2023-24 EOSAHL season

This is the 2023-24 Eastern Ontario Super A Hockey League season.  This is the league's fourth season of play.
==Membership Changes==
*The Pontiac Sr Comets are announced as returning to the league for the 2023-24 season. The team would end out opting out of playing in the league when the team was voted into playing in the West Conference of the league and objected to the additional travel.https://www.facebook.com/eoshl/posts/pfbid02hE9Lt34k1HoChkaFtSEK67m7HiKv9CUxGjjt7UZdRnMQRMVbr8vEqzAJzPKYPnAQl
*The league will add the Low, Quebec based Paugan Falls Rapids, the Marmora, Ontario based Centre Hastings Ice Miners, and the Barry's Bay based MV Wolves (MV standing for Madawaska Valley) for the 2023-24 playing season according to a posting listing teams for the 2023-24 season on the league website.
*The South Grenville Sr. Rangers would relocate to the Prescott Arena in Prescott prior to the start of the 2023-24 season.https://www.southgrenvillerangers.com/teams/default.asp?u=SOUTHGRENVILLERANGER&s=hockey&p=newsstory&newsID=44324
*On January 21, 2024 the league announced that the Centre Hastings Ice Miners were terminated from the league. The team last three games of the season would be recorded as 1-0 forfeit losses. Apparently, the team would have been attempting to relocate the team for the last three games of the season; but, the league voted 10-2 to terminate the franchise's membership in the league.https://www.quintenews.com/2024/01/25/eoshl-drops-the-ice-miners/
*On May 1, 2024 after the annula league meeting, the league announced the sale and relocation of the Cornwall Prowlers to Manotick where they will become the Manotick Mariners.https://eoshl.hockeyshift.com/news/prowlers-relocating Also on May 1st the league announced the addition of the Lindsay Barncatshttps://eoshl.hockeyshift.com/news/eoshl-expansion-lindsay and the Westport Lumberjacks.https://eoshl.hockeyshift.com/news/expansion-westport
*On August 14, 2024 the league announced the sale and relocation of the Bytown Sr. Royals. The team is relocating to Fort Coulonge, Quebec and will be renamed the Pontiac Sr Comets. The organization had originally planned on joining the league in 2020 when the 2020-21 QSAAHL season was cancelled in an attempt to get a season in.https://www.facebook.com/eoshl/posts/pfbid02wqVoNUyaqmri5xLPCzZVkDiGLwFSAgEkMkXQZnEkLeX3urmPzrxnsMLmg89L6bNTl
==Teams==
===East Division===
Team 	Town 	Arena
Arnprior Rivermen 	Arnprior 	Nick Smith Centre
Bytown Sr. Royals 	Gloucester 	Richcraft Sensplex
Cornwall Prowlers 	Cornwall 	Benson Centre
Glengarry Pipers 	Alexandria 	Billy Gebbie Arena
North Dundas Sr. Rockets 	Chesterville 	Chesterville & District Arena
Paugan Falls Rapids 	Low, Quebec 	Gatineau Valley Arena
South Grenville Sr. Rangers	Prescott 	Prescott Arena
South Stormont Mustangs 	South Stormont	Long Sault Arena
===West Division===
Team 	Town 	Arena
Centre Hastings Ice Miners	Marmora & Madoc 	Marmora Arena
Deseronto Bulldogs 	Deseronto 	Deseronto Community Recreation Centre
Frontenac Phantoms 	Kingston 	Cataraqui Arena
Gananoque Sr. Islanders 	Gananoque, Ontario 	Gananoque Recreation Centre
MV Wolves 	Barry's Bay 	Paul J Yakabuski Community Centre
Smiths Falls Sr. Rideaus 	Smiths Falls, Ontario	Smiths Falls Memorial Community Centre
Tweed Oil Kings 	Tweed 	Tweed-Hungerford Community Centre
==Standings==
===East Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
North Dundas Sr. Rockets 	20	19	1 	0	0 	145	69 	38
South Stormont Mustangs 	20	16	4 	0	0 	145	76 	32
Bytown Sr. Royals 	20	14	6 	0	0 	142	101	28
Arnprior Rivermen 	20	9 	10	0	1 	100	130	19
South Grenville Sr. Rangers	20	9 	11	0	0 	116	115	18
Paugan Falls Rapids 	20	6 	12	0	2 	71 	118	14
Glengarry Pipers 	20	3 	13	0	4 	78 	111	10
Cornwall Prowlers 	20	4 	15	0	1 	74 	151	9
===West Division===
Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Gananoque Sr. Islanders 	20	15	4 	1	0 	114	64 	31
Deseronto Bulldogs 	20	15	5 	0	0 	123	80 	30
Smiths Falls Rideaus 	20	12	6 	1	1 	98 	80 	26
Tweed Oil Kings 	20	10	6 	0	4 	101	83 	24
MV Wolves 	20	11	8 	0	1 	103	106	23
Frontenac Phantoms 	20	3 	15	0	2 	56 	132	8
Centre Hastings Ice Miners	20	3 	16	0	1 	75 	125	7
==Playoffs==
===Format===
The top six teams in each division qualify for the playoffs. For each division, the third place team plays the sixth place team and the fourth place team plays the fifth place team in series where the higher seed only has to win one game and the lower seed has to win two games. The division semifinal, division final, and final rounds are best-of-five.
===East Wild Card===
*Paugan Falls Rapids defeated Bytown Sr. Royals 2 games to none (6-4, 4-3) 
*South Grenville Sr. Rangers defeated Arnprior Rivermen 2 games to none (4-1, 7-0)
===West Wild Card===
*Smiths Falls Rideaus defeated Frontenac Phantoms 1 game to none (9-1) 
*Tweed Oil Kings defeated MV Wolves 1 game to none (3-2) 
===East Division Semifinals=== 
*North Dundas Sr. Rockets defeated Paugan Falls Rapids 3 games to none (8-3, 7-3, 7-2)
*South Stormont Mustangs defeated South Grenville Sr. Rangers 3 games to 1 (5-6, 6-2, 7-3, 6-2)
===West Division Semifinals=== 
*Gananoque Sr. Islanders defeated Tweed Oil Kings 3 games to none (4-1, 9-5, 10-6) 
*Smiths Falls Rideaus defeated Deseronto Bulldogs 3 games to 2 (4-7, 5-3 5-4 (ot), 4-6, 7-6 (ot))
===East Division Final===
*North Dundas Sr. Rockets defeated South Stormont Mustangs 3 games to 2 (6-1, 5-9, 5-0, 2-4, 6-2)
===West Division Final===
*Gananoque Sr. Islanders defeated Smiths Falls Rideaus 3 games to 1 (4-5 (ot), 5-2, 6-2, 5-2)
===Final===
*Gananoque Sr. Islanders defeated North Dundas Sr. Rockets 3 games to 2 (4-5, 7-3, 4-5 (ot), 4-3, 4-2)
==References==
Category:2023-24 in ice hockey
Category:Eastern Ontario Senior A Hockey League seasons