Elliot Lake Wildcats

Elliot Lake Wildcats

City	Elliot Lake, Ontario
League	Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League
Founded	2014
Home arena	Centennial Arena
Colours	Green, White, Black
Owner(s)	Nonprofit corporation
General manager	Todd Stencill
Head coach	Nathan Hewitt

The Elliot Lake Wildcats are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team based out of Elliot Lake, Ontario. They are members of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) and play their home games at the Elliot Lake Centennial Arena. The team is owned by a community nonprofit corporation.

History

The Wildcats were founded in 2014. Nathan Hewitt, a former junior coach in the Central Canada Hockey League was chosen as the team's first coach.^[1] The City of Elliot Lake was granted an expansion team just days after the Elliot Lake Bobcats moved to Cochrane, Ontario to become the Cochrane Crunch. The team chose the Wildcats, over the traditional Vikings moniker.

During the 2014–15 season, the Wildcats first in the league, the club finished with a 38-11-2-1 record. Their breakout season was cut short in the semifinals losing 4-games-to-1 to the Soo Thunderbirds.

For their second season in 2015-16, the Wildcats once again finished 2nd in their division, behind only the Soo Thunderbirds. The Wildcats were led offensively by Cole Hepler, who finished 7th in league scoring with 79 points. Hepler also had a league high 22 game point streak during the season. Rookie goaltender Aaron Mackay starred for the team in net, finishing 3rd in the league with 21 wins. The Wildcats eliminated the Rayside-Balfour Canadians in 5 games in the first round, before falling once again to the Thunderbirds in the Division Finals 4-1.

Season-by-season records

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts	Result	Playoffs
2014–15	52	38	11	2	1	242	142	79	2nd of 4, West 3rd of 9, NOJHL	Won Quarterfinals, 4-2 vs. Sudbury Nickel Barons Lost Semifinals, 1-4 vs. Soo Thunderbirds
2015–16	54	35	12	2	5	232	142	77	2nd of 6, West 5th of 12, NOJHL	Won Div. Semifinals, 4-1 vs. Rayside-Balfour Canadians Lost Div. Finals, 1-4 vs. Soo Thunderbirds

References

↑ http://www.myespanolanow.com/553/new-coach-named-for-elliot-lake-wildcats/

External links

Elliot Lake Wildcats webpage

Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League

Current Teams

Former Teams

History

IJBHL
NOJHA

NOHA Junior A
Seasons

NOJHA	1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72

NOJHL	1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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