Elora in the second round. It ended the Winterhawks three-year run as league champions. Overall, the Winterhawks finished the season with a record of 18-3-3. 2014-2015 The Winterhawks again experienced some turnover in the lineup, with Dustin Mantha, Jim Nesbitt, Mike Bujold, Ryan Fry, Nick Brown and Jeff Young departing. They were replaced by Andy Fracz, Dave Grant, Jacob Brown, Jordan Smith, Scott Komer, Trent Hawke and Justin Ainslie. The Winterhawks were again among the elite teams in the North Division, spending a majority of the season in 1st place. The team lost three games in a row to end the month of October, but rallied to reel off an impressive 14 victories in their next 15 games. Mapleton-Minto and Durham went on runs of their own to keep pace with the Winterhawks, and while they were able to defeat the 81's on the second-to-last game of the season, it was sandwiched around losses to Durham and the Ripley Wolves, which allowed Durham to finish in 1st place. Kazarian again lead the team in scoring, capturing his second career league scoring title. The Winterhawks faced off against the 81's in the first round of the playoffs, dropping the series in six games, in large part due to a bevy of injuries that left the squad with only a handful of healthy bodies by the end of the series. Assistant coach Doug Mitchell stepped down after the season. 2015-2016 The team brought in a trio of captains from the junior-C ranks to start the season, acquiring Jay Thomson (Walkerton Hawks), Brett Brophy (Wingham Ironmen) and Mike Smailes (Kincardine Bulldogs), along with goaltenders Josh Sturrock & Blake Sinclair, and forwards Dylan Weltz and Alex Penner, who had just wrapped up an eight-year professional career. Defenceman Justin Ainslie and goaltender Blake Sinclair joined the team mid-season. Joe Kirkland, Shawn Walker, Adam Alexander, Tyler Kennedy, Jason Hutchinson, Matt Turcotte and Darrell Cowen were among those who departed. The team filled the vacancy created by Doug Mitchell's departure by re-hiring Jim Grieve as an assistant coach. The team uncharacteristically struggled early on, posting a 1-4-0 record in October. A four-game winning streak followed, but another poor stretch of 1-4-1 put a playoff spot in question. With healthy bodies returning to the lineup, the team got on a roll, posting an 8-0-1 record to finish the regular season to finish in 3rd place in the North