2008–09 GMHL season

2008–09 GMHL season #007AC2 #FFFFFF Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League Hockey Regular season 2008-09 – 2009-02 Playoffs 2009-02 – 2009-04 South Muskoka Shield 15 GMHL 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 GMHL season was the third season of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL). The fifteen teams of the GMHL played 43-game schedules. In February 2009, 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 South Muskoka Shield won their first Russell Cup beating the Deseronto Storm 4-games-to-2. Changes Douro Dukes moved and become Brock Bucks Richmond Hill Rams become Ontario Lightning Rams Oro-Medonte 77's joined the league Ville-Marie Dragons joined the league Minden Riverkings joined the league Temiscaming Royals left the league for Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League Ville-Marie Dragons folded mid-season (January) Tamworth Cyclones folded mid-season (January) With fifteen team starting the season, the league was split into a Northern Division (8 teams) and Southern Division (7 teams). Final standings Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For. Northern Division Team Centre W–L–T-OTL GF GA Points South Muskoka Shield Gravenhurst 38-4-0-1 303 128 77 Elliot Lake Bobcats Elliot Lake 31-8-0-4 276 119 66 Nipissing Alouettes Sturgeon Falls 29-13-0-1 233 157 59 Oro-Medonte 77's Guthrie 22-15-0-6 205 165 50 Minden Riverkings Minden Hills 18-24-0-1 172 219 37 Brock Bucks Beaverton 15-26-0-2 191 242 32 x-Espanola Kings Espanola 8-34-0-1 110 334 17 x-Ville-Marie Dragons Ville-Marie, PQ 2-24-0-0 71 286 4Southern Division Team Centre W–L–T-OTL GF GA Points Innisfil Lakers Innisfil 36-6-0-1 286 130 73 Bradford Rattlers Bradford 34-6-0-3 284 132 71 Deseronto Storm Deseronto 29-11-0-3 224 121 61 King Wild King City 26-15-0-2 241 200 54 Toronto Canada Moose Thornhill 18-21-0-4 205 204 40 Ontario Lightning Rams Richmond Hill 13-30-0-0 174 258 26 x-Tamworth Cyclones Tamworth 3-24-0-2 86 290 8 Tamworth and Ville-Marie folded for the remainder of the season. Their remaining games are scored as 3-0 forfeit victories to their opponent. (x-) denotes elimination from playoffs. 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 2008–09 Russell Cup Playoffs Quarter-finals Semi-finals Division Finals Russell Cup Championship 1 North South N1 South Muskoka N6 Brock 3 0 N3 Nipissing N4 Oro-Medonte 3 0 N2 Elliot Lake N5 Minden 3 0 S1 Innisfil S6 Ontario 3 1 S2 Bradford S5 Toronto 3 2 S3 Deseronto S4 King 3 0 N1 South Muskoka N3 Nipissing 3 0 N2 Elliot Lake -- Bye S1 Innisfil -- Bye S2 Bradford S3 Deseronto 1 3 N1 South Muskoka N2 Elliot Lake 4 1 S1 Innisfil S3 Deseronto 2 4 N1 South Muskoka S3 Deseronto 4 2 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 Torpedo UST-Kamenogorsk exhibition series In late December 2008 and early January 2009, the teams of the GMHL played a series of exhibition games against the Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk Under-18 team of Oskemen, Kazakhstan. South Muskoka Shield 5 - Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 4 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 8 - Toronto Canada Moose 5 Innisfil Lakers 5 - Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 3 Bradford Rattlers 6 - Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 5 Elliot Lake Bobcats 5 - Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 3 Nipissing/Ville-Marie 8 - Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 5 King Wild 5 - Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 4 (OT) Elliot Lake Bobcats 5 - Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 1 Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes Player Team GP G A Pts PIMAndre LeclairNipissing Alouettes414961110111Dylan SontagSouth Muskoka Shield4052419310Travis SaltzSouth Muskoka Shield41415293102Maxwell DouglasInnisfil Lakers3624658958Brian DavidsonInnisfil Lakers3447388548Connor HendryInnisfil Lakers3531548583Robin MendolsohnNipissing Alouettes4125588338Jeff MorrisDeseronto Storm3829497850Brendan FarrugiaKing Wild3449287780Steve WicklumKing Wild3428467441 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 GAAShane BuckleyElliot Lake Bobcats1910671274432.47Travis ElvinDeseronto Storm12718753422.84Geoffrey SadjadiInnisfil Lakers179301434512.90Jens KensellDeseronto Storm2112841476202.90Eric PyeSouth Muskoka Shield2816362628122.97 Awards Most Valuable Player - Brett Meyers (Minden Riverkings) Top Scorer - Adam Palm (Bradford Rattlers) Top Defenceman - Mitch Kriz (Elliot Lake Bobcats) Top Goaltender - Nikolajs Zurkovs (Brock Bucks) Top Forward - Travis Saltz (South Muskoka Shield) Rookie of the Year - Andre Leclair (Nipissing Alouettes) Most Heart - Matt Marchese (King Wild) Most Sportsmanlike Player - Dylan Sontag (South Muskoka Shield) Top Defensive Forward - Chad Meagher (South Muskoka Shield) Coach of the Year - Matt Barnhardt (Deseronto Storm) Official of the Year - Dave Avery See also 2008 in ice hockey 2009 in ice hockey References External links Official website of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League 2007–08 GMHL season 2009–10 GMHL season GMHL seasons GMHL Category:Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League seasons