2008–09 OJHL season

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Sport Hockey Number of teams 37		Champion Kingston Voyageurs
League Ontario Junior Hockey League Duration Regular season 2008-09-05 – 2009-02-13 Playoffs 2009-02-10 – 2009-04-14 People also search for 2007–08 OPJHL season

The 2008–09 OJHL season was the 16th and final season of the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) before it was divided into two leagues for a single season. The twenty-nine teams of the Phillips, Ruddock, and MacKinnon Divisions will play 49-game schedules, while the eight teams of the Ontario Hockey Association's Central Division Hockey will play an experimental 53-game season.

Come February, the top eight teams of each division will play down for the Frank L. Buckland Trophy, the OJHL championship. The winner of the Buckland Cup will compete in the Central Canadian Junior "A" championship, the Dudley Hewitt Cup. If successful against the winners of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League and Superior International Junior Hockey League, the champion would then move on to play in the Canadian Junior Hockey League championship, the 2009 Royal Bank Cup.

Changes

Super Division is approved for 2008-09

Quinte West Pack are now the Trenton Hercs

Bramalea Blues will return for 2008-09 season

Bancroft Hawks have been sold and are now Upper Canada Hockey Club

Durham Fury have moved and become Whitby Fury

Trenton Hercs folded mid-season in January 2009

Current Standings

as of February 13, 2009
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

Please note: (x-) denotes playoff berth, (y-) denotes elimination.

Teams listed on the official league website.

Standings listed by Pointstreak on official league website.

2008-09 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 2009 Royal Bank Cup.

Note: C is Central, M is Mackinnon, P is Phillips, R is Ruddock.

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

Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship

Hosted by the Schreiber Diesels in Schreiber, Ontario. The Kingston Voyageurs finished in first place.

Round Robin

Kingston Voyageurs 9 - Schreiber Diesels (SIJHL) 0 Fort William North Stars (SIJHL) 1 - Kingston Voyageurs 0 Kingston Voyageurs 2 - Soo Thunderbirds (NOJHL) 0

Final

Kingston Voyageurs 4 - Fort William North Stars (SIJHL) 1

2009 Royal Bank Cup Championship

Hosted by the Victoria Grizzlies in Victoria, British Columbia. The Kingston Voyageurs lost out in the semi-final.

Round Robin

Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL) 5 - Kingston Voyageurs 0 Kingston Voyageurs 7 - Summerside Western Capitals (MJAHL) 5 Humboldt Broncos (SJHL) 5 - Kingston Voyageurs 2 Vernon Vipers (BCHL) 8 - Kingston Voyageurs 5

Semi-final

Vernon Vipers (BCHL) 6 - Kingston Voyageurs 3

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