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.
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
Teams Team GP W L T GF GA POwen Sound Greys 42 26 12 4 263 211 56Aurora Eagles 44 25 15 4 270 225 54Richmond Hill Dynes 43 19 17 7 210 200 45Markham Waxers 43 14 22 7 210 231 35
1986-87 OJHL Playoffs
Semi-final Owen Sound Greys defeated Markham Waxers 4-games-to-1 Aurora 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-2 Nickel Centre 8 - Owen Sound 7 Owen Sound 7 - Nickel Centre 0 Owen Sound 7 - Nickel Centre 6 Nickel Centre 7 - Owen Sound 5 Nickel Centre 7 - Owen Sound 4 Nickel Centre 5 - Owen Sound 2
Leading Scorers
Player Team GP G A PtsPaul Jackson Aurora Eagles 35 48 54 102
See also 1987 Centennial Cup Dudley Hewitt Cup List of OJHL seasons Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League Central Junior A Hockey League Thunder Bay Flyers 1986 in ice hockey 1987 in ice hockey
References
External links Official website of the Ontario Junior Hockey League Official website of the Canadian Junior Hockey League