1989–90 OHL season explained

The 1989–90 OHL season was the tenth season of the Ontario Hockey League. The Toronto Marlboros become the Dukes of Hamilton. The Guelph Platers become the Owen Sound Platers. The Kingston Raiders are renamed the Kingston Frontenacs. The OHL Executive of the Year award is inaugurated. Fifteen teams each played 66 games. The Oshawa Generals won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the Kitchener Rangers.

Relocation/Team Name Change

Guelph Platers to Owen Sound Platers

The Guelph Platers relocated to the city of Owen Sound during the off-season as the ownership group, the Holody family, could not get a new arena built.

The club kept the Platers named and would be known as the Owen Sound Platers. The team would play out of the Bayshore Community Centre. During their years in Guelph from 1982 to 1989, the Platers won the Memorial Cup in 1986. Owen Sound would continue to play out of the Emms Division.

Toronto Marlboros to Hamilton Dukes

The Toronto Marlboros relocated to the city of Hamilton and were renamed as the Dukes of Hamilton. The Marlboros had a long history in Toronto, playing from 1904 to 1989. The Marlboros won the Memorial Cup seven times, the most recent being in 1975.

The Dukes would play out of Copps Coliseum and remain in the Leyden Division.

Kingston Raiders to Kingston Frontenacs

The Kingston Raiders were rebranded as the Kingston Frontenacs as the club was sold a new ownership group, including Wren Blair, Don Anderson, and Bob Attersley, keeping the team in Kingston.

The club previously played as the Kingston Canadians from 1973 to 1988 before being renamed as the Raiders for the 1988-89 season. Kingston changed their colour scheme from black, silver and white to yellow, black and white.

Windsor Compuware Spitfires to Windsor Spitfires

The Windsor Compuware Spitfires were sold by Peter Karmanos to local construction magnate Steve Riolo during the off-season, and reverted to their original team name, the Windsor Spitfires.

The Spitfires introduced a new logo and colour scheme.

Teams

1989-90 Ontario Hockey League
Division	Team	City	Arena
Leyden	Belleville Bulls	Belleville, Ontario	Yardmen Arena
	Cornwall Royals	Cornwall, Ontario	Cornwall Civic Complex
	Dukes of Hamilton	Hamilton, Ontario	Copps Coliseum
	Kingston Frontenacs	Kingston, Ontario	Kingston Memorial Centre
	Oshawa Generals	Oshawa, Ontario	Oshawa Civic Auditorium
	Ottawa 67's	Ottawa, Ontario	Ottawa Civic Centre
	Peterborough Petes	Peterborough, Ontario	Peterborough Memorial Centre
Emms	Kitchener Rangers	Kitchener, Ontario	Kitchener Memorial Auditorium
	London Knights	London, Ontario	London Gardens
	Niagara Falls Thunder	Niagara Falls, Ontario	Niagara Falls Memorial Arena
	North Bay Centennials	North Bay, Ontario	North Bay Memorial Gardens
	Owen Sound Platers	Owen Sound, Ontario	Bayshore Community Centre
	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	Sault Memorial Gardens
	Sudbury Wolves	Sudbury, Ontario	Sudbury Community Arena
	Windsor Spitfires	Windsor, Ontario	Windsor Arena

Regular season

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title

Leyden Division

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA
1		66	42	20	4	88	334	244
2		66	42	21	3	87	300	232
3		66	37	23	6	80	294	236
4		66	38	26	2	78	320	265
5		66	36	26	4	76	301	247
6		66	24	38	4	52	309	361
7		66	11	49	6	28	211	371

Emms Division

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA
1		66	41	19	6	88	313	246
2		66	38	21	7	83	358	259
3		66	36	23	7	79	295	267
4		66	28	31	7	63	265	305
5		66	23	35	8	54	292	314
6		66	23	39	4	50	278	355
7		66	18	42	6	42	229	289
8		66	17	41	8	42	233	341

Scoring leaders

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
		65	57	70	127	97
		66	56	63	119	57
		60	52	64	116	39
		58	51	60	111	240
Darcy Cahill		58	38	71	109	73
		63	28	80	108	30
		64	48	57	105	85
		66	45	60	105	60
		56	40	65	105	75
Joey St. Aubin		66	36	68	104	102

