The 1986–87 OHL season was the seventh season of the
Ontario Hockey League
The Ontario Hockey League (OHL; ) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League, alongside the Western Hockey League and the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League. The league is for players ag ...
. 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, 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, Canada.
History
The North Bay Centennials or "Cents" as they were popularly known, were na ...
.
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. 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, Canada.
History
The North Bay Centennials or "Cents" as they were popularly known, were na ...
.
(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, 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 League, 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
* ...
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List of OHL seasons
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
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1987 Memorial Cup
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1987 NHL Entry Draft
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1986 in sports
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
** Spain and Portugal ent ...
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1987 in sports
1987 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Alpine skiing
* 1986–87 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Alpine Skiing World Cup
** Men's overall season champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland
** Women's overall season champion: Maria Wal ...
References
HockeyDB
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Ontario Hockey League seasons
OHL