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 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 first game before Milverton rebounded with two blowout victories. Drayton would then come back and win the fourth game to even up the series at 2 games. Milverton returned to win game 5 easily, and then would put away the Icemen in a game six overtime to win the series.
Milverton then faced the Ripley Wolves in the semi-finals. After dropping the first game in overtime, the Drives would win three 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 seventh game to be played in Ripley. Ripley would complete the comeback with a 4-2 win in game seven, eliminating the Four Wheel Drives from the playoffs.
[edit] 2007-08 Four Wheel Drives Season
The Four Wheel Drives would finish with a 13-13-0 record, earning 26 points, the same point total from the previous season, despite playing 2 extra games. Milverton finished in 6th place in the South Division, and qualified for the "A" playoffs.
The Drives opened the playoffs against the Georgian Bay River Rats in a best of 7 quarter final series, and Milverton set the tone of the series, winning the opening game 13-2. The 2nd game of the series was a little closer, but still a blowout, as the Four Wheel Drives defeated the River Rats 9-3. The series moved to Georgian Bay for the next 2 games, and Milverton would easily sweep the Rats with back to back 10-4 victories, advancing to the semi-finals.
Milverton's next opponent was the Lucknow Lancers, and the Drives took an early series lead, defeating Lucknow 3-2 in the series opener. Lucknow responded with a game 2 victory, but Milverton once again took the series lead with a 5-4 win in the 3rd game. The Lancers would again tie the series in game 4, then Lucknow would take control of the series with a comeback victory in the 5th game to put the Drives on the brink of elimination. Milverton fought back in the 6th game, winning 9-6, setting up a 7th and deciding game. Lucknow would emerge victorious, hanging on for a 5-4 win, to eliminate 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 |
| 2007-08 | 26 | 13 | 13 | - | 0 | 127 | 123 | 26 | 6th WOAA South | Lost "A" SF |
More information will be added as more becomes available
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