SOJAHL Standings
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The following is a listing of Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League Standings.
The Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League was a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey league based out of Southwestern Ontario, the Greater Toronto Area, Golden Horseshoe, Michigan, and New York. The league originated as the Western Ontario Junior B Hockey League in 1956 when the Big 10 Junior B Hockey League divided into two leagues.
When the Western Ontario Junior B Hockey League went renegade in 1968, it declared itself a Junior "A" hockey league. Not affiliated with the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, the league went on for two seasons as a self sanctioned league. In 1970, what eventually became the Ontario Hockey League pulled away from the Ontario Hockey Association, leaving it without a premier league. The OHA went into talks with the Western league and in the end, the league returned to the OHA and changed its name to the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League. The league lasted seven seasons. In 1972, the OHA created the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League as a competitor to the SOJAHL. By 1976, the league had dropped down to four teams and at the end of the season was divided up between other leagues.
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Note: GP - Games Played, W - Wins, L - Losses, T - Ties, OTL - Overtime Losses, GF - Goals For, GA - Goals Against, P - Points.
[edit] 1964-65
The Chatham Maroons were 1965 Western Junior "B" Champions.
The Chatham Maroons, Windsor Spitfires, and Wallaceburg Hornets entered the league for the 1964-65 season as the Western absorbed the Border Cities Junior B Hockey League. At the end of the season, the London Nationals moved to Ingersoll, Ontario in favour of the Junior "A" London Nationals.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | P |
| Chatham Maroons | 40 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 257 | 135 | 65 |
| Sarnia Legionnaires | 40 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 197 | 144 | 49 |
| London Nationals | 40 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 213 | 181 | 46 |
| St. Thomas Barons | 40 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 213 | 206 | 42 |
| Windsor Spitfires | 40 | 11 | 27 | 2 | 155 | 236 | 24 |
| Wallaceburg Hornets | 39 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 122 | 244 | 14 |
[edit] Playoffs
The Chatham Maroons were playoff champions.
[edit] 1965-66
[edit] 1966-67
[edit] 1967-68
The Sarnia Legionnaires were 1968 Western Junior "B" and All-Ontario Sutherland Cup Champions.
At the end of the 1967-68 season, the WOJBHL declared itself renegade and left the Ontario Hockey Association and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. The Sarnia Legionnaires, Chatham Maroons, and St. Thomas Barons left the CAHA with the league along with the Brantford Foresters and a new team deom Guelph, Ontario, leaving behind the Strathroy Rockets and Leamington Flyers.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | P |
| Sarnia Legionnaires | 52 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 333 | 178 | 79 |
| Chatham Maroons | 52 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 289 | 193 | 76 |
| St. Thomas Barons | 50 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 297 | 241 | 53 |
| Strathroy Rockets | 52 | 23 | 26 | 3 | 236 | 235 | 49 |
| Leamington Flyers | 51 | 5 | 46 | 0 | 160 | 355 | 10 |
[edit] Playoffs
The Sarnia Legionnaires were playoff champions.
Sutherland Cup Final
- Sarnia Legionnaires defeated Markham Waxers 4-games-to-none
[edit] 1968-69
The St. Thomas Barons won the 1969 Oakes Trophy as WOJAHL Champions.
For this season, the WOJAHL agreed to a National Championship series between their champions and that of the Western Canada Hockey League. The Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL) ended up sweeping the St. Thomas Barons, winning the first three games of the series after which the Barons forfeited the fourth game during the second period. The reason given for the forfeit was allegations of dangerously violent play by the Bombers. The series starred Bobby Clarke for Flin Flon and Ken Murray for the Barons.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | P |
| St. Thomas Barons | 56 | 37 | 18 | 1 | 255 | 178 | 75 |
| Brantford Foresters | 56 | 32 | 23 | 1 | 257 | 204 | 65 |
| Chatham Maroons | 56 | 26 | 29 | 1 | 235 | 253 | 53 |
| Guelph Imperials | 56 | 23 | 32 | 1 | 232 | 276 | 47 |
| Sarnia Legionnaires | 56 | 20 | 36 | 0 | 214 | 282 | 40 |
[edit] Playoffs
Semi-final
- St. Thomas Barons defeated Chatham Maroons 4-games-to-2
- Brantford Foresters defeated Guelph Imperials 4-games-to-3
Final
- St. Thomas Barons defeated Brantford Forresters 4-games-to-none
National Championship
- Flin Flon Bombers defeated St. Thomas Barons 4-games-to-none
[edit] 1969-70
The Chatham Maroons won the 1970 Oakes Trophy as WOJAHL Champions.
The Sarnia Legionnaires folded mid-season. The folding caused a rather unbalanced schedule.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | P |
| Chatham Maroons | 56 | 43 | 12 | 1 | 305 | 182 | 87 |
| Brantford Foresters | 57 | 35 | 21 | 5 | 268 | 214 | 75 |
| St. Thomas Barons | 63 | 31 | 21 | 2 | 245 | 236 | 64 |
| Guelph Beef Kings | 61 | 21 | 35 | 1 | 206 | 286 | 43 |
| Sarnia Legionnaires | 46 | 7 | 36 | 3 | 122 | 226 | 17 |
[edit] Playoffs
- The Chatham Maroons were playoff champions.
