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.
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-Oshawa Generals 66 42 20 4 88 334 244 2 x-Kingston Frontenacs 66 42 21 3 87 300 232 3 x-Peterborough Petes 66 37 23 6 80 294 236 4 x-Ottawa 67's 66 38 26 2 78 320 265 5 x-Belleville Bulls 66 36 26 4 76 301 247 6 x-Cornwall Royals 66 24 38 4 52 309 361 7 Hamilton Dukes 66 11 49 6 28 211 371
Emms Division Rank Team GP W L T PTS GF GA 1 y-London Knights 66 41 19 6 88 313 246 2 x-Kitchener Rangers 66 38 21 7 83 358 259 3 x-Sudbury Wolves 66 36 23 7 79 295 267 4 x-Owen Sound Platers 66 28 31 7 63 265 305 5 x-North Bay Centennials 66 23 35 8 54 292 314 6 x-Niagara Falls Thunder 66 23 39 4 50 278 355 7 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 66 18 42 6 42 229 289 8 Windsor Spitfires 66 17 41 8 42 233 341
Scoring leaders Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Keith Primeau Niagara Falls Thunder 65 57 70 127 97 Paul DiPietro Sudbury Wolves 66 56 63 119 57 Mike Ricci Peterborough Petes 60 52 64 116 39 Owen Nolan Cornwall Royals 58 51 60 111 240 Darcy Cahill Cornwall Royals//Sudbury Wolves 58 38 71 109 73 Brett Seguin Ottawa 67's 63 28 80 108 30 Gilbert Dionne Kitchener Rangers 64 48 57 105 85 Chris Taylor London Knights 66 45 60 105 60 Iain Fraser Oshawa Generals 56 40 65 105 75 Joey St. Aubin Kitchener Rangers 66 36 68 104 102
Playoffs
Division quarter-finals
Leyden Division
(1) Oshawa Generals vs. (6) Cornwall Royals
(2) Kingston Frontenacs vs. (5) Belleville Bulls
(3) Peterborough Petes vs. (4) Ottawa 67's
Emms Division
(1) London Knights vs. (6) Niagara Falls Thunder
(2) Kitchener Rangers vs. (5) North Bay Centennials
(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 GeneralsHamilton Spectator Trophy: Oshawa GeneralsLeyden Trophy: Oshawa GeneralsEmms Trophy: London KnightsRed Tilson Trophy: Mike Ricci, Peterborough PetesEddie Powers Memorial Trophy: Keith Primeau, Niagara Falls Thunder Matt Leyden Trophy: Larry Mavety, Kingston FrontenacsJim Mahon Memorial Trophy: Owen Nolan, Cornwall RoyalsMax Kaminsky Trophy: John Slaney, Cornwall RoyalsOHL Goaltender of the Year: Jeff Fife, Belleville BullsJack Ferguson Award: Pat Peake, Detroit Compuware AmbassadorsDave Pinkney Trophy: Jeff Wilson and Sean Gauthier, Kingston Frontenacs OHL Executive of the Year: Sam McMaster, Sudbury WolvesBill Long Award: Sherwood Bassin, Oshawa Generals / Sault Ste. Marie GreyhoundsEmms Family Award: Chris Longo, Peterborough PetesF.W. 'Dinty' Moore Trophy: Sean Basilio, London KnightsWilliam Hanley Trophy: Mike Ricci, Peterborough Petes Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy: Iain Fraser, Oshawa GeneralsBobby 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.
# 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
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