2016-17 WOAA Senior Season

This is the 2016-17 WOAA Senior AA Hockey League season.  This was the league's 27th season at the senior level and the 7th season under this name.  The league was previously known as the WOAA Senior Hockey League from 1990 to 2010.
==Membership Changes==
*The Elora Rocks, who suspended operations for the 2015-16 season after playing 2 games, return to the league for the 2016-17 season.
==Teams==
The league abandoned the two division alignment and went to a single division format with the extreme northern and southern teams not playing each other during the regular season.
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Clinton Radars 	Clinton 	Central Huron Community Complex
Durham Thundercats 	Durham, Ontario 	Durham Community Centre
Elora Rocks 	Elora 	Elora & District Community Centre
Huron East Cententaires 	Seaforth 	Seaforth & District Community Centre
Lucknow Lancers 	Lucknow 	Lucknow & District Sports Complex
Mapleton-Minto 81's 	Palmerston, Harriston, Drayton	Palmerston & District Community Centre, Harriston Arena, PMD Drayton Arena
Milverton Four Wheel Drives	Milverton 	Perth East Recreation Complex
Petrolia Squires 	Petrolia 	Greenwood Recreation Centre
Ripley Wolves 	Ripley, Ontario 	Ripley-Huron Complex
Saugeen Shores Winterhawks 	Saugeen Shores, Ontario 	Saugeen Shores Community Complex
Shallow Lake Crushers 	Shallow Lake, Ontario 	Shallow Lake Arena
Shelburne Muskies 	Shelburne, Ontario 	Centre Dufferin Recreation Complex
Tavistock Royals 	Tavistock 	Tavistock & District Recreation Centre
Tillsonburg Thunder 	Tilsonburg 	Tilsonburg Community Centre
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Saugeen Shores Winterhawks 	20	18	1 	0 	1 	114	42 	37
Mapleton-Minto 81's 	19	16	3 	0 	0 	102	59 	32
Petrolia Squires 	20	13	6 	0 	1 	91 	71 	27
Clinton Radars 	20	12	6 	1 	1 	110	65 	26
Tavistock Royals 	20	11	7 	2 	0 	115	98 	24
Ripley Wolves 	20	11	7 	2 	0 	81 	79 	24
Tillsonburg Thunder 	20	11	8 	0 	1 	95 	76 	23
Durham Thundercats 	20	11	8 	0 	1 	105	98 	23
Huron East Centenaires 	20	10	10	0 	0 	72 	81 	20
Milverton Four Wheel Drives	20	8 	12	0 	0 	87 	120	16
Shelburne Muskies 	20	7 	11	2 	0 	74 	93 	16
Shallow Lake Crushers 	19	5 	13	1 	0 	68 	108	11
Lucknow Lancers 	20	3 	14	0 	3 	51 	115	9
Elora Rocks 	20	3 	17	0 	0 	81 	141	6
note: one game between Mapleton-Minto and Shallow Lake was cancelled and not rescheduled
==Playoffs==
The top eight team qualify for the senior AA playoffs.  All Senior AA series are best-of-seven. The balance of the teams play in the Senior A playoffs. 9th & 10th get a bye, 11th vs 14th, 12 vs 13 in a one weekend best 2 of 3, winners advance to Senior A semis.
===Senior AA Quarterfinals===
*Saugeen Shores Winterhawks defeated Durham Thundercats 4 games to 1
*Mapleton-Minto 81's defeated Tillsonburg Thunder 4 games to 3
*Petrolia Squires defeated Ripley Wolves 4 games to 1
*Clinton Radars defeated Tavistock Royals 4 games to 2
===Senior A Quarterfinals===
*Elora Rocks defeated Shelburne Muskies 2 games to 1
*Shallow Lake Crushers defeated Lucknow Lancers 2 games to 1
===Senior AA Semifinals===
*Clinton Radars defeated Saugeen Shores Winterhawks 4 games to 2
*Petrolia Squires defeated Mapleton-Minto 81's 4 games to 2
===Senior A Semifinals===
*Huron East Centenaires defeated Elora Rocks 4 games to none
*Milverton Four Wheel Drives defeated Shallow Lake Crushers 3 games to none
===Senior AA Final===
*Clinton Radars defeated Petrolia Squires 4 games to 2
===Senior A Final===
*Milverton Four Wheel Drives defeated Huron East Centenaires 4 games to 3
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Category:Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League