2015–16 GMHL season explained

2015-16 GMHL season
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League:	Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League
Sport:	Hockey
Duration:	Regular season 2015-09-08 – 2016-02-14 Playoffs 2016-02-15 – 2016-04-04
Finals Champ:	Tottenham Steam
No Of Teams:	32
Seasonslistnames:	GMHL
Prevseason Year:	2014–15
Nextseason Year:	2016–17

The 2015–16 GMHL season was the tenth season of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL). The thirty-two teams of the GMHL played 42-game schedules.

Starting in February 2016, 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.

Changes

• Expansion granted to the Bobcaygeon Storm of Bobcaygeon, Ontario.^[1]
• Expansion granted to the Brantford Steelfighters of Brantford, Ontario.^[2] Brantford folded and was removed from the league schedule on November 5, 2015.
• Cambridge Bears take the season off to restructure.
• Expansion granted to the Colborne Chiefs of Colborne, Ontario.^[3]
• Expansion granted to the Coldwater Falcons of Coldwater, Ontario.^[4]
• Expansion granted to the Grey County Grizzlies of Grey County, Ontario.^[5] Grey County folded and was removed from the league schedule on December 2, 2015.
• Expansion granted to the Haliburton Wolves of Haliburton, Ontario.^[6]
• Expansion granted to the Kingsville Kings of Kingsville, Ontario.^[7]
• Expansion granted to the Komoka Dragons of Komoka, Ontario.^[8]
• Expansion granted to the London Lakers of London, Ontario.^[9]
• Expansion was granted to the Norfolk Vikings of Norfolk, Ontario.^[10]
• Orangeville Americans renamed Orangeville Ice Crushers.
• Expansion granted to the Oshawa Riverkings of Oshawa, Ontario.^[11]
• Rama Aces take season off to restructure.
• Shelburne Stars was renamed Shelburne Sharks.
• Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks folded February 1, 2016.

Current Standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Tie; OTL = Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; q = relegated to qualifier round; y = clinched division title; z = clinched league title

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

Teams listed on the official league website.^[12]

Standings listed on official league website.^[13]

2016 Russell Cup Playoffs

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Division Champion Round Robin Team W–L–OTL GF GA Kingsville Kings (S) 3-0-1 21 9 Tottenham Steam (C) 2-2-0 14 14 Almaguin Spartans (N) 1-3-0 7 19

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Russell Cup Play-in and Finals

8th Place Qualifiers

North Division

Central Division

South Division

Playoff results are listed on the official league website.^[14]

Scoring leaders

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM

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 Wes Werner Kingsville Kings 11 600 9 0 0 12 3 0.942 1.20 Jan Pechek Kingsville Kings 27 1515 24 2 0 44 2 0.951 1.74 Sebastien Demassa-Carlson Almaguin Spartans 15 862 12 2 0 27 1 0.937 1.88 Andreas Morger Temiscaming Titans 15 830 11 2 0 26 1 0.929 1.88 Denny Dubblestyne Tottenham Steam 13 820 13 0 0 27 3 0.936 1.98

Awards

• Top Scorer: Matt Fischer (Tottenham Steam)
• Most Valuable Player: Slava Chegrintcev (Alliston Coyotes)
• Rookie of the Year: Kyle Challis (Bracebridge Blues)
• Top Forward: Ludwig Niederbach (Kingsville Kings)
• Top Defenceman: Kevin Walker (Tottenham Steam)
• Top Goaltender: Jan Pechek (Kingsville Kings)
• Top Defensive Forward: Erik Erkers (Almaguin Spartans)
• Most Sportsmanlike Player: Graham Pickard (Tottenham Steam)
• Most Heart: Alfred Panelin-Borg (South Muskoka Shield)
• Top Coach: Jesse Cook (Toronto Attack)

See also

• 2015 in ice hockey
• 2016 in ice hockey

External links

• Official website of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bobcaygeon Returns as Storm. gmhl.net. 2015-04-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190131/http://gmhl.net/gmhl-alumni/640-bobcaygen-returns-as-storm. 2016-03-04. dead.
2. Web site: GMHL Adds the Brantford Steelfighters. gmhl.net. 2015-05-19.
3. Web site: The Colborne Chiefs - Junior A Expansion Team. mohawakwarriorhockey.ca. 2015-03-20.
4. Web site: Falcons Jr A Hockey soars Into Coldwater. simcoe.com. 2015-07-06.
5. Web site: Grey County Grizzlies Enter GMHL. gmhl.net. 2015-05-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208082855/http://gmhl.net/component/content/article/45/660. 2015-12-08. dead.
6. Web site: 2015-2016 Expansion Teams. gmhl.net. 2015-03-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20150816201301/http://gmhl.net/sponsors/637-2015-expansion-teams. 2015-08-16. dead.
7. Web site: Kingsville Kings Join GMHL. kingsvillekings.com. 2015-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160309022343/http://kingsvillekings.com/news/join-gmhl.html. 2016-03-09. dead.
8. Web site: 2015-2016 Expansion Teams. gmhl.net. 2015-03-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20150816201301/http://gmhl.net/sponsors/637-2015-expansion-teams. 2015-08-16. dead.
9. Web site: London Lakers Granted GMHL Membership. gmhl.net. 2015-05-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112908/http://gmhl.net/component/content/article/45/645. 2016-03-04. dead.
10. Web site: Norfolk Vikings Expand to GMHL. gmhl.net. 2015-04-07.
11. Web site: Oshawa Riverkings added to Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League. durhamregion.com. 2015-04-23.
12. 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 .
13. 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 .
14. 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 .