- Elora Rocks
Hockey team
team = Elora Rocks
logosize = 125px
city =Elora, Ontario
league = WOAA Senior Hockey League
division = North
arena = Elora & District Community Centre
colours =Red ,Blue , andWhite
coach = Larry Magnus
GM = Merv Skerritt
The Elora Rocks are a senior hockey team based out of Elora,Ontario ,Canada . They play in theWestern Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League .Championships
Elora captured the WOAA Sr. "AA" championship for the first time in the 2004-05 season, and then would win the "AA" championship again in the 2006-07 season.
2006-07 Rocks Season
The Rocks had another very strong season, finishing with a 16-5-3 record, which placed them in 3rd place in the North Division, and qualifying for the Senior "AA" playoffs.
Elora faced the
Lucan-Ilderton Jets in the quarter-finals in a close series that had 3 straight games go into overtime, with Elora winning 2 of them. The Rocks would go on and defeat the Jets in 6 games and move on to the "AA" semi-finals.In the semi-finals, the Rocks would face the
Lucknow Lancers , and opened the series up on the right foot with a 6-5 double overtime victory. Elora carried the momentum into the next game and easily defeated Lucknow, going up 2-0 in the series. Game 3 in Lucknow would go into overtime once again, and Elora would again win, this time by a 5-4 score and take a 3-0 series lead. The Rocks would then complete the sweep, with a close 3-2 game 4 win in Elora, and advance to the "AA" finals.The Rocks would play the
Tavistock Royals to determine the "AA" championship, and the teams would split the first 4 games, each winning 2 on the road. Tavistock would take a 3-2 series lead as they won the 5th game 7-3, the first win by either team on home ice. Elora would return home for game 6, and won a hard fought game by a score of 6-3, setting up a 7th game in Tavistock. The Royals got on the scoreboard first with a goal 1:37 into the game, however, the Rocks responded with 3 goals in a row, and would end up winning the game 7-3, and winning the 2006-07 WOAA Sr. "AA" Championship.2007-08 Rocks Season
Elora would be the highest scoring team in the WOAA in 2007-08, scoring 197 goals, and the team would have its best regular season in team history, going 22-2-2, and earning 46 points. They would finish with the same point total as the
Saugeen Shores Winterhawks , but the Rocks had 1 fewer win than Saugeen Shores, and finished the season as the 2nd place team in the North Division.The defending "AA" champions would open the playoffs against the
Lucan-Ilderton Jets , who they defeated in the quarter-finals the previous season. Elora opened the series up with a 4-3 victory, then took a 2-0 series lead with a solid 6-2 win in Lucan. The Rocks continued to dominate the series, shutting the Jets out 5-0 in the 3rd game, and they would complete the sweep with a 6-4 victory in game 4 to advance to the "AA" semi-finals.The Rocks would face the
Saugeen Shores Winterhawks in the semi-finals, and Elora took a 1-0 series lead with a 6-5 OT victory. Saugeen Shores would take the next 2 games to take the series lead, but the Rocks would even up the series in the 4th game with a solid 5-2 win. Elora would hold off the Winterhawks for a 6-5 victory in the 5th game to take a 3-2 series lead. The 6th game would be decided in OT, as the Rocks would score the series winning goal in the extra period to defeat Saugeen Shores 2-1, and win the series 4-2.Elora would face the
Tavistock Royals in the "AA" finals, which was a rematch from the previous season, in which Elora won the championship in 7 games. The Rocks opened the series on a winning note, taking the series opener 5-2 in Tavistock, however, the Royals evened it up, winning the 2nd game by a close 5-4 score in Elora. Tavistock took a 2-1 series lead with another 5-4 victory in game 3, and the Royals would continue their winning ways with a close 4-3 victory in the 4th game. The Rocks had no answers for Tavistock in the 5th game, as the Royals dominated Elora, winning the game 6-1, and taking the series in 5 games.eason-by-Season Record
"Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Tie, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against"
"More information will be added as more becomes available"
External links
* [http://www.woaa.on.ca/ WOAA Website]
* [http://www.woaasrhockey.com/ WOAA Senior Hockey Website]
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