# 2017–18 WOAA Senior League season

The 2017–18 WOAA Senior League season was the 28th season of the WOAA Senior AA Hockey League. The league played a 20-game regular season which began in October 2017 and concluded in January 2018. The post-season began in February 2018 and concluded in March 2018.
The Clinton Radars won the WOAA Senior AA Hockey Championship, defeating the Durham Thundercats in the final round of the playoffs.

## Team changes

* The Mapleton-Minto 81's took a leave of absence for the 2017–18 season.

## Regular season
### Petrolia Squires unsigned player

On January 19, 2018, the Petrolia Squires were penalized by the Western Ontario Athletic Association, for allegedly using an unsigned player. The WOAA has stripped the Squires of victories over Huron East, Lucknow and Milverton, and the loss of six points in the standings eliminates Petrolia from the Senior AA playoffs. Squires’ President Dave Connors tweeted Friday that the veteran player's card was missed when the cards were signed, scanned and e-mailed to the WOAA office prior to the start of the season.

### Final standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L= Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; Green shade = Clinched playoff spot
| Rank | WOAA Senior League | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
| 1 | Clinton Radars | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 137 | 39 |
| 2 | Ripley Wolves | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 93 | 60 |
| 3 | Durham Thundercats | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 115 | 57 |
| 4 | Tillsonburg Thunder | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 113 | 73 |
| 5 | Shelburne Muskies | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 85 | 79 |
| 6 | Saugeen Shores Winterhawks | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 99 | 57 |
| 7 | Milverton Four Wheel Drives | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 71 | 100 |
| 8 | Huron East Centenaires | 20 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 88 | 110 |
| 9 | Petrolia Squires | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 90 | 73 |
| 10 | Tavistock Royals | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 78 | 109 |
| 11 | Shallow Lake Crushers | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 58 | 118 |
| 12 | Lucknow Lancers | 20 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 44 | 121 |
| 13 | Elora Rocks | 20 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 49 | 124 |

### Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Kurtis Bartliff | Clinton Radars | 19 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 6 |
| Brent Walton | Ripley Wolves | 12 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 6 |
| Luke Vick | Clinton Radars | 19 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 22 |
| Quinten Bruce | Durham Thundercats | 19 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 18 |
| Stephen Sanza | Clinton Radars | 20 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 6 |
| Brett Catto | Ripley Wolves | 19 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 41 |
| Cody Britton | Ripley Wolves | 20 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 8 |
| Kyler Nixon | Durham Thundercats | 20 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 20 |
| Max Campbell | Clinton Radars | 17 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 20 |
| Miles MacLean | Saugeen Shores Winterhawks | 15 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 4 |

## Playoffs
### WOAA Senior "AA" Hockey playoffs

The top eight teams qualify for the WOAA Senior "AA" Hockey playoffs. Each series is a best-of-seven.
| WOAA Sr. AA quarter-finals | WOAA Sr. AA quarter-finals | WOAA Sr. AA quarter-finals | WOAA Sr. AA semi-finals | WOAA Sr. AA semi-finals | WOAA Sr. AA semi-finals | WOAA Sr. AA finals | WOAA Sr. AA finals | WOAA Sr. AA finals |
| 1 | Clinton | 4 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Huron East | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Huron East | 0 | 1 | Clinton | 4 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Tillsonburg | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Tillsonburg | 4 | 4 | Tillsonburg | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Shelburne | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Shelburne | 0 | | | | 1 | Clinton | 4 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Durham | 0 |
| 2 | Ripley | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | Durham | 0 |
| 7 | Milverton | 1 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Milverton | 1 | 2 | Ripley | 1 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Durham | 4 | | | |
| 3 | Durham | 4 | 3 | Durham | 4 | | | |
| 6 | Saugeen Shores | 0 | | | | | | |

#### WOAA Senior AA quarter-finals
##### (1) Clinton Radars vs. (8) Huron East Centenaires

* Clinton wins series 4 – 0

##### (2) Ripley Wolves vs. (7) Milverton Four Wheel Drives

* Ripley wins series 4 – 1

##### (3) Durham Thundercats vs. (6) Saugeen Shores Winterhawks

* Durham wins series 4 – 0

##### (4) Tillsonburg Thunder vs. (5) Shelburne Muskies

* Tillsonburg wins series 4 – 0

#### WOAA Senior AA semi-finals
##### (1) Clinton Radars vs. (4) Tillsonburg Thunder

* Clinton wins series 4 – 2

##### (2) Ripley Wolves vs. (3) Durham Thundercats

* Durham wins series 4 – 1

#### WOAA Sr. AA Championship
##### (1) Clinton Radars vs. (3) Durham Thundercats

* Clinton wins series 4 – 0

### WOAA Senior "A" Hockey playoffs

The bottom five teams qualified for the WOAA Senior "A" Hockey playoffs.
| WOAA Sr. A quarter-finals | WOAA Sr. A quarter-finals | WOAA Sr. A quarter-finals | WOAA Sr. A semi-finals | WOAA Sr. A semi-finals | WOAA Sr. A semi-finals | WOAA Sr. A finals | WOAA Sr. A finals | WOAA Sr. A finals |
| 9 | Petrolia | bye | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Petrolia | 4 | | | |
| | | | 12 | Lucknow | 1 | | | |
| 12 | Lucknow | 2 | 12 | Lucknow | 1 | | | |
| 13 | Elora | 1 | | | | | | |
| 13 | Elora | 1 | | | | 9 | Petrolia | 4 |
| | | | | | | 10 | Tavistock | 1 |
| 10 | Tavistock | bye | | | | | | | 10 | Tavistock | 1 |
| | | | 10 | Tavistock | 4 | | | |
| | | | 11 | Shallow Lake | 1 | | | |
| 11 | Shallow Lake | bye | 11 | Shallow Lake | 1 | | | |

#### WOAA Senior A quarter-finals
##### (12) Lucknow Lancers vs. (13) Elora Rocks

* Lucknow wins series 2 – 1

#### WOAA Senior A semi-finals
##### (9) Petrolia Squires vs. (12) Lucknow Lancers

* Petrolia wins series 4 – 1

##### (10) Tavistock Royals vs. (11) Shallow Lake Crushers

* Tavistock wins series 4 – 1

#### WOAA Senior A finals
##### (9) Petrolia Squires vs. (10) Tavistock Royals

* Petrolia wins series 4 – 1