# 2019–20 WOAA Senior League season

The 2019–20 WOAA Senior League season was the 30th season of the WOAA Senior AA Hockey League. The league played a 22-game regular season which began in October 2019 and concluded in January 2020. The post-season began in February 2020, however, the playoffs would be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Team changes

* The Mapleton-Minto 81's are renamed the Minto 81's and move all their home games to the Palmerston & District Community Centre.
* The Huron East Centenaires are rebranded as the Seaforth 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 | WOAA Senior League | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
| 1 | Ripley Wolves | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 125 | 50 |
| 2 | Shelburne Muskies | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 95 | 71 |
| 3 | Saugeen Shores Winterhawks | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 101 | 64 |
| 4 | Clinton Radars | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 121 | 62 |
| 5 | Seaforth Centenaires | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 122 | 77 |
| 6 | Tillsonburg Thunder | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 112 | 88 |
| 7 | Minto 81's | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 98 | 87 |
| 8 | Durham Thundercats | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 100 | 90 |
| 9 | Tavistock Royals | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 102 | 108 |
| 10 | Elora Rocks | 22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 83 | 109 |
| 11 | Milverton Four Wheel Drives | 22 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 83 | 143 |
| 12 | Petrolia Squires | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 78 | 132 |
| 13 | Lucknow Lancers | 22 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 55 | 132 |
| 14 | Shallow Lake Crushers | 22 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 60 | 122 |

### Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Garrett Meurs | Ripley Wolves | 21 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 22 |
| Adam Kawalec | Minto 81's | 22 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 8 |
| Holdyn Lansink | Seaforth Centenaires | 19 | 23 | 21 | 44 | 40 |
| Rob Van Wynsberghe | Seaforth Centenaires | 21 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 8 |
| Wade Pfeffer | Minto 81's | 21 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 12 |
| Max Campbell | Clinton Radars | 19 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 2 |
| Justin Graham (#8) | Durham Thundercats | 22 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 14 |
| Cody Britton | Ripley Wolves | 22 | 20 | 12 | 32 | 14 |
| Luke Richardson | Shelburne Muskies | 21 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 44 |
| Justin Graham (#22) | Durham Thundercats | 19 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 74 |

## Playoffs

On Friday, March 13th, the WOAA Senior Hockey League suspended operations until further notice due to health concerns relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Wednesday, March 18th, the remainder of the playoffs was cancelled.

### 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 |
| 1 | Ripley | 4 | | | |
| 8 | Durham | 3 | | | |
| 8 | Durham | 3 | 1 | Ripley | 2 |
| | | | 7 | Minto | 2 |
| 2 | Shelburne | 2 | 7 | Minto | 2 |
| 7 | Minto | 4 | | | |
| 3 | Saugeen Shores | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Tillsonburg | 4 | | | |
| 6 | Tillsonburg | 4 | 6 | Tillsonburg | 1 |
| | | | 4 | Clinton | 3 |
| 4 | Clinton | 4 | 4 | Clinton | 3 |
| 5 | Seaforth | 2 | | | |

#### WOAA Senior AA quarter-finals
##### (1) Ripley Wolves vs. (8) Durham Thundercats

* Ripley wins series 4 – 3

##### (2) Shelburne Muskies vs. (7) Minto 81's

* Minto wins series 4 – 2

##### (3) Saugeen Shores Winterhawks vs. (6) Tillsonburg Thunder

* Tillsonburg wins series 4 – 2

##### (4) Clinton Radars vs. (5) Seaforth Centenaires

* Clinton wins series 4 – 2

#### WOAA Senior AA semi-finals
##### (1) Ripley Wolves vs. (7) Minto 81's

* Series tied 2 – 2

##### (4) Clinton Radars vs. (6) Tillsonburg Thunder

* Clinton leads series 3 – 1

### WOAA Senior "A" Hockey playoffs

The bottom six 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 | Tavistock | bye | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Tavistock | 4 | | | |
| | | | 13 | Lucknow | 0 | | | |
| 12 | Petrolia | 0 | 13 | Lucknow | 0 | | | |
| 13 | Lucknow | 2 | | | | | | |
| 13 | Lucknow | 2 | | | | 9 | Tavistock | 0 |
| | | | | | | 11 | Milverton | '0 |
| 10 | Elora | bye | | | | | | | 11 | Milverton | '0 |
| | | | 10 | Elora | 2 | | | |
| | | | 11 | Milverton | 4 | | | |
| 11 | Milverton | 2 | 11 | Milverton | 4 | | | |
| 14 | Shallow Lake | 0 | | | | | | |

#### WOAA Senior A quarter-finals
##### (11) Milverton Four Wheel Drives vs. (14) Shallow Lake Crushers

* Milverton wins series 2 – 0

##### (12) Petrolia Squires vs. (13) Lucknow Lancers

* Lucknow wins series 2 – 0

#### WOAA Senior A semi-finals
##### (9) Tavistock Royals vs. (13) Lucknow Lancers

* Tavistock wins series 4 – 0

##### (10) Elora Rocks vs. (11) Milverton Four Wheel Drives

* Milverton wins series 4 – 2