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42-552: The Tottenham Steam joined the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL) in 2014. Their first general manager and head coach was Ryan Wood. The Steam played their first game, at home, on September 6, 2014. Hosting the Russell Cup champions Bradford Bulls , winning 7–5. The first goal in team history was scored by Brian Rupp after 3:44 into the first period. Shortly after winning their first Russell Cup championship in 2016,

84-651: A 7–1 win over Brampton. Niagara defeated the Battalion in four games and eliminated the Oshawa Generals in the second round. Following the second round victory, Archibald was named the OHL Player of the Week. The IceDogs were eventually eliminated in the conference finals by Mississauga as Archibald finished the playoffs with 10 goals and 14 points in 14 games. In the pre-season before the 2011–12 season , Archibald represented

126-814: A Nipissing/Ville-Marie combined squad. The only loss for a GMHL team happened to the Toronto Canada Moose . In the summer of 2010, the GMHL expanded in two fashions internationally. First, Canada 's only All-Russian team in the Shelburne Red Wings and then late in the summer they expanded to the United States through the expansion of the Jamestown Jets . On September 17, 2010, the GMHL played its first international regulation game, in Jamestown, New York between

168-605: A goal and an assist. While Archibald was with the Comets, Vancouver suffered several injuries, resulting in Archibald's call-up. He made his NHL debut on October 25, 2013, in a 3–2 overtime win against the St. Louis Blues . He played eight minutes, recording two shots and a hit. Eight days later, he recorded his first career point, an assist, in a 4–0 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs . He

210-775: A regular season game, known as the North Shore Winter Classic, between the Elliot Lake Bobcats and Algoma Avalanche on January 29, 2011. This is the first known regulation outdoor game in Ontario in the modern era. Elliot Lake would win the game 8–2 in front of an estimated 400 fans. At the conclusion of the 2011–12 season, the league lost the Elliot Lake Bobcats to the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League . Relocation of teams and expansion

252-509: Is a Canadian developmental junior ice hockey league. The league has primarily had teams in the Greater Toronto Area , Central Ontario , Northeastern Ontario , and Quebec . As of December 2019, the league's alumni page lists 889 players from 2006 to 2019 who graduated from the GMHL to play for NCAA colleges, various professional leagues, major junior teams, or represented their country in various IIHF World Championships . The GMHL

294-580: Is an independent junior league and is not a member of the Canadian Junior Hockey League or sanctioned by Hockey Canada . The league, founded by Bob Russell and Hockeyworks International Ltd., opened its doors in early 2006, with a unique concept and approach to improving the standard of developing young hockey players within a Junior 'A' league format setting. A draft showcase event took place from May 5 until May 7, 2006 with players from Canada, United States, and Europe taking up residence at

336-626: The 2012–13 NHL lockout led to several younger Canucks' playing in the AHL. With the increased depth in Chicago, Archibald did not make the Wolves out of training camp and was assigned to Kalamazoo. While there, he scored 6 goals and 14 points in 18 games. At the same time, Chicago sustained several injuries and had a struggling powerplay . As a result, Archibald was recalled from the Wings. He scored in his second game with

378-662: The Barrie Colts in the OHL. He recorded 25 goals and 49 points in 68 games. He added seven points in five playoff games as Barrie lost in the first round to the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors . After going undrafted prior to the start of the 2009–10 OHL season , Archibald was invited to the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets development training camp as a free agent. Upon returning to Barrie, Archibald scored 26 goals and 59 points in 57 games. In

420-478: The Bradford Rattlers and South Muskoka Shield being thrown out in the semifinal round. An incident, both on-ice and later off-ice, involving a player from each team and later two more players and a parent from one team entering the altercation, resulted in a police investigation and one team refusing to continue. The league disqualified both teams after the game failed to continue. Since the 2012 tournament,

462-637: The Brock Bucks . At the same time, the Quebec -based Temiscaming Royals walked away from the league to join the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League , but were replaced within weeks by the Ville-Marie Dragons . In December 2008 and January 2009, eight teams of the GMHL hosted Kazakhstan 's Under-18 Torpedo UST-Kamenogorsk squad. Victorious were the Elliot Lake Bobcats (twice), South Muskoka Shield , King Wild , Bradford Rattlers , Innisfil Lakers , and

