2023-24 GMJHL season

This is the 2023-24 Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League season. This is the league's 17th season.

Membership Changes

• On September 29, 2022 the Almaguin Spartans announced they would be taking a leave of absence for the 2022-23 season due to immigration issues with 17 players from Belarus and Russia. The team had previously announced they would relocate to the Sundridge Strong Joly Arena in Sundridge which was intended to be their original home when they joined the league in 2014. The team would return to the league for the 2023-24 season

• On January 20, 2023 the league announced the addition of the Le Bécard de Senneterre who had last played in the Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League. The team last played during the 2019-20 season which was ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The team will be based out of the Centre sportif André-Dubé in Senneterre, Quebec in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region near Rouyn-Noranda and Val-d'Or.

• On May 1, 2023 the league announced the "mandatory leave of absence" for the South Muskoka Shield. The team will be in operational dormancy until February 1, 2024 with the owner given until that date to sell the franchise rights. Part of the reason for the move appears to be that the owner is facing possible assault charges from an incident at a league game and several other business practices have been called into question.

• On May 28, 2023 the league announced that it decided to cease all GMHL team operations within its' Western Division. This action terminated all ten of the teams in the Western Divsion. One team had already folded during the season (Tumbler Ridge Steel Kings) and apparently the Slave Lake Icedogs folded after completion of the season as they were not part of the new league announcement on May 29th after the newly formed National Junior Hockey League (Canada) was first announced on May 26th.

• The Streetsville Flyers would change their name to the Toronto Flyers prior to the 2023-24 season. The team relocated from the Vic Johnston Community Centre in Mississauga to the Parmount Thornhill Arena in Thornhill for 2022-23.

• The New Tecumseth Civics planned to return to the league after sitting out the 2022-23 season but would end up sitting out the 2023-24 season as well.

• The Tottenham Thunder are renamed the Tottenham Railers.

• On September 20, 2023 the league president announced that the Windsor Aces would be taking a leave Windsor had already lost a September 16th game 12-2 to the Tottenham Railers and a September 17th game to the St. George Ravens 8-1.

• The Bancroft Rockhounds announced on their facebook page that they were taking a leave of absence for the 2023-24 season on September 29th.

• The Tottenham Railers would end up moving their home games to the Ray Twinney Complex in Newmarket as they were unable to secure regular ice time at the Tottenham and Community Fitness Centre as the other arena in town the Beeton Arena was closed due to structural issues

• On January 15, 2024 the league announced the addition of the Richmond Hill Rampage to the league for the 2024-25 season. The team will be based out of the Elvis Stojko Arena.

• On January 25, 2024 the town of Wasaga Beach announced the community was getting a team in the league for the 2024-25 season to be based out of the Wasaga Stars Arena. The team will be owned by the owner of the Bradford Bulls The announcement would be confirmed by the league on January 29th. The team will be known as the Wasaga River Dragons.

• On March 4, 2024 the league announced the addition of the Ottawa Valley Wolves to the league for 2024-25 season. The team is based out of the Bell Sensplex in Ottawa.

North Division

Team	Joined	Centre	Arena
Almaguin Spartans	2011	South River	South River-Machar Arena
Bradford Rattlers	2006	Bradford	BWG Leisure Centre
Le Bécard de Senneterre	2023	Senneterre, Quebec	Centre sportif André-Dubé
Knights of Meaford	2013	Meaford	Meaford & St. Vincent Community Centre
Temiscaming Titans	2011	Temiscaming, QC	Le Centre de Temiscaming
Ville-Marie Pirates	2017	Ville-Marie, Quebec	Olympia de Ville-Marie
West Nipissing Lynx	2010	Sturgeon Falls	Sturgeon Falls Arena

South Division

Team	Joined	Centre	Arena
Bradford Bulls	2012	Bradford	Bob Fallis Sports Centre
Durham Roadrunners	2015	Oshawa	Legends Arena
Niagara-on-the-Lake Predators	2013	Niagara-on-the-Lake	Meridian Credit Union Arena
North York Renegades	2014	North York	Canlan Ice Sports York
Northumberland Stars	2015	Cramahe	Keeler Centre
St. George Ravens	2013	St. George	South Dumfries Community Centre
Toronto Flyers	2021	Thornhill	Parmount Thornhill Arena
Tottenham Railers	2014	New Tecumseth Newmarket	Tottenham and Community Fitness Centre Ray Twinney Complex
Windsor Aces	2017	Windsor	Adie Knox Herman Arena

Standings

North Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	GF	GA	Pts
Bradford Rattlers	42	38	3	1	294	101	77
Ville-Marie Pirates	42	33	7	2	278	148	68
West Nipissing Lynx	42	26	12	4	237	151	56
Knights of Meaford	42	23	17	2	201	184	48
Temiscaming Titans	42	23	18	1	218	156	47
Almaguin Spartans	42	11	29	2	130	237	24
Le Bécard de Senneterre	42	3	38	1	93	366	7

South Division

Team	GP	W	L	OL	GF	GA	Pts
North York Renegades	42	35	5	2	267	118	72
Bradford Bulls	42	26	16	0	184	161	52
Durham Roadrunners	42	23	18	1	179	162	47
St. George Ravens	42	20	20	2	137	144	42
Tottenham Railers	42	19	21	2	162	183	40
Niagara-on-the-Lake Predators	42	17	21	4	144	161	38
Northumberland Stars	42	13	28	1	124	215	27
Toronto Flyers	42	6	35	1	98	242	13
Windsor Aces	2	0	2	0	3	20	0

Russell Cup Playoffs

Format

All teams qualify. The sixth and seventh seed in the North meet in a single game qualifier to determine the sixth seed. The division quarterfinals are best-of-three. The division semifinals are best-of-five. The division final and league championship series are best-of-seven.

North Preliminary Round

• Le Bécard de Senneterre defeated Almaguin Spartans 5-4 (ot)

North Quarterfinals

• West Nipissing Lynx defeated Le Bécard de Senneterre 2 games to none (10-0, 10-0)
• Temiscaming Titans defeated Knights of Meaford 2 games to 1 (4-5, 7-2, 7-4)

South Quarterfinals

• North York Renegades defeated Toronto Flyers 2 games to none (7-2, 8-0)
• Bradford Bulls defeated Northumberland Stars 2 games to none (6-1, 5-3)
• Durham Roadrunners defeated Niagara-on-the-Lake Predators 2 games to none (4-1, 2-1 (ot))
• St. George Ravens defeated Tottenham Railers 2 games to 1 (2-1, 3-4, 4-3 (ot)

North Semifinals

• Bradford Rattlers defeated Temiscaming Titans 3 games to none (7-0, 6-2, 7-2)
• West Nipissing Lynx defeated Ville-Marie Pirates 3 games to 1 (6-4, 6-5 (ot), 1-3, 6-4)

South Semifinals

• North York Renegades defeated St. George Ravens 3 games to none (6-2, 6-2, 6-4)
• Bradford Bulls defeated Durham Roadrunners 3 games to none (6-3, 8-4, 6-0)

North Final

• Bradford Rattlers defeated West Nipissing Lynx 4 games to none (10-3, 3-2 (ot), 4-2, 8-1)

South Final

• Bradford Bulls defeated North York Renegades 4 games to 1 (6-2, 3-2 (ot), 2-6 ,7-2 ,5-3)

Russell Cup Final

• Bradford Rattlers defeated Bradford Bulls 4 games to 1 (2-4, 5-1, 3-1, 5-3, 6-4)