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Sports season
The 1998–99 OPJHL season is the
sixth
season of the
Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League (OPJHL). The thirty-seven teams of the Central, East, and West divisions competed in a 51-game schedule. The top eight of each division made the Buckland Cup playoffs.
The winner of the Buckland Cup, the
Bramalea Blues , won the 1999
Dudley Hewitt Cup as Central Canadian Champions, but failed to win the
1999 Royal Bank Cup .
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Changes
OPJHL absorbed folded
Metro Junior A Hockey League .
League realigned from four to three divisions.
New teams due to merger:
Auburn Jr. Crunch (
Syracuse Jr. Crunch ),
Bancroft Hawks (
Quinte Hawks ),
Buffalo Lightning (
Niagara Scenic ),
Caledon Canadians ,
Durham Huskies ,
Huntsville Wildcats ,
Markham Waxers ,
North York Rangers ,
Oshawa Legionaires ,
Pickering Panthers ,
Port Hope Buzzards ,
Shelburne Wolves ,
Thornhill Rattlers ,
Wellington Dukes , and
Wexford Raiders .
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
1998-99 Frank L. Buckland Trophy Playoffs
Division Quarter-final
Collingwood Blues defeated
Stouffville Spirit 3-games-to-none
Couchiching Terriers defeated
Thornhill Rattlers 3-games-to-2
Newmarket Hurricanes defeated
Wexford Raiders 3-games-to-1
Aurora Tigers defeated
Markham Waxers 3-games-to-1
Pickering Panthers defeated
Cobourg Cougars 3-games-to-none
Trenton Sting defeated
Wellington Dukes 3-games-to-none
Lindsay Muskies defeated
Auburn Jr. Crunch 3-games-to-none
Oshawa Legionaires defeated
Kingston Voyageurs 3-games-to-1
Milton Merchants defeated
Hamilton Kiltys 3-games-to-none
Bramalea Blues defeated
Oakville Blades 3-games-to-none
Streetsville Derbys defeated
Brampton Capitals 3-games-to-2
Georgetown Raiders defeated
Burlington Cougars 3-games-to-1
Division Semi-final
Collingwood Blues defeated
Aurora Tigers 4-games-to-1
Couchiching Terriers defeated
Newmarket Hurricanes 4-games-to-1
Pickering Panthers defeated
Oshawa Legionaires 4-games-to-2
Lindsay Muskies defeated
Trenton Sting 4-games-to-2
Milton Merchants defeated
Georgetown Raiders 4-games-to-1
Bramalea Blues defeated
Streetsville Derbys 4-games-to-none
Division Final
Collingwood Blues defeated
Couchiching Terriers 4-games-to-3
Bramalea Blues defeated
Milton Merchants 4-games-to-2
Pickering Panthers defeated
Lindsay Muskies 4-games-to-none
Semi-final
Milton Merchants * defeated
Collingwood Blues 4-games-to-2
Bramalea Blues defeated
Pickering Panthers 4-games-to-none
(*) denotes that the Merchants were welcomed back into the playoffs for another round despite losing due to their superior playoff winning percentage over Couchiching and Lindsay.
Final
Bramalea Blues defeated
Milton Merchants 4-games-to-2
Best-of-7 series
Bramalea Blues defeated
Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats (
NOJHL ) 4-games-to-none
Bramalea - Rayside-Balfour
Bramalea 2 - Rayside-Balfour 1
Bramalea 3 - Rayside-Balfour 2
Bramalea 3 - Rayside-Balfour 2
The
1999 Royal Bank Cup was hosted by the
Yorkton Terriers of
Yorkton, Saskatchewan . The
Bramalea Blues were defeated in the semi-final.
Round Robin
Bramalea Blues defeated
Vernon Vipers (
BCHL ) 4-2
Bramalea Blues defeated
Estevan Bruins (
SJHL ) 4-3
Bramalea Blues defeated
Yorkton Terriers (SJHL) 5-1
Charlottetown Abbies (
MJAHL ) defeated
Bramalea Blues 5-1
Semi-final
Vernon Vipers (BCHL) defeated
Bramalea Blues 3-2
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
See also
References
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