Saugeen Shores Winterhawks The Saugeen Shores Winterhawks are a senior hockey team based out of Saugeen Shores , Ontario , Canada . They began playing in the 2007 - 08 season . 2007 - 08 Winterhawks Season . The Winterhawks won their first ever game , defeating the Georgian Bay River Rats by a 12 - 1 score on the road . Saugeen Shores hosted its first ever home game on October 12 , when the Shelburne Muskies made a visit , and came out on top with a score of 6 - 0 . The Winterhawks would continue their hot streak , winning their first nine games , before losing their first game in team history , a 5 - 3 loss to the Elora Rocks . The Winterhawks would continue their winning ways throughout the season , ending up with a 23 - 3 - 0 record , first place in the North Division , and a spot in the " AA " playoffs . The Winterhawks would face the Exeter Mohawks for their first ever playoff series , and the team would win their first playoff game , holding off the Mohawks for a 4 - 3 victory . Exeter would take the second game in overtime to even the series up , but the Winterhawks would take control of the series , easily defeating the Mohawks by a 6 - 2 score in the third game , followed by a 5 - 3 victory in the fourth game . Saugeen Shores would close out the series in the fifth game , winning 5 - 4 , and advance to the " AA " semi - finals . Saugeen Shores would face the Elora Rocks , the defending " AA " champions in the semi - finals . Elora would take the opening game in overtime , but the Winterhawks stormed back to win the next two games by scores of 5 - 4 and 7 - 4 to take a 2 - 1 series lead . Elora fought back to tie the series up again in the fourth game , then the Rocks would put Saugeen Shores on the brink of elimination with a 6 - 5 victory in the fifth game . Elora would end the Winterhawks season with an overtime goal in the sixth game , as they won the series 4 - 2 . 2008 - 09 Winterhawks Season . Saugeen Shores would once again have a very impressive regular season , as they would have the best record in the North Division for the second consecutive season , as they finished the season with a 16 - 3 - 1 record , earning 33 points . The Winterhawks opened the post - season against the Drayton Icemen , in a best of seven series with the winner advancing to the " AA " playoffs . Saugeen Shores opened the series with a blowout victory , defeating Drayton 9 - 3 , and then kept their foot on the gas petal in the second game , winning 7 - 3 to take a 2 - 0 series lead . The Winterhawks would have their best game in the third game , defeating the Icemen 10 - 3 , followed by a 7 - 3 win in the fourth game to sweep Drayton . Saugeen Shores opponent in the " AA " quarter - finals was the Palmerston 81 ' s . Saugeen Shores won the series , 4 games - to - 1 . The Winterhawks then faced the Shelburne Muskies in the " AA " Semi - Finals . After racing out to a 3 - 0 series lead , the Winterhawks allowed the Muskies back into the series with three straight losses , which forced a seventh and deciding game in the series . The Winterhawks won the final game by a score of 3 - 2 with the overtime winner scored by Ryan Dudgeon . Saugeen Shores then defeated the Tavistock Royals for the WOAA Sr . " AA " championship , winning the title in just their second year of existence . 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 "