Bradford Bulls (2012–)

Bradford Bulls
City	Bradford, Ontario, Canada
League	Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League
Division	South
Founded	2012
Home arena	Bob Fallis Sports Centre
Colours	Dark Blue, yellow, and White
Owner(s)	Bob Russell
General manager	Michael Telford (2014-15)
Head coach	Michael Telford (2014-15)

The Bradford Bulls are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Bradford, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League.

History

The Bulls were announced on February 23, 2012 by the GMHL. They are the namesake of the old Bradford Bulls Junior C team that which became the Bradford Rattlers. The Ratters and Bulls will play out of different arenas in Bradford, but will finally give the Rattlers a true geographical rival.

The Bradford Bulls first regular season game was on September 16, 2012 in Bradford, Ontario, Canada. The game was on the road against the cross town rivals the Bradford Rattlers. The game resulted in a 6-2 loss for the Bulls but the Bulls had its first goal in GMHL franchise history. The first goal was scored by #2 Clint Zumer and assisted by hometown boy #22 Justin Tucker.

On September 26, 2012, the Bulls would pick up their first ever franchise victory. The Bulls defeated the Lefroy Wave, at home, 9-7. Donald Oldreive made 41 saves to pick up the victory.

On March 26, 2013, the Bradford Bulls won the GMHL playoffs in a 4-games-to-1 series victory against their hometown rival and defending champion Bradford Rattlers. The Bulls finished the regular season first place in the South Division, fourth overall and three points out of second. The faced the Knights of Meaford in the first round and swept them 3-games-to-none. In the second round, they swept territorial rival Alliston Coyotes 3-games-to-none. Instead of a division final, the league elected to do a divisional crossover and the Bulls had to face the second seed from the North, the Temiscaming Royals. The Bulls took the series in a four game sweep and were set to face the Rattlers in a "Sidewalk Series" as they knocked off the first seeded Seguin Huskies. Although the Rattlers gave the Bulls their only loss of the playoffs, it was not nearly enough as the Bulls took their first league title in two years of existence.

Season-by-season standings

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
2012-13	42	20	20	0	2	182	195	42	8th GMHL	Lost Division Semi-final
2013-14	42	32	6	-	4	226	109	68	4th GMHL	Won League
2014-15	42	12	29	-	1	144	221	25	5th SC Div - 15th GMHL	Lost Conference Elimination
2015-16	42	25	13	0	4	226	168	54	4th C Div - 12th GMHL	Lost Div. Quarterfinal, 3-0 (Riverkings)

Playoffs

• 2013 Lost Division semi-final

Bradford Bulls defeated Toronto Canada Moose 3-games-to-1 in division quarter-final

Orangeville Americans defeated Bradford Bulls 3-games-to-1 in division semi-final

• 2014 Won League

Bradford Bulls defeated Knights of Meaford 3-games-to-none in division quarter-final

Bradford Bulls defeated Alliston Coyotes 3-games-to-none in division semi-final

Bradford Bulls defeated Temiscaming Titans 4-games-to-none in crossover series

Bradford Bulls defeated Bradford Rattlers 4-games-to-1 in final Russell Cup Champions

• 2015 Won League

Orangeville Americans defeated Bradford Bulls 6-5 (game) in Conference Elimination Round 1

League award winners

• Marshall Uretsky Award

An annual award "to the player who is adjudged the most valuable player (MVP) in the regular season"

• Tomi Taavitsainen 2014

• Tyler Fines Award

An annual award "to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the GMHL"

• Zan Hobbs 2015
• Sergey Bolshakov 2014
• Devon Gillham 2013

• Louis Ricci Award

An annual award "to the forward who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest ability at the position"

• Tomi Taavitsainen 2014

• Al Donnan Award

An annual award "to the goaltender adjudged to be the best at his position"

• Sergey Bolshakov 2014

Notable alumni

• Sergey Bolshakov

Team captains

• Dalton Mills 2012-2014
• Yuval Rosenthal 2014-Present

External links

• Bulls Webpage
• GMHL Webpage