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39-741: Elora became the inaugural WOSHL champion in the 2021–22 season. In the early 1990s, the Elora Rocks were members of the Northern Senior A Hockey League , winning their final two league titles before jumping to the WOAA in 1993. Elora has captured the WOAA Sr. "AA" championship three times, the first time in 2004–05, followed by 2006–07, and 2009–10. After a couple of building seasons the Rocks climbed their to way to their first AA Senior final vs

78-516: A 2-0 series lead. Saugeen Shores continued to have their way with the Muskies in the third game, easily defeating Shelburne 7-2 to push the Muskies on the brink of elimination. Shelburne responded with a 6-0 victory in the fourth game, followed by a 5-4 win in the fifth game to cut the Winterhawks series lead to 3-2. Shelburne would continue their comeback in the sixth game, winning 5-2 to even

117-526: A 6–5 victory in the fifth game to take a 3–2 series lead. The sixth 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 seven games. The Rocks opened the series on

156-456: A blowout 7-1 win in the second game to take control of the series. In the third game, the Wolves were able to keep the score close, however, Shelburne prevailed with a 5-3 victory to take a 3-0 series lead. The fourth game was another close one, and the Muskies were able to hold off Ripley for a 5-4 victory to sweep the series and advance to the "AA" quarter-finals. The Muskies faced off against

195-511: A row, and would end up winning the game 7–3, and winning the 2006-07 WOAA Sr. "AA" Championship. 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 one fewer win than Saugeen Shores, and finished

234-574: A winning note, taking the series opener 5–2 in Tavistock. However, the Royals evened it up, winning the second game by a close 5–4 score in Elora. Tavistock took a 2–1 series lead with another 5–4 victory in game three, and the Royals would continue their winning ways with a close 4–3 victory in the fourth game. The Rocks had no answers for Tavistock in the fifth game, as the Royals dominated Elora, winning

273-486: The Elora Rocks in the "AA" quarter-finals. Shelburne took control of the series early, winning the first two games by identical 6-3 scores to take a 2-0 series lead. Elora fought back in the third game, defeating the Muskies 6-5 in overtime to get themselves back into the series. The Muskies responded in the fourth game, defeating the Rocks 7-5 to take a commanding 3-1 series lead. The Rocks staved off elimination in

312-601: The Lucan-Ilderton Jets in the quarter-finals in a close series that had three straight games go into overtime, with Elora winning two of them. The Rocks would go on and defeat the Jets in six 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

351-693: The Shallow Lake Crushers , and an 11–4 victory over the Walkerton Capitals . It ended the Rocks regular season game winning streak at twenty-six games. Despite this, the club finished the year with a 20-6-0 record, finishing second in the North Division, with 40 points. Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Tie, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Northern Senior A Hockey League The Northern Senior A Hockey League

390-430: The Tavistock Royals in the quarter-finals, and quickly fell behind them two games to none before storming back and taking a 3-2 lead in the series. However, the Muskies could not close out the series, as Tavistock rallied back and won the series in seven games. Shelburne would have another strong regular season, finishing the season with an 18-7-1 record, and finishing in fourth place in the North Division to qualify for

429-918: The Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League . In the summer of 2023 ten of the twelve existing teams voted to leave WOAA Senior Hockey League and reform under the umbrella of the Ontario Hockey Association. With the move to the OHA, the league rebranded as the Ontario Elite Hockey League and added two new teams. Shelburne chose to take a year off. In 1982, the Muskies won their eighth COHL title since 1935. Their seventh came in 1972. The Shelburne Muskies have won one championship, in 1997–98 when they were crowned WOAA Sr. "A" champions. Head coach

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468-471: The "AA" playoffs. In the "AA" quarter-finals, the Rocks faced the Shelburne Muskies , and it was Shelburne that struck first, defeating Elora 6–3 in the series opener, followed by another 6-3 Muskies victory in the second game to put the Rocks down 2–0 in the series. Elora responded in the third game, defeating Shelburne 6–5 in OT to cut into the Muskies series lead. In the fourth game, Shelburne

507-406: The "AA" playoffs. The Muskies would open the playoffs against the Tavistock Royals , who finished with the best record in the league. Shelburne surprised the Royals in the series opener, winning 6-5 on the road, but Tavistock stormed back with a 6-1 win in the second game. The Muskies would put up a good fight in the third game, but fell short, losing 4-2, then losing a wild fourth game, which saw

