2005–06 OPJHL season

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Sport Hockey Number of teams 36		Champion St. Michael's Buzzers
League Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League Duration Regular season2005-09-08 – 2006-02-08Playoffs2006-02-08 – 2006-04-16 People also search for 2004–05 OPJHL season

The 2005–06 OPJHL season is the 13th season of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League (OPJHL). The thirty-six teams of the North, South, East, and West divisions will compete in a 49-game schedule.

Come February, the top eight teams of each division competed for the Frank L. Buckland Trophy, the OJHL championship. The winner of the Buckland Cup, the St. Michael's Buzzers, competed in the Central Canadian Junior "A" championship, the Dudley Hewitt Cup, and finished. If they had been successful against the winners of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League and Superior International Junior Hockey League, the champion Buzzers would have then moved on to play in the Canadian Junior A Hockey League championship, the 2006 Royal Bank Cup.

Changes

Thornhill Thunderbirds became Toronto Thunderbirds

Buffalo Lightning became Buffalo Jr. Sabres

Ajax Axemen became Ajax Attack

Seguin Bruins join the league

Oswego Admirals join the league

Syracuse Jr. Crunch leave the league

Final standings

as of February 6, 2006
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

Teams listed on the official league website [1].

Standings listed by Pointstreak on official league website [2].

2005-06 Frank L. Buckland Trophy Playoffs

For the Central Canada Championship, please go to the Dudley Hewitt Cup.For the National Championship, please go to the Royal Bank Cup 2006.

West/North

Note: E is East, S is South, W is West, N is North, WC is Wild Card.

Playoff results are listed by Pointstreak on the official league website [3].

Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship

Hosted by Fort William North Stars in Thunder Bay, Ontario. St. Michael's finished fourth.

Round Robin

Dryden Ice Dogs 3 - St. Michael's Buzzers 2St. Michael's Buzzers 7 - Fort William North Stars 1Sudbury Jr. Wolves 5 - St. Michael's Buzzers 2

2006 Royal Bank Cup Championship

Hosted by Streetsville Derbys in Brampton, Ontario. Streetsville finished in the semi-final.

Round Robin

Streetsville Derbys 4 - Burnaby Express 3 OTStreetsville Derbys 3 - Fort William North Stars 2Streetsville Derbys 2 - Yorkton Terriers 1Joliette Action 4 - Streetsville Derbys 1

Semi-final

Yorkton Terriers 2 - Streetsville Derbys 1

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average