The 1977–78 OMJHL season was the 4th season of the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League. Twelve teams each played 68 games. The Peterborough Petes won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the Hamilton Fincups. The Fincups franchise moved back from St. Catharines to Hamilton after a temporary year away from the city due to lack of a suitable arena.

The league featured a wealth of scoring talent during the season, with two players recording the league's highest single season point totals. Third season veteran Bobby Smith, edged 17-year old rookie Wayne Gretzky for the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy, scoring 192 points.

Regular season

Final standings

Leyden Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Ottawa 67's	68	43	18	7	93	405	308
Peterborough Petes	68	37	18	13	87	327	273
Oshawa Generals	68	30	26	12	72	320	289
Kingston Canadians	68	27	32	9	63	288	323
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	68	26	32	10	62	330	346
Sudbury Wolves	68	16	42	10	42	255	377

Emms Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
London Knights	68	35	22	11	81	333	251
Windsor Spitfires	68	36	24	6	78	338	289
Hamilton Fincups	68	31	23	14	76	273	223
Kitchener Rangers	68	26	34	8	60	270	303
Toronto Marlboros	68	24	36	8	56	263	341
Niagara Falls Flyers	68	17	41	10	44	261	340

Scoring leaders

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bobby Smith	Ottawa 67's	61	69	123	192	44
Wayne Gretzky	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	64	70	112	182	14
Dino Ciccarelli	London Knights	68	72	70	142	49
Keith Acton	Peterborough Petes	68	42	86	128	52
Jim Fox	Ottawa 67's	59	44	83	127	12
Gerry Leroux	Windsor Spitfires	68	57	66	123	85
Steve Marengere	Ottawa 67's	65	25	93	118	73
Dan Lucas	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	61	50	67	117	90
Jim MacRae	London Knights	68	50	62	112	58
Dan Maloney	Kitchener Rangers	62	30	74	104	143

OHL Playoffs

First Round

Kitchener Rangers defeat Toronto Marlboros 6 points to 4

Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds defeat Kingston Canadians 6 points to 4 Hamilton Fincups defeat Windsor Spitfires 9 points to 3 Peterborough Petes defeat Oshawa Generals 9 points to 3

Quarter Finals

Ottawa 67's defeat Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 9 points to 7

London Knights defeat Kitchener Rangers 8 points to 0

Semi Finals

Hamilton Fincups defeat London Knights 9 points to 5

Peterborough Petes defeat Ottawa 67's 9 points to 7

J. Ross Robertson Cup

Peterborough Petes defeat Hamilton Fincups 9 points to 7

OHL awards

J. Ross Robertson Cup:	Peterborough Petes
Hamilton Spectator Trophy:	Ottawa 67's
Red Tilson Trophy:	Bobby Smith, Ottawa 67's
Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy:	Bobby Smith, Ottawa 67's
Matt Leyden Trophy:	Bill White, Oshawa Generals
Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy:	Dino Ciccarelli, London Knights
Max Kaminsky Trophy:	Brad Marsh, London Knights and Rob Ramage, London Knights
Dave Pinkney Trophy:	Al Jensen, Hamilton Fincups
Emms Family Award:	Wayne Gretzky, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
F.W. 'Dinty' Moore Trophy:	Ken Ellacott, Peterborough Petes
William Hanley Trophy:	Wayne Gretzky, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds

See also

• List of OHA Junior A standings
• List of OHL seasons
• 1978 Memorial Cup
• 1978 NHL Entry Draft
• 1977 in sports
• 1978 in sports

References

• HockeyDB