Tavistock Royals

Hockey team
team = Tavistock Royals

logosize = 125px
city = Tavistock, Ontario
league = WOAA Senior Hockey League
division = South
arena = Tavistock & District Recreation Centre
coach = Jim Flanagan
GM = Don Robinson
The Tavistock Royals are a senior hockey team based out of Tavistock, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League.

Championships

The Tavistock Royals have won 2 WOAA "AA Championships, as they were champions in 1994-95, and in 2007-08.

2006-07 Royals Season

Tavistock had another very strong season, finishing with an 18-6-0 record, which placed them in 3rd place in the South Division, and a playoff matchup with the Shelburne Muskies in the "AA" quarter-finals.

The Royals would start off quick and win the first 2 games, however Shelburne came back and won 3 in a row to put Tavistock on the brink of elimination. The Royals would come back and win the final 2 games of the series to win it 4-3.

Tavistock would then face the South Division winning Clinton Radars in the "AA" semi-finals, and would drop the first game 6-4 to go down 1-0 in the series. The Royals would rebound, and win the next 2 in overtime. Game 4 would be another close one, as the Royals held off the Radars 3-2 to take a 3-1 series lead. Tavistock would then eliminate Clinton in game 5 with a 5-4 victory, and advance to the "AA" finals.

The Royals would play the Elora Rocks in the finals to determine the "AA" championship, and after the first 4 games, the series was tied 2 games each as both teams would win their games on the road. The Royals won game 5 on home ice, with the chance to win the title in Elora in game 6. Tavistock would fall short in the 6th game, losing 5-3 in a well played game, setting up the 7th and deciding game in Tavistock. The Royals got off to a fast start, scoring 97 seconds into the game, but the Rocks would prove to be too much to handle, as the Royals lost 7-3, ending their season one victory shy of the championship.

2007-08 Royals Season

After a successful 2006-07 season, in which the Royals were within 1 victory of the WOAA "AA" championship, Tavistock would have its best regular season in team history, finishing on top of the South Division with a 23-2-1 record, earning 47 points and a spot in the "AA" playoffs.

Tavistock's "AA" quarter-final opponent was the Shelburne Muskies, the same opponent from the "AA" quarter-finals from the previous season, in which the Royals were victorious. The Muskies surprised the heavily favoured Royals in the series opener in Tavistock, defeating the Royals 6-5. Tavistock evened the series up in the 2nd game held in Shelburne with a convincing 6-1 victory. The Royals continued their winning ways in the 3rd game, doubling Shelburne 4-2 to take a 2-1 series lead, then won a wild 4th game 7-6 in OT to lead the series 3-1. The Royals closed out the series in the 5th game, defeating Shelburne 6-4.

Tavistock would then face the Clinton Radars in the "AA" semi-finals, and would take a 1-0 series lead with a solid 8-5 victory in the series opener. Tavistock would easily win the 2nd game by a 8-1 score, before winning the 3rd game by a close 5-3 score to take a 3-0 lead in the series. The Royals and Radars would play into overtime in the 4th game, with Tavistock scoring in the extra period to win the game, sweep the series, and advance to the "AA" finals.

The Royals would face the Elora Rocks in a rematch of the 2007 "AA" finals, which saw the Rocks win the championship in 7 games. Elora opened the series with a 5-2 victory, however, the Royals rebounded and held on for a 5-4 win in the 2nd game to tie the series up. Tavistock would win by a 5-4 again in the 3rd game to take a 2-1 series lead, then win another one-goal game in the 4th game, defeating Elora 4-3, to take a commanding 3-1 series lead. Tavistock would have no problems wrapping the series up in the 5th game, dominating the Rocks, as they easily won the game 6-1, and winning the "AA" championship for the 2nd time in club history.

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

*Tavistock, 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]