Elora Rocks
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| City: | Elora, Ontario |
| League: | WOAA Senior Hockey League |
| Division: | North |
| Home Arena: | Elora & District Community Centre |
| Colors: | Red, Blue, and White |
| Head Coach: | Larry Magnus |
| General Manager: | 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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[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 | 26 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | 15 | 12th WOAA Sr | |
| 2000-01 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | 28 | 4th WOAA North | |
| 2001-02 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 110 | 106 | 24 | 4th WOAA South | |
| 2002-03 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 105 | 92 | 26 | 9th WOAA Sr | |
| 2003-04 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 75 | 36 | 4th WOAA Sr | |
| 2004-05 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 84 | 40 | 1st WOAA Sr | "AA" Champs |
| 2005-06 | 25 | 21 | 3 | - | 1 | 176 | 76 | 43 | 2nd WOAA Sr | Lost "AA" Final |
| 2006-07 | 24 | 16 | 5 | - | 3 | 163 | 100 | 35 | 3rd WOAA North | "AA" Champs |
| 2007-08 | 26 | 22 | 2 | - | 2 | 197 | 74 | 46 | 2nd WOAA North | Lost "AA" Final |
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