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20-774: The Lakers are one of six expansion teams for the 2007-08 GMHL season. On September 6, 2007, the Innisfil Lakers played their first ever game in franchise history against the Douro Dukes in Ennismore, Ontario . The game resulted in a 2-0 loss for the Lakers. The next night, the Lakers played the South Muskoka Shield in Gravenhurst, Ontario and picked up their first win 6-4. On November 30, 2007,

40-713: A leave of absence for the 2010-11 season to restructure the organization, but ceased operations permanently during that season. ** SPARTANS ** In August 2021 the Innisfil Sports Group announced the return of junior hockey in the form of the Innisfil Spartans. The Spartans will play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League, affiliated with the Ontario Hockey Association . The team will compete in

60-641: The Douro Dukes of Douro, Ontario in 2007. From 2008 until 2014, the team was known as the Bucks from Beaverton, Ontario and later Bobcaygeon , Ontario. The Douro Dukes were one of six expansion teams for the 2007–08 GMHL season. On September 6, 2007, the Douro Dukes played their first-ever game at the Ennismore Arena against the Innisfil Lakers . John Minarik made 27 saves to record

80-577: The Nipissing Alouettes , but the bottom dropped out and the Dukes went on a horrid 38-game losing streak. Despite this, the Dukes ended up facing the King Wild in the first round of the playoffs. They kept the first game close, and games two, three, and four close until the third period, but the previous year's finalists swept the series 4 games to none. In April 2008, it was announced that

100-959: The 2010 Summer Annual Governor's Meeting, it was announced that the Wild would relocate to the Vaughan Ice Plex in Vaughan, Ontario , after two seasons in Nobleton and two previous in King City. In the summer of 2011, the Vaughan Wild moved to Lefroy, Ontario , and became the Lefroy Wave. In the spring of 2014, the Wave moved to Markdale, Ontario , and became the Grey Highlands Bravehearts. The Bravehearts were

120-815: The Carruthers Division of the North Conference. Their first season was a solid 4th place finish out of the 9 division teams. Douro Dukes The Colborne Cramahe Hawks were a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Colborne, Ontario . The Hawks were members of the World United Hockey League . Competing in the Greater Metro Junior 'A' Hockey League from 2007 until 2014, the Hawks originated as

140-459: The Dukes first victory and first-ever shutout by a score of 2–0. Tony DeCarlo scored both the first and second goal in franchise history in the third period of this very close contest. After a strong start to the season, the Dukes lost many of their key players to defections to other clubs including: Guy Wallace, Brad Meyers, Mike Banelopoulos, Andrew Bobas, John Minark and Mike Madgett. The Dukes won two of their first four games, beating Innisfil and

160-660: The Dukes had moved to become the Warsaw Redmen, but a month later it was disclosed that the team would instead move to Beaverton, Ontario and would be called the Brock Bucks. On September 14, 2008, the Brock Bucks played their first ever game since relocation. The game was against the Minden Riverkings in Minden Hills. The Bucks won 7–5 which snapped the longest running multi-season losing streak in

180-637: The GMHL announced that Wiarton would get another team named the Wiarton Schooners for the 2017–18 season. The new team was primarily owned by John and Beth Dyer, a couple who had formerly been trainers and a billet family for the Rock, and 10% stake by another unannounced owner. After the original announcement by the league, it was indicated the Schooners were an expansion team replacing the Rock and not

200-627: The GMHL at 38 losses. This win was the franchise's first win since September 22, 2007. In the summer of 2010, it was announced that the team was moving to Bobcaygeon and becoming the Bobcaygeon Bucks. In the Spring of 2014, the team announced that after four seasons in the GMHL the team would relocate to Colborne, Ontario as members of the newly formed Canadian International Hockey League . The Hawks, after nine games would find themselves in seventh place out of eight teams. In mid-November,

220-523: The Hawks left the CIHL with four other teams, but before they could join the other teams in a new league they were locked out of their arena over unpaid bills and forced to temporarily cease operations. The team reorganized and joined the new World United Hockey League with the former CIHL teams. After the demise of WUHL in 2015, the club has no activity. 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 King Wild The Wiarton Rock

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240-527: The Lakers met the 2nd seed Temiscaming Royals . In a tough fought series, the Lakers came out winning 4-games-to-2. In the final, the Lakers found themselves pitted against the defending 2007 Russell Cup champion Bradford Rattlers . The Lakers challenged the Rattlers in each game, but Bradford was not to be denied. The Rattlers won with a four-game-sweep. On January 4, 2009, the Lakers played Kazakhstan 's Torpedo UST-Kamenogorsk Under-18 team. Innisfil,

260-597: The Lakers played their long-awaited first home game. The sixteenth game of the season, the delay was over the late finish of construction on Innisfil's new arena which is the Home of the Lakers. Their opponent was the Richmond Hill Rams , which the Lakers defeated by a score of 4-2. On December 29, 2007, the Lakers hosted the Moscow Selects All-star team in an exhibition game. The Selects won

280-524: The Rams despite outshooting them. The Wild's first victory was a 5-1 decision over the Toronto Canada Moose on September 9, 2006. The team's first home game was against the Nipissing Alouettes on September 10, 2006. The Wild were victorious, winning by a 5–3 score. The 2006–07 finalists started the 2007–08 season off rather slow. After playing poorly for most of the season, the Wild surged in

300-723: The first junior team to be based Markdale since the Junior D Markdale Mohawks played their final season in 1984–85. After two seasons in Markdale, the Bravehearts moved again to Wiarton, Ontario , for the 2016–17 season where they became the Wiarton Rock. However, the team lasted less than one season in Wiarton and folded on December 14, 2016, after difficulty icing a full team and earning a 1-24-1 record. On March 20, 2017,

320-457: The game by a score of 7-3. This was the first game of seven that the Moscow team played against different GMJHL clubs. Despite getting a first round bye, the Lakers found themselves in a battle in the 2008 playoffs. In the first round, they met the 2007 semi-finalist Richmond Hill Rams . The series went the distance with the Lakers taking game seven to win the series. In the league semi-final,

340-478: The last quarter with a long winning streak to pull to a .500 record by the final regular season game. In the bye round of the playoffs, all byes had been picked and the final two teams remaining were the Wild and the Douro Dukes who would play in the first round by default. Although the Dukes played well, the Wild swept the series 4–0. The Wild continued to play well against the Temiscaming Royals in

360-538: The league quarter-finals, but were still defeated by the second-seeded team in six games. In March 2008, the Wild and the Richmond Hill Rams challenged the Mexico national ice hockey team to a set of four exhibition games. The first of two games for the Wild happened on March 22, as the Wild defeated the Mexican Senior team 7–6 in overtime. On March 25, the Wild beat them again 7–6, this time in regulation. At

380-729: The third team in the GMHL to play Torpedo, defeated them 5-3. On Friday Feb. 20 The Lakers defeated Bradford to clinch the franchise's 1st regular season division title and the top seed in the South division. In the South Division quarter-final, the Lakers would knock off the Ontario Lightning Rams 3-games-to-1. They elected to take a bye through to the division final. The Lakers met the Deseronto Storm in South final, only to lose 4-games-to-2. Innisfil took

400-610: Was a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Wiarton, Ontario , and a member of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL). The Rock relocated multiple times, spending time in King City , Nobleton , Lefroy , and Markdale , Ontario. The King Wild's first game was the first game in the GMHL's history taking place on September 8, 2006, against the Richmond Hill Rams in Richmond Hill, Ontario . The Wild lost 6–0 to

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