2012–13 GMHL season explained

2012–13 GMHL season
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League:	Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League
Sport:	Hockey
Duration:	Regular season 2012-09-07 – 2013-02-17 Playoffs 2013-02-18 – 2013-03-30
Finals Champ:	Bradford Rattlers
No Of Teams:	15
Seasonslistnames:	GMHL
Prevseason Year:	2011–12
Nextseason Year:	2013–14

The 2012–13 GMHL season was the seventh season of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL). The fifteen teams of the GMHL played 42-game schedules.

Starting in February 2013, 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 Bradford Rattlers won their third regular season title with a perfect record of 42 wins and no losses. With a 14 win, 2 loss record, the Rattlers also won their third Russell Cup as league playoff champions with a 4-games-to-2 victory over the Temiscaming Titans.

Changes

• Expansion granted to the Rama Aces.
• Powassan Eagles announce return.
• Expansion granted to the Bradford Bulls.
• Expansion granted to the Toronto Attack.^[1]
• Expansion granted to the Bracebridge Phantoms.^[2]
• Elliot Lake Bobcats leave league for Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League.
• Deseronto Storm leave league for Empire B Junior C Hockey League.
• Algoma Avalanche cease operations.

Final 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

North Team Centre W–L–T-OTL GF–GA Points Temiscaming Titans 35-6-0-1 315-156 71 Bracebridge Phantoms 28-12-0-2 263-174 58 South Muskoka Shield 27-13-0-2 219-168 56 Powassan Eagles 25-13-2-2 194-171 54 Rama Aces 23-16-0-3 211-199 49 Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks 15-27-0-0 195-234 30 Mattawa Voyageurs 10-30-1-1 169-289 22 South Team Centre W–L–T-OTL GF–GA Points Bradford Rattlers 42-0-0-0 301-95 84 Toronto Attack 21-21-0-0 185-187 42 Bradford Bulls 20-20-0-2 182-195 42 Orangeville Americans 16-21-3-2 150-171 37 Shelburne Red Wings 17-25-0-0 191-230 34 Bobcaygeon Bucks 16-25-1-0 158-214 33 Toronto Canada Moose 12-28-0-2 153-261 26 Lefroy Wave 4-35-1-2 110-252 11

Teams listed on the official league website.^[3]

Standings listed on official league website.^[4]

2012-13 Russell Cup Playoffs

Playoff results are listed on the official league website.^[5]

Scoring leaders

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Illes Gallo Bradford Rattlers 38 47 61 108 153 Justin Norris Temiscaming Titans 42 45 56 101 18 Jakub Vrana Shelburne Red Wings 42 53 43 96 24 Vilem Opatmy Shelburne Red Wings 41 35 61 96 38 Andreas Gurfeldt Bradford Rattlers 42 21 72 93 26 Francis Beauregard Temiscaming Titans 37 43 48 91 49 Conor Smith Bradford Rattlers 41 48 42 90 64 John Sweet Mattawa Voyageurs 42 30 58 88 45 Joey Verrenijen Bracebridge Phantoms 40 29 58 87 83 Andrey Novikov South Muskoka Shield 40 42 44 86 37

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 T GA SO Sv% GAA Alfred Metz Bradford Rattlers 16 946 16 0 0 29 3 0.941 1.84 Jonathon LoParco Bradford Rattlers 21 1300 21 0 0 46 4 0.934 2.12 Anton Todykov Shelburne Red Wings 24 1333 11 10 0 96 1 0.919 4.32 Mark Andrews Orangeville Americans 25 1363 10 10 2 78 1 0.915 3.43 Donald Oldreive Bradford Bulls 28 1494 13 12 0 100 0 0.910 4.02

Awards

• Top Scorer: Illes Gallo (Rattlers)
• Most Valuable Player: Andreas Norrby (Rattlers)
• Rookie of the Year: Devon Gillham (Bulls)
• Top Forward: Illes Gallo (Rattlers)
• Top Defenceman: Andreas Norrby (Rattlers)
• Top Goaltender: Anton Todykov (Red Wings)
• Top Defensive Forward: Aaron Scott (Rattlers)
• Most Sportsmanlike Player: Glen Patterson (Bucks)
• Most Heart: Ricky Darrell (Aces)
• Top Coach: Johan Lundskog (Rattlers)

See also

• 2012 in ice hockey
• 2013 in ice hockey

External links

• Official website of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League

Notes and References

1. Web site: Toronto Attack to play in 2012 - 2013 . 2012-08-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120415134307/https://gmhl.net/component/content/article/45-2011-2012/370-toronto-attack-to-play-in-2012-2013 . 2012-04-15 . dead .
2. Web site: What's Up Muskoka . www.whatsupmuskoka.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120424083956/http://www.whatsupmuskoka.com/sitepages/?aid=5481&cn=SPORTS&an=Bracebridge%20lands%20GMHL%20expansion%20team . 2012-04-24.
3. Web site: Teamlist - Greater Metro Jr. A Hockey League . 2010-08-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100124162426/http://gmhl.net/teamlist.php . 2010-01-24 .
4. Web site: Standings - Greater Metro Jr. A Hockey League . 2010-08-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100124092810/http://gmhl.net/standings.php . 2010-01-24 .
5. Web site: Playoffs - Greater Metro Jr. A Hockey League . 2010-08-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090416042148/http://gmhl.net/page.php?page=playoffs . 2009-04-16 .