# 2011–12 WOAA Senior League season

The 2011–12 WOAA Senior League season was the 22nd season of the WOAA Senior AA Hockey League. The league played a 24-game regular season which began in October 2011 and concluded in January 2012. The post-season began in February 2012 and concluded in April 2012.
The Saugeen Shores Winterhawks won the WOAA Senior AA Hockey Championship, defeating the Tavistock Royals in the final round of the playoffs. The Winterhawks completed the post-season with a perfect 16–0 record en route to the championship.

## Team changes

* The Drayton Icemen and Palmerston 81's merge and become the Mapleton-Minto 81's. The team will play home games in Drayton, Harriston and Palmerston.
* The Lucan-Ilderton Jets relocate to Komoka and are renamed the Komoka Classics.

## 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 | Saugeen Shores Winterhawks | 24 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 151 | 58 |
| 2 | Elora Rocks | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 144 | 92 |
| 3 | Shelburne Muskies | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 125 | 88 |
| 4 | Durham Thundercats | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 113 | 102 |
| 5 | Mapleton-Minto 81's | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 96 | 111 |
| 6 | Ripley Wolves | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 98 | 100 |
| 7 | Shallow Lake Crushers | 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 99 | 136 |
| 8 | Lucknow Lancers | 24 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 74 | 124 |
| 9 | Walkerton Capitals | 24 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 67 | 156 |
| Rank | South Division | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA |
| 1 | Tavistock Royals | 24 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 134 | 74 |
| 2 | Tillsonburg Thunder | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 125 | 91 |
| 3 | Clinton Radars | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 100 | 94 |
| 4 | Komoka Classics | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 128 | 95 |
| 5 | Petrolia Squires | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 28 | 122 | 102 |
| 6 | Milverton Four Wheel Drives | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 119 | 119 |
| 7 | Monkton Wildcats | 24 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 69 | 86 |
| 8 | Goderich Pirates | 24 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 94 | 161 |
| 9 | Thedford Dirty Dogs | 24 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 78 | 147 |

### Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Tristan Fairbarn | Shelburne Muskies | 24 | 32 | 19 | 51 | 22 |
| Jeremy Machin | Elora Rocks | 22 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 16 |
| Deryk Whitehead | Komoka Classics | 22 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 20 |
| Kevin Galerno | Tillsonburg Thunder | 19 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 6 |
| Tyler Townsend | Tavistock Royals | 23 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 22 |
| Blake Underwood | Saugeen Shores Winterhawks | 21 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 4 |
| Tyler Doig | Clinton Radars | 23 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 61 |
| Sean Thompson | Shelburne Muskies | 21 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 64 |
| Chad Swartzentruber | Tavistock Royals | 23 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 66 |
| Joel Petkoff | Durham Thundercats | 19 | 24 | 12 | 36 | 30 |

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

| Divisional quarter-finals | Divisional quarter-finals | Divisional quarter-finals | Divisional semi-finals | Divisional semi-finals | Divisional semi-finals | Divisional finals | Divisional finals | Divisional finals | | WOAA Sr. AA finals | WOAA Sr. AA finals | WOAA Sr. AA finals |
| N1 | Saugeen Shores | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| N8 | Lucknow | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| N8 | Lucknow | 0 | N1 | Saugeen Shores | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | N4 | Durham | 0 | | | | | | | |
| N4 | Durham | 4 | N4 | Durham | 0 | | | | | | | |
| N5 | Mapleton-Minto | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| N5 | Mapleton-Minto | 1 | | | | N1 | Saugeen Shores | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | N2 | Elora | 0 | | | | |
| N2 | Elora | 4 | | | | | | | N2 | Elora | 0 | | | | |
| N7 | Shallow Lake | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| N7 | Shallow Lake | 1 | N2 | Elora | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | N3 | Shelburne | 2 | | | | | | | |
| N3 | Shelburne | 4 | N3 | Shelburne | 2 | | | | | | | |
| N6 | Ripley | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| N6 | Ripley | 2 | | | | | | | | N1 | Saugeen Shores | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | S1 | Tavistock | 0 |
| S1 | Tavistock | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | S1 | Tavistock | 0 |
| S8 | Goderich | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| S8 | Goderich | 0 | S1 | Tavistock | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | S5 | Petrolia | 1 | | | | | | | |
| S4 | Komoka | 1 | S5 | Petrolia | 1 | | | | | | | |
| S5 | Petrolia | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| S5 | Petrolia | 4 | | | | S1 | Tavistock | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | S2 | Tillsonburg | 1 | | | | |
| S2 | Tillsonburg | 4 | | | | | | | S2 | Tillsonburg | 1 | | | | |
| S7 | Monkton | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| S7 | Monkton | 0 | S2 | Tillsonburg | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | S3 | Clinton | 0 | | | | | | | |
| S3 | Clinton | 4 | S3 | Clinton | 0 | | | | | | | |
| S6 | Milverton | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### WOAA Senior AA divisional quarter-finals
##### (N1) Saugeen Shores Winterhawks vs. (N8) Lucknow Lancers

* Saugeen Shores wins series 4 – 0

##### (N2) Elora Rocks vs. (N7) Shallow Lake Crushers

Note: Game five was played in Fergus, Ontario.
* Elora wins series 4 – 1

##### (N3) Shelburne Muskies vs. (N6) Ripley Wolves

* Shelburne wins series 4 – 2

##### (N4) Durham Thundercats vs. (N5) Mapleton-Minto 81's

* Durham wins series 4 – 1

##### (S1) Tavistock Royals vs. (S8) Goderich Pirates

* Tavistock wins series 4 – 0

##### (S2) Tillsonburg Thunder vs. (S7) Monkton Wildcats

* Tillsonburg wins series 4 – 0

##### (S3) Clinton Radars vs. (S6) Milverton Four Wheel Drives

* Clinton wins series 4 – 0

##### (S4) Komoka Classics vs. (S5) Petrolia Squires

* Petrolia wins series 4 – 1

#### WOAA Senior AA divisional semi-finals
##### (N1) Saugeen Shores Winterhawks vs. (N4) Durham Thundercats

* Saugeen Shores wins series 4 – 0

##### (N2) Elora Rocks vs. (N3) Shelburne Muskies

* Elora wins series 4 – 2

##### (S1) Tavistock Royals vs. (S5) Petrolia Squires

* Tavistock wins series 4 – 1

##### (S2) Tillsonburg Thunder vs. (S3) Clinton Radars

* Tillsonburg wins series 4 – 0

#### WOAA Senior AA divisional finals
##### (N1) Saugeen Shores Winterhawks vs. (N2) Elora Rocks

* Saugeen Shores wins series 4 – 0

##### (S1) Tavistock Royals vs. (S3) Tillsonburg Thunder

* Tavistock wins series 4 – 1

#### WOAA Sr. AA Championship
##### (N1) Saugeen Shores Winterhawks vs. (S1) Tavistock Royals

* Saugeen Shores wins series 4 – 0