Saugeen Shores Winterhawks

Hockey team
team = Saugeen Shores Winterhawks

logosize = 225 px
city = Saugeen Shores, Ontario
league = WOAA Senior Hockey League
division = North
founded = 2007
arena = The Plex Arena
colours = blue, black, grey
coach = Don Matheson
GM = Grant Lamont
The Saugeen Shores Winterhawks are a senior hockey team based out of Saugeen Shores, Ontario, Canada. They began playing in the 2007-08 season.

2007-08 Winterhawks Season

The Winterhawks won their first ever game, defeating the Georgian Bay River Rats by a 12-1 score on the road. Saugeen Shores hosted its first ever home game on October 12, when the Shelburne Muskies made a visit, and came out on top with a score of 6-0. The Winterhawks would continue their hot streak, winning their first 9 games, before losing their first game in team history, a 5-3 loss to the Elora Rocks. The Winterhawks would continue their winning ways throughout the season, ending up with a 23-3-0 record, 1st place in the North Division, and a spot in the "AA" playoffs.

The Winterhawks would face the Exeter Mohawks for their first ever playoff series, and the team would win their first playoff game, holding off the Mohawks for a 4-3 victory. Exeter would take the 2nd game in overtime to even the series up, but the Winterhawks would take control of the series, easily defeating the Mohawks by a 6-2 score in the 3rd game, followed by a 5-3 victory in the 4th game. Saugeen Shores would close out the series in the 5th game, winning 5-4, and advance to the "AA" semi-finals.

Saugeen Shores would face the Elora Rocks, the defending "AA" champions in the semi-finals. Elora would take the opening game in overtime, but the Winterhawks stormed back to win the next 2 games by scores of 5-4 and 7-4 to take a 2-1 series lead. Elora fought back to tie the series up again in the 4th game, then the Rocks would put Saugeen Shores on the brink of elimination with a 6-5 victory in the 5th game. Elora would end the Winterhawks season with an overtime goal in the 6th game, as they won the series 4-2.

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"

Related links

*Saugeen Shores, Ontario

*Western Ontario Athletic Association

*WOAA Senior Hockey League

External links

* [http://www.winterhawks.net/ Saugeen Shores Winterhawks Website]

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

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