The 2006–07 OHL season was the 27th season of the Ontario Hockey League. Twenty teams each played 68 games. The season commenced on September 21, 2006. The Plymouth Whalers won the J. Ross Robertson Cup defeating the Sudbury Wolves in the championship series.
The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds moved from Sault Memorial Gardens (demolished in May 2006) into the new Steelback Centre, which opened October 11, 2006. The Oshawa Generals moved mid-season from the Oshawa Civic Auditorium to the General Motors Centre, on November 3, 2006.
The OHL announced, a new rule titled "Checking to the Head," effective for this season. . Also announced, the recently adopted National Hockey League rule on stick curvature will not be implemented until next season.
Read more about 2006–07 OHL Season: Standings, Scoring Leaders, Leading Goaltenders, Canada-Russia Challenge, All-Star Classic, Playoffs, OHL Priority Selection, CHL Import Draft, Awards
Famous quotes containing the word season:
“The art of medicine in the season lies:
Wine given in season oft will benefit,
Which out of season injures.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)