2007–08 GMHL season

2007–08 GMHL season #007AC2 #FFFFFF Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League Hockey Regular season 2007-09 – 2008-02 Playoffs 2008-02 – 2008-04 Bradford Rattlers 13 GMHL 2006–07 2008–09 The 2007–08 GMHL season was the second season of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL). The thirteen teams of the GMHL will play 42-game schedules. February 2008, the top teams of the league played down for the Russell Cup, emblematic of the grand championship of the GMHL. Since the GMHL is independent from Hockey Canada and the Canadian Junior Hockey League, this is where the GMHL's season ended. The Bradford Rattlers won their second Russell cup in as many years beating the Innisfil Lakers 4-games-to-none. Changes Deseronto Thunder become Deseronto Storm League expands by six teams: Douro Dukes, Elliot Lake Bobcats, Espanola Kings, Innisfil Lakers, Tamworth Cyclones, Temiscaming Royals Final standings Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For. Team Centre 2007-08 Record GF GA Points Bradford Rattlers Bradford 37-4-0-1 314 110 75 Temiscaming Royals Témiscaming 31-9-0-2 258 135 64 Innisfil Lakers Innisfil 29-10-0-3 228 129 61 Deseronto Storm Deseronto 27-13-0-2 219 158 56 Elliot Lake Bobcats Elliot Lake 26-13-0-3 202 164 55 Richmond Hill Rams Richmond Hill 25-15-0-2 225 165 52 South Muskoka Shield Gravenhurst 19-17-0-5 207 206 43 King Wild King City 20-20-0-2 186 179 42 Espanola Kings Espanola 15-26-0-1 151 226 31 Toronto Canada Moose Thornhill 14-27-0-1 154 254 29 Nipissing Alouettes Sturgeon Falls 14-27-0-1 178 266 29 Tamworth Cyclones Tamworth 13-25-0-3 208 251 29 Douro Dukes Douro 2-40-0-0 108 392 4 The top 5 teams (blue shaded rows) were given their choice of opponent from the bottom five (purple) or taking a first round bye. Places 6 through 8 had to wait for decisions of the top 5 teams to determine playoff activity. Teams listed on the official league website.http://gmhl.net/teamlist.php Teamlist - Greater Metro Jr. A Hockey League 2010-08-28 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100124162426/http://gmhl.net/teamlist.php 2010-01-24 Standings listed on official league website.http://gmhl.net/standings.php Standings - Greater Metro Jr. A Hockey League 2010-08-28 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100124092810/http://gmhl.net/standings.php 2010-01-24 2007-08 Russell Cup Playoffs 1 y Bye round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 1 Bradford 11 Toronto 4 0 4 Deseronto 10 Tamworth 4 0 5 Elliot Lake 12 Nipissing 4 1 2 Temiscaming 9 Espanola 4 0 8 King 13 Douro 4 0 1 Bradford 7 South Muskoka 4 1 4 Deseronto 5 Elliot Lake 2 4 2 Temiscaming 8 King 4 2 3 Innisfil 6 Richmond Hill 4 3 1 Bradford 5 Elliot Lake 4 0 2 Temiscaming 3 Innisfil 2 4 1 Bradford 3 Innisfil 4 0 Due to the playoff draft, Innisfil, Richmond Hill and South Muskoka elected to take first round byes. Playoff results are listed on the official league website.http://gmhl.net/page.php?page=playoffs Playoffs - Greater Metro Jr. A Hockey League 2010-08-28 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090416042148/http://gmhl.net/page.php?page=playoffs 2009-04-16 Moscow Selects exhibition series From late December 2007 until mid-January 2008 the best teams of the GMHL faced off against the all-star team of a Moscow-based Junior A league, this was supposed to be finished off with a game between the Moscow Selects and the GMHL All-Star team but Moscow cancelled this game. Moscow Selects 7 - Innisfil Lakers 3 Moscow Selects 8 - Bradford Rattlers 4 Moscow Selects 9 - Elliot Lake Bobcats 2 Moscow Selects 7 - Richmond Hill Rams 4 Moscow Selects 5 - South Muskoka Shield 1 Moscow Selects 9 - Temiscaming Royals 3 Moscow Selects 7 - Deseronto Storm 1 Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes Player Team GP G A Pts PIMAdam PalmBradford Rattlers -3468102 - Leading goaltenders Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average Player Team GP Mins W L GA SO GAA Awards Most Valuable Player - Jonathon Dew (Innisfil Lakers) Top Scorer - Adam Palm (Bradford Rattlers) Top Defenceman - Dave Malicek (Bradford Rattlers) Top Goaltender - Daniel Jones (Richmond Hill Rams) Top Forward - Sochiro Omi (Bradford Rattlers) Rookie of the Year - Phil Grainger (Innisfil Lakers) Most Heart - Brad Clark (Deseronto Storm) Most Sportsmanlike Player - Andrew Quinn (Elliot Lake Bobcats) Top Defensive Forward - Connor Hendry (Innisfil Lakers) Coach of the Year - Ryan Leonard (Elliot Lake Bobcats) Official of the Year - Ryan Harrison See also 2007 in ice hockey 2008 in ice hockey References External links Official website of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League 2006–07 GMHL season 2008–09 GMHL season GMHL seasons GMHL Category:Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League seasons