Vaughan Stars
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The Vaughan Stars were a Canadian
Junior
ice hockey
team based in Vaughan
, Ontario
, Canada
. They played in the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League.
On September 10, 2011, the Stars played their first game. The game was on the road against the Toronto Canada Moose
, in Thornhill, Ontario
, and the Stars won 4-2.
The Stars began the season with an outstanding 11-4-1 record, good enough for sixth place in the league. Every season the GMHL holds a prospects tournament in Elliot Lake that is mandatory for the top seven teams in the league, in 2011 from November 22 until 24. On November 21, the Stars informed the league that they were refusing to travel to the tournament at the very last second. The league warned the Stars of disciplinary action. The Stars defaulted their November 25 game against the Lefroy Wave and 26 game against the Bradford Rattlers
.
On November 28, 2011, the league's owners voted and chose to revoke the membership of the Stars from the league and placed all its players on free agent status. This is the first and only time a team in the GMHL has been stripped of its franchise.
Canada
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Junior
Junior ice hockey
Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...
ice hockey
Ice hockey
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team based in Vaughan
Vaughan
Vaughan is a city in York Region north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Vaughan is the fastest growing municipality in Canada achieving a population growth rate of 80.2% between 1996–2006, according to Statistics Canada having nearly doubled in population since 1991. Vaughan is located in Southern...
, Ontario
Ontario
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, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. They played in the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League.
History
The Stars were announced after the Spring Draft in May 2011. The Stars were a new team in Vaughan, after the Vaughan Wild moved and became the Lefroy Wave.On September 10, 2011, the Stars played their first game. The game was on the road against the Toronto Canada Moose
Toronto Canada Moose
The Toronto Canada Moose are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based out of Thornhill, Ontario. They play in the Greater Metro Junior 'A' Hockey League.-History:...
, in Thornhill, Ontario
Thornhill, Ontario
Thornhill is a community in the Greater Toronto Area of Southern Ontario, Canada, located on the northern border of the city of Toronto. Once a municipal village, Thornhill is now a community and postal designation geographically split into two municipalities along Yonge Street, the city of...
, and the Stars won 4-2.
The Stars began the season with an outstanding 11-4-1 record, good enough for sixth place in the league. Every season the GMHL holds a prospects tournament in Elliot Lake that is mandatory for the top seven teams in the league, in 2011 from November 22 until 24. On November 21, the Stars informed the league that they were refusing to travel to the tournament at the very last second. The league warned the Stars of disciplinary action. The Stars defaulted their November 25 game against the Lefroy Wave and 26 game against the Bradford Rattlers
Bradford Rattlers
The Bradford Rattlers are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based out of Bradford, Ontario. They play out of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League...
.
On November 28, 2011, the league's owners voted and chose to revoke the membership of the Stars from the league and placed all its players on free agent status. This is the first and only time a team in the GMHL has been stripped of its franchise.
Season-by-Season Standings
| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | P | Results | Playoffs |
| 2011-12 | 16 | 11 | 4 | |||||||
| 1 | 76 | 59 | 23 | (TBD) GMHL | Franchise Revoked |