2011–12 GMHL season explained

2011–12 GMHL season
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League:	Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League
Sport:	Hockey
Duration:	Regular season 2011-09-09 – 2012-02-20 Playoffs 2012-02-20 – 2012-03-31
Finals Champ:	Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks
No Of Teams:	14
Seasonslistnames:	GMHL
Prevseason Year:	2010–11
Nextseason Year:	2012–13

The 2011–12 GMHL season was the sixth season of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL). The fourteen teams of the GMHL played 42-game schedules.

Starting in February 2012, the top teams of the league played 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 ended. The league champion was the Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks as they defeated the Temiscaming Titans 4-games-to-2.

Changes

• Expansion granted to the Orangeville Americans.^[1]
• Expansion granted to the Mattawa Voyageurs.^[2]
• Expansion granted to the Temiscaming Titans.^[3]
• Expansion granted to the Vaughan Stars.^[4]
• Powassan Dragons renamed the Powassan Eagles.^[5]
• Vaughan Wild moved and renamed the Lefroy Wave.^[6]
• Oro-Medonte 77's leave league.^[6]
• Jamestown Jets leave league over arena dispute.^[7]
• Halton Huskies granted expansion for 2012-13.
• Powassan Eagles take one-year leave.^[8]
• Vaughan Stars league membership revoked November 28, 2011.

Current standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title

Standings Team Centre W–L–OTL GF–GA Points Temiscaming Titans 38-3-1 273-120 77 Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks 35-7-0 312-170 70 Bradford Rattlers 31-6-5 221-127 67 South Muskoka Shield 29-9-4 255-126 62 Elliot Lake Bobcats 28-11-3 236-145 59 Lefroy Wave 23-18-1 179-186 47 Deseronto Storm 22-17-3 193-193 47 Orangeville Americans 19-18-5 172-174 43 Mattawa Voyageurs 19-21-2 170-206 40 Toronto Canada Moose 17-23-2 153-211 36 Vaughan Stars 11-4-1 76-59 23 Shelburne Red Wings 8-32-2 116-263 18 Bobcaygeon Bucks 8-34-0 131-256 16 Algoma Avalanche 6-34-2 115-288 14

Vaughan is shaded due to their membership being revoked during a league meeting November 28, 2011 for failing to attend mandatory GMHL Showcase Tournament. Their remaining 26 games were awarded to their opponents as 3–0 victories.

Teams listed on the official league website.^[9]

Standings listed on official league website.^[10]

2011–12 Russell Cup Playoffs

Playoff results are listed on the official league website.

All-Star Game

The 2011–12 GMHL All-Star Game was hosted by Gravenhurst, Ontario on January 10, 2012.

Result:

Team North America 9 - Team World 7

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Andre Leclair Temiscaming Titans 39 56 66 122 90 Illes Gallo Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks 42 45 66 111 110 Robin Mendelsohn Temiscaming Titans 40 45 59 104 14 DJ Tahbazian Temiscaming Titans 42 32 58 90 32 John Sweet Deseronto Storm 31 48 39 87 29 Maciej Rompkowski Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks 35 32 55 87 81 Dylan Sontag South Muskoka Shield 39 30 57 87 29 Atte Koopikka Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks 42 37 46 83 32 Donny Danroth South Muskoka Shield 40 39 40 79 78 David Amnas Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks 28 38 39 77 30

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 Sv% GAA Aaron Boyce Temiscaming Titans 11 621 9 1 25 1 0.929 2.42 Carson Bird Bradford Rattlers 16 954 11 4 44 1 0.922 2.77 Mark Andrews Orangeville Americans 18 948 7 8 53 2 0.920 3.35 Rob Sutherland Bradford Rattlers 16 922 10 6 54 1 0.917 3.51 Reilly Turner Temiscaming Titans 21 1143 17 3 62 1 0.912 3.25

Awards

• Scoring Leader - Andre Leclair (Temiscaming Titans)
• Most Valuable Player - Andre Leclair (Temiscaming Titans)
• Top Forward - Illes Gallo (Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks)
• Top Defensive Forward - Myles Neuneker (Bradford Rattlers)
• Top Defenseman - Ryan Tremmel (Lefroy Wave)
• Top Goalie - Andrew Selbie (Bobcaygeon Bucks)
• Top Rookie - Tomas Nemeth (Elliot Lake Bobcats)
• Most Sportsmanlike Player - John Sweet (Deseronto Storm)
• Heart Award - Tyler Roache (Lefroy Wave)
• Top Coach - Tyler Fines (Orangeville Americans)

See also

• 2011 in ice hockey
• 2012 in ice hockey

External links

• Official website of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lockhart, Brian . GMHL expansion comes to Orangeville | www.citizen.on.ca | Orangeville Citizen . www.citizen.on.ca . 2011-04-07 . 2011-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928080427/http://www.citizen.on.ca/news/2011-04-07/Sports/GMHL_expansion_comes_to_Orangeville.html . 2011-09-28 . dead .
2. Web site: GMHL adds team number 15 - Mattawa joins the fold for '11-'12! . Mattawavoyageursjrahockey.com . 2011-03-26 . 2011-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120322210808/http://www.mattawavoyageursjrahockey.com/archives/1-welcome-to-the-mattawa-junior-a-site.html . 2012-03-22 . dead .
3. Web site: North Bay Sports on . Baytoday.ca . 2011-04-13 . 2011-10-19.
4. Web site: Vaughan Stars Press Release . Gmhl.net . 2011-05-25 . 2011-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111006192206/http://gmhl.net/component/content/article/45/297 . 2011-10-06 . dead .
5. Web site: CottageCountryNow Article: New team comes with NHL ties . Cottagecountrynow.ca . 2011-07-21 . 2011-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120326214558/http://www.cottagecountrynow.ca/community/northmuskoka/article/1046549 . 2012-03-26 . dead .
6. Web site: GMHL TEAM LINEUP CHANGES FOR 2011-2012 . Gmhl.net . 2011-05-18 . 2011-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111006192149/http://gmhl.net/component/content/article/45/296 . 2011-10-06 . dead .
7. Web site: Business Costs: Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena - Junior Hockey News . Americanjuniorhockey.com . 2011-10-19.
8. Web site: CottageCountryNow Article: Hockey team stalls out . Cottagecountrynow.ca . 2011-08-25 . 2011-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120326214651/http://www.cottagecountrynow.ca/news/article/1070877--hockey-team-stalls-out . 2012-03-26 . dead .
9. Web site: Teams | Greater Metro Jr. A Hockey League .
10. Web site: GMHL TEAM STATS . 2015-09-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150925121523/http://gmhl.net/stats/expanded-team-stats . 2015-09-25 .