The 1985–86 OHL season was the sixth season of the Ontario Hockey League. Fifteen teams each played 66 games. The Guelph Platers won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the Belleville Bulls.
New Arena
Copps Coliseum (Hamilton) The Hamilton Steelhawks moved from the Mountain Arena to Copps Coliseum early in the season.
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 y-Peterborough Petes 66 45 19 2 92 298 190 2 x-Belleville Bulls 66 37 27 2 76 305 268 3 x-Oshawa Generals 66 37 27 2 76 285 257 4 x-Kingston Canadians 66 35 28 3 73 297 257 5 x-Cornwall Royals 66 28 36 2 58 307 356 6 x-Toronto Marlboros 66 22 41 3 47 297 345 7 Ottawa 67's 66 18 46 2 38 274 352
Emms Division Rank Team GP W L T PTS GF GA 1 y-North Bay Centennials 66 41 21 4 86 330 240 2 x-Guelph Platers 66 41 23 2 84 297 235 3 x-Windsor Compuware Spitfires 66 34 26 6 74 280 259 4 x-Kitchener Rangers 66 35 27 4 74 318 309 5 x-Sudbury Wolves 66 29 33 4 62 293 330 6 x-London Knights 66 28 33 5 61 271 292 7 Hamilton Steelhawks 66 26 36 4 56 268 306 8 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 66 15 48 3 33 263 387
Scoring leaders Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Ray Sheppard Cornwall Royals 63 81 61 142 25 Scott McCrory Oshawa Generals 66 52 80 132 40 Jason Lafreniere Hamilton Steelhawks/Belleville Bulls 60 49 83 132 4 Ron Sanko North Bay Centennials/Kitchener Rangers 67 43 89 132 138 Shawn Burr Kitchener Rangers 59 60 67 127 83 Jack MacKeigan Toronto Marlboros 66 53 59 112 64 Craig Duncanson Sudbury Wolves/Cornwall Royals 61 43 67 110 190 Gary McColgan Oshawa Generals 57 49 55 104 22 Mike Stapleton Cornwall Royals 56 39 65 104 74 Tim Armstrong Toronto Marlboros 64 35 69 104 36
Playoffs
Division quarter-finals
Leyden Division
(1) Peterborough Petes vs. (6) Toronto Marlboros
(2) Belleville Bulls vs. (5) Cornwall Royals
(3) Oshawa Generals vs. (4) Kingston Canadians
Emms Division
(1) North Bay Centennials vs. (6) London Knights
(2) Guelph Platers vs. (5) Sudbury Wolves
(3) Windsor Compuware Spitfires vs. (4) Kitchener Rangers
Division semi-finals
Leyden Division
Round-Robin Rank Team GP W L PTS GF GA 1 x-Peterborough Petes 4 3 1 6 15 12 2 x-Belleville Bulls 4 2 2 4 14 19 3 Kingston Canadians 4 1 3 2 15 13
Emms Division
Round-Robin Rank Team GP W L PTS GF GA 1 x-Guelph Platers 4 4 0 8 25 8 2 x-Windsor Compuware Spitfires 5 2 3 4 16 23 3 North Bay Centennials 5 1 4 2 13 23
Division finals
Leyden Division
(1) Peterborough Petes vs. (2) Belleville Bulls
Emms Division
(2) Guelph Platers vs. (3) Windsor Compuware Spitfires
J. Ross Robertson Cup
(E2) Guelph Platers vs. (L2) Belleville Bulls
Awards J. Ross Robertson Cup: Guelph PlatersHamilton Spectator Trophy: Peterborough PetesLeyden Trophy: Peterborough PetesEmms Trophy: North Bay CentennialsRed Tilson Trophy: Ray Sheppard, Cornwall RoyalsEddie Powers Memorial Trophy: Ray Sheppard, Cornwall Royals Matt Leyden Trophy: Jacques Martin, Guelph PlatersJim Mahon Memorial Trophy: Ray Sheppard, Cornwall RoyalsMax Kaminsky Trophy: Jeff Brown, Sudbury Wolves and Terry Carkner, Peterborough PetesJack Ferguson Award: Troy Mallette, Sault Ste. Marie GreyhoundsDave Pinkney Trophy: Kay Whitmore and Ron Tugnutt, Peterborough Petes Emms Family Award: Lonnie Loach, Guelph PlatersF.W. 'Dinty' Moore Trophy: Paul Henriques, Belleville BullsWilliam Hanley Trophy: Jason Lafreniere, Belleville BullsLeo Lalonde Memorial Trophy: Steve Guenette, Guelph PlatersBobby Smith Trophy: Chris Clifford, Kingston Canadians
1986 OHL Priority Selection The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds held the first overall pick in the 1986 Ontario Priority Selection and selected Troy Mallette from the Rayside-Balfour Midgets. Mallette 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 1986 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection.
# Player Nationality OHL Team Hometown Minor Team 1 Troy Mallette (C) Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Levack, Ontario Rayside-Balfour Midgets 2 Jeff Ballantyne (D) Canada Ottawa 67's Elmira, Ontario Owen Sound Greys 3 Brad Gratton (C) Canada Hamilton Steelhawks Brantford, Ontario Brantford B's 4 Chris Govedaris (LW) Canada Toronto Marlboros Toronto, Ontario Toronto Young Nationals 5 Rick Tabaracci (G) Canada Cornwall Royals Toronto, Ontario Markham Waxers 6 Shayne Stevenson (RW) Canada London Knights Aurora, Ontario Barrie Colts 7 Wayne Doucet (LW) Canada Sudbury Wolves Mississauga, Ontario Toronto Marlboros Midget 8 Chad Badawey (RW) Canada Kingston Canadians Port Colborne, Ontario Brockville Braves 9 Darren Rumble (D) Canada Kitchener Rangers Barrie, Ontario Barrie Colts 10 Darrin Shannon (LW) Canada Windsor Compuware Spitfires Alliston, Ontario Barrie Colts 11 Kevin Miehm (C) Canada Oshawa Generals Kitchener, Ontario Kitchener Midgets 12 Greg Bignell (D) Canada Belleville Bulls Kitchener, Ontario Kitchener Rangers B's 13 Kelly Bradley (RW) Canada Guelph Platers Elmira, Ontario Owen Sound Greys 14 Darcy Cahill (C) Canada North Bay Centennials Kingston, Ontario Kingston Midgets 15 Ross Wilson (RW) Canada Peterborough Petes Val Caron, Ontario Sudbury Midgets
See also List of OHA Junior A standings List of OHL seasons 1986 Memorial Cup 1986 NHL entry draft 1985 in sports 1986 in sports
References
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