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.

Regular season

Scores

• 1/3: Guelph - Brantford 4:2
• 1/4: Berlin - Toronto 3:0
• 1/10: Berlin - Guelph 7:2
• 1/10: Brantford - Toronto 7:6
• 1/13: Toronto - Guelph 4:3
• 1/17: Brantford - Berlin 3:0
• 1/18: Toronto - Guelph 7:2
• 1/24: Brantford - Guelph 7:2
• 1/24: Toronto - Berlin 6:5
• 1/30: Berlin - Guelph 5:1
• 1/31: Toronto - Brantford 10:7
• 2/7: Berlin - Brantford 13:6
• 2/10: Berlin - Guelph 3:2
• 2/11: Toronto - Brantford 11:8
• 2/15: Toronto - Berlin 5:4
• 2/18: Brantford - Berlin 9:8
• 2/22: Toronto - Guelph 10:7
• 2/25:' Toronto' - Berlin 9:1
• 2/25: Brantford - Guelph 5:0
• 2/27: Toronto - Guelph 8:5
• 2/29: Toronto - Brantford 12:3
• 3/5: Berlin - Brantford 8:6

Final standings

Team	Games Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	GF	GA	Pts
Toronto	12	10	2	0	88	55	20
Berlin Dutchmen	12	7	5	0	57	49	14
Brantford Indians	12	5	7	0	65	79	10
Guelph Professionals	12	2	10	0	33	60	4

Source: Fitzsimmons, Ernie (2000), "Early Professional, Early Senior WHA and Modern Minor Professional League Standings", in Diamond, Dan, Total Hockey, Total Sport Publishing, pp. 414–432, ISBN 1-892129-85-X

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.

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. (1966). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol. 1, 1893–1926 inc.. NHL. 

Preceded by First season

OPHL seasons 1908

Succeeded by 1909 OPHL season

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