1976-77 OMJHL season

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The 1976-77 OMJHL season was the 3rd season of the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League. Twelve teams each played 66 games. The Ottawa 67's won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the London Knights. At the beginning of the season, the Hamilton Fincups moved to St. Catharines, Ontario after the ice-making machine at the ancient Hamilton Forum broke down irreparably a month before the season began. The St. Catharines Black Hawks also moved to Niagara Falls, Ontario, becoming the Flyers.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Final standings 1.2 Scoring leaders 2 OHL Playoffs 2.1 First Round 2.2 Quarter Finals 2.3 Semi Finals 2.4 J. Ross Robertson Cup 3 OHL awards 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Final standings

Leyden Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Ottawa 67's	66	38	23	5	81	348	288
Sudbury Wolves	66	38	24	4	80	385	290
Kingston Canadians	66	32	24	10	74	295	259
Peterborough Petes	66	31	28	7	69	307	309
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	66	20	41	5	45	261	375
Oshawa Generals	66	5	57	4	14	216	444

Emms Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
St. Catharines Fincups	66	50	11	5	105	438	242
London Knights	66	51	13	2	104	379	203
Toronto Marlboros	66	31	23	12	74	335	286
Kitchener Rangers	66	26	32	8	60	320	380
Windsor Spitfires	66	21	37	8	50	294	386
Niagara Falls Flyers	66	15	45	6	36	254	370

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Dwight Foster	Kitchener Rangers	64	60	83	143	88
Dale McCourt	St. Catharines Fincups	66	60	79	139	26
Bobby Smith	Ottawa 67's	64	65	70	135	52
Tony McKegney	Kingston Canadians	66	58	77	135	30
Ken Linseman	Kingston Canadians	63	53	74	127	210
Keith Acton	Peterborough Petes	65	52	69	121	93
John Anderson	Toronto Marlboros	64	57	62	119	42
Mike Keating	St. Catharines Fincups	65	51	61	112	96
Ron Mason	Peterborough Petes	62	53	58	111	33
Ric Seiling	St. Catharines Fincups	62	50	61	111	103

[edit] OHL Playoffs

[edit] First Round

Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds defeat Peterborough Petes 3-1

Windsor Spitfires defeat Kitchener Rangers 3-0

[edit] Quarter Finals

Ottawa 67's defeat Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 4-0, 1 tie

Kingston Canadians defeat Sudbury Wolves 4-1, 1 tie

St. Catharines Fincups defeat Windsor Spitfires 4-2

London Knights defeat Toronto Marlboros 4-1, 1 tie

[edit] Semi Finals

Ottawa 67's defeat Kingston Canadians 4-3, 1 tie

London Knights defeat St. Catharines Fincups 4-3, 1 tie

[edit] J. Ross Robertson Cup

Ottawa 67's defeat London Knights 4-2

[edit] OHL awards

J. Ross Robertson Cup:	Ottawa 67's
Hamilton Spectator Trophy:	St. Catharines Fincups
Red Tilson Trophy:	Dale McCourt, St. Catharines Fincups
Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy:	Dwight Foster, Kitchener Rangers
Matt Leyden Trophy:	Bill Long, London Knights
Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy:	John Anderson, Toronto Marlboros
Max Kaminsky Trophy:	Craig Hartsburg, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Dave Pinkney Trophy:	Pat Riggin, London Knights
Emms Family Award:	Mike Gartner, Niagara Falls Flyers
F.W. 'Dinty' Moore Trophy:	Barry Heard, London Knights
William Hanley Trophy:	Dale McCourt, St. Catharines Fincups

[edit] See also

• OHA Standings 1974 and earlier
• OMJHL Standings 1974 to 1980
• OHL Standings 1980 to present
• List of OHL seasons

• 1977 Memorial Cup
• 1977 NHL Entry Draft
• 1976 in sports
• 1977 in sports

[edit] References

• HockeyDB

Preceded by 1975-76 OMJHL season

OHL seasons

Succeeded by 1977-78 OMJHL season