The OHA Senior A Hockey League was a top tier Canadian Senior ice hockey league in Ontario from 1975 until 1987. The league was sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and competed for the Allan Cup .
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64-635: A five-year span and winning an Allan Cup, but it is possible that they "won the battle, but lost the war". The Petrolia Squires, who won two of the five years and an Allan Cup have an edge in history. The Hornets folded in 1987 and reformed in 1999 and again folded due to controversy in Major League Hockey in 2006, while the Squires currently hold the title as the longest running current Ontario Hockey Association Senior team and are charter members of Major League Hockey . In terms of longevity,
96-716: A lack of competition. The Brampton Buccaneers ceased operations during the 2023–24 season. In 2023, the Hamilton Steelers folded and the Stoney Creek Tigers joined as an expansion team. The teams of the ACH league play for the league championship J. Ross Robertson Cup . In 2024, the Stoney Creek Tigers won the league championship and the Dundas Real McCoys took the Allan Cup . In 2025,
128-618: A local title in 1971. The Jets won the Provincial title in 1970 and the local playoff title in 1972. The Jets had made wind about challenging for the Allan Cup in 1972, but their bravado was squashed by the OHA Champion Napanee Comets . The Western Senior B league was virtually built around the Huskies and Jets and the two teams dominated the first four years of its existence. The one common denominator between
160-563: A result it merged with the Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League in 2008. The league had three teams at the start of the 2024–25 ACH season: In April 2024, the league announced that that an expansion team based in Richmond Hill, Ontario would debut in the 2024–25 season, however, this did not materialize. The league then announced that it planned to expand to 8 – 10 teams, and that it had retained
192-560: A sports marketing firm to identify prospective owners. The search was reportedly focused on markets of 10,000 inhabitants or more, with an arena with capacity for 500 – 1,500 spectators, and the ability to pay the CA$ 100,000 expansion fee. Markets identified as potential candidates for expansion included Brantford , King City , Orangeville , Guelph , Cambridge , Caledon , and Stratford . The league traces its history back to 1890. The first season of Ontario Hockey Association senior hockey
224-492: A tie breaker, and Cambridge close but in fourth. Brantford met Dundas for the third straight year in the league final and defeated them, going the distance, 4-games-to-3. Brantford went on to win the Allan Cup that year, only to have their sponsor back out and the team fold at the end of the season. The folding of Dundas and Brantford at the end of the season started a chain reaction of events in Ontario hockey. It began with
256-821: The 2008 Allan Cup , the Blast failed to win their league and were allowed to bypass the OHA Final against the Whitby Dunlops and the Renwick Cup against the Thunder Bay Hawks . After almost a months rest, the Blast competed at home for the Allan Cup and won the entire thing. After suffering their only loss of the tournament to the Shawinigan Xtreme in the first game, the Blast defeated
288-595: The Allan Cup as National Senior "A" Champions. The league ceased operations after the 1986–87 season, when it was reduced to three teams and the OHA was unable to find new teams. OHA president Brent Ladds felt that the league had become cost-prohibitive. The league was replaced in 1990 by the Southwestern Senior A Hockey League which is now known as Major League Hockey . Champions Finalists Champions Durham vs. Lucan-Ilderton Prior to
320-598: The Allan Cup final. Then in 1983, the Cambridge Hornets took control, winning the final against Petrolia 4-games-to-3 and won their first Allan Cup since 1971. The fifth and final chapter took place in 1984 as the Cambridge Hornets defeated the Petrolia Squires in the league final 4-games-to-2, but lost in the Allan Cup final. Overall, the Cambridge Hornets appear to have come out on top in this rivalry winning three out of five league championships in
352-684: The Bentley Generals to clinch second in their division. They defeated the Robertson Cup and EOSHL champion Whitby Dunlops in the quarter-final. They then knocked off the Major League Hockey and Renwick Cup champion Dundas Real McCoys in the semi-final. They met Bentley again in the final, and defeated them 3-1 to win the Canadian National Senior "AAA" crown. In the 2008 off-season, Major League Hockey ran into some issues. The Windsor St. Clair Saints ,
