2007–08 GMHL season

2007–08 GMHL season
League Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League
Duration Regular season
2007-09 – 2008-02
Playoffs
2008-02 – 2008-04
Champions Bradford Rattlers
Number of teams 13
Commissioner Bob Russell
GMHL seasons

 2006–07

2008–09 

The 2007–08 GMHL season was the 2nd season of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL). The thirteen teams of the GMHL will play 42-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 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.

Team Centre 2007-08 Record GF GA Points
Bradford Rattlers Bradford 37-4-0-1 314 110 75
Temiscaming Royals Témiscaming 31-9-0-2 258 135 64
Innisfil Lakers Innisfil 29-10-0-3 228 129 61
Deseronto Storm Deseronto 27-13-0-2 219 158 56
Elliot Lake Bobcats Elliot Lake 26-13-0-3 202 164 55
Richmond Hill Rams Richmond Hill 25-15-0-2 225 165 52
South Muskoka Shield Gravenhurst 19-17-0-5 207 206 43
King Wild King City 20-20-0-2 186 179 42
Espanola Kings Espanola 15-26-0-1 151 226 31
Toronto Canada Moose Thornhill 14-27-0-1 154 254 29
Nipissing Alouettes Sturgeon Falls 14-27-0-1 178 266 29
Tamworth Cyclones Tamworth 13-25-0-3 208 251 29
Douro Dukes Douro 2-40-0-0 108 392 4

The top 5 teams (blue shaded rows) will have their choice of opponent from the bottom five (purple) or taking a first round bye. Place 6 through 8 have to await decisions of 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 have 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

External links

Preceded by
2006–07 GMHL season
GMHL seasons Succeeded by
2008–09 GMHL season
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