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504-467: The Jamestown Jets and Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks , both expansion teams to the league for the 2010–11 season. Jamestown won the game 4–3. In December 2010, the GMHL named Bob Bernstein commissioner. After serving as commissioner for seven days, Bernstein was relieved of his duties and Ken Girard later resumed as full-time commissioner. In mid-January 2011, it was announced that the town of Iron Bridge, Ontario and its 500-seat outdoor arena would host

546-847: The King Wild and Richmond Hill Rams played two games each against the Mexico national ice hockey team . The Wild won both their games, while the Rams lost both of theirs. For the 2008–09 season, the GMJHL adopted much of the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's ice hockey rulebook. The GMJHL added the Minden Riverkings and the Oro-Medonte 77's to the mix, and the Dukes relocated to become

588-549: The King Wild and the Richmond Hill Rams . The final result was a 6–0 victory for the Rams, despite being badly outshot by the Wild. The first goal in the league's history was scored by the Rams' Darren Archibald (future Vancouver Canucks prospect) on the power play during the first period. Rams' goaltender Daniel Jones picked up the historical first victory, as well as the league's first shutout in history. On November 15, 2006,

630-769: The Ontario Hockey League (OHL) for the Barrie Colts and Niagara IceDogs . Undrafted out of junior, he signed with the Vancouver Canucks as a free agent and played at multiple levels within the organization. In his first year of junior hockey , Archibald was cut from an Ontario Hockey League (OHL) try-out and played a season in junior A . He played for the Stouffville Spirit in the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL), recording 21 goals and 47 points in 48 games. The following season he made

672-721: The Seguin Huskies . The Force and Schooners both folded during the season without winning a game. After one season following the Islanders merge, the Seguin Huskies folded in 2018. The GMHL also added two teams originally in the Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League in the Niagara-on-the-Lake Nationals and Ottawa Sharpshooters for 2018–19. The Wiarton Schooners returned but folded midseason for

714-738: The 2013–14 season, and were renamed the Shelburne Stars. However, the Stars did not play in 2014–15 and changed their name to the Shelburne Sharks and began play in 2015–16. In May 2015, the Rama Aces took a leave of absence but never returned. In November 2015, the Brantford Steelfighters suspended their operations after 18 games. The Shelburne Sharks returned as the Shelburne Stars in June 2016, but

756-562: The 2018–19 season, the DaSilva's sold the team to new ownership, which retained Hamilton as general manager and head coach. Following the 2019–20 season, Matt Hamilton becoming the sole owner of the team. The team briefly rebranded as the Tottenham Express for a fresh start in April 2020. Derek Robinson became head coach with Matt Hamilton acting as general manager and president. The 2020–21 season

798-517: The Canucks in the 2011 Young Stars Tournament, where he scored two goals and added an assist to tie for the team lead. After the tournament, he was invited to the Canucks' main training camp, but failed to make the team and was reassigned to the American Hockey League 's (AHL) Chicago Wolves . He started the season with Chicago and scored a goal in the Wolves' season opener. He failed to score in

840-416: The Canucks minor league system for several years. In the 2016–17 season , Archibald had a breakout year statistically, scoring 47 points in 76 games and winning the Comets' MVP award. After a strong preseason, Archibald was one of the Canucks' last cuts to start the 2017–18 season . On February 7, 2018, the Canucks announced that they had signed Archibald to an NHL contract and that he would make his return to

882-616: The GMJHL announced its affiliation with the World Hockey Association and creation of the National Junior Hockey Alliance . The affiliation resulted in a national championship between the GMJHL playoff champion and the winner of the WHA Junior West Hockey League after the 2006–07 season. The first ever regular season of the GMJHL concluded on February 25, 2007 with the Bradford Rattlers leading

