2009–10 OJAHL season

The 2009–10 OJAHL season is the first and only season of the Ontario Junior A Hockey League (OJAHL). The 15 teams of the OJAHL competed in 56 regular season games, the top eight teams in the league competed in the playoffs for the league championship.

2009–10 OJAHL season
LeagueOntario Junior A Hockey League
SportHockey
DurationRegular season
2009-09-09 – 2010-02-21
Playoffs
2010-02-22 – 2010-03-31
Number of teams15
Finals championsOakville Blades
OJAHL seasons

The OJAHL's playoff champion played against the Central Canadian Hockey League's champion for the Buckland Cup. The champion of that series played for the Dudley Hewitt Cup against the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League and Superior International Junior Hockey League champions for the right to attend the 2010 Royal Bank Cup.

Changes

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Current Standings

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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 Centre W–L–OTL–SOL GF–GA Points
x-Kingston Voyageurs Kingston 46-5-2-3 274-133 97
x-Oakville Blades Oakville 46-9-0-1 280-137 93
x-Georgetown Raiders Georgetown 41-10-2-3 269-144 87
x-Trenton Golden Hawks Trenton 35-18-1-2 241-190 73
x-Couchiching Terriers Rama 35-19-1-1 243-190 72
x-Villanova Knights Toronto 33-19-2-2 233-211 70
x-Aurora Tigers Aurora 32-18-2-4 265-227 70
x-Vaughan Vipers Vaughan 29-17-3-7 217-183 68
y-Brampton Capitals Brampton 25-25-4-2 200-243 56
y-Buffalo Jr. Sabres Buffalo 25-27-4-0 198-218 54
y-Huntsville Otters Huntsville 22-31-3-0 229-236 47
y-Mississauga Chargers Mississauga 18-34-2-2 207-273 40
y-Bramalea Blues Brampton 16-36-1-3 199-293 36
y-Collingwood Blues Collingwood 14-40-1-1 152-287 30
y-Milton Icehawks Milton 3-51-1-1 145-387 8

Please note: Top eight teams make the playoffs (blue tint), (x-) denotes playoff berth, (y-) denotes elimination.

Teams listed on the official league website.[1]

Standings listed by Pointstreak on official league website.[1]

2009-10 OJAHL Playoffs

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Quarter-final Semi-final Final
         
1 Kingston 4
8 Vaughan 1
1 Kingston 4
4 Trenton 1
4 Trenton 4
5 Couchiching 0
1 Kingston 3
2 Oakville 4
2 Oakville 4
7 Aurora 1
2 Oakville 4
3 Georgetown 1
3 Georgetown 4
6 Villanova 2

Buckland Cup

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The Buckland Cup is the Junior "A" Championship of the Ontario Hockey Association. The winner of the Buckland Cup moves on to the 2010 Dudley Hewitt Cup.

Oakville Blades defeated Newmarket Hurricanes (CCHL) 4-games-to-2
Game 1: 04/03/2010 - Newmarket 3 @ Oakville 4
Game 2: 04/05/2010 - Oakville 1 @ Newmarket 4
Game 3: 04/07/2010 - Newmarket 3 @ Oakville 1
Game 4: 04/08/2010 - Oakville 3 @ Newmarket 2
Game 5: 04/10/2010 - Newmarket 3 @ Oakville 4 OT
Game 6: 04/12/2010 - Oakville 6 @ Newmarket 1

Hosted by the Soo Thunderbirds in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The Oakville Blades finished in first place.

Round Robin

Oakville Blades 6 - Abitibi Eskimos (NOJHL) 0
Oakville Blades 3 - Soo Thunderbirds (NOJHL) 1
Oakville Blades 2 - Fort William North Stars (SIJHL) 1 in overtime

Final

Oakville Blades 2 - Fort William North Stars (SIJHL) 1

Hosted by the Dauphin Kings in Dauphin, Manitoba. The Oakville Blades finished in last place in the round robin.

Round Robin

La Ronge Ice Wolves (SJHL) 3 - Oakville Blades 2 OT
Brockville Braves (CJHL) 11 - Oakville Blades 2
Vernon Vipers (BCHL) 5 - Oakville Blades 5
Dauphin Kings (MJHL) 5 - Oakville Blades 4

Scoring leaders

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Matt Smyth Couchiching Terriers 51 51 55 106 75
David Morley Aurora Tigers 56 42 62 104 88
Lucas VanNatter Aurora Tigers 56 39 57 96 10
Tyler Melancon Kingston Voyageurs 55 36 52 88 63
Brad Gehl Trenton Golden Hawks 52 40 46 86 66
Chris Lochner Villanova Knights 56 45 40 85 24
Matt Lorito Villanova Knights 56 32 46 78 20
Lukas Ciotti Brampton Capitals 54 31 46 77 39
Mike Santini Mississauga Chargers 44 36 40 76 52
Colin Campbell Vaughan Vipers 46 32 44 76 55

Leading goaltenders

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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

Player Team GP Mins W L OTL SOL GA SO Sv% GAA
Joel Vienneau Kingston Voyageurs 35 2031:27 27 4 1 2 73 3 .928 2.16
Kevin Kapalka Vaughan Vipers 43 2469:20 22 14 2 5 117 2 .923 2.84
Tony Capobianco Georgetown Raiders 40 2388:37 28 7 1 2 96 3 .918 2.41
Spencer Finney Trenton Golden Hawks 35 1899:45 23 7 1 1 97 3 .917 3.06
Landon Noel Kingston Voyageurs 24 1356:27 19 1 1 1 54 1 .916 2.39

Award winners

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Ontario Junior Hockey League - league schedule | Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
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Preceded by Ontario Hockey Association
Junior A seasons
Succeeded by