The 2015–16 WOAA Senior League season was the 26th season of the WOAA Senior AA Hockey League. The league played a 24-game regular season which began in October 2015 and concluded in January 2016. The post-season began in February 2016 and concluded in April 2016.
The Clinton Radars won the WOAA Senior AA Hockey Championship, defeating the Mapleton-Minto 81's in the final round of the playoffs.
Team changes The Elora Rocks suspended operations in October 2015 after playing two games (losses to Shelburne and Durham). Both games were deleted from the league standings.
Regular season
Final standings Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L= Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; Green shade = Clinched playoff spot Rank North Division GP W L OTL Pts GF GA 1 Mapleton-Minto 81's 24 22 2 0 44 135 51 2 Durham Thundercats 24 17 5 2 36 115 87 3 Saugeen Shores Winterhawks 24 14 8 2 30 105 74 4 Shallow Lake Crushers 24 12 12 0 24 97 109 5 Ripley Wolves 24 9 12 3 21 88 106 6 Shelburne Muskies 24 5 17 2 12 88 106 7 Lucknow Lancers 24 5 19 0 10 72 127
Rank South Division GP W L OTL Pts GF GA 1 Clinton Radars 24 21 2 1 43 187 66 2 Tavistock Royals 24 13 8 3 29 120 115 3 Petrolia Squires 24 12 11 1 25 99 102 4 Huron East Centenaires 24 11 13 0 22 98 127 5 Tillsonburg Thunder 24 9 12 3 21 95 137 6 Milverton Four Wheel Drives 24 6 16 2 14 92 144
Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player Team Kurtis BartliffClinton Radars 21 31 35 66 4Luke VickClinton Radars 21 20 43 63 16Tyler DoigClinton Radars 15 20 38 58 12Ryan MurphyClinton Radars 20 32 24 56 55Brendon MerrittHuron East Centenaires 24 20 25 45 14Brent FreemanMilverton Four Wheel Drives 21 18 27 45 2Sean ConsittClinton Radars 22 17 27 44 41Randy CoxDurham Thundercats 23 16 24 40 21Andrew CoburnMapleton-Minto 81's 24 17 22 39 30Brett CattoRipley Wolves 21 14 25 39 16
Playoffs WOAA Senior "AA" Hockey playoffs The top eight teams qualify for the WOAA Senior "AA" Hockey playoffs. Each series is a best-of-seven.
WOAA Senior AA divisional semi-finals (N1) Mapleton-Minto 81's vs. (N4) Shallow Lake Crushers Note: Game one was played in Drayton.
(N2) Durham Thundercats vs. (N3) Saugeen Shores Winterhawks
(S1) Clinton Radars vs. (S4) Huron East Centenaires
(S2) Tavistock Royals vs. (S3) Petrolia Squires
WOAA Senior AA divisional finals (N1) Mapleton-Minto 81's vs. (N3) Saugeen Shores Winterhawks Note: Game five played in Drayton.
(S1) Clinton Radars vs. (S3) Petrolia Squires
WOAA Sr. AA Championship (N1) Mapleton-Minto 81's vs. (S1) Clinton Radars
WOAA Senior "A" Hockey playoffs The bottom five teams qualified for the WOAA Senior "A" Hockey playoffs.
Round robin The top four teams in the round robin qualify for the WOAA Sr. "A" semi-finals.
Rank Round robin GP W L Pts GF GA 1 Tillsonburg Thunder 4 3 1 6 19 20 2 Milverton Four Wheel Drives 4 3 1 6 27 19 3 Ripley Wolves 4 2 2 4 18 14 4 Shelburne Muskies 4 1 3 2 12 21 5 Lucknow Lancers 4 1 3 2 10 12
Playoff bracket
WOAA Senior A semi-finals (N5) Ripley Wolves vs. (N6) Shelburne Muskies
(S5) Tillsonburg Thunder vs. (S6) Milverton Four Wheel Drives
WOAA Senior A finals (N5) Ripley Wolves vs. (S5) Tillsonburg Thunder
References
External links WOAA website