Playoffs

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Division quarter-finals

Leyden Division

(3) Peterborough Petes vs. (4) Ottawa 67's

Emms Division

(3) Sudbury Wolves vs. (4) Owen Sound Platers

Division semi-finals

Leyden Division

(3) Peterborough Petes vs. (5) Belleville Bulls

Emms Division

(4) Owen Sound Platers vs. (6) Niagara Falls Thunder

Division finals

Leyden Division

(1) Oshawa Generals vs. (3) Peterborough Petes

Emms Division

(2) Kitchener Rangers vs. (6) Niagara Falls Thunder

J. Ross Robertson Cup

(L1) Oshawa Generals vs. (E2) Kitchener Rangers

Awards

J. Ross Robertson Cup	Oshawa Generals
Hamilton Spectator Trophy	Oshawa Generals
Leyden Trophy	Oshawa Generals
Emms Trophy	London Knights
Red Tilson Trophy	Mike Ricci, Peterborough Petes
Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy
Matt Leyden Trophy	Larry Mavety, Kingston Frontenacs
Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy	Owen Nolan, Cornwall Royals
Max Kaminsky Trophy	John Slaney, Cornwall Royals
OHL Goaltender of the Year	Jeff Fife, Belleville Bulls
Jack Ferguson Award	Pat Peake, Detroit Compuware Ambassadors
Dave Pinkney Trophy
OHL Executive of the Year	Sam McMaster, Sudbury Wolves
Bill Long Award	Sherwood Bassin, Oshawa Generals / Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Emms Family Award	Chris Longo, Peterborough Petes
F.W. 'Dinty' Moore Trophy	Sean Basilio, London Knights
William Hanley Trophy
Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy	Iain Fraser, Oshawa Generals
Bobby Smith Trophy	Ryan Kuwabara, Ottawa 67's

1990 OHL Priority Selection

The Detroit Compuware Ambassadors held the first overall pick in the 1990 Ontario Priority Selection and selected Pat Peake from the Detroit Compuware Ambassadors. Peake was awarded the Jack Ferguson Award, awarded to the top pick in the draft.

Below are the players who were selected in the first round of the 1990 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection.^[2]

	Player	Nationality	OHL Team	Hometown	Minor Team
1	Pat Peake (C)	United States	Detroit Compuware Ambassadors	Madison Heights, Michigan	Detroit Compuware Ambassadors
2	Jeff Bes (C)	Canada	Hamilton Dukes	London, Ontario	St. Mary's Lincolns
3	Todd Warriner (LW)	Canada	Windsor Spitfires	Blenheim, Ontario	Chatham MicMacs
4	Jarret Reid (C)	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	Sault Ste. Marie Legion
5	Steve Staios (D)	Canada	Niagara Falls Thunder	Hamilton, Ontario	Hamilton Kilty B's
6	Jeremy Stevenson (LW)	Canada	Cornwall Royals	Elliot Lake, Ontario	Elliot Lake Midgets
7	Jason MacDonald (RW)	Canada	North Bay Centennials	Charlottetown, PEI	Charlottetown Abbies
8	Geordie Maynard (LW)	Canada	Owen Sound Platers	Trenton, Ontario	Lindsay Bears
9	Chris Varga (LW)	Canada	Belleville Bulls	Kitchener, Ontario	Kitchener Rangers Midgets
10	Grant Marshall (D)	Canada	Ottawa 67's	Mississauga, Ontario	Toronto Young Nationals
11	Michael Peca (C)	Canada	Sudbury Wolves	Mississauga, Ontario	Toronto Red Wings
12	Ryan Black (LW)	Canada	Peterborough Petes	Elmira, Ontario	Waterloo Siskins
13	Shayne McCosh (D)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers	Oshawa, Ontario	Oshawa Midgets
14	Keli Corpse (C)	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs	London, Ontario	London Diamonds
15	Mark Visheau (D)	Canada	London Knights	Burlington, Ontario	Burlington Cougars
16	Mike Cote (RW)	Canada	Oshawa Generals	Oshawa, Ontario	Oshawa Midgets

See also

• List of OHA Junior A standings
• List of OHL seasons
• 1990 Memorial Cup
• 1990 NHL Entry Draft
• 1989 in sports
• 1990 in sports

References

• HockeyDB

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1989-90 OHL Playoff Results at hockeydb.com . 2022-12-07 . www.hockeydb.com.
2. Web site: 1990 Ontario Hockey League Draft.