From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia OHA Senior A Hockey League
OHA Senior A Hockey League
OHA Senior "A" Hockey League the league champion Brantford Motts Clamatos went on
to win the Allan Cup as National Senior "A" Champions.
The league was replaced in 1990 by the Southwestern
Senior A Hockey League which is now known as Major
League Hockey.
Allan Cups
Champions
1979: Petrolia Squires defeated Steinbach Huskies
Membership Ontario Hockey Association 4-games-to-1
Founded 1972 1981: Petrolia Squires defeated St. Boniface
Ceased 1987 Mohawks 5-1 score
Allan Cups 4 1983: Cambridge Hornets defeated St. Boniface
The OHA Senior A Hockey League was a top tier Canadian Mohawks 4-games-to-none
Senior ice hockey league in Ontario from 1975 until 1987.
The league was sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Associ- 1987: Brantford Motts Clamatos defeated Nelson
ation and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and Maple Leafs 4-games-to-none
competed for the Allan Cup.
Finalists
1980: Spokane Flyers defeated Cambridge Hornets
History 4-games-to-none
In 1972, the Western Ontario Senior B Hockey League
1982: Cranbrook Royals defeated Petrolia Squires
was formed. Members of this league included the Both-
4-games-to-1
well Barons, Durham Huskies, Lucan-Ilderton Jets, Lon-
don Kings, Preston Jesters, and Stratford Perths. 1984: Thunder Bay Twins defeated Cambridge
In 1973, the league changed its name to the Continen- Hornets 4-games-to-1
tal Senior B Hockey League. In 1975, two season later the
league became the Continental Senior A Hockey League, Hardy Cups
making the league eligible for the Allan Cup and parallel
Champions
with the traditional OHA Senior A Hockey League. The
1986: Dundas Real McCoys defeated Lloydminster
Chatham Maroons, New Hamburg Screaming Eagles,
Border Kings 4-games-to-none
Petrolia Squires, and Port Stanley Dynamiters joined the
league.
After the 1978-79 season, the original OHA Senior A Key rivalries
Hockey League folded and its top team, the Cambridge Durham vs. Lucan-Ilderton
Hornets, salvaged itself by joining the Continental Senior Prior to the creation of the Western Senior B league,
league. The Continental league stood alone as the top the Durham Huskies and Lucan-Ilderton Jets had a
league in Ontario. healthy rivalry running in the various Ontario Hockey
A season later, the league was rebranded the OHA Se- Association Intermediate leagues. In 1971-72, the Jets
nior A Hockey League. In 1983, the OHA Senior A Hock- pulled out of the Southern Counties Intermediate B
ey League absorbed the Major Intermediate A Hockey league in favour of running an independent schedule.
League, nearly doubling the league’s size. In 1986, the Durham had won the Provincial Intermediate B champi-
league shrunk down to three teams, added Hockey onship in 1968 and 1969, as well as a local title in 1971.
Northwestern Ontario’s Thunder Bay Twins as a fourth The Jets won the Provincial title in 1970 and the local
team, and then folded after the season. The OHA Senior playoff title in 1972. The Jets had made wind about chal-
A league spawned four Allan Cup champions from 1979 lenging for the Allan Cup in 1972, but their bravado was
until 1987. The final season was finished off in style, as squashed by the OHA Champion Napanee Comets.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia OHA Senior A Hockey League
The Western Senior B league was virtually built ate A Hockey League. Until 1984, the league was com-
around the Huskies and Jets and the two teams dominat- pletely and utterly dominated by Cambridge and Petro-
ed the first four years of its existence. The one common lia. In 1981, the team changed their name to the Dundas-
denominator between the two teams was their need to Hamilton Tigers. In 1983, the Rockton Real McCoys of the
squash the Stratford Perths in the league final each year. Southern Intermediate B league moved to become the
In 1973, the Jets won the first ever league title by defeat- Flamborough Real McCoys and joined the OHA Senior "A"
ing Stratford 4-games-to-none. A year later, the league league. A year later Real McCoy sold the team to Motts
became the Centinental Senior B league and Huskies won and the team became the Flamborough Motts Clamatos.
