This is the 1996-97 WOAA Senior Hockey League season standings.
Membership Changes[]
The Lakeshore Winterhawks withdrew.
Season[]
Team GP W L T OTL GF GA P Senior AA Wellesley Merchants 24 16 6 1 1 127 99 34 Durham Thundercats 24 15 7 1 1 143 105 32 Tavistock Royals 24 14 9 0 1 123 107 29 Milverton Four Wheel Drives 24 10 12 0 2 87 105 22 Elora Rocks 24 4 18 0 2 85 149 10 Senior A Shelburne Muskies 22 17 4 0 1 164 102 35 Wiarton Redmen 24 16 8 0 0 155 116 32 Goderich Pirates 24 15 9 0 0 129 115 30 Palmerston 81's 24 13 9 1 1 146 124 28 Ripley Wolves 23 13 9 0 1 111 104 27 Arthur Tigers 24 12 11 1 0 159 151 25 Brussels Crusaders 24 9 13 2 0 104 120 20 Clinton Radars 21 5 13 2 1 98 150 13 Drayton Comets 24 2 22 0 0 82 166 4 Senior B Dundalk Flyers 24 19 5 0 0 160 93 38 Lucknow Lancers 24 18 5 0 1 157 91 37 Mildmay Monarchs 23 12 7 2 2 102 92 28 Teeswater Falcons 24 4 18 1 1 88 186 10 Grand Valley Tornado 23 4 18 1 0 108 153 9
Playoffs[]
Senior AA[]
Quarter-final
- Milverton Four Wheel Drives defeated Elora Rocks 3-games-to-2
Semi-final
- Wellesley Merchants defeated Milverton Four Wheel Drives 4-games-to-1
- Durham Thundercats defeated Tavistock Royals 4-games-to-1
Final
- Durham Thundercats defeated Wellesley Merchants 4-games-to-2
Senior A[]
Quarter-final
- Shelburne Muskies defeated Clinton Radars 4-games-to-2
- Wiarton Redmen defeated Brussels Crusaders 4-games-to-none
- Goderich Pirates defeated Arthur Tigers 4-games-to-3
- Ripley Wolves defeated Palmerston 81's 4-games-to-2
Semi-final
- Ripley Wolves defeated Shelburne Muskies 4-games-to-3
- Goderich Pirates defeated Wiarton Redmen 4-games-to-3
Final
- Goderich Pirates defeated Ripley Wolves 4-games-to-3
Senior B[]
Quarter-final
- Teeswater Falcons defeated Grand Valley Tornado 2-games-to-1
Semi-final
- Dundalk Flyers defeated Teeswater Falcons 3-games-to-none
- Lucknow Lancers defeated Mildmay Monarchs 4-games-to-none
Final
- Lucknow Lancers defeated Dundalk Flyers 4-games-to-1
Statistics[]
Scoring[]
Senior AA Playoffs
- Rob Leblanc (Durham) - 15-7-22
- Jason Mervyn (Wellesley) - 13-3-16
- Darren Snyder (Wellesley) - 4-11-15
- Scott Betts (Durham) - 5-8-13
- Todd Stoddart (Durham) - 5-8-13
- Kory Dietz (Milverton) - 6-5-11
Senior A Playoffs
- Tim Harrison (Goderich) - 31-19-50
- Sean Burton (Ripley) - 22-17-39
- Darryl Durnin (Goderich) - 15-18-33
- Brent Armstrong (Ripley) - 9-22-31
- Jason Coulter (Goderich) - 9-19-28
- Mike Reaume (Ripley) - 8-19-27
Senior B Playoffs
- Brad Murray (Lucknow) - 8-9-17
- Brad Priestrap (Lucknow) - 5-12-17
- Troy Fischer (Teeswater) - 8-6-14
- Justin Murray (Lucknow) - 8-5-13
- Todd Davis (Dundalk) - 6-7-13
- Jay Marston (Teeswater) - 5-7-12
Goaltending[]
Senior AA Playoffs
Team Mins GP SO GAA W-L Evershed (Milverton) 519 22 0 2.54 4-4 Scherbarth (Milverton) 124 8 0 3.87 0-2 Hunter (Wellesley) 450 21 1 2.80 5-2 Brick (Wellesley) 249 17 0 4.09 1-3 Payie (Durham) 377 21 0 3.34 5-0 MacMillan (Durham) 296 23 0 4.66 3-3 Weiss (Elora) 304 22 0 4.34 2-3 Ballantyne (Tavistock) 166 8 0 2.89 1-1 Groulx (Tavistock) 147 16 0 6.54 0-3
Senior A Playoffs
Team Mins GP SO GAA W-L Mundle (Wiarton) 660 43 0 3.90 7-4 Billingsley (Arthur) 360 23 0 3.83 3-3 Tonkin (Arthur) 62 6 0 5.80 0-1 Webster (Shelburne) 654 45 0 4.12 5-5 Sharpe (Shelburne) 143 10 0 4.19 2-1 Shewfelt (Goderich) 1232 88 1 4.28 12-9 Lyndon (Goderich) 36 4 0 6.66 0-0 MacLeod (Ripley) 1127 87 0 4.63 10-9 McGinnis (Ripley) 89 7 0 4.71 1-0 Nahrgang (Clinton) 312 24 0 4.61 2-3 Cooper (Clinton) 60 7 0 7.00 0-1 Hamilton (Palmerston) 180 14 0 4.66 2-1 Bonham (Palmerston) 184 17 0 5.54 0-3 Cronin (Brussels) 180 13 0 4.33 0-3 Januskiewicz (Brussels) 60 9 0 9.00 0-1
Senior B Playoffs
Team Mins GP SO GAA W-L Lindsay (Lucknow) 96 2 .5 1.25 2-0 Skillen (Lucknow) 444 21 .5 2.83 6-1 Jamieson (Dundalk) 60 1 0 1.00 1-0 Crotty (Dundalk) 420 30 0 4.28 3-4 Lantz (Mildmay) 120 10 0 5.00 0-2 Biesenthal (Mildmay) 120 13 0 6.50 0-2 Dawson (Teeswater) 120 11 0 5.50 0-2 Mason (Teeswater) 244 26 0 6.39 2-2 Ankner (Grand Valley) 64 4 0 3.75 1-0 Young (Grand Valley) 60 5 0 5.00 0-1 Selby (Grand Valley) 60 10 0 10.00 0-1