OPHL

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OPHL is the abbreviation commonly used for the early 20th-century Ontario Professional Hockey League, a historic professional ice hockey league based in Ontario, Canada.

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instanceOf defunct sports league
professional ice hockey league
abbreviation OPHL self-link
allowedProfessionalPlayers true
championshipDetermination league standings
competitionFormat league
competitionLevel major regional professional
continent North America
country Canada
dissolved 1911
era early 20th century
followedBy National Hockey Association
Pacific Coast Hockey Association
fullName Ontario Professional Hockey League
geographicScope Ontario
governingBody independent league executives
hasTeam Berlin Professionals
Brantford Indians
Galt Professionals
St. Catharines Pros
Toronto Professionals
Waterloo Colts
historicalSignificance one of the earliest fully professional ice hockey leagues in Ontario
inception 1908
influenced development of professional ice hockey in Canada
languageOfOperation English
leagueLevel professional
leagueType regional league
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Ontario
notableFor attracting top players from amateur ranks
contributing players to later major professional leagues
notablePlayer Bruce Ridpath
Cyclone Taylor
Didier Pitre
Joe Malone
Newsy Lalonde
partOf early professional ice hockey era
playedDuringSeason winter
precededBy Ontario Hockey Association senior ranks
primaryVenueType indoor ice rink
regionServed Southern Ontario
rulesBasedOn contemporary Canadian ice hockey rules
seasonStructure regular season schedule among member clubs
sport ice hockey
status defunct
timePeriod pre–National Hockey League era

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