2006–07 GMHL season

2006–07 GMHL season #007AC2 #FFFFFF Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League Hockey Regular season 2006-09 – 2007-02 Playoffs 2007-02 – 2007-04 Bradford Rattlers 7 GMHL 2007–08 The 2006–07 GMHL season was the first season of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL). The seven teams of the GMHL played 42-game schedules. In February 2007, 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, the GMHL formed an alliance with the WHA Junior Hockey League of British Columbia under the name National Junior Hockey Alliance. At the end of the league playoffs, the WHA champion was invited to a 3-game series hosted by the GMHL champion. The Bradford Rattlers won the Russell Cup 4-games-to-1 over the King Wild and the Alliance Cup 3-games-to-none over the New Westminster Whalers. Changes GMHL is formed. Founding teams are: Bradford Rattlers, Deseronto Thunder, King Wild, Nipissing Alouettes, Richmond Hill Rams, South Muskoka Shield, and Toronto Canada Moose. National Junior Hockey Alliance is formed for one season with WHA Junior Hockey League. Final standings Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For. Team Centre W–L–T-OTL GF GA Points Bradford Rattlers Bradford 37-1-0-4 266 121 78 King Wild King City 26-13-0-3 190 152 55 Richmond Hill Rams Richmond Hill 25-15-0-2 230 187 52 Deseronto Thunder Deseronto 19-18-0-5 173 163 43 Toronto Canada Moose Thornhill 19-20-0-3 189 204 41 Nipissing Alouettes Sturgeon Falls 17-20-0-5 143 169 39 South Muskoka Shield Gravenhurst 4-34-0-4 110 299 12 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 2006-07 Russell Cup Playoffs Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals 1 Bradford Bye 4 Deseronto 4 7 S. Muskoka 0 2 King 4 5 Toronto 1 3 Richmond Hill 4 6 Nipissing 2 1 Bradford 4 4 Deseronto 2 2 King 4 3 Richmond Hill 2 1 Bradford 4 2 King 1 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 Alliance Cup The National Junior Hockey Alliance championship between the WHA Junior Hockey League champion New Westminster Whalers and the GMHL champion Bradford Rattlers was hosted by the Rattlers in Bradford, Ontario. Although a best-of-3 series, the third game was played as a friendly, although Bradford won the first two games. Game 1: 03/30/07 - New Westminster 1 @ Bradford 6 Game 2: 03/31/07 - New Westminster 6 @ Bradford 8 Game 3: 04/01/07 - New Westminster 5 @ Bradford 6 (SO) Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes Player Team GP G A Pts PIMCraig PeacockRichmond Hill Rams -483482 - 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 Sv% GAAAndreas GoetzBradford Rattlers - - - - - - 0.939 2.05 Awards Most Valuable Player - Karl Linden (Bradford Rattlers) Top Scorer - Craig Peacock (Richmond Hill Rams) Top Defenceman - Karl Linden (Bradford Rattlers) Top Goaltender - Andreas Goetz (Bradford Rattlers) Top Forward - Jordan Gidaro (King Wild) Most Heart - Ryan Henely (Nipissing Alouettes) Most Sportsmanlike Player - Brad Clark (Deseronto Thunder) Top Defensive Forward - Jake Gilbert (Nipissing Alouettes) Coach of the Year - Jenya Feldman (Bradford Rattlers) Official of the Year - John Klein See also 2006 in ice hockey 2007 in ice hockey References External links Official website of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League -- 2007–08 GMHL season GMHL seasons Category:Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League seasons GMHL