Both Exeter and Hagersville took turns ending Tavistock's postseason runs a little earlier than expected.

Twenty-five years after their previous OHA Cup Championship the Braves were unable to duplicate the accomplishment and fell to a strong Thamesford Trojans team in four games.

With the restructuring of the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League for the 2008-09 season Tavistock found themselves in a conference with longtime local rivals the Ayr Centennials and Wellesley Applejacks as well as a newly formed foe in Thamesford.

Due to an imbalanced schedule Tavistock and Thamesford would play each other eight times during the regular season.

The two heavy weights of the division battled it out for the conference title until January when Thamesford began to pull away.