 However, the team would not last one season in Wiarton and folded on 14 December 2016 after difficultly icing a full team and earning a 1-24-1 record.On 20 March 2017, the GMHL announced that Wiarton would get another team named the Wiarton Schooners for the 2017–18 season.The new team was primarily owned by John and Beth Dyer, a couple who had formerly been trainers and a billet family for the Rock, and 10% stake by another unannounced owner.