The 1985–86 OJHL season is the 14th season of the

Ontario Junior Hockey League The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) is a Junior A ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada. It is under the supervision of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) and the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL). The league dates back to 1954 where i ...

(OJHL). The six teams of the league played a 50-game season. The top four teams made the playoffs. The winner of the OJHL playoffs, the Orillia Travelways, won the 1986 Buckland Cup for the OHA championship and the

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for the Central Canadian Championship. The Travelways failed to win the 1986 Centennial Cup.

Changes

Owen Sound Greys The Owen Sound Greys were a series of junior ice hockey, junior ice hockey teams based in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. The original Greys, in their early years, w ...

join OJHL from MWJHL. *

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go on hiatus then fold. * North York Red Wings leave the OJHL. *

Aurora Tigers The Aurora Tigers are a Canadian ice hockey team from Aurora, Ontario. They play in the Ontario Junior Hockey League. The team has previously played in the Metro Junior B Hockey League, Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League, Canadian Jun ...

take one-year leave.

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''

1985-86 OJHL Playoffs

''Semi-final'' : Orillia Travelways defeated Newmarket Flyers ''4-games-to-1'' :

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defeated

''4-games-to-1'' ''Final'' : Orillia Travelways defeated

''4-games-to-1''

OHA Buckland Cup Championship

The 1986 Buckland Cup was a best-of-7 series between the Onaping Falls Huskies (

NOJHL The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) is a Junior ice hockey league with eleven teams in Northeastern Ontario and Upper Michigan. The league is a constituent member of the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) and is governed by the N ...

) and the Orillia Travelways. The winner moved on to the 1986

Final Series. : Orillia Travelways defeated Onaping Falls Huskies (

) ''4-games-to-2'' ::Orillia 3 - Onaping Falls 2 ::Onaping Falls - Orillia ::Onaping Falls 6 - Orillia 5 ::Orillia 6 - Onaping Falls 5 (OT) ::Orillia 5 - Onaping Falls 4 ::Orillia 5 - Onaping Falls 3

1986
Dudley Hewitt Cup The Dudley-Hewitt Cup is a championship ice hockey trophy awarded to the Central Canadian Junior A champion. The trophy is currently decided by round robin tournament format, at the conclusion of the playoffs of the Ontario Junior Hockey League ...
Championship

The 1986 Dudley Hewitt Cup was a best-of-7 series between the Brockville Braves ( CJHL) and the Orillia Travelways. The winner moved on to the 1986 Centennial Cup. : Orillia Travelways defeated Brockville Braves ''4-games-to-3'' ::Brockville 8 - Orillia 1 ::Brockville 9 - Orillia 1 ::Orillia 9 - Brockville 8 ::Orillia 6 - Brockville 5 ::Orillia 6 - Brockville 3 ::Brockville - Orillia ::Orillia 7 - Brockville 4

1986 Centennial Cup Championship

The 1986 Centennial Cup was the Canadian National Junior A championship in

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, hosted by the Cole Harbour Colts. The Orillia Travelways lost in the semi-final. ''Round Robin'' : Orillia Travelways defeated

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( MVJHL) 4-3 : Cole Harbour Colts (MVJHL) defeated Orillia Travelways 9-5 :

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(

BCJHL The British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) is an independent Canadian Junior ice hockey league with 21 teams in British Columbia and Alberta. It was classified as a Junior "A" league within the Hockey Canada framework, until it became independe ...

) defeated Orillia Travelways 5-2 ''Semi-final'' :

(BCJHL) defeated Orillia Travelways 7-3

Leading Scorers

Players taken in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft

*''Rd 6 #115''

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(

) *''Rd 12 #236'' Doug Kirkton -

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( Orillia Travelways)

References

External links

Official website of the Ontario Junior Hockey League

Official website of the Canadian Junior Hockey League
{{DEFAULTSORT:1985-86 Ojhl Season Ontario Junior Hockey League seasons

OPJHL The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) is a Junior A ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada. It is under the supervision of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) and the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL). The league dates back to 1954 where i ...