The 1983–84 OHL season was the fourth season of the Ontario Hockey League. The Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy is inaugurated for the overage player of the year. Fifteen teams each played 70 games. The Ottawa 67's won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the Kitchener Rangers.
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 first round bye; z = clinched division title & first round bye
Leyden Division Rank Team GP W L T PTS GF GA 1 z-Ottawa 67's 70 50 18 2 102 347 223 2 y-Toronto Marlboros 70 45 24 1 91 392 317 3 x-Peterborough Petes 70 43 23 4 90 380 307 4 x-Oshawa Generals 70 37 32 1 75 315 297 5 x-Belleville Bulls 70 33 37 0 66 319 304 6 x-Cornwall Royals 70 33 37 0 66 348 375 7 Kingston Canadians 70 25 45 0 50 313 378
Emms Division Rank Team GP W L T PTS GF GA 1 z-Kitchener Rangers 70 52 16 2 106 418 276 2 y-Brantford Alexanders 70 39 28 3 81 303 235 3 x-Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 70 38 28 4 80 373 321 4 x-London Knights 70 32 37 1 65 288 319 5 x-North Bay Centennials 70 22 43 5 49 236 327 6 x-Windsor Spitfires 70 22 46 2 46 280 379 7 Guelph Platers 70 20 46 4 44 252 366 8 Sudbury Wolves 70 19 50 1 39 287 427
Scoring leaders Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Tim Salmon Kingston Canadians 69 45 100 145 35 Wayne Presley Kitchener Rangers 70 63 76 139 156 Wayne Groulx Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 70 59 78 137 48 Peter Zezel Toronto Marlboros 68 47 86 133 31 Dave Gans Oshawa Generals 62 56 76 132 89 Kevin Conway Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds/Kingston Canadians 63 65 65 130 20 Doug Evans Peterborough Petes 61 45 79 124 98 Scott Morrison London Knights 70 47 73 120 30 Don McLaren Ottawa 67's 70 53 60 113 20 Scott Tottle Peterborough Petes 70 63 47 110 24
Playoffs
Division quarter-finals
Leyden Division
(3) Peterborough Petes vs. (6) Cornwall Royals
(4) Oshawa Generals vs. (5) Belleville Bulls
Emms Division
(3) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds vs. (6) Windsor Spitfires
(4) London Knights vs. (5) North Bay Centennials
Division semi-finals
Leyden Division
(1) Ottawa 67's vs. (4) Oshawa Generals
(2) Toronto Marlboros vs. (3) Peterborough Petes
Emms Division
(1) Kitchener Rangers vs. (4) London Knights
(2) Brantford Alexanders vs. (3) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Division finals
Leyden Division
(1) Ottawa 67's vs. (2) Toronto Marlboros
Emms Division
(1) Kitchener Rangers vs. (3) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
J. Ross Robertson Cup
(L1) Ottawa 67's vs. (E1) Kitchener Rangers
Awards J. Ross Robertson Cup: Ottawa 67'sHamilton Spectator Trophy: Kitchener RangersLeyden Trophy: Ottawa 67'sEmms Trophy: Kitchener RangersRed Tilson Trophy: John Tucker, Kitchener RangersEddie Powers Memorial Trophy: Tim Salmon, Kingston Canadians Matt Leyden Trophy: Tom Barrett, Kitchener RangersJim Mahon Memorial Trophy: Wayne Presley, Kitchener RangersMax Kaminsky Trophy: Brad Shaw, Ottawa 67'sJack Ferguson Award: Dave Moylan, Sudbury WolvesDave Pinkney Trophy: Darren Pang and Scott Coram, Ottawa 67's Emms Family Award: Shawn Burr, Kitchener RangersF.W. 'Dinty' Moore Trophy: Gary Iuliano, Sault Ste. Marie GreyhoundsWilliam Hanley Trophy: Kevin Conway, Kingston CanadiansLeo Lalonde Memorial Trophy: Don McLaren, Ottawa 67'sBobby Smith Trophy: Scott Tottle, Peterborough Petes
1984 OHL Priority Selection The Sudbury Wolves held the first overall pick in the 1984 Ontario Priority Selection and selected Dave Moylan from the St. Mary's Lincolns. Moylan 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 1984 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection.
# Player Nationality OHL Team Hometown Minor Team 1 Dave Moylan (D) Canada Sudbury Wolves Tillsonburg, Ontario St. Mary's Lincolns 2 Guy Larose (C) Canada Guelph Platers Hull, Quebec Ottawa Jr. Senators 3 Herb Raglan (RW) Canada Kingston Canadians Peterborough, Ontario Peterborough Petes Midgets 4 Kevin Kerr (RW) Canada Windsor Spitfires North Bay, Ontario North Bay Centennials 5 Jeff Greenlaw (LW) Canada North Bay Centennials Toronto, Ontario St. Catharines Falcons 6 Bruce Rendall (LW) Canada London Knights Thunder Bay, Ontario Thunder Bay Beavers 7 Jeff Smith (C) Canada Cornwall Royals Forest, Ontario Strathroy Blades 8 John Purves (RW) Canada Belleville Bulls Malton, Ontario North York Rangers 9 Shane Whelan (C) Canada Oshawa Generals Kirkland Lake, Ontario Newmarket Flyers 10 Rob Zettler (D) Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Sault Ste. Marie Legion 11 Brad Dalgarno (RW) Canada Brantford Alexanders Whitby, Ontario Markham Travelways 12 Glen Seabrooke (C) Canada Peterborough Petes Peterborough, Ontario Peterborough Petes Midgets 13 Yvon Corriveau (LW) Canada Toronto Marlboros Welland, Ontario Welland Cougars 14 David Baseggio (D) Canada Ottawa 67's Niagara Falls, Ontario Niagara Falls Canucks 15 Craig Wolanin (D) United States Kitchener Rangers Warren, Michigan Detroit Compuware
See also List of OHA Junior A standings List of OHL seasons 1984 Memorial Cup 1984 NHL entry draft 1983 in sports 1984 in sports
References
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