1984–85 OHL season

Junior ice hockey season The 1984–85 OHL season was the fifth season of the Ontario Hockey League. The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds were undefeated in all 33 home games during the regular season. The Brantford Alexanders moved back to Hamilton, becoming the Hamilton Steelhawks. Fifteen teams each played 66 games. The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the Peterborough Petes. Relocation/Team Name Change Brantford Alexanders to Hamilton Steelhawks The Brantford Alexanders relocated and moved back to the city of Hamilton for the 1984-85 season. The franchise had previously played in Hamilton from 1953-1976 as the Hamilton Tiger Cubs from 1953-1960, and the Hamilton Fincups from 1960-1976. In 1976, the franchise relocated to St. Catharines and played as the St. Catharines Fincups for the 1976-77 season, however, the club returned to Hamilton for the 1977-78 season. The club then relocated to Brantford and was renamed as the Brantford Alexanders for the 1978-79 season. The Steelhawks would play the 1984-85 season out of Mountain Arena while their new arena, Copps Coliseum, was being constructed and would not open until the 1985-86 season. The team remained in the Emms Division. Windsor Spitfires to Windsor Compuware Spitfires The Windsor Spitfires were bought by Peter Karmanos, the founder and CEO of Compuware in 1984 and were renamed as the Windsor Compuware Spitfires beginning in the 1984-85 season. Tragedy On January 4, 1985, Bruce Melanson of the Oshawa Generals collapsed at practice and died from a heart ailment known as Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome which resulted in him having a rapid heartbeat because of electrical impulses in the heart taking extra pathways. He was 18 years old at the time of the incident.Bruce Melanson at eliteprospects.com https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/102696/bruce-melanson 2022-12-07 www.eliteprospects.com en Melanson was a second round draft pick of the New York Islanders at the 1984 NHL entry draft. The Generals wore black arm bands for the remainder of the season in memoriam of their teammate. In his memory, the club no longer issues the uniform number "9". A memorial scholarship was also set up at his former high school in New Brunswick. 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 42 20 4 88 354 233 2 x-Belleville Bulls 66 42 24 0 84 390 278 3 x-Toronto Marlboros 66 35 28 3 73 315 302 4 x-Cornwall Royals 66 34 30 2 70 355 344 5 x-Oshawa Generals 66 32 32 2 66 271 259 6 x-Ottawa 67's 66 20 43 3 43 263 376 7 Kingston Canadians 66 18 47 1 37 239 380 Emms Division Rank Team GP W L T PTS GF GA 1 y-Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 66 54 11 1 109 381 215 2 x-London Knights 66 43 22 1 87 340 276 3 x-North Bay Centennials 66 34 28 4 72 289 254 4 x-Hamilton Steelhawks 66 29 35 2 60 313 296 5 x-Windsor Compuware Spitfires 66 28 35 3 59 267 301 6 x-Kitchener Rangers 66 27 35 4 58 282 319 7 Guelph Platers 66 21 40 5 47 230 332 8 Sudbury Wolves 66 17 46 3 37 224 348 Scoring leaders Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Dave MacLean Belleville Bulls 63 64 90 154 41 Wayne Groulx Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 64 59 85 144 102 Steve Linseman Hamilton Steelhawks/Belleville Bulls 61 57 83 140 28 Graeme Bonar Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 66 66 71 137 93 Mark Teevens Peterborough Petes 65 43 90 133 70 Mike Millar Hamilton Steelhawks 63 66 60 126 54 Scott Tottle Peterborough Petes 64 55 71 126 19 Dave Lowry London Knights 61 60 60 120 94 Don Biggs Oshawa Generals 60 48 69 117 105 Mike Bukowski Cornwall Royals 62 53 54 107 72 Playoffs 1984-85 OHL Playoff Results at hockeydb.com https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php?league=ohl1989&season=1985&leaguenm=OHL 2022-12-07 www.hockeydb.com Division quarter-finals Division semi-finals Division finals J. Ross Robertson Cup L1 Peterborough 9 L6 Ottawa 1 L2 Belleville 8 L5 Oshawa 2 L3 Toronto 2 L4 Cornwall 8 E1 