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29-587: The team has had success, winning two division titles, won the regular season championship twice, appeared in the Russell Cup Finals four times, and won the Russell Cup in 2015 and 2022. The success has been reflected in attendance and has been one of the top teams in attendance in the GMHL. The Temiscaming Titans were officially announced April 12, 2011. The Titans are one of two Quebec-based teams in

58-751: A Junior ice hockey team based in Témiscaming , Quebec , Canada. They were members of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League , but originated in the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League . The announcement of the Temiscaming Royals as the first Quebec -based team in the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League came on April 4, 2007. The expansion of the Royals makes them the ninth team in

87-462: A 1–0 series lead and they were the first team to beat the Rattlers (52–0–0–0) through the regular season and playoffs. Bradford would win games two and three, with Temiscaming taking game four to tie the series 2–2. Ultimately, Temiscaming lost the series in six games. The Titans started off the 2014–15 season with a 6–1–0 record in their first seven games and 16–6–0 over the next 22, resulting in

116-561: A 22–7–0 record overall after the first 29 games. During the course of the year, then head coach Robert Miller was let go by the Titans. This resulted in assistant coaches Brandon Blanche and Chris Levesque acting as joint head coaches behind the bench. It was then announced that Tyler Fines, formerly coach of the Orangeville Americans , would be the new head coach of the Titans. The Titans would go 13–0–0 under Fines to finish out

145-520: A 6–5 and 7–4 win. However, going to Bracebridge for games three and four, the Phantoms took home ice as an advantage and won two straight to tie the series. In game five, the Titans won 8–2, but The Phantoms beat the Titans 5–3 in game six. In the decisive game seven in Temiscaming, the Titans cruised to a 9–1 victory to secure a berth in the Russell Cup Finals. The 2013 Russell Cup Finals included

174-653: A crowd close to 1000 and the Titans won 3–2 to win the Russell Cup for the first time. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the GMHL's 2019-2020 season was cut short in the Division Finals. The Titans were coming off a superb year that saw them finish in 2nd place out of 23 teams including finishing 1st in the North Division. They were leading the Bradford Rattlers 3-1 in the best-of-7 series when

203-492: A deal with an ownership group from Kirkland Lake, Ontario and left the team to fold. Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks The West Nipissing Lynx are a junior ice hockey team based in Sturgeon Falls , Ontario , Canada. They play in the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL). The Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks were announced in summer 2010. The Lumberjacks replaced the folded Nipissing Alouettes , who left

232-619: The Elliot Lake Bobcats , the Titans first shutout in franchise history. The Titans were undefeated in regulation through their first twenty games of the season. Their first loss came on November 25, 2011, 8–1, at the hands of the Elliot Lake Bobcats , largely in part to the Bobcats great defensive skills, and Pavlo Borko and his 19 save shutout performance. In the 2012 GMHL playoffs, the Temiscaming Titans made it to

261-609: The Shelburne Red Wings . During the course of the season, the Titans posted a 14-game win streak and a 35–6–0–1 overall record during the regular season. The team finished in first place in the North Division, drawing a first round playoff match-up against the Mattawa Voyageurs . Temiscaming swept the Voyageurs, outscoring them 33–8. In the second round, the Titans faced the rival Powassan Eagles . Game one

290-474: The Finals took place in Temiscaming, where the home team won 4–2 to take a 2–1 series lead. Game four of the Finals in Temiscaming drew a crowd of over 600 and with 33 seconds left in the third period, Curtis Warren scored to give the Titans a 3–2 lead. Craig Wood was then tested on a penalty shot with 15 seconds left. He made the stop and the Titans won 5–4 and taking a 3–1 series lead. Game five at Temiscaming drew

319-619: The GMHL Russell Cup Finals against the Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks . Games one and two were held in Temiscaming which drew crowds of over 500 per game. Game 5 went back to Temiscaming where it drew a crowd of over 700 people. The Titans would fall to the Lumberjacks in 6 games. As the 2012–13 season began, opening night on September 7, 2012, drew a crowd of over 550 and the Titans won 8–1 against

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348-557: The GMHL in 2009. On September 10, 2010, the Lumberjacks played their first game against the Elliot Lake Bobcats in Elliot Lake. The Bobcats won the game 7–2. On September 12, 2010, the Lumberjacks played on the road against the Powassan Dragons and earned their franchise's first victory with a 5–2 win. In their second season, the Lumberjacks finished second place in the GMHL with a record of 35 wins and 7 losses. In

377-510: The GMHL season was officially cancelled. The pandemic continued to affect the league as well as the world when it came to the new season in October, 2020 as the North and South Division in the GMHL was canceled for the 2020-21 season. On August 7, 2024, Team President & Owner Pascal Labranche announced that the Titans would take a leave of absence for the 2024-25 season. This absence is due to

406-604: The GMHL, as well as the third in their history after the Temiscaming Royals (2007–2008) and the Ville-Marie Dragons (2008–2009). The Temiscaming Titans played their first game on September 10, 2011, in Temiscaming, Quebec , against the Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks . The Titans defeated the Lumberjacks 7–4 for their first ever win. On October 20, 2011, Aaron Boyce recorded a 23 save shutout against

435-573: The NOJHL's Spring AGM was concluded. The Royals were officially listed as disbanded from the league. Owner Steve McCharles has failed to make a deal with a group from Temiscaming for a sale. That group turned around and negotiated with the Town of Temiscaming and created a new team in the GMHL called the Temiscaming Titans and took the Royals' allotted ice time. McCharles then failed to make

