Ripley Wolves

Hockey team
team = Ripley Wolves

logosize = 125px
city = Ripley, Ontario
league = WOAA Senior Hockey League
division = North
arena = Ripley-Huron Complex
colours = Green, Black, and White
coach = Brent Armstrong
GM = Rick Smith
The Ripley Wolves are a senior hockey team based out of Ripley, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League.

Championships

The Ripley Wolves have won the WOAA Sr. "B" Championship twice in their history, during the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons. A former team, the Ripley Roosters, were the WOAA Intermediate "D" champions 9 times (1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988) and were the WOAA Grand Champions twice in 1982 and 1984.

2006-07 Wolves Season

The Wolves improved greatly from their 2005-06 season, when they finished with a 7-18-0 record, rebounding to a 12-9-3 record, good for 6th place in the WOAA North Division. They continued their success by sweeping the Goderich Pirates in the Sr. "A" quarter-finals to advance to the Sr. "A" semi-finals.

Ripley's opponent would be the Milverton Four Wheel Drives, and after winning the 1st game of the series in overtime, the Wolves would drop the next 3 games to find themselves 1 loss away from being eliminated. Ripley rebounded though, winning the series in 7 games and would move on to the "A" finals.

Ripley then played the Durham Thundercats for the "A" Final, dropped the first game in overtime before rebounding with 2 wins in a row to take the series lead. Durham would then win 2 in a row to put Ripley on the brink of elimination, however in game 6 at Ripley, the Wolves earned a hard fought 7-4 win to send the series to a 7th game in Durham. The Thundercats proved too much to handle, skating their way to a 5-1 victory, and ending the Wolves season one win short of the "A" Championship.

2007-08 Wolves Season

After a highly successful 2006-07, the Wolves would improve once again, setting team records in wins (20) and points (41), while finishing in 3rd place in the WOAA North Division, and earning a spot in the "AA" playoffs for the first time in team history.

Ripley would face the Clinton Radars in the "AA" quarter-finals, and after losing the opening game on the road in Clinton, the Wolves returned home for the 2nd game, and earned their first ever "AA" playoff victory, defeating the Radars 5-2 to even up the series. Clinton proved to be too much for Ripley to handle, as the Radars would take control of the series with wins in games 3 and 4 to put the Wolves on the brink of elimination. Clinton then would easily win the 5th game of the series by a 7-3 score, eliminating the Wolves from the playoffs.

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"

Related links

*Ripley, Ontario

*Western Ontario Athletic Association

*WOAA Senior Hockey League

External links

* [http://www.woaa.on.ca/ WOAA Website]

* [http://www.woaasrhockey.com/ WOAA Senior Hockey Website]

* [http://www.freewebs.com/ripleywolves/ Ripley Wolves Website]