Sport Hockey Number of teams 15 | Commissioner Bob Russell | |
Duration Regular season2008-09 – 2009-02Playoffs2009-02 – 2009-04 |
The 2008–09 GMHL season was the third season of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL). The fifteen teams of the GMHL will play 43-game schedules.
Contents
- Changes
- Final standings
- 200809 Russell Cup Playoffs
- Torpedo UST Kamenogorsk exhibition series
- Scoring leaders
- Leading goaltenders
- Awards
- References
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.
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.
Standings listed on official league website.
2008–09 Russell Cup Playoffs
Playoff results are listed on the official league website.
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 4Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 8 - Toronto Canada Moose 5Innisfil Lakers 5 - Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 3Bradford Rattlers 6 - Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 5Elliot Lake Bobcats 5 - Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 3Nipissing/Ville-Marie 8 - Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 5King Wild 5 - Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 4 (OT)Elliot Lake Bobcats 5 - Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk 1Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes
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