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#1732798223355384-703: The Major League Hockey marked the first time since 1987 and the folding of the OHA Senior A Hockey League that the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) has crowned a top level senior league. In 2005, the OHA also granted the Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League the same status. In 2008, the Brantford Blast became the first OHA team since the Brantford Motts Clamatos in 1987 to win the Allan Cup . As hosts of
416-560: The OHA Senior “AAA” Hockey League , is a senior ice hockey league with three teams in Southern Ontario . The league was founded in 1990 as the Southwestern Senior "A" Hockey League . It is governed by the Ontario Hockey Association and Hockey Canada . The league champions go on to play for the Allan Cup each year. The league came to its latest incarnation when it lost several teams leaving it with two and as
448-483: The Whitby Dunlops announced a leave of absence, and the Caledon Crusaders were added as an expansion team. It was then announced that the season would be cancelled entirely. The league returned to action in 2022 with an 8-game schedule. In 2022, the Brantford Blast announced that it would not take part in the 2022–23 season. In 2023, the team announced that it did not plan to return to the league citing
480-557: The ACH champions will play off against the champions of the “AA” Ontario Elite Hockey League (OEHL) in a best-of-three series, with the winner going on to represent Ontario at the 2025 Allan Cup Challenge tournament in Innisfail, Alberta . Bolded teams won the Robertson Cup as Ontario Hockey Association champions. OHA Senior A Hockey League In 1972, the Western Ontario Senior B Hockey League
512-703: The Continental Senior A Hockey League in 1976. In 1979, after two years in the league, the Squires won the Continental Senior "A" title, the OHA Sr. "A" title by beating the Thunder Bay Twins 4-games-to-2, and eventually the Allan Cup . This was the first of four Allan Cups the league would celebrate over the last nine seasons. In 1979, the other Senior "A" league folded and the Cambridge Hornets jumped ship. In their first season in
544-685: The Dundas Real McCoys. In 1986, Dundas and Flamborough met again in the league final, with the Motts Clamatos sweeping the series 4-games-to-none. After the season, the league dropped from seven teams to three and were forced to bring in the Thunder Bay Twins as a fourth member. Motts then moved their team from Flamborough to become the Brantford Motts Clamatos. The 1986-87 season finished with Brantford far ahead in first, Dundas ahead of Thunder Bay in second by
576-692: The EOSHL, the Frankford Huskies and Marmora Lakers have walked away as well. Major League Hockey merged with the Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League in 2008, when AAA-level senior hockey in the OHA shrunk to only five teams. In 2011, the league changed its name to Allan Cup Hockey . In 2015, two new teams were added: the Hamilton Steelhawks and the Thorold Athletics . Former OHA president Brent Ladds served as
608-770: The Flamborough Real McCoys and joined the OHA Senior "A" league. A year later Real McCoy sold the team to Motts and the team became the Flamborough Motts Clamatos. After five seasons of domination, in 1984 the Mott Clamatos and the Tigers took Petrolia and Cambridge's spot in the league final. Dundas defeated Flamborough 4-games-to-2. After the season, Dundas was bought by the same company that sold Flamborough to Motts and became
640-682: The OHA Senior A Hockey League in 1980 and lasted until 1987. Teams of the Continental league won 4 Allan Cups. In 1990, the Southwestern Senior "A" Hockey League was incorporated through the merger between the Central Senior "B" Hockey League , the Seaway-Cyclone Senior "B" Hockey League , and the Southern Ontario Senior "A" Hockey League . It became Major League Hockey in 2003. The formation of
672-564: The OHA allowed the Jets to challenge for an Allan Cup spot, but they were squashed by the Barrie Flyers 4-games-to-none. The Huskies got the last laugh in the battle. In 1975, the league was promoted to Senior "A" and the Huskies won the league's first ever championship at that level. They suffered the same fate as the 1975 Jets in the OHA final, losing to Barrie 4-games-to-none. Cambridge vs. Petrolia The Petrolia Squires joined
