1996-97 OHL season

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The 1996-97 OHL season was the 17th season of the Ontario Hockey League. Seventeen teams each played 66 games. The Oshawa Generals won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the Ottawa 67's.

Regular season

Final standings

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Ottawa 67's	66	49	11	6	104	320	177
Oshawa Generals	66	41	18	7	89	287	202
Peterborough Petes	66	39	25	2	80	251	238
Kingston Frontenacs	66	25	35	6	56	257	277
Belleville Bulls	66	22	37	7	51	235	278
North Bay Centennials	66	14	44	8	36	214	337

Central Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Kitchener Rangers	66	34	22	10	78	274	235
Guelph Storm	66	35	25	6	76	300	251
Barrie Colts	66	33	23	10	76	272	236
Owen Sound Platers	66	27	37	2	56	258	318
Erie Otters	66	23	36	7	53	240	260
Sudbury Wolves	66	21	37	8	50	251	302

West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	66	39	17	10	88	309	220
Sarnia Sting	66	35	24	7	77	286	251
Windsor Spitfires	66	29	29	8	66	303	285
Detroit Whalers	66	26	34	6	58	230	270
London Knights	66	13	51	2	28	215	365

Scoring leaders

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Marc Savard	Oshawa Generals	64	43	87	130	94
Joe Thornton	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	59	41	81	122	123
Alyn McCauley	Ottawa 67's	50	56	56	112	16
Richard Uniacke	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	66	44	66	110	36
Trevor Letowski	Sarnia Sting	55	35	73	108	51
Todd Norman	Guelph Storm	66	47	68	105	41
Joe Seroski	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	61	54	49	103	14
Jan Bulis	Barrie Colts	64	42	61	103	42
Jonathan Sim	Sarnia Sting	64	56	39	95	109
Matt Cooke	Windsor Spitfires	65	45	50	95	146

OHL Playoffs

Division Quarterfinals

Ottawa 67's defeat Belleville Bulls 4-2 Peterborough Petes defeat Kingston Frontenacs 4-1 Guelph Storm defeat Erie Otters 4-1 Barrie Colts defeat Owen Sound Platers 4-0 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds defeat Detroit Whalers 4-1 Sarnia Sting defeat Windsor Spitfires 4-1

Quarter-Finals

Ottawa 67's defeat Barrie Colts 4-1

Guelph Storm defeat Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 4-2 Kitchener Rangers defeat Sarnia Sting 4-3 Oshawa Generals defeat Peterborough Petes 4-2

Semi-Finals

Ottawa 67's defeat Guelph Storm 4-3

Oshawa Generals defeat Kitchener Rangers 4-2

J. Ross Robertson Cup

Oshawa Generals defeat Ottawa 67's 4-2

OHL awards

J. Ross Robertson Cup:	Oshawa Generals
Hamilton Spectator Trophy:	Ottawa 67's
Red Tilson Trophy:	Alyn McCauley, Ottawa 67's
Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy:	Marc Savard, Oshawa Generals
Matt Leyden Trophy:	Brian Kilrea, Ottawa 67's
Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy:	Joe Seroski, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Max Kaminsky Trophy:	Sean Blanchard, Ottawa 67's
OHL Goaltender of the Year:	Zac Bierk, Peterborough Petes
Jack Ferguson Award:	Charlie Stephens, Toronto St. Michael's Majors
Dave Pinkney Trophy:	Tim Keyes and Craig Hillier, Ottawa 67's
OHL Executive of the Year:	Ed Rowe, Peterborough Petes
Emms Family Award:	Peter Sarno, Windsor Spitfires
F.W. 'Dinty' Moore Trophy:	Shawn Degagne, Kitchener Rangers
Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy:	Mike Martone, Peterborough Petes
William Hanley Trophy:	Alyn McCauley, Ottawa 67's
Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy:	Zac Bierk, Peterborough Petes
Bobby Smith Trophy:	Jake McCracken, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds

See also

• OHA Standings 1946 to 1974
• OMJHL Standings 1974 to 1980
• OHL Standings 1980 to present
• List of OHL seasons

• 1997 Memorial Cup
• 1997 NHL Entry Draft
• 1996 in sports
• 1997 in sports

References

• [HockeyDB]

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