January 21, 2015
2014-15 Russell Cup Playoffs
Temiscaming Titans Crowned 2014-2015 GMHL Champions
The Temiscaming Titans were crowned the GMHL champions on Friday March 27th at Le Centre in Temiscaming, Quebec for the 2014-2015 Russell Cup Playoffs.
Playing in game #5 of their best of seven series with the Seguin Huskies in front of full to the rafters crowd of almost 900 people, the Titans edged the Huskies 3-2 to win the series 4 games to 1. The series was much tighter than the it’s result as the Titans outscored the Huskies 16-12 in the five game series and were outshot (237-201). But if not for some stellar goaltending from Craig Wood and clutch performances from many players who were at one point or another during the playoffs playing with an injury of some type, the outcome might have been different.
The two teams exchanged first period goals. Martin Jacobsson, who had just returned back to the team from Sweden, opened the scoring for the Titans. Seguin ties it up at 16:12 to send the teams to their dressing rooms with the score knotted at one. The second period had both teams capitalize on power play opportunities. Marc-Antoine Arseneau scored only 2 seconds into the PP and then less than a minute later the Huskies returned the favour letting only 7 seconds run off their pp to tie the game up at two goals each. Then late in the period Curtis Warren from a pass by Andreas Magnusson let a slap shot go from just inside the blueline that completely baffled the Huskies netminder and it found the top part of the net behind him. The final period was scoreless as the Titans shut down the Seguin offence.
The final seconds ticked down with the crowd on their feet and then the celebration began. After receiving the Russell Cup from GMHL Commissioner Ken Girard and GMHL President Bob Russell, the Titans each took their turn to parade the cup in front of their home town fans to the tune of their theme song of the playoffs, Don’t stop believing by Journey.
The final shot count was 41-25 Seguin and the game stars were Craig Wood, Curtis Warren and Andreas Magnusson.
This was the Titans third finals appearance and the first time they have claimed the title.
Congratulations to the Temiscaming Titans organization, Titans players, Head Coach Tyler Fines and Assistant Coach Chris Levesque, President Vincent Labranche, all the Titans volunteers, staff and fans.
#RoadtotheRuss
The GMHL will enter the 2014-15 Russell Cup Playoffs with all 22 teams. There will be four divisions & two conferences based on geographical alignment:
Final Seeding by Division:
| North: 1. Temiscaming Titans 2. Seguin Huskies 3. Parry Sound Islanders 4. Almaguin Spartans 5. Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks |
North Central: 1. South Muskoka Shield 2. Rama Aces 3. Grey Highlands Bravehearts 4. Bracebridge Blues 5. Knights of Meaford |
South Central: 1. Tottenham Steam 2. Toronto Blue Ice Jets 3. Bradford Rattlers 4. Alliston Coyotes 5. Bradford Bulls 6. Orangeville Americans |
South: 1. Toronto Attack 2. Halton Ravens 3. Niagara Whalers 4. Toronto Predators 5. Cambridge Bears 6. North York Renegades |
Divisions & Conferences will have an uneven number of teams respectively, meaning qualifying elimination rounds will need to be played to have the playoff bracket at an even four teams in each division and even eight teams in each conference. The South & South Central will have their bottom three teams play a two round qualifier to reach the final eighth seed while the North will have just one qualifying series.
* Teams are reseeded following every round in reference to the groupings of standings denoted with the remaining teams -- thus the bracket is subject to change.
** Note the difference in Divisional and Conference seeding.
| Round One Seeded by Divisional Standings Feb. 18 - Feb. 25 Best of Five (5) |
Round Two Seeded by Conference Standings Feb. 26 - Mar. 5 Best of Five (5) |
Round Three Seeded by League Standings Mar. 6 - Mar. 18 Best of Seven (7) |
Russell Cup Final League Standings Mar. 19 - Mar. 30 Best of Seven (7) |
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| ND1 | Temiscaming Titans | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| ND4 | Sturgeon Falls | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Temiscaming Titans | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Rama Aces | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| ND2 | Seguin Huskies | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| ND3 | Parry Sound Islanders | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| G1 | Temiscaming Titans | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| North | ||||||||||||||||||
| G4 | Halton Ravens | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| NC1 | South Muskoka | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| NC4 | Meaford Knights | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Seguin Huskies | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| N3 | South Muskoka Shield | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| NC2 | Rama Aces | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| NC3 | Grey Highlands | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| G1 | Temiscaming Titans | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| G2 | Seguin Huskies | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| SC1 | Tottenham Steam | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| SC4 | Alliston Coyotes | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| S1 | Tottenham Steam | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| S4 | Halton Ravens | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| SC2 | Toronto Ice Jets | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| SC3 | Bradford Rattlers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| G2 | Toronto Attack | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| South | ||||||||||||||||||
| G3 | Seguin Huskies | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| SD1 | Toronto Attack | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| SD4 | Toronto Predators | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| S2 | Toronto Attack | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| S3 | Toronto Ice Jets | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| SD2 | Halton Ravens | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| SD3 | Niagara Whalers | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| North Elimination Qualifiers (Best of One) | South Elimination Qualifiers (Best of One) | |||
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South |
Rd.2 (Feb. 17): Cambridge 3 vs. Tor. Predators 5 |
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| North-Central Rd.1 (Feb. 17): Meaford 3 vs Bracebridge 0 |
South-Central Rd.1 (Feb. 16): Bradford Bulls 5 vs. Orangeville 6 |
Rd.2 (Feb. 17): Orangeville 3 vs. Alliston 11 |
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It will take four rounds of playoffs to determine the 2014-15 Russell Cup Champion.