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	Corey Bricknell (2016-17)

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 when 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. Nathan Hewitt, a former junior coach in the Central Canada Hockey League was chosen as the team's first coach.^[1]

During their inaugural 2014–15 season, the Wildcats finished second in their division with a 38-11-2-1 regular season record. However, their 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 second in their division, behind only the Soo Thunderbirds. The Wildcats were led offensively by Cole Hepler, who finished seventh 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 third in the league with 21 wins. The Wildcats eliminated the Rayside-Balfour Canadians in five games in the first round, before falling once again to the Thunderbirds in the Division Finals 4-games-to-1. The Wildcats would win the 2016 TEP Showcase Hockey Tournament with a 3-2 double overtime win over the Markham Royals on June 26th. They finished with an 8-0 record, and conceded a tournament low five goals.

On July 28, 2016, the Wildcats announced that head coach Nathan Hewitt accepted a coaching job with a university in the CIS and Corey Bricknell has been named the second head coach in team history.

Team-captains

|→2014-2015 - David Chiarelli/Jason Wilson | |→2015-2016 - Spencer MacLean|

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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