# 2015–16 WOAA Senior League season

The 2015–16 WOAA Senior League season was the 26th season of the WOAA Senior AA Hockey League. The league played a 24-game regular season which began in October 2015 and concluded in January 2016. The post-season began in February 2016 and concluded in April 2016.
The Clinton Radars won the WOAA Senior AA Hockey Championship, defeating the Mapleton-Minto 81's in the final round of the playoffs.

## Team changes

* The Elora Rocks suspended operations in October 2015 after playing two games (losses to Shelburne and Durham). Both games were deleted from the league standings.

## Regular 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 | North Division | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
| 1 | Mapleton-Minto 81's | 24 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 135 | 51 |
| 2 | Durham Thundercats | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 115 | 87 |
| 3 | Saugeen Shores Winterhawks | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 105 | 74 |
| 4 | Shallow Lake Crushers | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 97 | 109 |
| 5 | Ripley Wolves | 24 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 88 | 106 |
| 6 | Shelburne Muskies | 24 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 88 | 106 |
| 7 | Lucknow Lancers | 24 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 72 | 127 |
| Rank | South Division | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
| 1 | Clinton Radars | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 187 | 66 |
| 2 | Tavistock Royals | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 120 | 115 |
| 3 | Petrolia Squires | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 99 | 102 |
| 4 | Huron East Centenaires | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 22 | 98 | 127 |
| 5 | Tillsonburg Thunder | 24 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 95 | 137 |
| 6 | Milverton Four Wheel Drives | 24 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 92 | 144 |

### 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 | 21 | 31 | 35 | 66 | 4 |
| Luke Vick | Clinton Radars | 21 | 20 | 43 | 63 | 16 |
| Tyler Doig | Clinton Radars | 15 | 20 | 38 | 58 | 12 |
| Ryan Murphy | Clinton Radars | 20 | 32 | 24 | 56 | 55 |
| Brendon Merritt | Huron East Centenaires | 24 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 14 |
| Brent Freeman | Milverton Four Wheel Drives | 21 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 2 |
| Sean Consitt | Clinton Radars | 22 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 41 |
| Randy Cox | Durham Thundercats | 23 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 21 |
| Andrew Coburn | Mapleton-Minto 81's | 24 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 30 |
| Brett Catto | Ripley Wolves | 21 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 16 |

## 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.
| Division semi-finals | Division semi-finals | Division semi-finals | Division finals | Division finals | Division finals | WOAA Sr. AA finals | WOAA Sr. AA finals | WOAA Sr. AA finals |
| N1 | Mapleton-Minto | 4 | | | | | | |
| N4 | Shallow Lake | 0 | | | | | | |
| N4 | Shallow Lake | 0 | N1 | Mapleton-Minto | 4 | | | |
| | | | N3 | Saugeen Shores | 1 | | | |
| N2 | Durham | 2 | N3 | Saugeen Shores | 1 | | | |
| N3 | Saugeen Shores | 4 | | | | | | |
| N3 | Saugeen Shores | 4 | | | | N1 | Mapleton-Minto | 0 |
| | | | | | | S1 | Clinton | 4 |
| S1 | Clinton | 4 | | | | | | | S1 | Clinton | 4 |
| S4 | Huron East | 0 | | | | | | |
| S4 | Huron East | 0 | S1 | Clinton | 4 | | | |
| | | | S3 | Petrolia | 2 | | | |
| S2 | Tavistock | 3 | S3 | Petrolia | 2 | | | |
| S3 | Petrolia | 4 | | | | | | |

#### WOAA Senior AA divisional semi-finals
##### (N1) Mapleton-Minto 81's vs. (N4) Shallow Lake Crushers

Note: Game one was played in Drayton.
* Mapleton-Minto wins series 4 – 0

##### (N2) Durham Thundercats vs. (N3) Saugeen Shores Winterhawks

* Saugeen Shores wins series 4 – 2

##### (S1) Clinton Radars vs. (S4) Huron East Centenaires

* Clinton wins series 4 – 0

##### (S2) Tavistock Royals vs. (S3) Petrolia Squires

* Petrolia wins series 4 – 3

#### WOAA Senior AA divisional finals
##### (N1) Mapleton-Minto 81's vs. (N3) Saugeen Shores Winterhawks

Note: Game five played in Drayton.
* Mapleton-Minto wins series 4 – 1

##### (S1) Clinton Radars vs. (S3) Petrolia Squires

* Clinton wins series 4 – 2

#### WOAA Sr. AA Championship
##### (N1) Mapleton-Minto 81's vs. (S1) Clinton Radars

* Clinton wins series 4 – 0

### WOAA Senior "A" Hockey playoffs

The bottom five teams qualified for the WOAA Senior "A" Hockey playoffs.

#### Round robin

The top four teams in the round robin qualify for the WOAA Sr. "A" semi-finals.
| Rank | Round robin | GP | W | L | Pts | GF | GA |
| 1 | Tillsonburg Thunder | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 20 |
| 2 | Milverton Four Wheel Drives | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 19 |
| 3 | Ripley Wolves | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 |
| 4 | Shelburne Muskies | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 21 |
| 5 | Lucknow Lancers | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 |

#### Playoff bracket

| 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 |
| N5 | Ripley | 4 | | | |
| N6 | Shelburne | 0 | | | |
| N6 | Shelburne | 0 | N5 | Ripley | 1 |
| | | | S5 | Tillsonburg | 4 |
| S5 | Tillsonburg | 4 | S5 | Tillsonburg | 4 |
| S6 | Milverton | 3 | | | |

#### WOAA Senior A semi-finals
##### (N5) Ripley Wolves vs. (N6) Shelburne Muskies

* Ripley wins series 4 – 0

##### (S5) Tillsonburg Thunder vs. (S6) Milverton Four Wheel Drives

* Tillsonburg wins series 4 – 3

#### WOAA Senior A finals
##### (N5) Ripley Wolves vs. (S5) Tillsonburg Thunder

* Tillsonburg wins series 4 – 1