2018-19 GMJHL Season

thumbThis is the 2018-19 Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League season. This is the league's 13th season.
==Membership Changes==
*On April 13, 2018 the league announced the addition of the Ottawa Sharpshooters who were formerly members of the Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League.https://gmhl.net/article.php?article_id=57128
*On April 19, 2018 the Wiarton Schooners announced their intention of returning to the league for the 2018-19 season. The team announced they were accepting applications for players for the 2018-19 season and brought in more staff to operate the team.http://www.wiartonschooners.com/story/64/player-applications
*The Seguin Huskies folded some time in May of 2018.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/the-death-pool-seguin-huskies-shot-out-back-behind-the-barn/
*On July 30, 2018 the Niagara-on-the-Lake Nationals were announced as an expansion team for the 2018-19 season.https://gmhl.net/article.php?article_id=57186 The team was previously removed from the Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League earlier in the summer when they were having problems recruiting players.http://www.cpjhl.com/news/cpjhl-terminates-membership-of-niagara-on-the-lake
*The Wiarton Schooners were removed from the schedule on November 19, 2018. The franchise had been terminated without option for return.https://gmhl.net/article.php?article_id=57252
*On March 8, 2019 the league posted that applications for the head coach position were being taken for the Bancroft Rockhounds expansion team for the 2019-20 season.https://gmhl.net/article.php
==Teams==
===North Division===
Team 	Joined	Centre 	Arena
Almaguin Spartans 	2011 	South River 	South River-Machar Arena
Bradford Bulls 	2012 	Bradford 	Bob Fallis Sports Centre
Bradford Rattlers 	2006 	Bradford 	BWG Leisure Centre
Knights of Meaford 	2013 	Meaford 	Meaford & St. Vincent Community Centre
New Tecumseth Civics	2013 	Alliston 	New Tecumseth Recreation Complex
Ottawa Sharpshooters	2018 	Almonte 	Almonte Community Centre
South Muskoka Shield	2006 	Gravenhurst 	Gravenhurst Centennial Centre
Temiscaming Titans 	2011 	Temiscaming, QC 	Le Centre de Temiscaming
Ville-Marie Pirates 	2017 	Ville-Marie, Quebec	Olympia de Ville-Marie
West Nipissing Lynx 	2010 	Sturgeon Falls 	Sturgeon Falls Arena
Wiarton Schooners 	2017 	Wiarton 	Wiarton Arena & Community Centre
===South Division===
Team 	Joined	Centre 	Arena
Kingsville Kings 	2015 	Kingsville 	Kingsville Arena Complex
London Lakers 	1989 	London 	London Sports Park
Niagara Whalers 	2014 	Port Colborne 	Vale Health and Wellness Centre
Niagara-on-the-Lake Nationals	2018 	Niagara-on-the-Lake	Meridian Credit Union Arena
North York Renegades 	2014 	North York 	Canlan Ice Sports York
Northumberland Stars 	2015 	Cramahe 	Keeler Centre
Oshawa Riverkings 	2015 	Oshawa 	Legends Arena
St. George Ravens 	2013 	St. George 	South Dumfries Community Centre
Tilsonburg Hurricanes 	2016 	Tilsonburg 	Tilsonburg Community Centre
Toronto Predators 	2013 	Toronto 	Mattamy Athletic Centre
Tottenham Steam 	2014 	New Tecumseth 	Tottenham and Community Fitness Centre
Windsor Aces 	2017 	Windsor 	Adie Knox Herman Arena
==Standings==
===North Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Bradford Rattlers 	42	35	6 	1 	259	133	71
Ville-Marie Pirates 	42	31	11	0 	273	158	62
Temiscaming Titans 	42	27	12	3 	228	155	57
New Tecumseth Civics	42	24	15	3 	192	173	51
Almaguin Spartans 	42	21	19	2 	183	187	44
West Nipissing Lynx 	42	20	19	3 	189	203	43
Bradford Bulls 	42	18	20	4 	194	181	40
Knights of Meaford 	42	18	21	3 	175	175	39
South Muskoka Shield	42	14	25	3 	145	213	31
Ottawa Sharpshooters	32	4 	26	2 	88 	225	10
Wiarton Schooners 	19	1 	18	0 	30 	165	2
Note Wiarton franchise was removed from the schedule on November 19, 2018.  Their record was removed from the other teams' records.
