Exeter Mohawks The Exeter Mohawks are a senior hockey team based out of Exeter , Ontario , Canada . The team was previously known as the Hensall Sherwoods , but relocated to Exeter in the summer of 2007 . The Mohawks play in the Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League . 1980s . In the 1980s , the Exeter Mohawks were an Ontario Hockey Association senior hockey club . As members of the Central Senior B Hockey League , the Mohawks were 1988 OHA Senior AA Champions and All - Ontario Senior AA Champions , losing the Col . J . Bourque Trophy Final to the Campbellton Tigers of New Brunswick . The Bourque Trophy was the Eastern Championship of Senior AA hockey and the semi - final of the Hardy Cup . 2006 - 07 Sherwoods Season . Hensall slipped a bit from their 18 - 6 - 1 record in the 2005 - 06 season , as they finished with a 13 - 9 - 2 record , finishing fourth in the WOAA South Division , and qualifying for the WOAA Sr . " AA " playoffs . In their last game of the season , they were tied with the Milverton Four Wheel Drives in the standings with identical 12 - 9 - 2 records , with the winner advancing to the " AA " playoffs , while the loser would play in the " A " playoffs , and the Sherwoods prevailed with a 5 - 4 victory They would go on to face the best team in the league in the opening round of the " AA " playoffs , the Lucknow Lancers , and after splitting the first two games of the series , the Lancers would go on and win three in a row to eliminate Hensall and ending their season . 2007 - 08 Mohawks Season . The Exeter Mohawks opened the season at home against the Lucan - Ilderton Jets , and came out on the wrong side of a 4 - 1 score . Exeter would record their first win in their second game of the season , defeating the Monkton Wildcats 8 - 3 . The Mohawks would have a very solid season , finishing with a 17 - 9 - 0 record , and qualify for the " AA " playoffs , as the team ended up in fourth place in the South Division . The Mohawks faced the Saugeen Shores Winterhawks in the " AA " quarter - finals , and after losing a very close game in the series opener , the Mohawks won the second game in overtime to even up the series . Exeter fell behind the Winterhawks by losing game three by a 6 - 2 score , followed by a game four loss by a score of 5 - 3 to fall behind 3 - 1 in the series . Saugeen Shores would end the Mohawks season in the fifth game , defeating Exeter 5 - 4 . 2008 - 09 Mohawks Season . Exeter would struggle throughout the regular season , as the Mohawks finished the season with a 10 - 9 - 1 record , earning 21 points and sixth place in the WOAA South Division . This would be the lowest point total for the franchise since the 1998 - 99 season , when they recorded only 16 , when they were known as the Hensall Sherwoods . The Mohawks opened the post - season against the Tavistock Royals , with the winner advancing to the " AA " playoffs . Exeter lost the series opener by a 3 - 1 score , however , the Mohawks responded with a 3 - 2 overtime victory in the second game to even it up . Tavistock came back with a 5 - 2 win in the third game , before shutting out the Mohawks 7 - 0 in the fourth game to take a 3 - 1 series lead . Exeter kept the fifth game close , sending it into overtime , before the Royals scored in the extra period to win the game 6 - 5 , and send Exeter to the " A " playoffs . The Mohawks opponent has not yet been determined . Season - by - Season Record . " Note : GP = Games played , W = Wins , L = Losses , T = Tie , OTL = Overtime Losses , Pts = Points , GF = Goals for , GA = Goals against "