[edit] 1970-71
The Detroit Jr. Red Wings won the 1971 Oakes Trophy as SOJAHL Champions and the Dudley Hewitt Cup as the first ever Central Canadian Champions.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | P |
| Chatham Maroons | 44 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 254 | 161 | 63 |
| Detroit Jr. Red Wings | 44 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 279 | 197 | 58 |
| Guelph CMC's | 44 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 235 | 209 | 51 |
| Welland Sabres | 44 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 217 | 269 | 36 |
| St. Thomas Elgins | 44 | 13 | 26 | 5 | 205 | 270 | 31 |
| Brantford Majors | 44 | 10 | 31 | 3 | 204 | 288 | 23 |
[edit] Playoffs
Final
- Detroit Jr. Red Wings defeated Guelph CMC's 3-games-to-2 with 2 ties
[edit] 1971-72
The Guelph CMC's won the 1972 Oakes Trophy as SOJAHL Champions, Dudley Hewitt Cup as Central Canadian Champions, and the Manitoba Centennial Cup as the second ever National Junior A Champions.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | P |
| Guelph CMC's | 56 | 41 | 10 | 5 | 261 | 140 | 87 |
| Detroit Jr. Red Wings | 56 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 333 | 225 | 75 |
| Chatham Maroons | 56 | 33 | 17 | 6 | 247 | 215 | 72 |
| St. Thomas Elgins | 56 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 244 | 288 | 50 |
| Welland Sabres | 56 | 20 | 31 | 5 | 223 | 261 | 45 |
| Windsor Spitfires | 56 | 21 | 32 | 3 | 220 | 266 | 45 |
| Brantford Majors | 56 | 18 | 32 | 6 | 193 | 220 | 42 |
| Sarnia Bees | 56 | 15 | 31 | 10 | 158 | 200 | 40 |
[edit] Playoffs
Final
- Guelph CMC's defeated Detroit Jr. Red Wings 4-games-to-1
[edit] 1972-73
The Chatham Maroons won the 1973 Oakes Trophy as SOJAHL Champions.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | P |
| Guelph CMC's | 60 | 39 | 13 | 8 | 326 | 212 | 86 |
| Chatham Maroons | 60 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 292 | 218 | 74 |
| Windsor Spitfires | 60 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 286 | 273 | 69 |
| Niagara Falls Flyers | 60 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 304 | 279 | 63 |
| Welland Sabres | 60 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 289 | 270 | 61 |
| Detroit Jr. Red Wings | 60 | 19 | 37 | 4 | 237 | 318 | 42 |
| St. Thomas Elgins | 60 | 10 | 45 | 5 | 209 | 373 | 25 |
[edit] Playoffs
OHA Championship
- Chatham Maroons defeated Wexford Raiders 4-games-to-3
[edit] 1973-74
The Windsor Spitfires won the 1974 Oakes Trophy as SOJAHL Champions.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | P |
| Windsor Spitfires | 62 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 379 | 242 | 86 |
| Welland Sabres | 62 | 38 | 18 | 6 | 394 | 257 | 82 |
| Chatham Maroons | 62 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 336 | 230 | 80 |
| Guelph CMC's | 62 | 34 | 24 | 4 | 343 | 258 | 72 |
| Detroit Jr. Red Wings | 62 | 31 | 25 | 6 | 293 | 278 | 68 |
| Niagara Falls Flyers | 62 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 314 | 283 | 62 |
| Buffalo Tondas | 62 | 15 | 41 | 6 | 256 | 350 | 36 |
| Michigan Americans | 62 | 4 | 56 | 2 | 151 | 568 | 10 |
[edit] Playoffs
OHA Championship
- Wexford Raiders defeated Windsor Spitfires 4-games-to-3
[edit] 1974-75
The Guelph CMC's won the 1975 Oakes Trophy as SOJAHL Champions and Dudley Hewitt Cup as Central Canadian Champions.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | P |
| Windsor Spitfires | 60 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 320 | 207 | 85 |
| Welland Sabres | 60 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 271 | 228 | 74 |
| Chatham Maroons | 60 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 241 | 246 | 58 |
| Guelph CMC's | 60 | 23 | 31 | 6 | 257 | 287 | 52 |
| Niagara Falls Flyers | 59 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 271 | 318 | 52 |
| Detroit Jr. Red Wings | 61 | 15 | 37 | 9 | 202 | 276 | 39 |
[edit] Playoffs
OHA Championship
- Guelph CMC's defeated Toronto Nationals 4-games-to-2
[edit] 1975-76
The Guelph Platers won the 1976 Oakes Trophy as SOJAHL Champions.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | P |
| Guelph Platers | 60 | 41 | 9 | 10 | 400 | 238 | 92 |
| Chatham Maroons | 60 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 333 | 229 | 78 |
| Welland Sabres | 60 | 26 | 28 | 6 | 277 | 304 | 58 |
| Hamilton Mountain A's | 60 | 24 | 30 | 6 | 253 | 287 | 54 |
| Owen Sound Greys | 60 | 23 | 32 | 5 | 272 | 339 | 51 |
| Niagara Falls Flyers | 60 | 12 | 45 | 3 | 272 | 410 | 27 |
[edit] Playoffs
OHA Championship
- Guelph Platers defeated North Bay Trappers 4-games-to-1
[edit] 1976-77
The Guelph Platers won the 1977 Oakes Trophy as SOJAHL Champions.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | P |
| Guelph Platers | 35 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 243 | 118 | 53 |
| Hamilton Mountain A's | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 173 | 169 | 45 |
| Collingwood Blues | 34 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 156 | 176 | 26 |
| Owen Sound Greys | 37 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 167 | 246 | 25 |
[edit] Playoffs
Semi-final
- Guelph Platers defeated Owen Sound Greys 9-points-to-5
- Hamilton Mountain A's defeated Collingwood Blues 8-points-to-4
Final
- Guelph Platers defeated Hamilton Mountain A's
OHA Championship
- North York Rangers defeated Guelph Platers 4-games-to-3