the league’s first title under that new name 4-games-to-2 After five seasons of domination, in 1984 the Mott Clam-
against Stratford. In 1975, the Lucan-Ilderton Jets won atos and the Tigers took Petrolia and Cambridge’s spot in
again by defeating Stratford 4-games-to-1. After this, the the league final. Dundas defeated Flamborough 4-games-
OHA allowed the Jets to challenge for an Allan Cup spot, to-2. After the season, Dundas was bought by the same
but they were squashed by the Barrie Flyers 4-games-to- company that sold Flamborough to Motts and became
none. The Huskies got the last laugh in the battle. In 1975, the Dundas Real McCoys. In 1986, Dundas and Flambor-
the league was promoted to Senior "A" and the Huskies ough met again in the league final, with the Motts Clam-
won the league’s first ever championship at that level. atos sweeping the series 4-games-to-none. After the sea-
They suffered the same fate as the 1975 Jets in the OHA son, the league dropped from seven teams to three and
final, losing to Barrie 4-games-to-none. were forced to bring in the Thunder Bay Twins as a
Cambridge vs. Petrolia fourth member. Motts then moved their team from Flam-
The Petrolia Squires joined the Continental Senior A borough to become the Brantford Motts Clamatos. The
Hockey League in 1976. In 1979, after two years in the 1986-87 season finished with Brantford far ahead in first,
league, the Squires won the Continental Senior "A" title, Dundas ahead of Thunder Bay in second by a tie breaker,
the OHA Sr. "A" title by beating the Thunder Bay Twins and Cambridge close but in fourth. Brantford met Dundas
4-games-to-2, and eventually the Allan Cup. This was the for the third straight year in the league final and defeated
first of four Allan Cups the league would celebrate over them, going the distance, 4-games-to-3. Brantford went
the last nine seasons. In 1979, the other Senior "A" league on to win the Allan Cup that year, only to have their
folded and the Cambridge Hornets jumped ship. In their sponsor back out and the team fold at the end of the sea-
first season in the league together, the Hornets would son.
challenge the Squires in the league final and defeat them The folding of Dundas and Brantford at the end of the
in a full seven game battle, 4-games-to-3. The Hornets season started a chain reaction of events in Ontario hock-
lost the Allan Cup final. The next year, the two teams met ey. It began with a few teams folding, and ended with
in the final and the Squires won 4-games-to-1 and went the top tier of both Senior and Junior hockey, the Ontario
on to win their second Allan Cup. In 1982, they met again Provincial Junior A Hockey League, going completely out
in the final and the Squires came out on top 4-games- of business.
to-3. The Squires lost the Allan Cup final. Then in 1983,
the Cambridge Hornets took control, winning the final
against Petrolia 4-games-to-3 and won their first Allan
Teams
Cup since 1971. The fifth and final chapter took place • Barrie Flyers
in 1984 as the Cambridge Hornets defeated the Petrolia • Bothwell Barons
Squires in the league final 4-games-to-2, but lost in the • Brantford Motts Clamatos
Allan Cup final. • Cambridge Hornets
Overall, the Cambridge Hornets appear to have come • Chatham Pontiacs
out on top in this rivalry winning three out of five league • Collingwood Shipbuilders
championships in a five year span and winning an Allan • Dundas Real McCoys
Cup, but it is possible that they "won the battle, but lost • Durham Huskies
the war". The Petrolia Squires, who won two of the five • Georgetown Raiders
years and an Allan Cup have an edge in history. The Hor- • London Kings
nets folded in 1987 and reformed in 1999 and again fold- • Lucan-Ilderton Jets
ed due to controversy in Major League Hockey in 2006, • New Hamburg Screaming Eagles
while the Squires currently hold the title as the longest • Petrolia Squires
running current Ontario Hockey Association Senior team • Port Stanley Dynamiters
and are charter members of Major League Hockey. In • Preston Jesters
terms of longevity, the Squires came out on top. • Stratford Perths
Dundas vs. Motts Clamatos • Thunder Bay Twins
The Dundas Merchants jumped to the OHA Senior "A" • Woodstock Gems
league in 1980 from the Niagara & District Intermedi-
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia OHA Senior A Hockey League
Champions Continental Sr. B
1974 Durham Huskies
1975 Lucan-Ilderton Jets
Continental Sr. A
1976 Durham Huskies
1977 Woodstock Royals
1978 London Kings
1979 Petrolia Squires
1980 Cambridge Hornets
OHA Sr. A
1981 Petrolia Squires
1982 Petrolia Squires
1983 Cambridge Hornets
1984 Cambridge Hornets
1985 Dundas Tigers
1986 Flamborough Motts Clamatos
1987 Brantford Motts Clamatos
J. Ross Robertson Trophy, OHA Senior A Championship. Trophy
External links
was exclusive to this league from 1981 until 1987. • Official Ontario Hockey Association webpage
• Official Allan Cup webpage
Western Sr. B • Official Allan Cup Archives webpage
1973 Lucan-Ilderton Jets
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