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1986–87 OJHL season

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Sport
  
Hockey

Number of teams
  
4

Champion
  
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1983–84 OJHL season

League
  
Ontario Junior Hockey League

Duration
  
Regular season1986-09 – 1987-02Playoffs1987-02 – 1987-04

The 1986–87 OJHL season is the 15th and final season of the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL). The four teams of the league played an interlocking 44-game season with the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League. All four teams made the playoffs.

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The winner of the OJHL playoffs, the Owen Sound Greys, failed to win the 1987 Buckland Cup for the OHA championship. The league folded in the summer of 1987. Owen Sound returned to the Midwestern Junior B Hockey League, while the Richmond Hill Dynes, Markham Waxers, and Aurora Eagles all dropped to the Central Junior B Hockey League. The dormant Orillia Terriers and Newmarket Flyers also jumped to the Central Jr. B league for 1987-88.

Changes

  • Aurora Eagles return from one-year hiatus.
  • Orillia Terriers and Newmarket Flyers take one-year hiatus.
  • Dixie Beehives leave OJHL.
  • OJHL folds at the end of the season.
  • 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

    1986-87 OJHL Playoffs

    For the Central Canada Championship, please go to the Dudley Hewitt Cup.For the National Championship, please go to the 1987 Centennial Cup.

    Semi-final

    Owen Sound Greys defeated Markham Waxers 4-games-to-1Aurora Eagles defeated Richmond Hill Dynes 4-games-to-2

    Final

    Owen Sound Greys defeated Aurora Eagles 4-games-to-none

    OHA Buckland Cup Championship

    The 1987 Buckland Cup was a best-of-7 series between the Nickel Centre Power Trains (NOJHL) and the Owen Sound Greys. The winner moved on to the 1987 Dudley Hewitt Cup Final Series.

    Nickel Centre Power Trains (NOJHL) defeated Owen Sound Greys 4-games-to-2Nickel Centre 8 - Owen Sound 7Owen Sound 7 - Nickel Centre 0Owen Sound 7 - Nickel Centre 6Nickel Centre 7 - Owen Sound 5Nickel Centre 7 - Owen Sound 4Nickel Centre 5 - Owen Sound 2

    References

    1986–87 OJHL season Wikipedia


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