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This is the 2008-09 season of the Ontario Junior Hockey League:

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For the 2008-09 season, the Ontario Hockey Association granted a group of teams the right to create their own self-governed division, segregated from interdivisional play, with a longer season, and a series of experimental rules. After a few name changes, the division was dubbed Central Division Hockey. The CDH created its own exclusive showcase weekend, its own all-star games, and an all-star challenge with the neighbouring Central Junior A Hockey League. Although its players did participate in the OJHL all-star game with the other divisions.

The creation of the CDH sparked numerous changes within the rest of the league. Most notably, the league changed its name, mid-season, to the Ontario Junior Hockey League. This came with a logo change. The OJHL implement interdivisional play between the three remaining divisions. The OJHL also renamed the divisions as such: North became Phillips, East became Ruddock, and West became MacKinnon (South was virtually wiped out by creation of CDH).

The creation of the CDH also caused many legal squabbles within the OJHL, as a few teams banded together to attempt cease and desist orders against the CDH unsuccessfully. Also, a variety of appeals were filed by non-CDH teams, but were turned down.

The CDH may or may not be a single year phenomenon, but with increased threats of realignment by the Ontario Hockey Association, downsizing may possibly be imminent for the largest known junior hockey league in existence.

Standings[]

Team                        GP    W    L   OTL SOL   GF    GA     P
Central Division Hockey
Wellington Dukes            53    35   13   1   4    252   181    75
Markham Waxers              53    36   15   1   1    239   200    74
Toronto Jr. Canadiens       53    31   20   1   1    242   251    64
Hamilton Red Wings          53    28   18   3   4    281   245    63
Newmarket Hurricanes        53    28   20   2   3    198   193    61
St. Michael's Buzzers       53    24   24   3   2    227   249    53
Cobourg Cougars             53    17   27   6   3    199   238    43
Stouffville Spirit          53    13   34   2   4    165   246    32
MacKinnon
Georgetown Raiders          49    42   6    1   0    263   140    85
Oakville Blades             49    41   8    0   0    289   146    82
Burlington Cougars          49    33   10   6   0    217   160    72
Vaughan Vipers              49    33   13   1   2    242   152    69
Buffalo Jr. Sabres          49    25   17   3   4    207   176    57
Milton Icehawks             49    21   24   3   1    208   229    46
Brampton Capitals           49    17   24   5   3    199   233    42
Streetsville Derbys         49    12   34   1   2    164   272    27
Mississauga Chargers        49    11   33   3   2    186   300    27
Bramalea Blues              49    11   34   2   2    170   297    26
Phillips
Couchiching Terriers        49    39   3    2   5    267   110    85
Huntsville Otters           49    38   7    3   1    224   125    80
Aurora Tigers               49    37   11   1   0    228   150    75
Orangeville Crushers        49    33   15   0   1    212   159    67
North York Rangers          49    28   14   0   7    223   194    63
Collingwood Blues           49    22   23   3   1    169   183    48
Toronto Dixie Beehives      49    17   30   1   1    147   200    36
Seguin Bruins               49    16   31   0   2    185   270    34
Upper Canada Hockey Club    49    9    39   1   0    115   286    19
Villanova Knights           49    6    39   1   3    119   259    16
Ruddock
Kingston Voyageurs          49    36   9    1   3    256   136    76
Peterborough Stars          49    37   11   0   1    216   138    75
Lindsay Muskies             49    32   13   1   3    212   149    68
Bowmanville Eagles          49    24   20   4   1    162   160    53
Ajax Attack                 49    25   24   0   0    216   229    50
Port Hope Predators         49    20   26   1   2    189   221    43
Whitby Fury                 49    16   30   1   2    181   250    35
Pickering Panthers          49    16   30   2   1    148   249    35
Trenton Hercs*              37    14   20   2   1    129   153    31

(*) The Hercs folded, final 12 games were 1-0 defaults.

Playoffs[]

08-09KinVee

Champion Kingston Voyageurs

Divisional Quarter-final

Wellington Dukes defeated Stouffville Spirit 4-games-to-none
Newmarket Hurricanes defeated Hamilton Red Wings 4-games-to-1
Toronto Jr. Canadiens defeated St. Michael's Buzzers 4-games-to-2
Markham Waxers defeated Cobourg Cougars 4-games-to-3
Oakville Blades defeated Brampton Capitals 3-games-to-none
Burlington Cougars defeated Milton Icehawks 3-games-to-none
Lindsay Muskies defeated Port Hope Predators 3-games-to-none
Huntsville Otters defeated Toronto Dixie Beehives 3-games-to-none
Orangeville Crushers defeated North York Rangers 3-games-to-1
Couchiching Terriers defeated Seguin Bruins 3-games-to-none
Georgetown Raiders defeated Streetsville Derbys 3-games-to-none
Peterborough Stars defeated Whitby Fury 3-games-to-1
Aurora Tigers defeated Collingwood Blues 3-games-to-1
Ajax Attack defeated Bowmanville Eagles 3-games-to-1
Kingston Voyageurs defeated Pickering Panthers 3-games-to-1
Vaughan Vipers defeated Buffalo Jr. Sabres 3-games-to-2

Divisional Semi-final

Georgetown Raiders defeated Vaughan Vipers 4-games-to-none
Oakville Blades defeated Burlington Cougars 4-games-to-1
Kingston Voyageurs defeated Ajax Attack 4-games-to-none
Wellington Dukes defeated Newmarket Hurricanes 4-games-to-none
Huntsville Otters defeated Aurora Tigers 4-games-to-2
Orangeville Crushers defeated Couchiching Terriers 4-games-to-3
Peterborough Stars defeated Lindsay Muskies 4-games-to-3
Toronto Jr. Canadiens defeated Markham Waxers 4-games-to-3

Divisional Final

Huntsville Otters defeated Orangeville Crushers 4-games-to-1
Wellington Dukes defeated Toronto Jr. Canadiens 4-games-to-1
Kingston Voyageurs defeated Peterborough Stars 4-games-to-2
Oakville Blades defeated Georgetown Raiders 4-games-to-3

Semi-final

Kingston Voyageurs defeated Huntsville Otters 4-games-to-1
Oakville Blades defeated Wellington Dukes 4-games-to-3

Final

Kingston Voyageurs defeated Oakville Blades 4-games-to-2

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