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18-816: 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 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

36-543: 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 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

54-537: A 9-0 destruction of the struggling Toronto Canada Moose. In April 2008, the Alouettes announced that Lui Ricci as the club's new head coach. Ricci spent the last part of the season with the Alouettes. He also brought in assistants Kevin Gauthier, Patrick Geary and former North Bay Centennial and NHLer Steve McLaren. In 2009, after the team's strongest season to date, the Alouettes ceased operations. A year later,

72-550: A season-long battle for fourth place against the Deseronto Thunder and Toronto Canada Moose . They drew the Richmond Hill Rams in the league quarter-final, but lost out 4-games-to-2. In their 2007–2008 season, the Alouettes welcomed an entirely new squad, having only 2 returning players, Mackenzie Charron and Kory Cashaback. The 1st ever shutout in Alouettes history was recorded on Friday, September 28 by Tristan Jones, making 30 saves and adding an assist on his way to

90-470: The Greater Metro Junior 'A' Hockey League . The Richmond Hill Rams were a Junior ice hockey team based in Richmond Hill , Ontario , Canada. They played in the Greater Metro Junior 'A' Hockey League . The Rams were a resurrection of the Richmond Hill Rams of the old Metro Junior A Hockey League , which folded in 1995. The creation of the new team, although in a renegade league,

108-694: The Greater Metro Junior 'A' Hockey League . The Alouettes follow in the town's hockey tradition of the Sturgeon Falls Lynx who played in the town from 1994 until 2002 when they became the North Bay Skyhawks . The first game in the Alouettes' history took place on September 9, 2006, against the Richmond Hill Rams . The result was a 5–1 loss. The first goal in Alouette history was scored by Matt Mascarin. Justin Longchamps took

126-572: The 2007–08 season with exactly the same record as they did in the 2006–07 season, the Rams took a bye during the first round, then were challenged by the Innisfil Lakers in the quarter-final. The Lakers initially took a 3-games-to-none series lead, but the Rams battled back to force a winner-take-all Game 7. The Rams ran out of steam in Game 7 and were defeated 6-4 by the Lakers. In March 2008,

144-584: The Dukes played well, the Wild swept the series 4–0. The Wild continued to play well against the Temiscaming Royals in 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

162-835: The Lefroy Wave. In the spring of 2014, the Wave moved to Markdale, Ontario , and became the Grey Highlands Bravehearts. The Bravehearts were 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,

180-479: The Rams and King Wild engaged in a 4-game exhibition series against the Mexico national ice hockey team . The first of two games for the Rams was on the 20th, and finished with the Mexico national team winning 6–4. On the 24th, the Rams played them again and lost 5–2. On January 8, 2008, the ownership of the Rams announced a new sponsorship that changed the team name to the "Ontario Lightning Rams" for 2008–09, but

198-769: 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 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

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216-454: The deal and the name were dropped after one season. In the summer of 2009, the Rams took a leave of absence and never returned to action, along with sister-franchise Espanola Kings . In January 2024, the GMHL announced the return to Richmond Hill with the awarding of an expansion franchise Nipissing Alouettes The Nipissing Alouettes were a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based out of Sturgeon Falls, Ontario . They played in

234-478: The loss in goal in the first game in Alouettes history, but played well facing more than 50 shots. The first home game in the team's history was on September 22, 2006, against the Bradford Rattlers , a 6–3 loss. The Als celebrated their first victory on September 29, 2006. They defeated the Toronto Canada Moose by a score of 5–3. Nipissing finished their inaugural season in 6th place, losing out on

252-614: The original announcement by the league, it was indicated the Schooners were an expansion team replacing the Rock and not a direct continuation of the defunct team. However, the Schooners only lasted eight winless games, the last a 25–1 loss to the Knights of Meaford , before also folding. Richmond Hill Rams The Richmond Hill Rampage is an expansion Junior ice hockey team based in Richmond Hill , Ontario , Canada. They play in

270-580: The season in a 5–1 win against Nipissing, he also went on to top the whole league in scoring with 39 games played 48 goals and 34 assists for a total of 82 points, 17 ahead of his nearest challenger. On January 2, 2008, the Rams hosted the Moscow Selects All-star team in an exhibition game. The Selects won the game by a score of 7–4. This was the fourth game of seven that the Moscow team played against different GMJHL clubs. After finishing

288-575: 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, 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

306-409: Was also the first in the league's history as well. Daniel Jones had the honour of goaltending the team and league's first win and shutout. The Rams 100th goal was scored on November 3, 2006, against the Nipissing Alouettes , scored by Frank Spano with 9:19 remaining in the second period. English player Craig Peacock was also the first player in the league to score a Hat Trick, this was on the 2nd day of

324-519: Was the first Junior team to be established in Richmond Hill in 12 seasons. The Rams' first game was the first in the GMHL's history. The game was at the Ram's home arena and took place on September 8, 2006, against King Wild . The final result was a 6–0 victory for the Rams. The first goal in the team's history was scored by Darren Archebald, in the first period on the powerplay. Archebald's goal

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