464-598: The Royals played their first Northern Ontario Jr. game against the North Bay Skyhawks . The Skyhawks won 2-0. The Royals first NOJHL win came on September 19, 2008, as they defeated the Sudbury Jr. Wolves 9-5 at home. On December 4, 2010, Matt Zawadzki recorded a 48 save shutout against the Abitibi Eskimos . With his shutout he has the Royals first ever shutout in NOJHL history. On May 7, 2011,

493-459: The Titans and the undefeated Bradford Rattlers . Game one was on March 21, 2013, in Bradford, the Titans were trailed most of the game until scoring three goals in the last ten minutes of regulation to force overtime. In overtime, the Titans were shorthanded when Ryan Adams intercepted a pass at his own blue line and went on a breakaway to beat Rattlers' netminder Jonathan LoParco giving the Titans

522-479: The Titans took game five. Game six was in Sturgeon Falls and the Lumberjacks earned a 6–1 victory and their first Russell Cup as GMHL Champions. On September 29, 2012, the Lumberjacks became the first GMHL club to ice a female hockey player. Goaltender Alyssa Moyer made her GMHL debut in a 7–5 loss to the Shelburne Red Wings , making 21 saves. In January 2016, the team announced that it could not finish

551-501: The fact that he was unable to reach a partnership agreement with a local group as well as restrcturing the organization before the desired deadline. The Titans will return to the GMHL in 2025-2026. Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against. National Championship (GMHL Northern, Southern and Western Division) Updated November 14, 2020. Temiscaming Royals The Temiscaming Royals were

580-556: The first ever Temiscaming Royals playoff goal in the team's history. Guillaume Piche recorded the first ever win and shutout in the club's playoff history. In June 2008, the GMHL announced that the Royals have left the league with ambitions of joining the NOJHL . Temsicaming is the second Québécois team in NOJHL history, after the Rouyn-Noranda Capitales who were in the league from 1989 to 1996. On September 7, 2008,

609-578: The first two games in Temiscaming before the Ravens won one game at home. Halton would stay alive once again with shootout victories in games five and six. Game seven was held in Temiscaming and the Titans would win the game 6–3 and secure a berth to the Russell Cup Finals for the third time in four years. Temiscaming faced the Seguin Huskies in the 2015 Russell Cup Finals. Game one was held in Seguin

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638-582: The game by a score of 9-3. This was the sixth game of seven that the Moscow team played against different GMHL clubs. In the 07-08 Greater Metro Junior A playoffs, the Temiscaming Royals selected to play the Espanola Kings in the 1st round. Game 1 took place in Temiscaming with the Royals defeating the Kings with a score of 8-0 to win their first ever playoff game in team history. Marc Desgagnes recorded

667-666: The independent GMHL and one of six 2007 expansion teams. Temiscaming is roughly 65 kilometers from North Bay, Ontario and will make for decent locational rivalries with the Nipissing Alouettes and Espanola Kings . The Temiscaming Royals played their first game on September 7, 2007 in Verner, Ontario against the Nipissing Alouettes . The Royals defeated the Alouettes 6-4 for their first ever win. The Royals were undefeated in regulation in their first fourteen games of

696-403: The league quarterfinals, the Lumberjacks faced the 2010 league champion Deseronto Storm and survived a five-game series 3-games-to-2. In the semifinals, Sturgeon Falls defeated the league's only two-time champion, the Bradford Rattlers , in a four-game sweep. In the finals, the Lumberjacks drew the first-seeded Temiscaming Titans . Despite being an expansion team, the Titans were created with

725-409: The night after the Titans played game seven of the previous series. The Titans would get edged in overtime by the score of 1–0. Game two was held the very next night with the Titans playing three games in three nights. This game would go to a shootout in which the Titans three shooters all scored while Titans' goaltender Craig Wood stopped the third Huskies' shooter to tie the series at 1–1. Game three of

754-632: The regular season with a 35–5–1 record. The Titans clinched first place in the North Division. The Titans started the 2015 Russell Cup playoffs by sweeping the rival Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks in three games and the Titans advanced to the Conference Semi-finals for the fourth straight year. They defeated the Rama Aces in three games to advance to the League Semi-finals against the underdog Halton Ravens . The Titans took

783-399: The remnants of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League 's Temiscaming Royals , and were a seasoned and tough team. The Titans finished the season ahead of the Lumberjacks with a record of 38 wins and 4 losses and were undefeated through two rounds of playoffs (7–0). The Lumberjacks quickly went up two games on the Titans, but were defeated in game three. The Lumberjacks took game four but

812-488: The season. Their first loss came on November 1, 2007, 7-4, at the hands of the Nipissing Alouettes , largely in part to Alouettes former goaltender Tristan Jones and his 58 save performance. The Royals would later acquire Jones at the deadline to help Piche guide the Royals on their playoff run. On January 4, 2008, the Royals hosted the Moscow Selects All-star team in an exhibition game. The Selects won

841-646: Was held in Temiscaming where 234 penalty minutes was given with the teams combined and the Titans winning 7–1. They would go on to sweep the Eagles in three games, pushing their playoff record to 6–0. In three games, the teams combined for 329 penalty minutes. There were 17 game misconducts, 10 fighting majors, and 14 major penalties. They then faced the Bracebridge Phantoms in the North Division Finals. The Titans took games one and two with

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