The 1987–88 OHL season was the eighth season of the Ontario Hockey League. The OHL inaugurates the OHL Goaltender of the Year award. Fifteen teams each played 66 games. The Windsor Spitfires won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the Peterborough Petes.
Regular season Final standings Note: 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 Rank Team GP W L T PTS GF GA 1 y-Peterborough Petes 66 44 17 5 93 323 212 2 x-Ottawa 67's 66 38 26 2 78 341 294 3 x-Cornwall Royals 66 35 24 7 77 333 255 4 x-Belleville Bulls 66 32 30 4 68 297 275 5 x-Oshawa Generals 66 32 31 3 67 278 288 6 x-Toronto Marlboros 66 26 39 1 53 292 348 7 Kingston Canadians 66 14 52 0 28 246 432
Emms Division Rank Team GP W L T PTS GF GA 1 y-Windsor Compuware Spitfires 66 50 14 2 102 396 215 2 x-London Knights 66 40 22 4 84 309 273 3 x-Hamilton Steelhawks 66 35 28 3 73 327 291 4 x-North Bay Centennials 66 31 30 5 67 284 257 5 x-Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 66 32 33 1 65 272 294 6 x-Kitchener Rangers 66 26 39 1 53 263 329 7 Guelph Platers 66 21 40 5 47 249 318 8 Sudbury Wolves 66 17 48 1 35 208 339
Scoring leaders Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Andrew Cassels Ottawa 67's 61 48 103 151 39 Len Soccio North Bay Centennials 66 53 82 135 79 Kelly Cain Windsor Spitfires 66 57 76 133 66 Sean Williams Oshawa Generals 65 58 65 123 38 Dan Rowbotham Ottawa 67's 65 43 79 122 20 Stan Drulia Hamilton Steelhawks 65 52 69 121 44 Ron Goodall Kitchener Rangers//London Knights 62 63 56 119 18 Larry Mitchell Cornwall Royals 66 49 66 115 106 Mike Wolak Windsor Spitfires 63 42 72 114 86 Dan Currie Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 57 50 59 109 53
Playoffs
Division quarter-finals Leyden Division (1) Peterborough Petes vs. (6) Toronto Marlboros
(2) Ottawa 67's vs. (5) Oshawa Generals
(3) Cornwall Royals vs. (4) Belleville Bulls
Emms Division (1) Windsor Compuware Spitfires vs. (6) Kitchener Rangers
(2) London Knights vs. (5) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
(3) Hamilton Steelhawks vs. (4) North Bay Centennials
Division semi-finals Leyden Division (2) Ottawa 67's vs. (3) Cornwall Royals
Emms Division (2) London Knights vs. (3) Hamilton Steelhawks
Division finals Leyden Division (1) Peterborough Petes vs. (2) Ottawa 67's
Emms Division (1) Windsor Compuware Spitfires vs. (3) Hamilton Steelhawks
J. Ross Robertson Cup (E1) Windsor Spitfires vs. (L1) Peterborough Petes
Awards J. Ross Robertson Cup: Windsor SpitfiresHamilton Spectator Trophy: Windsor SpitfiresLeyden Trophy: Peterborough PetesEmms Trophy: Windsor SpitfiresRed Tilson Trophy: Andrew Cassels, Ottawa 67'sEddie Powers Memorial Trophy: Andrew Cassels, Ottawa 67's Matt Leyden Trophy: Dick Todd, Peterborough PetesJim Mahon Memorial Trophy: Sean Williams, Oshawa GeneralsMax Kaminsky Trophy: Darryl Shannon, Windsor SpitfiresOHL Goaltender of the Year: Rick Tabaracci, Cornwall RoyalsJack Ferguson Award: Drake Berehowsky, Kingston RaidersDave Pinkney Trophy: John Tanner and Todd Bojcun, Peterborough Petes Emms Family Award: Rick Corriveau, London KnightsF. W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy: Todd Bojcun, Peterborough PetesWilliam Hanley Trophy: Andrew Cassels, Ottawa 67's Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy: Len Soccio, North Bay CentennialsBobby Smith Trophy: Darrin Shannon, Windsor Spitfires
1988 OHL Priority Selection The Kingston Raiders held the first overall pick in the 1988 Ontario Priority Selection and selected Drake Berehowsky from the Barrie Colts. Berehowsky was awarded the Jack Ferguson Award, awarded to the top pick in the draft.
Below are the players who were selected in the first round of the 1988 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection.
# Player Nationality OHL Team Hometown Minor Team 1 Drake Berehowsky (D) Canada Kingston Raiders Toronto, Ontario Barrie Colts 2 Adam Bennett (D) Canada Sudbury Wolves Georgetown, Ontario Georgetown Gemini 3 Grayden Reid (C) Canada Guelph Platers Mississauga, Ontario Toronto Red Wings 4 Bill Kovacs (LW) Canada Toronto Marlboros Burlington, Ontario Burlington Cougars 5 Brad Barton (D) Canada Kitchener Rangers Uxbridge, Ontario Pickering Panthers 6 Bob Boughner (D) Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Windsor, Ontario St. Mary's Lincolns 7 John Vary (D) Canada North Bay Centennials Owen Sound, Ontario Owen Sound Greys 8 Jean-Paul Davis (D) Canada Oshawa Generals Oshawa, Ontario Oshawa Midgets 9 Rob Pearson (RW) Canada Belleville Bulls Oshawa, Ontario Oshawa Midgets 10 Mark Lawrence (RW) Canada Hamilton Dukes Burlington, Ontario Burlington Cougars 11 John Slaney (D) Canada Cornwall Royals St. John's, Newfoundland St. John's Midgets 12 Jerrett DeFazio (LW) Canada Ottawa 67's Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa Jr. Senators 13 Louie DeBrusk (LW) Canada London Knights Port Elgin, Ontario Stratford Cullitons 14 Scott Campbell (D) Canada Peterborough Petes Scarborough, Ontario Don Mills Bantams 15 Karl Taylor (LW) Canada Windsor Compuware Spitfires North Bay, Ontario Barrie Colts
See also List of OHA Junior A standings List of OHL seasons 1988 Memorial Cup 1988 NHL entry draft 1987 in sports 1988 in sports
References
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