2008–09 GMHL season

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.

2008–09 GMHL season
LeagueGreater Metro Junior A Hockey League
SportHockey
DurationRegular season
2008-09 – 2009-02
Playoffs
2009-02 – 2009-04
Number of teams15
Finals championsSouth Muskoka Shield

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

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
TeamCentreW-L-T-OTLGFGAPoints
South Muskoka ShieldGravenhurst38-4-0-130312877
Elliot Lake BobcatsElliot Lake31-8-0-427611966
Nipissing AlouettesSturgeon Falls29-13-0-123315759
Oro-Medonte 77'sGuthrie22-15-0-620516550
Minden RiverkingsMinden Hills18-24-0-117221937
Brock BucksBeaverton15-26-0-219124232
x-Espanola KingsEspanola8-34-0-111033417
x-Ville-Marie DragonsVille-Marie, PQ2-24-0-0712864
Southern Division
TeamCentreW-L-T-OTLGFGAPoints
Innisfil LakersInnisfil36-6-0-128613073
Bradford RattlersBradford34-6-0-328413271
Deseronto StormDeseronto29-11-0-322412161
King WildKing City26-15-0-224120054
Toronto Canada MooseThornhill18-21-0-420520440
Ontario Lightning RamsRichmond Hill13-30-0-017425826
x-Tamworth CyclonesTamworth3-24-0-2862908

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
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See also
  • 2008 in ice hockey
  • 2009 in ice hockey

References
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  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2010-08-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Preceded by
2007–08 GMHL season		 GMHL seasons Succeeded by
2009–10 GMHL season
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