546-606: The Clinton Radars. It was hyped as a battle of the Titans, but the Rocks poured it on and swept the series 4–0. Coach Larry Magnus was especially complimentary of the ‘university line’ of Jay ‘rocket feet’ Henry, Scott Heasman and Brett Turner. The Rocks had another very strong season, finishing with a 16-5-3 record, which placed them in third place in the North Division, and qualifying for the Senior "AA" playoffs. Elora faced

585-400: The Muskies come back from a 6-1 deficit to take the game into overtime, but allowed the game-winning goal within the first minute of the extra period. Shelburne could not rebound from the loss, as Tavistock closed out the series in the fifth game, eliminating the Muskies for the second straight season in the quarter-finals. The Muskies would have a very solid regular season, finishing third in

624-583: The Muskies playing a best-of-five series against the south champion "Clinton Radars". The Muskies took the championship 3 games to 0 including what was one of the best goaltending performances by two goaltenders ever in the Shelburne arena in game 3. Ron Webster managed to stone the Radars through near 6 periods of hockey in game 3 as the Muskies won the championship with a 1-0 double-overtime win. Over 130 shots were fired combined before defenceman Scruton scored in

663-541: The Rocks completed the sweep with a 4–3 win to advance to the "AA" finals. In the final round, the Rocks would face the Petrolia Squires . In the series opener, Elora continued its winning ways, defeating the Squires 5–4. Petrolia responded in the second game, beating the Rocks 5–1 to even the series up. Elora retook the series lead in the third game, defeating Petrolia 5–3, but the Squires would once again even

702-563: The Rocks. He was listed as a local player from Fergus, Ontario ; however, he actually lived in Waterloo, Ontario , and should have been signed to an import card. Elora won those four games, but the league punished the Rocks by counting those games as losses. All the stats in these games remained untouched. The games included in this controversy was two victories over the Durham Thundercats by scores of 6-2 and 6–3, an 8–2 win over

741-613: The WOAA North Division with a record of 15-5-0, earning 30 points. Shelburne scored a WOAA high 142 goals, which included a 20-0 shutout victory against the Nottawasaga River Rats . Shelburne faced the Ripley Wolves in the "AA" qualification round, with the winner of the best of seven series advancing to the "AA" quarter-finals. The Muskies opened the series with a solid 5-3 victory, followed by

780-402: The fifth game, defeating Shelburne 7-4, however, the Muskies were able to close out the series in the sixth game, defeating Elora 8-7 in overtime to advance to the next round. The Muskies next opponent would the Saugeen Shores Winterhawks in the "AA" semi-finals. The Winterhawks took the series opener with by a close score of 4-3, followed by a dominating 6-1 victory in the second game to take

819-407: The game 6–1, and winning the championship. After a slow start to the season, in which the Rocks dropped their first two games, Elora rebounded, and finished the year in second place in the WOAA North Division with a 16-4-0 record, earning 32 points. The Rocks opened the post-season against the Lucknow Lancers , with the winner of the best of seven series advancing to the "AA" playoffs. Elora opened

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858-460: The league, scoring 127 goals, while they finished with a league best 54 goals against. The Muskies faced the Palmerston 81's in the best of five "AA" qualifying series. In the series opener, Shelburne easily handled Palmerston, defeating the 81's 6-3 to take the series lead. The Muskies defeated the 81's in the second game by a 5-2 score, followed by a close 4-3 win in the third game to sweep

897-577: The league, with a few other local teams turned into the Georgian Bay Senior A and Georgian Bay Senior B Leagues - this lasted for one season. Two teams from this league, the Elora Rocks and Shelburne Muskies , still actively exist in the WOAA Senior AA Hockey League . Shelburne Muskies The Shelburne Muskies were a men's senior hockey team based out of Shelburne , Ontario , Canada. They played in

936-464: The next game and easily defeated Lucknow, going up 2–0 in the series. Game three 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 four win in Elora, and advance to the "AA" finals. The Rocks would play the Tavistock Royals to determine the "AA" championship, and

975-471: The regular season, finishing in first place in the WOAA North Division. Elora led the league with 153 goals, and the club had three games in which they won by ten goals. In the "AA" qualifying round, the Rocks faced the Shallow Lake Crushers in a best of five series. In the series opener, Elora handled the Crushers easily, defeating Shallow Lake 7–1 to take an early series lead. The Rocks stayed dominant in

1014-482: The season as the second 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 third game, and they would complete

1053-437: The second O/T period. Mike Murray was the captain of the team and the championship was dedicated to late longtime Muskies booster Clarence "Fleet" White. After starting off the season pretty average, sitting with a 6-4-0 record in their first ten games, the Muskies turned it up a notch and finished the year 12-2-0, finishing in 2nd place in the North Division, and qualifying for the WOAA Sr. "AA" playoffs. They faced off against