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#1732798223355704-709: The Squires came out on top. Dundas vs. Motts Clamatos The Dundas Merchants jumped to the OHA Senior "A" league in 1980 from the Niagara & District Intermediate A Hockey League . Until 1984, the league was completely and utterly dominated by Cambridge and Petrolia. In 1981, the team changed their name to the Dundas-Hamilton Tigers. In 1983, the Rockton Real McCoys of the Southern Intermediate B league moved to become
736-527: The commissioner of Allan Cup Hockey from 2013 to 2016. In 2017, the league announced that the Thorold Athletics were taking leave for the 2018-19 season. For the 2019-20 season, the Stoney Creek Generals franchise relocated and merged with the Brantford Blast . The Blast was sold to the owners of the Generals in 2018 and was on leave for the 2018-19 season. For the 2020-21 ACH season,
768-689: The creation of the Western Senior B league, the Durham Huskies and Lucan-Ilderton Jets had a healthy rivalry running in the various Ontario Hockey Association Intermediate leagues. In 1971-72, the Jets pulled out of the Southern Counties Intermediate B league in favour of running an independent schedule. Durham had won the Provincial Intermediate B championship in 1968 and 1969, as well as
800-462: The league together, the Hornets would challenge the Squires in the league final and defeat them in a full seven game battle, 4-games-to-3. The Hornets lost the Allan Cup final. The next year, the two teams met in the final and the Squires won 4-games-to-1 and went on to win their second Allan Cup . In 1982, they met again in the final and the Squires came out on top 4-games-to-3. The Squires lost
832-592: The league was rebranded the OHA Senior A Hockey League. Gord Renwick served as the league's president from 1979 to 1981. In 1983, the OHA Senior A Hockey League absorbed the Major Intermediate A Hockey League , nearly doubling the league's size. In 1986, the league shrunk down to three teams, added Hockey Northwestern Ontario 's Thunder Bay Twins as a fourth team. The OHA Senior A league spawned four Allan Cup champions from 1979 until 1987. The 1987 league champion Brantford Motts Clamatos went on to win
864-531: The league's only college team, walked away from the league. The Tillsonburg Vipers have officially left the league, as they have applied for expansion into the independent Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League . The Petrolia Squires are stranded far away from Brantford and Dundas and have also been accepted into the Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League . In
896-416: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Major_Hockey_League&oldid=932975803 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Allan Cup Hockey Allan Cup Hockey (ACH), also known as
928-433: The traditional OHA Senior A Hockey League . The Chatham Maroons , New Hamburg Screaming Eagles , Petrolia Squires , and Port Stanley Dynamiters joined the league. After the 1978-79 season, the original OHA Senior A Hockey League folded and its top team, the Cambridge Hornets , salvaged itself by joining the Continental Senior league. The Continental league stood alone as the top league in Ontario. A season later,
960-641: The two teams was their need to squash the Stratford Perths in the league final each year. In 1973, the Jets won the first ever league title by defeating Stratford 4-games-to-none. A year later, the league became the Centinental Senior B league and Huskies won the league's first title under that new name 4-games-to-2 against Stratford. In 1975, the Lucan-Ilderton Jets won again by defeating Stratford 4-games-to-1. After this,
992-463: Was formed. Members of this league included the Bothwell Barons , Durham Huskies , Lucan-Ilderton Jets , London Kings , Preston Jesters , and Stratford Perths . In 1973, the league changed its name to the Continental Senior B Hockey League. In 1975, two season later the league became the Continental Senior A Hockey League, making the league eligible for the Allan Cup and parallel with
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1024-525: Was the 1890-91 season, for the Cosby Cup . Ottawa Hockey Club won the first ever Senior title defeating Toronto St. Georges 5–0. The first "Major" league came in 1929, known as the OHA Senior A Hockey League . The league lasted for fifty seasons, its teams winning 16 Allan Cups . The league was replaced by the Continental Senior A Hockey League in 1979. The Continental league was renamed
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