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: "Ontario Pro. League Record". The Globe. March 2, 1908. p. 7.

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. ^[1]

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

1. "Trimmed the All-Stars". The Globe. March 12, 1908. p. 7.

• 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