1908 OPHL season

The 1908 OPHL season was the first season of the Ontario Professional Hockey League. The Toronto Professional Hockey Club had the best record to win the league championship. Toronto played their home games out of the Mutual Street Rink, Brantford out of the Waterloo Street Rink, Berlin out of the Auditorium and Guelph out of the Royal City Rink. Regular season Final standing Note GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against Team GP W L T Toronto Pros 12 10 2 0 Berlin Dutchmen 12 5 4 3 Brantford Pros 12 4 6 2 Guelph 12 2 9 1 Source: The Globe March 2, 1908 7 Ontario Pro. League Record Results Month Day Visitor Score Home Score Jan. 3 Guelph 4 Brantford 2 4 Toronto 0 Berlin 3 10 Brantford 7 Toronto 6 10 Berlin 7 Guelph 2 13 Guelph 3 Toronto 4 17 Brantford 3 Berlin 0 18 Toronto 7 Guelph 2 24 Brantford 7 Guelph 2 24 Berlin 5 Toronto 6 30 Guelph 1 Berlin 5 Feb. 1 Toronto 10 Brantford 7 7 Berlin 13 Brantford 6 10 Guelph 2 Berlin 3 11 Brantford 8 Toronto 11 14 Guelph 5 Brantford 2 15 Toronto 5 Berlin 4 18 Berlin 8 Brantford 9 (†) 22 Toronto 10 Guelph 7 25 Berlin 1 Toronto 9 25 Brantford 5 Guelph 0 27 Guelph 5 Toronto 8 29 Toronto 12 Brantford 3 Mar. 2 Berlin Guelph (††) 3 Berlin Brantford (‡) 5 Brantford 6 Berlin 8 Sources: Toronto Star, The Brantford Daily Expositor, The Daily Telegraph (Kitchener newspaper) (†) Berlin protested ineligible player and game was to be replayed on Mar. 3 (††) Guelph forfeit (‡) Cancelled by mutual agreement. Was supposed to be replay of Feb. 18 game Exhibitions After the season, a game was held in Toronto between the Torontos and an All-Star team composed of players from the other teams. Toronto would defeat the All-Stars 16–10.The Globe Trimmed the All-Stars 7 March 12, 1908 Playoffs After the season, Toronto would challenge the ECAHA champion Montreal Wanderers for the Stanley Cup. Toronto would impress the Wanderers with their quality of play, but were defeated 6–4 on March 14 on two late goals by Ernie Johnson and Bruce Stuart. Date Winning Team Score Losing Team Location March 14, 1908 Montreal Wanderers 6–4 Toronto Professionals Montreal Arena References Coleman, Charles L. The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc. 1966 NHL First season 1909 OPHL season OPHL seasons 1908 OPHL Category:Ontario Professional Hockey League