The 2016–17 WOAA Senior League season was the 27th season of the WOAA Senior AA Hockey League. The league played a 20-game regular season which began in October 2016 and concluded in January 2017. The post-season began in February 2017 and concluded in March 2017.
The Clinton Radars won the WOAA Senior AA Hockey Championship, defeating the Durham Thundercats in the final round of the playoffs.
Team changes The Elora Rocks, who suspended operations early in the 2015–16 season, returned to the league.
The WOAA realigned and went from two divisional standings into only one league standing.
Regular season
Final standings Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L= Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; Green shade = Clinched playoff spot Rank WOAA Senior League GP W L OTL Pts GF GA 1 Saugeen Shores Winterhawks 20 18 1 1 37 114 42 2 Mapleton-Minto 81's 20 16 4 0 32 102 59 3 Petrolia Squires 20 13 6 1 27 91 71 4 Clinton Radars 20 12 6 2 26 110 65 5 Tavistock Royals 20 11 7 2 24 115 98 6 Ripley Wolves 20 11 7 2 24 81 79 7 Tillsonburg Thunder 20 11 8 1 23 95 76 8 Durham Thundercats 20 11 8 1 23 105 98 9 Huron East Centenaires 20 10 10 0 20 72 81 10 Milverton Four Wheel Drives 20 8 12 0 16 87 120 11 Shelburne Muskies 20 7 11 2 16 74 93 12 Shallow Lake Crushers 20 6 13 1 13 68 108 13 Lucknow Lancers 20 3 14 3 9 51 115 14 Elora Rocks 20 3 17 0 6 81 141
Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player Team Brent FreemanMilverton Four Wheel Drives 19 14 30 44 16Dennis DewarMilverton Four Wheel Drives 18 22 20 42 10Kurtis BartliffClinton Radars 19 20 20 40 4Cohen AdairMilverton Four Wheel Drives 15 19 20 39 10Randy CoxDurham Thundercats 16 12 26 38 0Andrew CoburnMapleton-Minto 81's 16 22 15 37 14Brett CattoRipley Wolves 19 12 22 34 30Kraig WrightPetrolia Squires 18 15 18 33 31Cody BrittonRipley Wolves 20 15 18 33 4Zach GrahamMapleton-Minto 81's 17 11 20 31 24
Playoffs WOAA Senior "AA" Hockey playoffs The top eight teams qualify for the WOAA Senior "AA" Hockey playoffs. Each series is a best-of-seven.
WOAA Senior AA quarter-finals (1) Saugeen Shores Winterhawks vs. (8) Durham Thundercats
(2) Mapleton-Minto 81's vs. (7) Tillsonburg Thunder
(3) Petrolia Squires vs. (6) Ripley Wolves
(4) Clinton Radars vs. (5) Tavistock Royals
WOAA Senior AA semi-finals (1) Saugeen Shores Winterhawks vs. (4) Clinton Radars
(2) Mapleton-Minto 81's vs. (3) Petrolia Squires Note: Game five was played in Drayton.
WOAA Sr. AA Championship (3) Petrolia Squires vs. (4) Clinton Radars
WOAA Senior "A" Hockey playoffs The bottom six teams qualified for the WOAA Senior "A" Hockey playoffs.
WOAA Senior A quarter-finals (11) Shelburne Muskies vs. (14) Elora Rocks
(12) Shallow Lake Crushers vs. (13) Lucknow Lancers
WOAA Senior A semi-finals (9) Huron East Centenaires vs. (14) Elora Rocks
(10) Milverton Four Wheel Drives vs. (11) Shallow Lake Crushers
WOAA Senior A finals (9) Huron East Centenaires vs. (10) Milverton Four Wheel Drives
References
External links WOAA website