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924-521: The Hockeyworks' World Hockey Centre near Shelburne, Ontario to take part in the league's first tryout camp. As of September 2006, it became clear that the league would operate its first season with seven teams. The original seven were the Bradford Rattlers , Deseronto Thunder , King Wild , Nipissing Alouettes , Richmond Hill Rams , South Muskoka Shield , and Toronto Canada Moose . The league's first ever game took place on September 8, 2006 between

966-551: The NHL. On October 1, 2018, Archibald was placed on, then cleared waivers, and assigned to begin the 2018–19 season with the Utica Comets. He was later recalled to play on Canucks' depleted/injured roster, appearing in nine games and scoring two points. On January 2, 2019, Archibald and Anders Nilsson were traded to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Mike McKenna , Tom Pyatt and a 2019 sixth-round draft pick. Archibald

1008-532: The National Junior Hockey League (NJHL). Bolded are overall regular season champions. Bolded are overall champions, Italics are finalist. Since 2009, the GMHL has had a mid-season prospect tournament. Generally, the top seven teams of the league compete in the tournament with an eighth team, the GMHL Selects representing the other teams in the league. The 2012 tournament featured both

1050-587: The Tottenham Steam gained new owners in the DaSilva family. Cup-winning coach Ryan Wood left the team to take the same positions with the New Tecumseth Civics . The DaSilva's initially brought in Johan Moell as general manager and Jim Aldred as head coach for the 2016–17 season but would instead hire former NHL All-Star Dennis Maruk as head coach. However, Maruk had to take a leave of absence midseason and

1092-465: The Wolves and after playing eight games Archibald was tied for third on the Wolves for goal scoring. When the lockout ended, Archibald was 1 of 12 Wolves players called up for an abbreviated training camp in Vancouver. He was returned to Chicago at the end of camp. Archibald finished the season scoring 12 goals and 22 points in 55 games. As the Wolves did not make the 2013 Calder Cup playoffs , Archibald

1134-479: The corresponding prospect tournament. He returned to the OHL for his over-age season , where he scored 18 goals in 24 games for Barrie before being traded to the Niagara IceDogs . Shortly after the trade, he signed an NHL entry-level free agent contract with the Vancouver Canucks . In Niagara, Archibald added another 23 goals and 36 points in 37 games. In the opening game of the playoffs, he scored four goals in

1176-575: The league changed the format to a prospect weekend with no championship rounds. *Min. 11 games, except 2020-21 due to COVID-19 (6 games). *Records reflect teams playing full 42-game schedule. Darren Archibald Darren Archibald (born February 9, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Grizzlys Wolfsburg in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He played major junior hockey in

1218-509: The next 17 games and was sent down to the ECHL 's Kalamazoo Wings . In the ECHL, Archibald scored 9 goals and 30 points in 36 games, which earned him a recall to the Wolves. He played two games in the AHL without scoring and was reassigned back to the Wings. He finished the year with 14 goals and 45 points in 49 games to lead all Kalamazoo rookies in points. In his second professional season in 2012–13 ,

1260-638: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and no champion was named. The following 2020–21 season did not take place as scheduled due to pandemic restrictions in Ontario and Quebec, with six teams playing only two games each in December 2020. The four teams in the GMHL West were able to play a partial season and a playoff in May 2021. In 2023, all teams from the GMHL West were removed by the league, which then formed their own league called

1302-721: The playoffs, Barrie defeated the Sudbury Wolves , Brampton Battalion and the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors to advance to the OHL championship, where they were swept by the Windsor Spitfires . In the playoffs Archibald added 5 goals and 10 points in 15 games. In the off-season, Archibald was again passed over in the NHL Entry Draft . He attended the Detroit Red Wings NHL conditioning prospect camp and played in

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1344-635: The season. The Orangeville Ice Crushers would also suspend operations in January 2017 and all remaining games against Orangeville were considered forfeits. For 2017–18, the league added the Fergus Force, Ville-Marie Pirates, Wiarton Schooners, and Windsor Aces while losing the Toronto Attack . In late August 2017, the Parry Sound Islanders announced they were taking a leave of absence and merged with

