Elora Rocks - 2008-09 Rocks Season

2008-09 Rocks Season

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 the series with a blowout victory, defeating the Lancers 6-1, however, 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 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 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.