# 2014–15 WOAA Senior League season

The 2014–15 WOAA Senior League season was the 25th season of the WOAA Senior AA Hockey League. The league played a 24-game regular season which began in October 2014 and concluded in January 2015. The post-season began in February 2015 and concluded in April 2015.
The Tillsonburg Thunder won the WOAA Senior AA Hockey Championship, defeating the Mapleton-Minto 81's in the final round of the playoffs.

## Team changes

* The Komoka Classics, the defending WOAA Sr. AA champions, folded over the summer.
* The Monkton Wildcats folded over the summer.
* The Goderich Pirates relocated to Seaforth, Ontario and were renamed the Huron East Centenaires.

## 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 | Durham Thundercats | 24 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 117 | 65 |
| 2 | Saugeen Shores Winterhawks | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 132 | 82 |
| 3 | Mapleton-Minto 81's | 24 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 108 | 61 |
| 4 | Elora Rocks | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 32 | 147 | 93 |
| 5 | Shallow Lake Crushers | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 99 | 115 |
| 6 | Ripley Wolves | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 102 | 121 |
| 7 | Shelburne Muskies | 24 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 49 | 138 |
| 8 | Lucknow Lancers | 24 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 76 | 155 |
| Rank | South Division | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
| 1 | Tillsonburg Thunder | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 152 | 92 |
| 2 | Tavistock Royals | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 151 | 96 |
| 3 | Petrolia Squires | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 114 | 95 |
| 4 | Clinton Radars | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 128 | 92 |
| 5 | Milverton Four Wheel Drives | 24 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 101 | 151 |
| 6 | Huron East Centenaires | 24 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 68 | 188 |

### Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Bryan Kazarian | Saugeen Shores Winterhawks | 24 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 32 |
| Jeremy Machin | Elora Rocks | 23 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 16 |
| Brock Zinken | Elora Rocks | 22 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 36 |
| Tyler Townsend | Tavistock Royals | 24 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 8 |
| Mike Findlater | Tillsonburg Thunder | 20 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 8 |
| Ryan Murphy | Clinton Radars | 21 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 69 |
| Brad Kraus | Elora Rocks | 19 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 61 |
| Andrew Coburn | Mapleton-Minto 81's | 23 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 46 |
| Sean Consitt | Clinton Radars | 22 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 18 |
| Cody Britton | Ripley Wolves | 24 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 18 |

## 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 | Durham | 2 | | | | | | |
| N4 | Elora | 4 | | | | | | |
| N4 | Elora | 4 | N4 | Elora | 0 | | | |
| | | | N3 | Mapleton-Minto | 4 | | | |
| N2 | Saugeen Shores | 2 | N3 | Mapleton-Minto | 4 | | | |
| N3 | Mapleton-Minto | 4 | | | | | | |
| N3 | Mapleton-Minto | 4 | | | | N1 | Mapleton-Minto | 1 |
| | | | | | | S1 | Tillsonburg | 4 |
| S1 | Tillsonburg | 4 | | | | | | | S1 | Tillsonburg | 4 |
| S4 | Clinton | 0 | | | | | | |
| S4 | Clinton | 0 | S1 | Tillsonburg | 4 | | | |
| | | | S3 | Tavistock | 2 | | | |
| S2 | Tavistock | 4 | S3 | Tavistock | 2 | | | |
| S3 | Petrolia | 2 | | | | | | |

#### WOAA Senior AA divisional semi-finals
##### (N1) Durham Thundercats vs. (N4) Elora Rocks

* Elora wins series 4 – 2

##### (N2) Saugeen Shores Winterhawks vs. (N3) Mapleton-Minto 81's

* Mapleton-Minto wins series 4 – 2

##### (S1) Tillsonburg Thunder vs. (S4) Clinton Radars

* Tillsonburg wins series 4 – 0

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

* Tavistock wins series 4 – 2

#### WOAA Senior AA divisional finals
##### (N3) Mapleton-Minto 81's vs. (N4) Elora Rocks

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

##### (S1) Tillsonburg Thunder vs. (S2) Tavistock Royals

* Tillsonburg wins series 4 – 2

#### WOAA Sr. AA Championship
##### (S1) Tillsonburg Thunder vs. (N3) Mapleton-Minto 81's

* Tillsonburg wins series 4 – 1

### WOAA Senior "A" Hockey playoffs

The bottom six 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 | Ripley Wolves | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 34 | 25 |
| 2 | Milverton Four Wheel Drives | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 26 |
| 3 | Shallow Lake Crushers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 21 |
| 4 | Lucknow Lancers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 32 |
| 5 | Huron East Centenaires | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 38 |
| 6 | Shelburne Muskies | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 29 |

#### 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 | Shallow Lake | 4 | | | |
| N8 | Lucknow | 1 | | | |
| N8 | Lucknow | 1 | N5 | Shallow Lake | 3 |
| | | | N6 | Ripley | 4 |
| N6 | Ripley | 4 | N6 | Ripley | 4 |
| S5 | Milverton | 3 | | | |

#### WOAA Senior A semi-finals
##### (N5) Shallow Lake Crushers vs. (N8) Lucknow Lancers

* Shallow Lake wins series 4 – 1

##### (N6) Ripley Wolves vs. (S5) Milverton Four Wheel Drives

* Ripley wins series 4 – 3

#### WOAA Senior A finals
##### (N5) Shallow Lake Crushers vs. (N6) Ripley Wolves

* Note: Game 1 was played in Shallow Lake
* Ripley wins series 4 – 3