1982–83 OJHL season

• Cambridge Winterhawks join the OJHL.
• Guelph Platers leave OJHL for OHL.
• North Bay Trappers leave the OJHL.
• Brampton Warriors leave the OJHL.

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title

For the Central Canada Championship, please go to the Dudley Hewitt Cup.

For the national championship, please go to the 1983 Centennial Cup.

Quarter-final

North York Rangers defeated Cambridge Winterhawks 4-games-to-none

Hamilton Mountain A's defeated Dixie Beehives 4-games-to-1

Orillia Travelways defeated Markham Waxers 4-games-to-3

Newmarket Flyers defeated Richmond Hill Rams 4-games-to-3

Semi-final

North York Rangers defeated Hamilton Mountain A's 4-games-to-3

Orillia Travelways defeated Newmarket Flyers 4-games-to-3

Final

North York Rangers defeated Orillia Travelways 4-games-to-none

The 1983 Buckland Cup was a best-of-5 series between the Elliot Lake Vikings (NOJHL) and the North York Rangers. The winner moved on to the 1983 Dudley Hewitt Cup.

North York Rangers defeated Elliot Lake Vikings (NOJHL) 3-games-to-2

North York 8 - Elliot Lake 4

Elliot Lake 5 - North York 4

North York 10 - Elliot Lake 4

Elliot Lake 6 - North York 5

North York 9 - Elliot Lake 3

The 1984 Dudley Hewitt Cup was a best-of-7 series between the Thunder Bay Kings (TBHL) and the North York Rangers. The winner moved on to the 1983 Eastern Centennial Cup championship.

North York Rangers defeated Thunder Bay Kings (TBHL) 4-games-to-none

North York 7 - Thunder Bay 1

North York 8 - Thunder Bay 4

North York 6 - Thunder Bay 4

North York 7 - Thunder Bay 4

The 1983 Eastern Canada Centennial Cup championship was a best-of-7 series between the Halifax Lions (MVJHL) and the North York Rangers. The winner moved on to the 1983 Centennial Cup championship.

North York Rangers defeated Halifax Lions (MVJHL) 4-games-to-1

North York 10 - Halifax 3

North York 7 - Halifax 6

Halifax 8 - North York 1

North York 7 - Halifax 5 OT

North York 9 - Halifax 3

The 1983 Centennial Cup was the best-of-7 Canadian National Junior A championship series between the Eastern Champion North York Rangers and the Western Abbott Cup champion Abbotsford Flyers (BCJHL).

North York Rangers defeated Abbotsford Flyers (BCJHL) 4-games-to-none

North York 9 - Abbotsford 6

North York 8 - Abbotsford 5

North York 10 - Abbotsford 3

North York 10 - Abbotsford 2

• Rd 7 #129 Iain Duncan - Winnipeg Jets (North York Rangers)

• 1983 Centennial Cup
• Dudley Hewitt Cup
• List of Ontario Hockey Association Junior A seasons
• Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League
• Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League
• Central Junior A Hockey League
• 1982 in ice hockey
• 1983 in ice hockey

• Official website of the Ontario Junior Hockey League
• Official website of the Canadian Junior Hockey League