2013–14 GMHL season explained

2013–14 GMHL season
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League:	Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League
Sport:	Hockey
Duration:	Regular season 2013-09-05 – 2014-02-16 Playoffs 2014-02-17 – 2014-03-26
Finals Champ:	Bradford Bulls
No Of Teams:	20
Seasonslistnames:	GMHL
Prevseason Year:	2012–13
Nextseason Year:	2014–15

The 2013–14 GMHL season was the eighth season of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL). The twenty teams of the GMHL played 42-game schedules.

Starting in February 2014, 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.

In the end, second year team Bradford Bulls defeated the defending champion Bradford Rattlers in the "Sidewalk Series" 4-games-to-1 to win their first ever Russell Cup as GMHL playoff champions.

Changes

• Toronto Canada Moose are renamed Toronto Blue Ice Jets
• Expansion granted to Halton Ravens of Burlington, Ontario
• Expansion granted to Knights of Meaford of Meaford, Ontario
• Expansion granted to Toronto Predators of Toronto
• Expansion granted to Seguin Huskies of Humphrey, Ontario
• Expansion granted to Alliston Coyotes of Alliston, Ontario

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–OTL GF–GA Points Seguin Huskies 39-1-2 295-106 80 Temiscaming Titans 34-5-3 298-119 71 South Muskoka Shield 33-6-3 324-152 69 Rama Aces 24-18-0 231-211 48 Bracebridge Phantoms 19-19-4 199-221 42 Mattawa Voyageurs 16-24-2 185-279 34 Powassan Eagles 14-27-1 155-253 29 Bobcaygeon Bucks 11-27-4 169-290 26 Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks 6-34-2 130-321 14 South Team Centre W–L–OTL GF–GA Points Bradford Bulls 32-6-4 226-109 68 Toronto Blue Ice Jets 32-9-1 304-150 65 Bradford Rattlers 30-8-4 230-116 64 Alliston Coyotes 30-10-2 239-158 62 Orangeville Americans 25-15-2 239-201 52 Toronto Attack 24-15-3 218-144 51 Halton Ravens 20-21-1 178-176 41 Knights of Meaford 18-22-2 197-254 38 Toronto Predators 5-34-3 91-247 13 Lefroy Wave 5-34-3 121-274 13 Shelburne Red Wings 3-37-2 124-372 8

Teams listed on the official league website.^[1]

Standings listed on official league website.^[2]

2013-14 Russell Cup Playoffs

Playoff results are listed on the official league website.^[3]

Qualifier

Single game elimination for eighth seeds of North and South Divisions.

South

Scoring leaders

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Donny Danroth South Muskoka 39 45 84 129 129 Andrey Novikov South Muskoka 40 65 58 123 38 Tomi Taavitsainen Brd. Bulls 40 57 58 115 101 Chris Brown Alliston 39 27 81 108 40 Phillip Koufis Bobcaygeon 42 40 55 95 55 Filip Sedivy Alliston 42 31 64 95 58 Ryder Murray Temsicaming 40 30 64 94 65 Ryan Brain Rama 40 48 42 90 120 Connor Scott Seguin 42 28 62 90 68 Gordy Bonnel Alliston 40 47 40 87 94

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 Martin Kysa Seguin 24 1376 19 3 53 4 0.939 2.31 Dominic Nyffeler Brd. Rattlers 25 1550 18 7 56 5 0.936 2.17 Jonathan D'Onofrio Temiscaming 14 756 12 0 23 5 0.933 1.83 Sergey Bolshakov Brd. Bulls 24 1465 15 9 60 3 0.932 2.46 Donovan Auger Tor. Attack 18 1004 11 7 51 0 0.926 3.05

Awards

• Top Scorer: Don Danroth (South Muskoka)
• Most Valuable Player: Tomi Taavitsainen (Bradford Bulls)
• Rookie of the Year: Sergey Bolshakov (Bradford Bulls)
• Top Forward: Tomi Taavitsainen (Bradford Bulls)
• Top Defenceman: Derek Van Ness (Alliston)
• Top Goaltender: Sergey Bolshakov (Bradford Bulls)
• Top Defensive Forward: Brandon Luksa (South Muskoka)
• Most Sportsmanlike Player: Joel Ahlin (Temiscaming)
• Most Heart: Michel Dumont (Sturgeon Falls)
• Top Coach: Gary Astalos (Seguin)

See also

• 2013 in ice hockey
• 2014 in ice hockey

External links

• Official website of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League

Notes and References

1. 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 .
2. 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 .
3. 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 .