Marlboros Alumni
OHL Drafts
The first ever OHL draft was held in June of 1963 at Toronto’s Royal York Hotel in conjunction with the Ontario Hockey Associations “Annual General Meeting”.
At that time and up until 1968 all the Junior “A” teams in Ontario were sponsored by one of the original six NHL teams who stocked the various teams with their young signed prospects.
The draft was moved each year to several Toronto locations until 1981 when the draft was held for 10 consecutive years at the North York Centennial arena.
Beginning with the 1991 draft in Kitchener the event was moved around to various member cities until 2012 when for the first time ever the draft was done “on line” with the various clubs making selections from their “war rooms”.
Marlboro minor players have had a rich history in this entry to Major Jr “A” hockey and in the past few years have been very prominent in the early round selections.
Boston Bruins
OHA Farm Team
Barrie Flyers (1945 – 1960)
Niagara Falls Flyers (1960 – 1967)
Oshawa Generals (1962 – 67)
Chicago Black Hawks
OHA Farm Team
Galt Black Hawks (1949 – 1955)
St. Catharines Black Hawks (1962 – 1967)
Detroit Red Wings
OHA Farm Team
Galt Red Wings (1944 – 47)
Oshawa Generals (1950 – 1953)
Hamilton Red Wings (1960 – 1967)
New York Rangers
OHA Farm Team
Guelph Biltmore Mad Hatters (1947 – 1960)
Guelph Royals (1960 – 1963)
Kitchener Rangers (1963 – 1967)
Montreal Canadiens
OHA Farm Team
Peterborough Petes (1956 – 1967)
Montreal Junior Canadiens (1961 – 1967)
Toronto Maple Leafs
OHA Farm Team
Toronto Marlboros (1927 – 1967)
Toronto St. Michael’s Majors (1931 – 1961)
London Nationals (1965 – 1967)