2008–09 GMHL season

2008–09 GMHL season
League Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League
Duration Regular season
2008-09 – 2009-02
Playoffs
2009-02 – 2009-04
Champions South Muskoka Shield
Number of teams 15
Commissioner Bob Russell
GMHL seasons

← 2007–08

2009–10 →

The 2008–09 GMHL season was the 3rd season of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL). The fifteen teams of the GMHL will play 43-game schedules.

Come February, the top teams of the league will play 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 ends. The South Muskoka Shield won their first Russell Cup beating the Deseronto Storm 4-games-to-2.

Changes

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 4
Southern 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.[1]

Standings listed on official league website.[2]

2008–09 Russell Cup Playoffs

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Division Finals Russell Cup Championship
                                     
N1  South Muskoka 3  
N6  Brock 0  
  N1  South Muskoka 3  
    N3  Nipissing 0  
N3  Nipissing 3
N4  Oro-Medonte 0  
  N1  South Muskoka 4  
North
  N2  Elliot Lake 1  
N2  Elliot Lake 3  
N5  Minden 0  
  N2  Elliot Lake
    --  Bye  
 
   
  N1  South Muskoka 4
  S3  Deseronto 2
S1  Innisfil 3  
S6  Ontario 1  
  S1  Innisfil
    --  Bye  
 
   
  S1  Innisfil 2
South
  S3  Deseronto 4  
S2  Bradford 3  
S5  Toronto 2  
  S2  Bradford 1
    S3  Deseronto 3  
S3  Deseronto 3
S4  King 0  

Playoff results are listed on the official league website.[3]

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 PIM
Andre Leclair Nipissing Alouettes 41 49 61 110 111
Dylan Sontag South Muskoka Shield 40 52 41 93 10
Travis Saltz South Muskoka Shield 41 41 52 93 102
Maxwell Douglas Innisfil Lakers 36 24 65 89 58
Brian Davidson Innisfil Lakers 34 47 38 85 48
Connor Hendry Innisfil Lakers 35 31 54 85 83
Robin Mendolsohn Nipissing Alouettes 41 25 58 83 38
Jeff Morris Deseronto Storm 38 29 49 78 50
Brendan Farrugia King Wild 34 49 28 77 80
Steve Wicklum King Wild 34 28 46 74 41

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
Shane Buckley Elliot Lake Bobcats 19 1067 12 7 44 3 2.47
Travis Elvin Deseronto Storm 12 718 7 5 34 2 2.84
Geoffrey Sadjadi Innisfil Lakers 17 930 14 3 45 1 2.90
Jens Kensell Deseronto Storm 21 1284 14 7 62 0 2.90
Eric Pye South Muskoka Shield 28 1636 26 2 81 2 2.97

Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://gmhl.net/teamlist.php
  2. ↑ http://gmhl.net/standings.php
  3. ↑ http://gmhl.net/page.php?page=playoffs

External links

Preceded by
2007–08 GMHL season		 GMHL seasons Succeeded by
2009–10 GMHL season
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