Sault Ste. Marie 8 E6 Kitchener 0 E2 London 8 E5 Windsor 0 E3 North Bay 7 E4 Hamilton 9 L1 Peterborough bye L2 Belleville 6 L4 Cornwall 2 E1 Sault Ste. Marie bye E2 London 2 E4 Hamilton 6 L1 Peterborough 9 L2 Belleville 1 E1 Sault Ste. Marie 9 E4 Hamilton 1 L1 Peterborough 5 E1 Sault Ste. Marie 9 Division quarter-finals Leyden Division (1) Peterborough Petes vs. (6) Ottawa 67's Peterborough Petes Ottawa 67's Peterborough Memorial Centre Ottawa Civic Centre yes March 19 2 – 7 1 1 March 21 2 – 5 1 1 March 22 4 – 4 2 March 24 4 – 3 2 1 March 25 4 – 6 1 1 Peterborough wins series 9 – 1 (2) Belleville Bulls vs. (5) Oshawa Generals Belleville Bulls Oshawa Generals Yardmen Arena Oshawa Civic Auditorium yes March 20 6 – 4 1 2 March 21 2 – 0 2 1 March 23 1 – 6 1 1 March 24 5 – 4 2 1 March 27 4 – 6 1 1 Belleville wins series 8 – 2 (3) Toronto Marlboros vs. (4) Cornwall Royals Toronto Marlboros Cornwall Royals Maple Leaf Gardens Cornwall Civic Complex yes March 19 4 – 3 1 2 March 21 5 – 2 2 1 March 24 6 – 5 1 2 March 26 5 – 9 2 2 March 28 8 – 5 1 2 Cornwall wins series 8 – 2 Emms Division (1) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds vs. (6) Kitchener Rangers Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Kitchener Rangers Sault Memorial Gardens Kitchener Memorial Auditorium yes March 20 1 – 6 1 1 March 22 2 – 10 1 1 March 24 11 – 7 2 1 March 26 5 – 4 2 1 Sault Ste. Marie wins series 8 – 0 2:14 - Mike Oliverio (1) 13:29 - Graeme Bonar (1) 19:45 - pp - Graeme Bonar (2) 14:29 - Shawn Burr (1) 12:19 - sh - Chris Brant (1) 18:34 - Mike Oliverio (2) No scoring 3:03 - Wayne Presley (1) No scoring Marty Abrams (21 saves/22 shots) Mike Bishop (26 saves/32 shots) 3:44 - Brit Peer (1) 8:23 - Wayne Groulx (1) 19:03 - David Latta (1) 1:27 - Wayne Presley (2) 5:25 - Wayne Presley (3) 8:45 - Wayne Groulx (2) 16:03 - pp - Mike Oliverio (3) 18:57 - Graeme Bonar (3) 14:38 - Ken Alexander (1) 11:48 - Graeme Bonar (4) 19:02 - Jean-Marc MacKenzie (1) 19:21 - Jean-Marc MacKenzie (2) No scoring Scott Mosey (25 saves/27 shots) Mike Bishop (28 saves/38 shots) 11:27 - Wayne Presley (4) 14:55 - Wayne Presley (5) No scoring 3:04 - Jeff Beukeboom (1) 4:53 - pp - Graeme Bonar (5) 8:04 - Brit Peer (2) 11:37 - Brit Peer (3) 12:37 - Wayne Groulx (3) 16:46 - Bob Probert (1) 19:58 - Wayne Groulx (4) 0:40 - pp - Kent Paynter (1) 1:09 - Mike Stevens (1) 1:43 - Craig Wolanin (1) 6:41 - Doug Stromback (1) 10:02 - pp - Kent Paynter (2) 16:28 - pp - Brian Wilks (1) 19:22 - Brian Wilks (2) 5:03 - Graeme Bonar (6) 8:55 - pp - Wayne Groulx (5) No scoring Marty Abrams and Scott Mosey (26 saves/33 shots) Mike Bishop and David Weiss (28 saves/39 shots) 13:40 - sh - Wayne Groulx (6) 15:56 - Chris Felix (1) 2:40 - Shawn Burr (2) 4:33 - sh - Shawn Burr (3) 11:59 - Jean-Marc MacKenzie (3) 0:17 - pp - David Latta (2) 16:31 - Steve Hollett (1) 18:16 - Jeff Beukeboom (2) 16:51 - Doug Stromback (2) Scott Mosey (33 saves/37 shots) David Weiss (37 saves/42 shots) (2) London Knights vs. (5) Windsor Compuware Spitfires London Knights Windsor Compuware Spitfires London Gardens Windsor Arena yes March 19 1 – 6 1 1 March 21 3 – 2 2 1 March 22 0 – 8 1 1 March 25 6 – 1 2 1 London wins series 8 – 0 (3) North Bay Centennials vs. (4) Hamilton Steelhawks North Bay Centennials Hamilton Steelhawks North Bay Memorial Gardens Mountain Arena yes March 19 6 – 2 1 2 March 21 4 – 5 2 2 March 24 8 – 8 1 March 26 4 – 5 2 2 March 28 5 – 8 1 1 March 29 6 – 1 2 1 March 31 1 – 6 1 1 North Bay Centennials Hamilton Steelhawks North Bay Memorial Gardens Mountain Arena yes April 1 3 – 4 1 2 2 Hamilton wins series 9 – 7 Division semi-finals Leyden Division (2) Belleville Bulls vs. (4) Cornwall Royals Belleville Bulls Cornwall Royals Yardmen Arena Cornwall Civic Complex yes April 3 3 – 2 1 2 April 4 9 – 5 2 1 April 6 1 – 5 1 1 April 8 7 – 4 2 1 Belleville wins series 6 – 2 Emms Division (2) London Knights vs. (4) Hamilton Steelhawks London Knights Hamilton Steelhawks London Gardens Mountain Arena yes April 2 5 – 3 1 2 April 4 5 – 8 2 2 April 5 3 – 7 1 1 April 9 3 – 6 2 2 Hamilton wins series 6 – 2 Division finals Leyden Division (1) Peterborough Petes vs. (2) Belleville Bulls Peterborough Petes Belleville Bulls Peterborough Memorial Centre Yardmen Arena yes April 11 2 – 6 1 1 April 13 4 – 3 2 1 April 14 1 – 4 1 1 April 17 4 – 4 2 April 18 3 – 6 1 1 Peterborough wins series 9 – 1 Emms Division (1) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds vs. (4) Hamilton Steelhawks Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Hamilton Steelhawks Sault Memorial Gardens Mountain Arena yes April 12 4 – 6 1 1 April 14 6 – 4 2 1 April 16 2 – 8 1 1 April 18 4 – 4 2 April 20 0 – 7 1 1 Sault Ste. Marie wins series 9 – 1 J. Ross Robertson Cup (E1) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds vs. (L1) Peterborough Petes Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Peterborough Petes Sault Memorial Gardens Peterborough Memorial Centre yes April 25 3 – 3 1 April 26 5 – 3 1 2 April 28 6 – 5 2 1 April 29 5 – 2 2 1 May 2 7 – 5 1 2 May 4 4 – 3 2 1 May 6 2 – 5 1 1 Sault Ste. Marie wins series 9 – 5 Awards J. Ross Robertson Cup: Sault Ste. Marie GreyhoundsHamilton Spectator Trophy: Sault Ste. Marie GreyhoundsLeyden Trophy: Peterborough PetesEmms Trophy: Sault Ste. Marie GreyhoundsRed Tilson Trophy: Wayne Groulx, Sault Ste. Marie GreyhoundsEddie Powers Memorial Trophy: Dave MacLean, Belleville Bulls Matt Leyden Trophy: Terry Crisp, Sault Ste. Marie GreyhoundsJim Mahon Memorial Trophy: Dave MacLean, Sault Ste. Marie GreyhoundsMax Kaminsky Trophy: Bob Halkidis, London KnightsJack Ferguson Award: Bryan Fogarty, Kingston CanadiansDave Pinkney Trophy: Scott Mosey and Marty Abrams, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Emms Family Award: Derek King, Sault Ste. Marie GreyhoundsF.W. 'Dinty' Moore Trophy: Ron Tugnutt, Peterborough PetesWilliam Hanley Trophy: Scott Tottle, Peterborough PetesLeo Lalonde Memorial Trophy: Dunc MacIntyre, Belleville BullsBobby Smith Trophy: Craig Billington, Belleville Bulls 1985 OHL Priority Selection The Kingston Canadians held the first overall pick in the 1985 Ontario Priority Selection and selected Bryan Fogarty from the Aurora Tigers. Fogarty 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 1985 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection.https://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1985/ohl/85omain.htm 1985 Ontario Hockey League Draft # Player Nationality OHL Team Hometown Minor Team 1 Bryan Fogarty (D) Canada Canada Kingston Canadians Brantford, Ontario Aurora Tigers 2 Ken McRae (C) Canada Canada Sudbury Wolves Finch, Ontario Hawkesbury Hawks 3 Lonnie Loach (LW) Canada Canada Guelph Platers New Liskeard, Ontario St. Mary's Lincolns 4 Danny Hie (C) Canada Canada Ottawa 67's Mississauga, Ontario North York Red Wings 5 Mike Wolak (C) United States United States Kitchener Rangers Utica, Michigan Detroit Compuware 6 Adam Graves (C) Canada Canada Windsor Compuware Spitfires Toronto, Ontario King City Dukes 7 Don Pancoe (D) Canada Canada Hamilton Steelhawks St. George, Ontario Cambridge Winterhawks 8 Marc Laniel (D) Canada Canada Oshawa Generals Scarborough, Ontario Toronto Red Wings 9 Steve Herniman (D) Canada Canada Cornwall Royals Kitchener, Ontario Kitchener Rangers Midget 10 Adam Burt (D) United States United States North Bay Centennials Detroit, Michigan Detroit Compuware 11 Sean Davidson (RW) Canada Canada Toronto Marlboros Milton, Ontario Toronto Young Nationals 12 Bryan Marchment (D) Canada Canada Belleville Bulls Scarborough, Ontario Toronto Young Nationals 13 Brendan Shanahan (C) Canada Canada London Knights Mimico, Ontario Mississauga Reps 14 Jody Hull (RW) Canada Canada Peterborough Petes Cambridge, Ontario Cambridge Winterhawks 15 Steve Bisson (D) Canada Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa Jr. Senators See also List of OHA Junior A standings List of OHL seasons 1985 Memorial Cup 1985 NHL entry draft 1984 in sports 1985 in sports References HockeyDB 1983–84 OHL season 1985–86 OHL season OHL seasons Category:Ontario Hockey League seasons OHL