial Cup
The 1987 Memorial Cup occurred May 9–15 at the Oshawa Civic Auditorium in Oshawa, Ontario. It was the 69th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the junior ice hockey, major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) ...
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1987 NHL Entry Draft
The 1987 NHL Entry Draft was the 25th NHL Entry Draft. It was held at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan, and was the first draft held in the United States. The National Hockey League (NHL) teams selected 252 players eligible for entry into pr ...
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1986 in sports
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1987 in sports
References
HockeyDB
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Ontario Hockey League seasons
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Initialisms
*Latvian Hockey Higher League, known in Latvian as the ''Optibet hokeja līga''
*Oberste Heeresleitung, the Supreme Army Command of Germany in World War I
*Obrascón Huarte Lain, a Spanish construction company
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