===South Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
St. George Ravens 	42	39	3 	0 	324	116	78
Tilsonburg Hurricanes 	42	33	8 	1 	307	160	67
Windsor Aces 	42	28	12	2 	272	202	58
Kingsville Kings 	42	25	16	1 	246	164	51
Niagara-on-the-Lake Nationals	42	21	18	3 	227	224	45
Niagara Whalers 	42	21	20	1 	227	248	43
North York Renegades 	42	20	19	3 	200	194	43
Oshawa Riverkings 	42	21	21	0 	193	260	42
Northumberland Stars 	42	18	24	0 	207	241	36
Tottenham Steam 	42	14	23	5 	164	229	33
Toronto Predators 	42	11	28	3 	154	219	25
London Lakers 	42	3 	36	3 	107	356	9
==Russell Cup Playoffs==
===Format===
All teams qualify. Teams are re-seeded after each round. Single elimination rounds are held until both conferences are down to 8 teams. The division quarterfinals are best-of-three. The division semifinals are best-of-five. The division final and Russell Cup final are best-of-seven.
===North Preliminary Round 1===
*South Muskoka Shield defeated Ottawa Sharpshooters 4-3 (ot)
===South Preliminary Round 1===
*Tottenham Steam defeated Toronto Predators 5-3
*Northumberland Stars defeated London Lakers 3-1
===North Preliminary Round 2===
*Knights of Meaford defeated South Muskoka Shield 6-1
===South Preliminary Round 2===
*Tottenham Steam defeated Northumberland Stars 3-2
===South Preliminary Round 3===
* Tottenham Steam defeated Oshawa Riverkings 4-3
===North Quarterfinals===
*Bradford Rattlers defeated Knights of Meaford 2 games to none
*Ville-Marie Pirates defeated Bradford Bulls 2 games to 1
*West Nipissing Lynx defeated Temiscaming Titans 2 games to 1
*New Tecumseth Civics defeated Almaguin Spartans 2 games to 1
===South Quarterfinals===
*St. George Ravens defeated Tottenham Steam 2 games to none
*Tilsonburg Hurricanes defeated North York Renegades 2 games to 1
*Niagara Whalers defeated Windsor Aces 2 games to 1
*Kingsville Kings defeated Niagara-on-the-Lake Nationals 2 games to none
===North Semifinals===
*Bradford Rattlers defeated West Nipissing Lynx 3 games to none
*Ville-Marie Pirates defeated New Tecumseth Civics 3 games to none
===South Semifinals===
*St. George Ravens defeated Niagara Whalers 3 games to 1
*Tilsonburg Hurricanes defeated Kingsville Kings 3 games to 1
===North Final===
*Ville-Marie Pirates defeated Bradford Rattlers 4 games to 2
===South Final===
*St. George Ravens defeated Tilsonburg Hurricanes 4 games to none
Postings on the St. George Ravens twitter page indicated that Tilsonburg was forced to forfeit games 3 and 4 of the series due to a lack of players caused by food poisoning.https://twitter.com/StGeorgeRavens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Eembeddedtimeline%7Ctwterm%5Eprofile%3AStGeorgeRavens&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fravensjrahockey.ca%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR318kkblyai9Onm77qvBu7e984gSmhbcyISxq0p69JGaf_3QnZoISgxZvI Later reports indicated the team may have in fact folded.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/the-death-pool-gmhl-tillsonburg-folds-in-playoff-semi-finals/
===Russell Cup Final===
*Ville-Marie Pirates defeated St. George Ravens 4 games to none
==References==
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