2007–08 GMHL season
LeagueGreater Metro Junior A Hockey League
SportHockey
DurationRegular season
2007-09 – 2008-02
Playoffs
2008-02 – 2008-04
Number of teams13
Finals championsBradford Rattlers

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

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For.

TeamCentre2007-08 RecordGFGAPoints
Bradford RattlersBradford37-4-0-131411075
Temiscaming RoyalsTémiscaming31-9-0-225813564
Innisfil LakersInnisfil29-10-0-322812961
Deseronto StormDeseronto27-13-0-221915856
Elliot Lake BobcatsElliot Lake26-13-0-320216455
Richmond Hill RamsRichmond Hill25-15-0-222516552
South Muskoka ShieldGravenhurst19-17-0-520720643
King WildKing City20-20-0-218617942
Espanola KingsEspanola15-26-0-115122631
Toronto Canada MooseThornhill14-27-0-115425429
Nipissing AlouettesSturgeon Falls14-27-0-117826629
Tamworth CyclonesTamworth13-25-0-320825129
Douro DukesDouro2-40-0-01083924

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.[1]

Standings listed on official league website.[2]

2007-08 Russell Cup Playoffs

Bye round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
1 Bradford 4
11 Toronto 0
1 Bradford 4
7 South Muskoka 1
1 Bradford 4
5 Elliot Lake 0
4 Deseronto 4
10 Tamworth 0
4 Deseronto 2
5 Elliot Lake 4
5 Elliot Lake 4
12 Nipissing 1
1 Bradford 4
3 Innisfil 0
2 Temiscaming 4
9 Espanola 0
2 Temiscaming 4
8 King 2
8 King 4
13 Douro 0
2 Temiscaming 2
3 Innisfil 4
3 Innisfil 4
6 Richmond Hill 3

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.[3]

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 PIM
Adam Palm Bradford Rattlers - 34 68 102 -

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Teamlist - Greater Metro Jr. A Hockey League". Archived from the original on 2010-01-24. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
  2. ↑ "Standings - Greater Metro Jr. A Hockey League". Archived from the original on 2010-01-24. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
  3. ↑ "Playoffs - Greater Metro Jr. A Hockey League". Archived from the original on 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
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