The 1978–79 OMJHL season was the 5th season of the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League. Twelve teams each played 68 games. The Peterborough Petes won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the Niagara Falls Flyers. The Hamilton Fincups moved to Brantford, Ontario, becoming the Alexanders.

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Final standings 1.2 Scoring leaders 2 OHL Playoffs 2.1 First Round 2.2 Leyden Quarter Finals 2.3 Semi Finals 2.4 J. Ross Robertson Cup 3 OHL awards 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Final standings

Leyden Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Peterborough Petes	68	46	19	3	95	341	245
Sudbury Wolves	68	40	27	1	81	397	361
Oshawa Generals	68	37	30	1	75	367	326
Ottawa 67's	68	30	38	0	60	319	344
Kingston Canadians	68	26	38	4	56	265	306
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	68	26	42	0	52	317	415

Emms Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Niagara Falls Flyers	68	43	21	4	90	361	243
London Knights	68	37	29	2	76	310	287
Windsor Spitfires	68	32	35	1	65	323	322
Kitchener Rangers	68	29	35	4	62	316	356
Toronto Marlboros	68	27	40	1	55	308	351
Brantford Alexanders	68	23	42	3	49	281	349

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Mike Foligno	Sudbury Wolves	68	65	85	150	98
Tom McCarthy	Oshawa Generals	63	69	75	144	98
Art Rutland	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	65	59	80	139	82
Brian Gualazzi	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	68	74	60	134	42
Paul Reinhart	Kitchener Rangers	66	51	78	129	57
John Goodwin	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	68	43	86	129	20
Dave MacQueen	Sudbury Wolves	65	60	66	126	98
Gary Dillon	Toronto Marlboros	59	57	63	120	40
Sean Simpson	Ottawa 67's	59	42	76	118	12
Blair Barnes	Windsor Spitfires	67	42	76	118	195

[edit] OHL Playoffs

[edit] First Round

Kitchener Rangers defeat Toronto Marlboros 6 points to 0

Kingston Canadians defeat Ottawa 67's 6 points to 2

Sudbury Wolves defeat Oshawa Generals 8 points to 2

London Knights versus Windsor Spitfires (9 game series; series protested and both teams move on to next round)

Niagara Falls Flyers defeat Kitchener Rangers 8 points to 6

[edit] Leyden Quarter Finals

Peterborough Petes defeat Kingston Canadians 9 points to 5

[edit] Semi Finals

Peterborough Petes defeat Sudbury Wolves 8 points to 2

Niagara Falls Flyers (5-1-0) defeat Windsor Spitfires (2-3-1) and London Knights (1-4-1) in round-robin

[edit] J. Ross Robertson Cup

Peterborough Petes defeat Niagara Falls Flyers 8 points to 6

[edit] OHL awards

J. Ross Robertson Cup:	Peterborough Petes
Hamilton Spectator Trophy:	Peterborough Petes
Red Tilson Trophy:	Mike Foligno, Sudbury Wolves
Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy:	Mike Foligno, Sudbury Wolves
Matt Leyden Trophy:	Gary Green, Peterborough Petes
Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy:	Mike Foligno, Sudbury Wolves
Max Kaminsky Trophy:	Greg Theberge, Peterborough Petes
Dave Pinkney Trophy:	Nick Ricci and Glen Ernst, Niagara Falls Flyers
Emms Family Award:	John Goodwin, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
F.W. 'Dinty' Moore Trophy:	Nick Ricci, Niagara Falls Flyers
William Hanley Trophy:	Sean Simpson, Ottawa 67's

[edit] See also

• List of OHA Junior A standings
• List of OHL seasons

• 1979 Memorial Cup
• 1979 NHL Entry Draft
• 1978 in sports
• 1979 in sports

[edit] References

• HockeyDB

Preceded by 1977–78 OMJHL season

OHL seasons

Succeeded by 1979–80 OMJHL season

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