2006–07 GMHL season
| 2006–07 GMHL season | |
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| League | Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League |
| Duration | Regular season 2006-09 – 2007-02 Playoffs 2007-02 – 2007-04 |
The 2006–07 GMHL season was the first season of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL). The seven teams of the GMHL will play 42-game schedules.
Come February, the top teams of the league will play 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, the GMHL formed an alliance with the WHA Junior Hockey League of British Columbia under the name National Junior Hockey Alliance. At the end of the league playoffs, the WHA champion was invited to a 3-game series hosted by the GMHL champion. The Bradford Rattlers won the Russell Cup 4-games-to-1 over the King Wild and the Alliance Cup 3-games-to-none over the New Westminster Whalers.
Changes
- GMHL is formed.
- Founding teams are: Bradford Rattlers, Deseronto Thunder, King Wild, Nipissing Alouettes, Richmond Hill Rams, South Muskoka Shield, and Toronto Canada Moose.
- National Junior Hockey Alliance is formed for one season with WHA Junior Hockey League.
Final Standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For.
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Teams listed on the official league website.[1]
Standings listed on official league website.[2]
2006-07 Russell Cup Playoffs
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Bradford | Bye | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Bradford | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Deseronto | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Deseronto | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | S. Muskoka | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Bradford | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | King | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | King | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Toronto | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | King | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Richmond Hill | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Richmond Hill | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Nipissing | 2 | ||||||||||||
Playoff results are listed on the official league website.[3]
Alliance Cup
The National Junior Hockey Alliance championship between the WHA Junior Hockey League champion New Westminster Whalers and the GMHL champion Bradford Rattlers was hosted by the Rattlers in Bradford, Ontario. Although a best-of-3 series, the third game would be played even if not necessary as a friendly.
- Game 1: 03/30/07 - New Westminster 1 @ Bradford 6
- Game 2: 03/31/07 - New Westminster 6 @ Bradford 8
- Game 3: 04/01/07 - New Westminster 5 @ Bradford 6 (SO)
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes
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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
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Awards
- Most Valuable Player - Karl Linden (Bradford Rattlers)
- Top Scorer - Craig Peacock (Richmond Hill Rams)
- Top Defenceman - Karl Linden (Bradford Rattlers)
- Top Goaltender - Andreas Goetz (Bradford Rattlers)
- Top Forward - Jordan Gidaro (King Wild)
- Most Heart - Ryan Henely (Nipissing Alouettes)
- Most Sportsmanlike Player - Brad Clark (Deseronto Thunder)
- Top Defensive Forward - Jake Gilbert (Nipissing Alouettes)
- Coach of the Year - Jenya Feldman (Bradford Rattlers)
- Official of the Year - John Klien