Elora Rocks

Hockey team
team = Elora Rocks

logosize = 125px
city = Elora, Ontario
league = WOAA Senior Hockey League
division = North
arena = Elora & District Community Centre
colours = Red, Blue, and White
coach = Larry Magnus
GM = Merv Skerritt
The Elora Rocks are a senior hockey team based out of Elora, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League.

Championships

Elora captured the WOAA Sr. "AA" championship for the first time in the 2004-05 season, and then would win the "AA" championship again in the 2006-07 season.

2006-07 Rocks Season

The Rocks had another very strong season, finishing with a 16-5-3 record, which placed them in 3rd place in the North Division, and qualifying for the Senior "AA" playoffs.

Elora faced the Lucan-Ilderton Jets in the quarter-finals in a close series that had 3 straight games go into overtime, with Elora winning 2 of them. The Rocks would go on and defeat the Jets in 6 games and move on to the "AA" semi-finals.

In the semi-finals, the Rocks would face the Lucknow Lancers, and opened the series up on the right foot with a 6-5 double overtime victory. Elora carried the momentum into the next game and easily defeated Lucknow, going up 2-0 in the series. Game 3 in Lucknow would go into overtime once again, and Elora would again win, this time by a 5-4 score and take a 3-0 series lead. The Rocks would then complete the sweep, with a close 3-2 game 4 win in Elora, and advance to the "AA" finals.

The Rocks would play the Tavistock Royals to determine the "AA" championship, and the teams would split the first 4 games, each winning 2 on the road. Tavistock would take a 3-2 series lead as they won the 5th game 7-3, the first win by either team on home ice. Elora would return home for game 6, and won a hard fought game by a score of 6-3, setting up a 7th game in Tavistock. The Royals got on the scoreboard first with a goal 1:37 into the game, however, the Rocks responded with 3 goals in a row, and would end up winning the game 7-3, and winning the 2006-07 WOAA Sr. "AA" Championship.

2007-08 Rocks Season

Elora would be the highest scoring team in the WOAA in 2007-08, scoring 197 goals, and the team would have its best regular season in team history, going 22-2-2, and earning 46 points. They would finish with the same point total as the Saugeen Shores Winterhawks, but the Rocks had 1 fewer win than Saugeen Shores, and finished the season as the 2nd place team in the North Division.

The defending "AA" champions would open the playoffs against the Lucan-Ilderton Jets, who they defeated in the quarter-finals the previous season. Elora opened the series up with a 4-3 victory, then took a 2-0 series lead with a solid 6-2 win in Lucan. The Rocks continued to dominate the series, shutting the Jets out 5-0 in the 3rd game, and they would complete the sweep with a 6-4 victory in game 4 to advance to the "AA" semi-finals.

The Rocks would face the Saugeen Shores Winterhawks in the semi-finals, and Elora took a 1-0 series lead with a 6-5 OT victory. Saugeen Shores would take the next 2 games to take the series lead, but the Rocks would even up the series in the 4th game with a solid 5-2 win. Elora would hold off the Winterhawks for a 6-5 victory in the 5th game to take a 3-2 series lead. The 6th game would be decided in OT, as the Rocks would score the series winning goal in the extra period to defeat Saugeen Shores 2-1, and win the series 4-2.

Elora would face the Tavistock Royals in the "AA" finals, which was a rematch from the previous season, in which Elora won the championship in 7 games. The Rocks opened the series on a winning note, taking the series opener 5-2 in Tavistock, however, the Royals evened it up, winning the 2nd game by a close 5-4 score in Elora. Tavistock took a 2-1 series lead with another 5-4 victory in game 3, and the Royals would continue their winning ways with a close 4-3 victory in the 4th game. The Rocks had no answers for Tavistock in the 5th game, as the Royals dominated Elora, winning the game 6-1, and taking the series in 5 games.

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"

External links

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

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