1092-426: The second game, as they earned a 7–2 victory, before completing the series sweep with a 4–1 win in the third game to advance to the "AA" playoffs. The Rocks opponent in the "AA" quarter-finals was the Ripley Wolves . Elora took the first game of the series, a close 4–3 win over the Wolves. In the second game, the Wolves stunned the Rocks, ending their twenty-four game winning streak with a 7–6 overtime decision to even

1131-410: The semi-finals. Up next for the Rocks was the defending champions, the Saugeen Shores Winterhawks . Elora took the series opener with a 5–4 overtime victory, then took a 2–0 series lead with a 5–1 win in the second game. The third game would once again be decided in overtime, and it was Elora who came away with the victory by a score of 4–3. Saugeen Shores kept the fourth game close once again; however,

1170-512: The series and advance to the "AA" playoffs. The Shelburne Muskies 2017-18 season took another step in the right direction with the team moving up to 5th place in the 13 team WOAA League with an 11-9-0 record up from the previous 2016-17 season record of 8-11-1 (11th place). The team went out 4 straight games to the Tillsonburg Thunder in the first round of the "AA" playoffs which was their first appearance in 7 years. Luke Richardson

1209-477: The series up, shutting out the Rocks 5–0 in the fourth game. Elora came out strong in the fifth game, easily defeating Petrolia 7–3 to take the 3–2 series lead. In the sixth game, the Rocks and Squires play another very close game, and it was Elora who came out on top 4–3 to win the WOAA "AA" championship for the third time in six seasons. The Rocks had some controversy in regards to using an illegal player, as defenseman Brendon Haefling suited up for four games with

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1248-495: The series with a blowout victory, defeating the Lancers 6–1, but Lucknow fought back in the second game, defeating the Rocks 3–1, to even the series. Elora rebounded in the third game, defeating Lucknow 5–3 to retake the series lead, then the Rocks took control of the series, crushing the Lancers 7–1 in the fourth game to take a 3–1 series lead. Elora ended up winning the series in the fifth game, holding off Lucknow 5–3, to advance to

1287-419: The series. Saugeen Shores would spoil the Muskies comeback bid in the seventh game, ending Shelburne's season with an overtime victory to knock the Muskies out of the playoffs. Shelburne improved on their regular season record from the previous season, as they had an impressive 15-2-3 record, earning 33 points and a second-place finish in the WOAA North Division. The Muskies had the second highest goal total in

1326-426: The series. Ripley surprised Elora in the third game, defeating the Rocks rather easily by a 6–3 score to take a 2–1 series lead. Elora responded in the fourth game, dominating the Wolves in an 11–0 shutout win to even the series at two games apiece. The Rocks held off Ripley in the fifth game, winning 7–5, and then ended the series in the sixth game with another shutout victory, this time by a score of 6–0, to advance to

1365-402: The sweep with a 6–4 victory in game four 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 two games to take the series lead, but the Rocks would even up the series in the fourth game with a solid 5–2 win. Elora would hold off the Winterhawks for

1404-433: The teams would split the first four games, each winning two on the road. Tavistock would take a 3–2 series lead as they won the fifth game 7–3, the first win by either team on home ice. Elora would return home for game six, and won a hard-fought game by a score of 6–3, setting up a seventh game in Tavistock. The Royals got on the scoreboard first with a goal 1:37 into the game; however, the Rocks responded with three goals in

1443-610: Was Barry Trood and assistant coach was Mark Taylor, trainers Sue Snider and Charmaine Archbold. The Muskies faced off against the Arthur Tigers in the first round, defeating them 4 games to 2. In the semifinals the first-place Muskies in the North played another tough series against the second-place Wiarton Redmen with the Muskies once again coming out on top, winning that series in six games including game 6 in Wiarton. The final had

1482-400: Was able to hold off Elora 7–5 to take a 3–1 series lead. The Rocks fought off elimination in the fifth game, defeating the Muskies 7–4. However, in the sixth game, Shelburne finished off Elora with an overtime victory, defeating the Rocks 8-7 and eliminating Elora from the playoffs. After a disappointing playoff run in the 2008–09 season, the Rocks responded with a perfect 20-0-0 record during

1521-854: Was an Ontario Hockey Association -sanctioned senior loop in Southwestern Ontario . Its champions could compete for the Hardy Cup in the 1980s and briefly for the Allan Cup in the 1990s. The league originated as the OHA Intermediate C Hockey League in the 1970s, became the Northern Intermediate B Hockey League in the 1980s and merged with the Central Senior B Hockey League in the late 1980s, before folding due to lack of interest in 1993. In 1986–87,

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