2015-16 GMJHL Season

This is the 2015-16 Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League season. This is the league's 10th season.

The league issued a press release on January 18, 2016 stating that 22 teams will qualify for the playoffs. However, the same release says that the top seven teams in each division automatically qualify for the playoffs while any team that finished lower than 7th will play a series of elimination games to determine the final seed. The regular season is scheduled to end on February 14th.

Membership Changes

 * The league added the Bobcaygeon Storm, Brantford Steelfighters, Colborne Chiefs, Coldwater Falcons, Feversham based Grey County Grizzlies, Haliburton Wolves Komoka Dragons, Kingsville Kings, London Lakers, Simcoe based Norfolk Vikings, and the Oshawa Riverkings as expansion teams
 * The Cambridge Bears  and Rama Aces announced that they were sitting out the 2015-16 season.
 * The Brantford Steelfighters folded in either late October or early November. The team had a record of 2-16-0-0-4 28-131 which included a 3-0 forfeit loss on November 3rd.  The team also appears to have forfeited another game to Toronto Ice Jets on October 10th.
 * The Grey County Grizzlies folded mid-season.
 * The Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks suspended operations for the balance of the 2015-16 season sometime in late January (either the 30th or 31st as no date was on the press release) citing player injuries and a heavy school workload due to many of the players attending Nipissing University which had a faculty strike earlier in the school year and lead to a heavier school schedule due to a shorter school year.  The ownership also issued in the same statement that they are taking the next few months to evaluate its' situation and make a decision on returning for the 2016-17 season.  The teams last game was played on January 29th.  The team forfeited a January 30th game to Parry Sound 3-0, which gave the team an 11-25-1 record at the time of their withdrawal.

Standings
Team                        GP    W    L    T  OTL   GF    GA     P  North Division xy-South Muskoka Shield     42    36   5    0   1    277   117    73 x-Temiscaming Titans        42    34   6    0   2    330   107    70 x-Almaguin Spartans         42    34   7    0   1    267   107    69 x-Parry Sound Islanders     42    32   9    0   1    288   147    65 x-Seguin Huskies            42    19   20   0   3    206   160    41 x-Bracebridge Blues         42    19   20   0   3    194   220    41 f-Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks 37   11   25   0   1    196   244    17 x-Haliburton Wolves         42    9    32   0   1    177   336    19 q-Coldwater Falcons         42    9    32   0   1    156   338    19 q-Bobcaygeon Storm          42    3    38   0   1    138   491    7 Central Division xyz-Tottenham Steam         42    41   1    0   0    351   81     82 x-Alliston Coyotes          42    36   5    0   1    328   110    73 x-Bradford Rattlers         42    29   11   0   2    219   145    60 x-Bradford Bulls            42    25   13   0   4    226   168    54 x-Oshawa Riverkings         42    25   15   0   2    228   201    52 x-Knights of Meaford        42    24   16   0   2    226   185    50 x-Grey Highlands Bravehearts 42   18   22   0   2    217   256    38 q-Orangeville Ice Crushers  42    16   24   0   2    194   217    34 q-Colborne Chiefs           42    13   25   0   4    167   289    30 q-Shelburne Sharks          42    7    35   0   0    123   332    14 f-Grey County Grizzlies     23    1    21   0   1    60    238    3 South Division xy-Kingsville Kings         42    39   3    0   0    314   71     78 x-Toronto Attack            42    33   7    0   2    253   94     68 x-Halton Ravens             42    29   11   0   2    218   152    60 x-Niagara Whalers           42    26   14   0   2    231   149    54 x-Komoka Dragons            42    21   18   0   3    200   195    45 x-Toronto Predators         42    20   21   1   0    157   164    41 x-London Lakers             42    19   22   0   1    183   219    39 q-Toronto Blue Ice Jets     42    18   22   1   1    151   196    38 q-North York Renegades      42    7    31   0   4    118   242    18 q-Norfolk Vikings           42    4    38   0   0    98    336    8 f-Brantford Steelfighters   18    2    16   0   0    28    131    4 Notes: x- clinched playoffs, y- clinched division, z- clinched league, q- relegated to qualifier round, f- folded.

Playoffs
Qualifier 9th vs. 10th
 * Colborne Chiefs 8 - Shelburne Sharks 4
 * North York Renegades 1 - Norfolk Vikings 0

Qualifier 8th vs. 9th
 * Coldwater Falcons 7 - Bobcaygeon Storm 4
 * Colborne Chiefs 5 - Orangeville Ice Crushers 3
 * North York Renegades 5 - Toronto Blue Ice Jets 1

Division Quarterfinal
 * Oshawa Riverkings defeated Bradford Bulls 3-games-to-none
 * Toronto Attack defeated London Lakers 3-games-to-none
 * Parry Sound Islanders defeated Seguin Huskies 3-games-to-none
 * Temiscaming Titans defeated Haliburton Wolves 3-games-to-none
 * Tottenham Steam defeated Colborne Chiefs 3-games-to-none
 * Alliston Coyotes defeated Grey Highlands Bravehearts 3-games-to-none
 * South Muskoka Shield defeated Coldwater Falcons 3-games-to-none
 * Kingsville Kings defeated North York Renegades 3-games-to-none
 * Halton Ravens defeated Toronto Predators 3-games-to-none
 * Niagara Whalers defeated Komoka Dragons 3-games-to-none
 * Knights of Meaford defeated Bradford Rattlers 3-games-to-1
 * Almaguin Spartans defeated Bracebridge Blues 3-games-to-1

Division Semifinal
 * Tottenham Steam defeated Knights of Meaford 3-games-to-none
 * Kingsville Kings defeated Niagara Whalers 3-games-to-none
 * Almaguin Spartans defeated Temiscaming Titans 3-games-to-1
 * Alliston Coyotes defeated Oshawa Riverkings 3-games-to-1
 * Halton Ravens defeated Toronto Attack 3-games-to-2
 * South Muskoka Shield defeated Parry Sound Islanders 3-games-to-2

Division Final
 * Kingsville Kings defeated Halton Ravens 4-games-to-none
 * Tottenham Steam defeated Alliston Coyotes 4-games-to-none
 * Almaguin Spartans defeated South Muskoka Shield 4-games-to-2

Champion Round Robin Team                       GP   W   L  OTL   GF  GA    P  Kingsville Kings            4    3   0   1    21  9     7 Tottenham Steam            4    2   2   0    14  14    4 Almaguin Spartans          4    1   3   0    7   19    2

Final Play-in
 * Tottenham Steam 7 - Almaguin Spartans 2

Final
 * Tottenham Steam defeated Kingsville Kings 4-games-to-3
 * (6-5 SO, 3-1, 2-3, 1-6, 5-4 SO, 3-5, 6-1)


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