1386-634: The second consecutive season, and third consecutive midseason GMHL team folding in the town of Wiarton. In 2019, the league added the Western Provinces Hockey Association (WPHA) as a Western Division in the GMHL for the 2019–20 season, which then rebranded as the GMHL West. The WPHA had played the previous season in the Western States Hockey League as the Provinces Division. The 2020 playoffs were then curtailed by

1428-771: The team folded soon afterwards. The Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks re-branded as the West Nipissing Lynx, but remained in Sturgeon Falls. Early into the 2016–17 season, the Toronto Blue Ice Jets were removed from the schedule in the first week, the Bracebridge Blues in the fifth week, the Komoka Dragons in the seventh week, the Lincoln Mavericks in the twelfth week, and Wiarton Rock in the fifteenth week of

1470-548: The team was transferred to the town. The team is now known as the Deseronto Storm . On December 11, 2007, the GMJHL announced a seven-game challenge series versus a Russian team known as the Moscow Selects. In late December and early January, the top seven teams of the GMJHL will compete against the Moscow Selects—a mixture of top Top Junior talent from the City of Moscow . The Selects played seven games, against Bradford, Innisfil, Temiscaming, Elliot Lake, Richmond Hill, Deseronto, and South Muskoka, winning each game. In March 2008,

1512-562: The way as regular season champs with a record of 37 wins, 1 regulation loss, and 4 overtime losses. In the playoffs, the Rattlers beat the Deseronto Thunder in six games, and then the King Wild in five games to win the first ever Russell Cup as playoff champions. In September 2007, the GMJHL started its second season with six new teams, the Douro Dukes , Elliot Lake Bobcats , Espanola Kings , Innisfil Lakers , Tamworth Cyclones , and Temiscaming Royals . The Deseronto Thunder ran into financial trouble after their first season and ownership of

1554-416: Was busier than ever in 2014. The Mattawa Voyageurs moved to Sundridge to make way for an NOJHL team. The Powassan Eagles moved to Parry Sound to make way for an NOJHL team. The league expanded rapidly with a total of 15 new teams in the off-season of 2014 and 2015. There was a total of 30 teams, with a total of six teams playing in the same market (two teams per town). The Shelburne Red Wings were sold after

1596-451: Was called up to the Canucks as an extra player in case of emergency. Following the end of the playoffs, Archibald became a restricted free agent . He re-signed with the Canucks on a one-year, two-way contract worth $ 600,000 at the NHL level. Archibald attended the Canucks' training camp to start the 2013–14 season , but was sent down to the AHL to join Vancouver's new affiliate, the Utica Comets . He played four games for Utica, recording

1638-505: Was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and the team rebranded again as the Tottenham Thunder in November 2020. For the 2023–24 season, ownership transitioned to Micheal Prock and Beth Prock and the team was branded as the Tottenham Railers, paying tribute to the former Steam name as well as Tottenham's railroading history. Vito Scaringi was named the first Railers coach in May 2023. Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League The Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League ( GMHL )

1680-406: Was immediately re-assigned to Ottawa's AHL affiliate, the Belleville Senators . After leaving the Senators organization after the season, Archibald opted to sign a one-year AHL contract with the Toronto Marlies on July 8, 2019. In the following 2019–20 season, Archibald added 7 goals and 12 points in 34 games as an alternate captain with the Marlies before on February 19, 2020, he was traded in

1722-454: Was reassigned to the Comets on November 12, 2013. Archibald made another brief appearance with Vancouver in January 2014. In March, Daniel Sedin suffered a leg injury and Archibald was recalled to fill his roster spot. During his third call-up, Archibald scored his first career NHL goal on March 8, 2014, against Joni Ortio of the Calgary Flames . Despite limited NHL success, Archibald found himself without an NHL contract and remained in

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1764-408: Was replaced by Brandon Billie. For the 2017–18 season, the Steam brought in Matt Hamilton as head coach and general manager after previously coaching the Bradford Rattlers . The 2018–19 season saw the Steam add Robert Babiak as general manager, coming off a season with the Port Huron Prowlers . Babiak would depart the team in January, with the team then trading away many of its key players. Following

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