2008-09 GMJHL Season

The 2008-09 Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League standings.

Team                         GP    W    L    T  OTL   GF    GA     P  North South Muskoka Shield         43    38   4    -   1    303   128    77 Elliot Lake Bobcats          43    31   8    -   4    276   119    66 Nipissing Alouettes          43    29   13   -   1    233   157    59 Oro-Medonte 77's             43    22   15   -   6    205   165    50 Minden Riverkings            43    18   24   -   1    172   219    37 Brock Bucks                  43    15   26   -   2    191   242    32 Espanola Kings               43    8    34   -   1    110   334    17 Ville-Marie Dragons*         26    2    24   -   0    71    286    4 South Innisfil Lakers              43    36   6    -   1    286   130    73 Bradford Rattlers            43    34   6    -   3    284   132    71 Deseronto Storm              43    29   11   -   3    224   121    61 King Wild                    43    26   15   -   2    241   200    54 Toronto Canada Moose         43    18   21   -   4    205   204    40 Ontario Lightning Rams       43    13   30   -   0    174   258    26 Tamworth Cyclones*           32    3    27   -   2    86    290    8

''(*) Ville-Marie and Tamworth folded mid-season. A total of 26 games were awarded by the league as 3-0 forfeit victories, and one game between Ville-Marie and Tamworth was wiped out.''

Playoffs
Division Quarter-final
 * Deseronto Storm defeated King Wild 3-games-to-none
 * Elliot Lake Bobcats defeated Minden Riverkings 3-games-to-none
 * Nipissing Alouettes defeated Oro-Medonte 77's 3-games-to-none
 * South Muskoka Shield defeated Brock Bucks 3-games-to-none
 * Innisfil Lakers defeated Ontario Lightning Rams 3-games-to-1
 * Bradford Rattlers defeated Toronto Canada Moose 3-games-to-2

Division Semi-final
 * South Muskoka Shield defeated Nipissing Alouettes 3-games-to-none
 * Deseronto Storm defeated Bradford Rattlers 3-games-to-1*

(*) Denotes that Rattlers won game four 5-1, but game was overturned due to a roster violation and awarded to Storm.

Division Final
 * South Muskoka Shield defeated Elliot Lake Bobcats 4-games-to-1
 * Deseronto Storm defeated Innisfil Lakers 4-games-to-2

Final
 * South Muskoka Shield defeated Deseronto Storm 4-games-to-2

Torpedo UST-Kamenogorsk
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 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

NCAA vs. GMHL Series

 * Ontario Lightning Rams 6 - Robert Morris University 4
 * Mercyhurst College 10 - Ontario Lightning Rams 5
 * Robert Morris University 10 - Ontario Lightning Rams 4
 * Plattsburgh State 15 - Bradford Rattlers 1
 * Potsdam College 7 - Bradford Rattlers 3
 * South Muskoka Shield 5 - Mercyhurst College 4
 * Bradford Rattlers 7 - Mercyhurst College 5
 * Utica 9 - GMHL All Stars 0
 * Morrisville 5 - GMHL All Stars 1
 * Potsdam 7 - GMHL All Stars 3
 * Johnson & Wales 2 - GMHL All Stars 2

Interleague

 * Team Ulysee (UJHL) 17 - King Wild 5