Almaguin Spartans

The Almaguin Spartans are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in South River, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League. They were originally the Mattawa Voyageurs of Mattawa, Ontario.
==History==
The Voyageurs were announced in the spring of 2011.http://m.northbaynipissing.com/news-story/4726955-spartans-move-to-south-river/
On September 16, 2011, the Voyageurs played their first ever game, at home, against the Bobcaygeon Bucks. The Voyageurs would end up losing the game in a shootout 5-4, but picked up a point for their regulation tie. On the 18th, at home again, the Voyageurs picked up their first ever win 5-4 in overtime over the Algoma Avalanche.
In July 2014, the team was approved for relocation to South River, Ontario where they became the Almaguin Spartans.http://www.northbaynipissing.com/news-story/4431729-junior-a-hockey-franchise-on-its-way-to-sundridge/
In March 2015 Myles Pepin was promoted from assistant coach and was named the team's new head coach.
The team would win their first nine games of the 2018 playoffs and then defeated the St. George Ravens in six games to claim the Russell Cup championship.
==Season-by-season records==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OTL 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Regular Season Finish 	Playoffs 	 	
Mattawa Voyageurs	Mattawa Voyageurs 	Mattawa Voyageurs 	Mattawa Voyageurs 	Mattawa Voyageurs 	Mattawa Voyageurs 	Mattawa Voyageurs 	Mattawa Voyageurs 	Mattawa Voyageurs 	Mattawa Voyageurs 	Mattawa Voyageurs 	 	
2011–12 	42 	19 	21 	— 	2 	170 	206 	40 	9th GMHL 	Lost Bye Round 	 	
2012–13 	42 	10 	30 	1 	1 	169 	289 	22 	14th GMHL 	Lost Division Quarter-finals 	 	
2013–14 	42 	16 	24 	— 	2 	185 	279 	34 	14th GMHL 	Lost Division Quarter-finals 	 	
Almaguin Spartans	Almaguin Spartans 	Almaguin Spartans 	Almaguin Spartans 	Almaguin Spartans 	Almaguin Spartans 	Almaguin Spartans 	Almaguin Spartans 	Almaguin Spartans 	Almaguin Spartans 	Almaguin Spartans 	 	
2014–15 	42 	16 	24 	— 	2 	196 	211 	26 	4th North Div. 	Lost Elimination Qualifier 	 	
2015–16 	42 	34 	7 	- 	1 	267 	107 	69 	3rd North Div. 	Lost Championship play-in game 	 	
2016–17 	42 	23 	15 	- 	3 	164 	154 	49 	6th North Div. 	Lost Division Quarterfinals 	 	
2017–18 	42 	31 	11 	- 	0 	217 	145 	62 	1st North Div. 	Russell Cup Champions 	 	
2018–19 	42 	21 	19 	- 	2 	183 	187 	44 	5th North Div. 	Lost Division Quarterfinals 	 	
2019–20 	42 	18 	21 	- 	3 	191 	218 	39 	7th North Div. 	Lost Division Quarterfinals 	 	
2020-21 	Unable to get in any games due to local restrictions related to COVID-19 pandemic	Unable to get in any games due to local restrictions related to COVID-19 pandemic	Unable to get in any games due to local restrictions related to COVID-19 pandemic	Unable to get in any games due to local restrictions related to COVID-19 pandemic	Unable to get in any games due to local restrictions related to COVID-19 pandemic	Unable to get in any games due to local restrictions related to COVID-19 pandemic	Unable to get in any games due to local restrictions related to COVID-19 pandemic	Unable to get in any games due to local restrictions related to COVID-19 pandemic	Unable to get in any games due to local restrictions related to COVID-19 pandemic	Unable to get in any games due to local restrictions related to COVID-19 pandemic	Unable to get in any games due to local restrictions related to COVID-19 pandemic	Unable to get in any games due to local restrictions related to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22 	38 	7 	28 	- 	3 	94 	177 	17 	10th North 	Lost North Preliminary Round 1 	 	
2022-23 	Franchise inactive for 2022-23 season 	Franchise inactive for 2022-23 season 	Franchise inactive for 2022-23 season 	Franchise inactive for 2022-23 season 	Franchise inactive for 2022-23 season 	Franchise inactive for 2022-23 season 	Franchise inactive for 2022-23 season 	Franchise inactive for 2022-23 season 	Franchise inactive for 2022-23 season 	Franchise inactive for 2022-23 season 	Franchise inactive for 2022-23 season 	
2023-24 	42 	11 	29 	- 	2 	130 	237 	24 	6th North 	Lost Division Qualifier 	 	
===Playoffs===
*2012
:Orangeville Americans defeated Mattawa Voyageurs 2-games-to-none in bye round
*2013
:Temiscaming Titans defeated Mattawa Voyageurs 3-games-to-none in division quarter-finals
*2014
:South Muskoka Shield defeated Mattawa Voyageurs 3-games-to-none in division quarter-finals
*2015
:Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks defeated Almaguin Spartans 5–4 (OT) in the North Division Elimination Qualifier Game
*2016
:Almaguin Spartans defeated Bracebridge Blues 3-games-to-1 in division quarter-finals
:Almaguin Spartans defeated Temiscaming Titans 3-games-to-1 in division semi-finals
:Almaguin Spartans defeated South Muskoka Shield 4-games-to-2 in division finals
:Almaguin Spartans 1–3 in Russell Cup Round Robin (Lost 1–4 vs. Steam, Lost 1–5 vs. Kings, Lost 1–7 vs. Kings, Won 4–3 vs. Steam)
:Tottenham Steam defeated Almaguin Spartans 7–2 in the Russell Cup Championship play-in game.
*2017
:South Muskoka Shield defeated Almaguin Spartans 3-games-to-2 in division quarter-finals
*2018
:Almaguin Spartans defeated South Muskoka Shield 2-games-to-none in division quarter-finals
:Almaguin Spartans defeated Temiscaming Titans 3-games-to-none in division semi-finals
:Almaguin Spartans defeated Bradford Rattlers 4-games-to-none in division finals
:Almaguin Spartans defeated St. George Ravens 4-games-to-2 in Russell Cup finals
==References==
==External links==
*Spartans Webpage (pending)
*GMHL Webpage
Category:Established in 2011
Category:Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League teams