Milverton Four Wheel Drives
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| City: | Milverton, Ontario |
| League: | WOAA Senior Hockey League |
| Division: | South |
| Home Arena: | Perth East Recreation Complex |
| Head Coach: | Mike Chapman |
| General Manager: | Barry Dietz |
The Milverton Four Wheel Drives are a senior hockey team based out of the Town of Milverton, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League.
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[edit] History
From 1974 until 1976, the Four Wheel Drives left the WOAA and played in the Ontario Hockey Association's Intermediate C Hockey League. They returned soon after.
[edit] Championships
The Four Wheel Drives have been a highly successful team in the past 8 years, winning the Senior "AA" championship back to back in the 1999 and 2000 playoffs, and adding a 3rd championship in 2002. Milverton also won 3 straight WOAA Grand Championships from 1971-1973.
[edit] 2006-07 Four Wheel Drives Season
Milverton finished the season with a 12-10-2 record, which was good for a 5th place finish in the South Division, as the Drives failed to qualify for the Senior "AA" playoffs. In their last game of the season, they faced the Hensall Sherwoods, they were tied with in the standings, with the winner qualifying for the "AA" playoffs, and the loser to play in the "A" playoffs, and Milverton came up short, losing 5-4 to the Sherwoods.
The Four Wheel Drives opened the playoffs with a quarter-final series against the Drayton Icemen and were heavily favoured to sweep the series. Drayton stunned Milverton with a 3-2 OT victory in the 1st game before Milverton rebounded with 2 blowout victories. Drayton would then come back and win the 4th game to even up the series at 2 games. Milverton came back in won game 5 easily, and then would put away the pesky Icemen in overtime in game 6 to win the series.
Milverton then faced the Ripley Wolves in the semi-finals, and after dropping the 1st game in overtime, the Drives would win 3 in a row to take a 3-1 series lead, putting Ripley on the brink of elimination. The Wolves responded with a couple of 2 goal victories, forcing a 7th game to be played in Ripley. Ripley would complete the comeback with a 4-2 win in game 7, eliminating the Four Wheel Drives from the playoffs.
[edit] Season-by-Season Record
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Tie, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | PTS | Finish | Playoffs |
| 1999-00 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | 39 | 1st WOAA Sr | "AA" Champs |
| 2000-01 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | -- | -- | 40 | 2nd WOAA Sr | |
| 2001-02 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 164 | 44 | 42 | 2nd WOAA Sr | "AA" Champs |
| 2002-03 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 123 | 79 | 31 | 7th WOAA Sr | |
| 2003-04 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 125 | 68 | 35 | 5th WOAA Sr | |
| 2004-05 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 90 | 35 | 7th WOAA Sr | |
| 2005-06 | 25 | 15 | 9 | - | 1 | 121 | 102 | 31 | 10th WOAA Sr | Lost "A" SF |
| 2006-07 | 24 | 12 | 10 | - | 2 | 130 | 113 | 26 | 5th WOAA South | Lost "A" SF |
More information will be added as more becomes available
