2007–08 OPJHL season explained

2007–08 OPJHL season
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League:Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League
Sport:Hockey
Duration:Regular season
2007-09-07 – 2008-02-13
Playoffs
2008-02-14 – 2008-04-13
Finals Champ:Oakville Blades
No Of Teams:35
Seasonslistnames:OPJHL
Prevseason Year:2006–07
Nextseason Year:2008–09

The 2007–08 OPJHL season is the 15th season of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League (OPJHL). The thirty-five teams of the North, South, East, and West divisions will compete in a 49-game schedule.

Come February, the top six teams of each division competed for the Frank L. Buckland Trophy, the OJHL championship. The winner of the Buckland Cup, the Oakville Blades, competed in the Central Canadian Junior "A" championship, the Dudley Hewitt Cup, and won. Once successful against the winners of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League and Superior International Junior Hockey League, the champion Blades then moved on to play in the Canadian Junior A Hockey League championship, the 2008 Royal Bank Cup where they finished last.

Changes

Final standings

as of February 13, 2008
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

East Division
TeamCentre2007-08 RecordGF–GAPoints
zx-Wellington Dukes 34-11-0-4 202-113 72
zx-Kingston Voyageurs 33-13-0-3 188-146 69
x-Port Hope Predators 30-13-0-6 198-156 66
x-Peterborough Stars 29-13-0-7 161-133 65
x-Bowmanville Eagles 21-18-0-10 135-145 52
x-Lindsay Muskies 20-23-0-6 144-165 46
y-Trenton Hercs 17-30-0-2 135-205 36
y-Cobourg Cougars 12-36-0-1 142-238 25
North Division
TeamCentre2007-08 RecordGF–GAPoints
zx-Huntsville Otters Huntsville42-7-0-0 218-92 84
zx-Newmarket Hurricanes 41-6-0-2 236-112 84
x-Aurora Tigers 33-12-0-4 250-138 70
x-Stouffville Spirit 31-13-0-5 245-166 67
x-Couchiching Terriers 29-15-0-5 214-159 63
x-Orangeville Crushers 17-29-0-3 138-197 37
y-Seguin Bruins 11-36-0-2 154-292 24
y-Collingwood Blues 10-36-0-3 107-220 23
y-Villanova Knights 6-42-0-1 124-311 13
South Division
TeamCentre2007-08 RecordGF–GAPoints
zx-St. Michael's Buzzers 43-4-0-2 291-124 88
zx-Vaughan Vipers 41-4-0-4 256-127 86
x-Markham Waxers 36-11-0-2 259-168 74
x-Toronto Jr. Canadiens 29-18-0-2 223-175 60
x-North York Rangers 20-27-0-2 169-186 42
x-Toronto Dixie Beehives 17-27-0-5 175-248 39
y-Durham Fury 13-31-0-5 171-267 31
y-Ajax Attack 12-34-0-3 142-268 27
y-Pickering Panthers 10-38-0-1 135-260 21
West Division
TeamCentre2007-08 RecordGF–GAPoints
zx-Oakville Blades 39-6-0-4 222-139 82
zx-Georgetown Raiders 30-14-0-5 202-164 65
x-Hamilton Red Wings 31-16-0-2 255-183 64
x-Brampton Capitals 30-16-0-3 213-176 63
x-Burlington Cougars 24-20-0-5 230-188 53
x-Milton Icehawks 22-20-0-7 185-194 51
y-Mississauga Chargers 22-23-0-4 213-245 48
y-Buffalo Jr. Sabres 15-30-0-4 151-223 34
y-Streetsville Derbys 8-40-0-1 122-281 17
Please note: (x-) denotes playoff berth, (y-) denotes elimination, (zx-) denotes first round bye.

Teams listed on the official league website https://web.archive.org/web/20070807100521/http://www.opjhl.ca/team/team_contacts.htm.

Standings listed by Pointstreak on official league website http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/standings.html?leagueid=231&seasonid=1416.

2007-08 Frank L. Buckland Trophy Playoffs

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 http://www.pointstreak.com/prostats/leagueschedule.html?leagueid=231.

Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship

Hosted by the Newmarket Hurricanes in Newmarket, Ontario. Oakville finished first, Newmarket finished second.

Round Robin

Oakville Blades 5 - Dryden Ice Dogs 1

Newmarket Hurricanes 5 - Sudbury Jr. Wolves 1

Oakville Blades 5 - Sudbury Jr. Wolves 3

Newmarket Hurricanes 7 - Dryden Ice Dogs 1

Oakville Blades 5 - Newmarket Hurricanes 2Semi-final

Newmarket Hurricanes 2 - Dryden Ice Dogs 1 OTFinal

Oakville Blades 6 - Newmarket Hurricanes 3

2008 Royal Bank Cup Championship

Hosted by Cornwall Colts in Cornwall, Ontario. Oakville finished fifth.

Round Robin

Cornwall Colts 5 - Oakville Blades 4

Weeks Crushers 4 - Oakville Blades 3 OT

Oakville Blades 7 - Humboldt Broncos 6

Camrose Kodiaks 6 - Oakville Blades 1

Scoring leaders

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

PlayerTeamGPGAPtsPIM
46 41 57 98 87
49 37 61 98 82
49 32 57 89 36
49 32 55 87 42
48 42 41 83 42
49 35 47 82 127
49 24 58 82 67
48 28 53 81 16
47 31 49 80 66
49 28 51 79 46

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

PlayerTeamGPMinsWLOTLSOLGASOSv%GAA
39 2247:27 31 6 0 0 79 5 .928 2.11
22 1201:35 15 3 2 0 43 3 .922 2.15
25 1353:18 14 4 0 4 49 1 .921 2.17
29 1699:21 19 7 1 1 62 2 .920 2.19
35 2071:39 27 3 1 2 80 3 .923 2.32

Players selected in 2008 NHL Entry Draft

See also

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