Saugeen Shores Winterhawks

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Saugeen Shores Winterhawks
City: Port Elgin, Ontario
League: WOAA Senior Hockey League
Division: North
Founded: 2007
Home Arena: Port Elgin Arena
Colors: blue, black, grey
Head Coach: Don Matheson
General Manager: Grant Lamont

The Saugeen Shores Winterhawks are a senior hockey team based out of Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada. They began playing in the 2007-08 season.

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[edit] 2007-08 Winterhawks Season

The Winterhawks won their first ever game, defeating the Georgian Bay River Rats by a 12-1 score on the road. Saugeen Shores hosted its first ever home game on October 12, when the Shelburne Muskies made a visit, and came out on top with a score of 6-0. The Winterhawks would continue their hot streak, winning their first 9 games, before losing their first game in team history, a 5-3 loss to the Elora Rocks. The Winterhawks would continue their winning ways throughout the season, ending up with a 23-3-0 record, 1st place in the North Division, and a spot in the "AA" playoffs.

The Winterhawks would face the Exeter Mohawks for their first ever playoff series, and the team would win their first playoff game, holding off the Mohawks for a 4-3 victory. Exeter would take the 2nd game in overtime to even the series up, but the Winterhawks would take control of the series, easily defeating the Mohawks by a 6-2 score in the 3rd game, followed by a 5-3 victory in the 4th game. Saugeen Shores would close out the series in the 5th game, winning 5-4, and advance to the "AA" semi-finals.

Saugeen Shores would face the Elora Rocks, the defending "AA" champions in the semi-finals. Elora would take the opening game in overtime, but the Winterhawks stormed back to win the next 2 games by scores of 5-4 and 7-4 to take a 2-1 series lead. Elora fought back to tie the series up again in the 4th game, then the Rocks would put Saugeen Shores on the brink of elimination with a 6-5 victory in the 5th game. Elora would end the Winterhawks season with an overtime goal in the 6th game, as they won the series 4-2.

[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 OTL GF GA PTS Finish Playoffs
2007-08 26 23 3 0 172 69 46 1st WOAA North Lost "AA" SF

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