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The 1990–91 OHL season was the 11th 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 ...
. Sixteen teams each played 66 games. The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 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
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. ...
. The
Detroit Compuware Ambassadors The Detroit Compuware Ambassadors were an elite Midget Major ice hockey team playing in the Tier I Elite Hockey League. The Ambassadors previously had separate franchises that competed in the North American Hockey League and in the Ontario Hocke ...
are granted a franchise.


Expansion/Realignment


Detroit Compuware Ambassadors

On December 11, 1989, the
Detroit Compuware Ambassadors The Detroit Compuware Ambassadors were an elite Midget Major ice hockey team playing in the Tier I Elite Hockey League. The Ambassadors previously had separate franchises that competed in the North American Hockey League and in the Ontario Hocke ...
were approved to join the league for the 1990–91 season as an expansion team. The club was owned by former
Windsor Compuware Spitfires The Windsor Spitfires are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). The team is based in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1971, the franchise was promoted to the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League for the 1975â ...
owner
Peter Karmanos Peter Karmanos Jr. (born March 11, 1943) is an American businessman who was most recently the minority owner and alternate governor of the Carolina Hurricanes franchise until June 30, 2021. He served as their principal owner from 1994 (when the Hu ...
. The club was the first
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based team in the OHL, and would play in the city of
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. The Compuware Ambassadors home was
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, which was previously the home of the
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of the
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from 1960 to 1978, and the
Michigan Stags The Michigan Stags were a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit that played a portion of the 1974–75 season in the World Hockey Association. On January 18, 1975, the team folded, but the league immediately took over operation and moved ...
, who played in the
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during the 1974-75 season. The new club would join the Emms Division.


Realignment

As the expansion
Detroit Compuware Ambassadors The Detroit Compuware Ambassadors were an elite Midget Major ice hockey team playing in the Tier I Elite Hockey League. The Ambassadors previously had separate franchises that competed in the North American Hockey League and in the Ontario Hocke ...
joined the Emms Division, the league also moved the
Hamilton Dukes The Dukes of Hamilton were a junior ice hockey team that represented Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in the Ontario Hockey League for two seasons from 1989 to 1991. History In October 1988, with the Toronto Marlboros losing hundreds of thousands of d ...
to the Emms Division. 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 ...
and
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 ...
would realign to the Leyden Division, as each division would have eight teams.


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


Division quarter-finals


Leyden Division


=(1) Oshawa Generals vs. (6) Sudbury Wolves

=


=(2) North Bay Centennials vs. (5) Peterborough Petes

=


=(3) Belleville Bulls vs. (4) Ottawa 67's

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Emms Division


=(1) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds vs. (6) Hamilton Dukes

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=(2) Niagara Falls Thunder vs. (5) Kitchener Rangers

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=(3) London Knights vs. (4) Windsor Spitfires

=


Division semi-finals


Leyden Division


=(2) North Bay Centennials vs. (4) Ottawa 67's

=


Emms Division


=(2) Niagara Falls Thunder vs. (4) Windsor Spitfires

=


Division finals


Leyden Division


=(1) Oshawa Generals vs. (4) Ottawa 67's

=


Emms Division


=(1) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds vs. (2) Niagara Falls Thunder

=


J. Ross Robertson Cup


(L1) Oshawa Generals vs. (E1) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds


Awards


1991 OHL Priority Selection

The
Detroit Compuware Ambassadors The Detroit Compuware Ambassadors were an elite Midget Major ice hockey team playing in the Tier I Elite Hockey League. The Ambassadors previously had separate franchises that competed in the North American Hockey League and in the Ontario Hocke ...
held the first overall pick in the 1991 Ontario Priority Selection and selected
Todd Harvey Todd Douglas Ross Harvey (born February 17, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward and current director of amateur scouting for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). During his playing career, he played for ...
from the Cambridge Winterhawks. Harvey 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 1991 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection.


See also

*
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. ;Legend * GP = games played * W = wins * L = losses * T = ties * P ...
*
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 ...
* 1990–91 WHL season *
1990–91 QMJHL season The 1990–91 QMJHL season was the 22nd season in the history of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The league inaugurates the St-Clair Group Plaque, awarded to the "Marketing Director of the Year." Dilio and Lebel divisions are restored as th ...
* 1991 Memorial Cup *
1991 NHL Entry Draft The 1991 NHL Entry Draft was the 29th NHL Entry Draft. It was held on June 22 at the Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York. A total of 264 players were drafted. The worst team in the previous 1990–91 season, the Quebec Nordiques, was give ...
* 1990 in sports * 1991 in sports


References


HockeyDB
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