The 1991–92 OHL season was the 12th season of the
Ontario Hockey League
The Ontario Hockey League (OHL; french: Ligue de hockey de l'Ontario (LHO)) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 16–19. There are exceptions for overa ...
. The
Dukes of Hamilton
Duke of Hamilton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in April 1643. It is the senior dukedom in that peerage (except for the Dukedom of Rothesay held by the Sovereign's eldest son), and as such its holder is the premier peer of Sco ...
relocated, and became the
Guelph Storm
The Guelph Storm are a major junior ice hockey team based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. They have played in the OHL since the 1991–92 season. The team plays home games at the Sleeman Centre.
History
The franchise started as the Toronto Marl ...
. Sixteen teams each played 66 games. The
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (often shortened to Soo Greyhounds) are a major junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. The Greyhounds play home games at the GFL Memorial Gardens. The present team was founded in 1962 as a team in th ...
won the
J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the
North Bay Centennials.
Relocation
Hamilton Dukes to Guelph Storm
The
Hamilton Dukes
The Dukes of Hamilton were a junior ice hockey team that represented Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in the Ontario Hockey League for two seasons from 1989 to 1991.
History
In October 1988, with the Toronto Marlboros losing hundreds of thousands o ...
relocated to the city of
Guelph
Guelph ( ; 2021 Canadian Census population 143,740) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as "The Royal City", Guelph is roughly east of Kitchener and west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Highway 6, Highway 7 and Wel ...
after two seasons in
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
* Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname
** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
** Lord Hamilto ...
. The club would be renamed to the
Guelph Storm
The Guelph Storm are a major junior ice hockey team based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. They have played in the OHL since the 1991–92 season. The team plays home games at the Sleeman Centre.
History
The franchise started as the Toronto Marl ...
and play at the
Guelph Memorial Gardens. Guelph had previously hosted an OHL franchise from 1982-1989, the
Guelph Platers
The Guelph Platers were a junior ice hockey team based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The team played in the Ontario Hockey League, Ontario Junior Hockey League, and Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League. They were originally known as the CMC's un ...
. The Platers won the
1986 Memorial Cup. The franchise relocated to
Owen Sound following the
1988-89 season.
The Storm would remain in the Emms Division.
New Arena
Detroit Compuware Ambassadors
The
Detroit Compuware Ambassadors
The Detroit Compuware Ambassadors were an elite Midget Major ice hockey team playing in the Midwest Elite Hockey League, Tier I Elite Hockey League. The Ambassadors previously had separate franchises that competed in the North American Hockey Leag ...
moved into
Joe Louis Arena
Joe Louis Arena was an arena in Downtown Detroit. Completed in 1979 at a cost of US$57 million as a replacement for Olympia Stadium, it sat adjacent to Cobo Center on the bank of the Detroit River and was accessible by the Joe Louis Arena ...
following one season of play at
Cobo Arena
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. This arena was also the home of the
Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings (colloquially referred to as the Wings) are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit. The Red Wings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference, and are ...
of the
National Hockey League
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.
Regular season
Final standings
''Note: DIV = Division; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title''
Leyden Division
Emms Division
Scoring leaders
Playoffs
Division quarter-finals
Leyden Division
=(2) North Bay Centennials vs. (7) Belleville Bulls
=
=(3) Cornwall Royals vs. (6) Ottawa 67's
=
=(4) Sudbury Wolves vs. (5) Oshawa Generals
=
Emms Division
=(2) Niagara Falls Thunder vs. (7) Detroit Compuware Ambassadors
=
=(3) London Knights vs. (6) Owen Sound Platers
=
=(4) Kitchener Rangers vs. (5) Windsor Spitfires
=
Division semi-finals
Leyden Division
=(1) Peterborough Petes vs. (6) Ottawa 67's
=
=(2) North Bay Centennials vs. (4) Sudbury Wolves
=
Emms Division
=(1) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds vs. (4) Kitchener Rangers
=
=(2) Niagara Falls Thunder vs. (3) London Knights
=
Division finals
Leyden Division
=(1) Peterborough Petes vs. (2) North Bay Centennials
=
Emms Division
=(1) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds vs. (2) Niagara Falls Thunder
=
J. Ross Robertson Cup
(E1) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds vs. (L2) North Bay Centennials
Awards
1992 OHL Priority Selection
The
Guelph Storm
The Guelph Storm are a major junior ice hockey team based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. They have played in the OHL since the 1991–92 season. The team plays home games at the Sleeman Centre.
History
The franchise started as the Toronto Marl ...
held the first overall pick in the 1992 Ontario Priority Selection and selected
Jeff O'Neill from the Thornhill Thunderbirds. O'Neill was awarded the
Jack Ferguson Award
The Jack Ferguson Award is awarded each year to the top draft pick in the Ontario Hockey League priority selection draft. The trophy is named in honour of Jack Ferguson, a former director of OHL Central Scouting.
Winners
List of OHL first overall ...
, awarded to the top pick in the draft.
Below are the players who were selected in the first round of the 1992 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection.
See also
*
List of OHA Junior A standings
*
List of OHL seasons
This is a list of Ontario Hockey League seasons since inception of the league, as well as a list of seasons for its precursor leagues, the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League (OMJHL), and the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A League (OHA).
OHA se ...
*
1992 Memorial Cup
The 1992 Memorial Cup occurred May 9–17 at the Coliseum in Seattle. It was the 74th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Participating teams were the Western ...
*
1992 NHL Entry Draft
The 1992 NHL Entry Draft was the 30th NHL Entry Draft. It was held on June 20 at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec. A total of 264 players were drafted.
The last active player in the NHL from this draft class was Sergei Gonchar, who ret ...
*
1991 in sports
1991 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Alpine skiing
* Alpine Skiing World Cup
** Men's overall season champion: Marc Girardelli, Luxembourg
** Women's overall season champion: Petra Kronberger, Austria
American football
* ...
*
1992 in sports
1992 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Alpine skiing
* Alpine Skiing World Cup
* Men's overall season champion: Paul Accola, Switzerland
* Women's overall season champion: Petra Kronberger, Austria
American football
* Super B ...
References
HockeyDB
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