Highway League

The Highway League was a senior hockey league under the jurisdiction of the Ottawa District Hockey Association. The 1945-46 season was the only season a team from the league participated in the OHDA senior playoffs. Kemptville, North Gower, Osgoode, and Kemptville A.S. competed.  The team from Osgoode, Ontario was the league champion. They were defeated by North Stormont League champion Chesterville in the first round of the playoffs, 2 games to none.

An earlier incarnation of the league ran from 1935-36 to 1939-40, which was also known as the Prince of Wales Highway Hockey League.

Results

1935-36

• 1/31: Kemptville Agricultural School - Manotick 4:3
• 2/3: Manotick - Kemptville Agricultural School 3:1
• 2/7: Kemptville - North Gower 3:1
• 2/12: Manotick - Kemptville 2:1
• 2/17: Kemptville - Manotick 3:2 OT
• 2/21: Kemptville - Kemptville Agricultural School 10:1
• 3/4: Kemptville - North Gower 4:3
• 3/6: North Gower - Manotick 5:2
• 3/6: Kemptville - Kemptville Agricultural School 4:3
• 3/9: North Gower - Manotick 4:3 - semifinal
• 3/16: North Gower - Manotick 3:3 - "
• 4/9: Kemptville - North Gower 5:4 - "

Standings

1. Kemptville 5-1-0-10
2. North Gower 4-2-0-8
3. Manotick 2-4-0-4
4. Kemptville Agricultural School 1-5-0-2

Division 2

1. Kemptville Red Indians 5-1-0-10
2. Kemptville Agricultural School II 3-3-0-6
3. Rideaus 2-3-1-5
4. Oxford Mills 1-4-1-3

1936-37

• 1/11: Osgoode - South Mountain 7:1
• 1/19: Kemptville Agricultural School - Osgoode 5:4
• Manotick - Kemptville Agricultural School
• 1/25: Kemptville Agricultural School - South Mountain 6:3
• 1/30: South Mountain - Osgoode 3:3
• 2/6: Osgoode - Kemptville Agricultural School 8:7
• 2/13: Kemptville Agricultural School - South Mountain 2:1
• 2/16: Kemptville Agricultural School - Manotick 5:3
• 2/18: South Mountain - Manotick 5:1

Standings as of 2/17

1. Kemptville A.S. 4-2-0-8
2. Osgoode 2-1-1-5
3. Manotick 2-3-0-4
4. South Mountain 0-4-1-1

Semifinals

• South Mountain - Osgoode 6:4, 7:6
• Kemptville A.S. - Manotick 3:2, 4:3

Final

• Kemptville A.S. - South Mountain 7:2, 2:6, 4:1

1937-38

Standings as of 2/10

1. South Mountain 9-2-1-19
2. Kemptville 8-2-2-18
3. North Gower 8-4-0-16
4. Osgoode 6-2-2-14
5. Manotick 4-6-0-8
6. Kemptville A.S. 2-9-1-5
7. Spencerville 0-12-0-0

Semifinals

• Kemptville - Osgoode 1:2, 7:2
• North Gower - South Mountain 3:3, 6:2

Final

• Kemptville - North Gower 4:2, 5:2

1938-39

Standings

1. Kemptville Royals 8-2-1-21 69:31
2. Osgoode 9-4-0-20 57:45
3. Spencerville 6-5-1-15 50:50
4. Kemptville A.S. 2-3-0-8 13:24
5. North Gower 0-10-0-0 23:54

Semifinals

• Kemptville Royals - Kemptville A.S. 11:0
• Spencerville - Osgoode

Final

• Kemptville Royals - Spencerville 7:2, 3:2

1939-40

• 1/8: Kemptville Royals - Spencerville 7:4
• 1/12: Kemptville Royals - Spencerville 7:2
• 1/15: Osgoode - Kemptville Royals 4:3
• 1/19: Osgoode - Kemptville Royals 4:2 - Osgoode left ice in middle of second period and the game was awarded to Kemptville

Sources

• Kemptville Weekly Advance