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WOAA Senior Hockey playoff series set

The WOAA Senior Hockey playoffs are set to start this weekend.

The regular season ended with a jam up the middle with five teams within six points of each other. And thee, four and five spots had to go to a tie breaker to determine the seeding.

In the end, Ripley finished at the top with 19-3 record and will face Durham in the 'AA' Quarter-Finals. Game one is in Ripley Friday at 8:30 p.m..

Two more series start Friday as well with Saugeen Shores hosting Tillsonburg at 8:30 p.m. and Seaforth in Clinton at 8:30 p.m. on Friday.

The fourth quarter-final starts Satuday night in Shelburne with Minto visiting at 8 p.m.

In the 'A' playoffs, Tavistock and Elora get the bye. In the quarter-finals Milverton takes on Shallow Lake in a Best of 3 that starts Friday in Milverton at 8:30 p.m. And the Lucknow-Petrolia series has yet to be scheduled.

 

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