The 1984–85 OJHL season is the 13th season of the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL). The eight teams of the league played a 48-game season. The all eight teams made the playoffs.
The winner of the OJHL playoffs, the Orillia Travelways, were already hosting the 1985 Centennial Cup and were therefore exempted from the Buckland Cup/Dudley Hewitt Cup series against the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League champion. Instead, the league finalists, the Aurora Tigers were granted the option of playing for the OHA and Central Canadian Championship. Both the Tigers and Travelways ended up at the Centennial Cup, which the Travelways won.
Changes Whitby Lawmen join the OJHL. Hamilton Mountain A's leave the OJHL. North York Rangers become the North York Red Wings.
Final standings 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 GP W L T GF GA POrillia Travelways 48 39 7 2 346 168 80Aurora Tigers 48 34 11 3 358 210 71Newmarket Flyers 48 26 17 5 304 255 57Dixie Beehives 48 25 18 5 263 235 55Markham Waxers 48 20 25 3 229 263 43Richmond Hill Dynes 48 18 27 3 230 267 39North York Red Wings 48 10 37 1 185 332 21Whitby Lawmen 48 8 38 2 181 374 18
1984-85 OJHL Playoffs
Quarter-final Orillia Travelways defeated Whitby Lawmen 4-games-to-1 Aurora Tigers defeated North York Red Wings 4-games-to-none Newmarket Flyers defeated Richmond Hill Dynes 4-games-to-2 Markham Waxers defeated Dixie Beehives 4-games-to-1 Semi-final Aurora Tigers defeated Newmarket Flyers 4-games-to-3 Orillia Travelways defeated Markham Waxers 4-games-to-none Final Orillia Travelways defeated Aurora Tigers 4-games-to-none
OHA Buckland Cup/Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship The 1985 Buckland Cup and Dudley Hewitt Cup was a best-of-7 series between the Sudbury Cubs (NOJHL) and the Aurora Tigers. The Tigers played because the Orillia Travelways were granted an opt-out as hosts of the 1985 Centennial Cup. The winner moved on to the 1985 Centennial Cup with Orillia.
Aurora Tigers defeated Sudbury Cubs 4-games-to-none Aurora 12 - Sudbury 5 Aurora 7 - Sudbury 2 Aurora 9 - Sudbury 4 Aurora 6 - Sudbury 2
1985 Centennial Cup Championship The 1985 Centennial Cup was the Canadian National Junior A championship in Orillia, Ontario, hosted by the Orillia Travelways. The Orillia Travelways won the event, while the Aurora Tigers lost the semi-final.
Round Robin Orillia Travelways defeated Cole Harbour Colts (MVJHL) 8-1 Aurora Tigers defeated Penticton Knights (BCJHL) 8-4 Orillia Travelways defeated Aurora Tigers 11-3 Cole Harbour Colts (MVJHL) defeated Aurora Tigers 7-5 Orillia Travelways defeated Penticton Knights (BCJHL) 6-3
Semi-final Penticton Knights (BCJHL) defeated Aurora Tigers 8-5
Final Orillia Travelways defeated Penticton Knights (BCJHL) 4-2
Leading Scorers
Player Team GP G A PtsScott Kerr Newmarket Flyers 47 61 99 130Jim Mayne Aurora Tigers 42 45 62 107
Players taken in the 1985 NHL entry draft Rd 6 #112 Brian McReynolds - New York Rangers (Orillia Travelways) Rd 6 #123 Danton Cole - Winnipeg Jets (Aurora Tigers) Rd 10 #200 Brad Hamilton - Chicago Blackhawks (Aurora Tigers)
See also 1985 Centennial Cup Dudley Hewitt Cup List of OJHL seasons Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League Central Junior A Hockey League Thunder Bay Flyers
References
External links Official website of the Ontario Junior Hockey League Official website of the Canadian Junior Hockey League