The Exeter Mohawks were a senior hockey team based out of Exeter, Ontario, Canada. The team was previously known as the Hensall Sherwoods, but relocated to Exeter in the summer of 2007. The Mohawks played in the Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League.
In the 1980s, the Exeter Mohawks were an Ontario Hockey Association senior hockey club. As members of the Central Senior B Hockey League, the Mohawks were 1988 OHA Senior AA Champions and All-Ontario Senior AA Champions, losing the Col. J. Bourque Trophy Final to the Campbellton Tigers of New Brunswick. The Bourque Trophy was the Eastern Championship of Senior AA hockey and the semi-final of the Hardy Cup.
Hensall slipped a bit from their 18-6-1 record in the 2005âÂÂ06 season, as they finished with a 13-9-2 record, finishing fourth in the WOAA South Division, and qualifying for the WOAA Sr. "AA" playoffs. In their last game of the season, they were tied with the Milverton Four Wheel Drives in the standings with identical 12-9-2 records, with the winner advancing to the "AA" playoffs, while the loser would play in the "A" playoffs, and the Sherwoods prevailed with a 5âÂÂ4 victory
They would go on to face the best team in the league in the opening round of the "AA" playoffs, the Lucknow Lancers, and after splitting the first two games of the series, the Lancers would go on and win three in a row to eliminate Hensall and ending their season.
The Exeter Mohawks opened the season at home against the Lucan-Ilderton Jets, and came out on the wrong side of a 4âÂÂ1 score. Exeter would record their first win in their second game of the season, defeating the Monkton Wildcats 8âÂÂ3. The Mohawks would have a very solid season, finishing with a 17-9-0 record, and qualify for the "AA" playoffs, as the team ended up in fourth place in the South Division.
The Mohawks faced the Saugeen Shores Winterhawks in the "AA" quarter-finals, and after losing a very close game in the series opener, the Mohawks won the second game in overtime to even up the series. Exeter fell behind the Winterhawks by losing game three by a 6âÂÂ2 score, followed by a game four loss by a score of 5âÂÂ3 to fall behind 3âÂÂ1 in the series. Saugeen Shores would end the Mohawks season in the fifth game, defeating Exeter 5âÂÂ4.
Exeter would struggle throughout the regular season, as the Mohawks finished the season with a 10-9-1 record, earning 21 points and sixth place in the WOAA South Division. This would be the lowest point total for the franchise since the 1998âÂÂ99 season, when they recorded only 16, when they were known as the Hensall Sherwoods.
The Mohawks opened the post-season against the Tavistock Royals, with the winner advancing to the "AA" playoffs. Exeter lost the series opener by a 3âÂÂ1 score, however, the Mohawks responded with a 3âÂÂ2 overtime victory in the second game to even it up. Tavistock came back with a 5âÂÂ2 win in the third game, before shutting out the Mohawks 7âÂÂ0 in the fourth game to take a 3âÂÂ1 series lead. Exeter kept the fifth game close, sending it into overtime, before the Royals scored in the extra period to win the game 6âÂÂ5, and send Exeter to the "A" playoffs. The Mohawks opponent has not yet been determined.
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Tie, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
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