tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54944863258238870632023-06-15T18:27:48.894-04:00In the O... THE BLOGBringing you all of the latest news and insight from around the Ontario Hockey League.Jblayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252875786461045071noreply@blogger.comBlogger413125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494486325823887063.post-846329192966967532013-09-23T10:23:00.001-04:002013-09-23T10:23:32.832-04:00<div class="blogger-post-footer">www.intheoradio.com</div>intheOeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12184299208510554124noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494486325823887063.post-74504275454542856732012-11-10T21:43:00.000-05:002012-11-10T21:43:54.921-05:00Behind the Scenes if the OHL: Facility Renewal<div style="background: white; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It seems this is the season of facility renewal within the OHL. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">With teams like the Owen Sound Attack and the Niagara Ice Dogs barely able to squeeze in 3000 fans into their buildings, teams such as the London Knights can regularly fill 9000 seats. However, there are changes going on throughout the OHL to upgrade arenas to not only compete on the ice, but also to compete financially. The Erie Otters revamped their line up this year with the arrival of rookie phenom Connor McDavid but they also managed to upgrade their facilities with the completion of a $42 million renovation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="td-endpagebody3"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Ottawa 67s took a risk this year by moving their team to Kanata, relocating to the Scotiabank Place where the Senators of the NHL play. The timing couldn’t be any better for the 67s as their arrival coincided with the NHL lockout and they don’t need to share the facilities or the fans with the pro team. While there was some concern they might lose their fan base during the two year renovation process, the reward will be a return to an updated modern Ottawa Civic Centre.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="td-endpagebody3"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The first home game for the Kitchener Rangers was pushed back until October 19<sup>th</sup>. After starting the season with eight away games, the Rangers were able to return to a newly refurbished Memorial Auditorium after $10 million has been spent to provide a third-level concourse, a fourth-level media room and loft style suites, renovated team space, including dressing rooms, player services and retail areas. The expansion added almost 1,000 seats to the Aud’s seating capacity which means there will be a reduction to the current season ticket wait list of 1,300 names.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Six years ago when the Burke family purchased the Mississauga Ice Dogs and relocated the team to St. Catharines, it was with the understanding a new arena would be built within five years. The decision to build a new arena was a contentious issue for the City of St. Catharines, many citizens expressing concern the current economic climate was not ideal for the city to be spending $45 million on what some detractors are calling a puck palace. While the Niagara Ice Dogs have inked a deal to become the anchor tenant, the city is banking the new facility will also serve as a recreation and entertainment centre for all residents of St. Catharines. While they didn’t quite make the five year deadline, the shovel will hit the ground in a few weeks for the Ice Dogs to start the 2015 hockey season in a new modern facility.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The St. Catharines Standard reports Ice Dog owners Bill and Denise Burke have signed a 20-year lease with the city getting a percentage of gross ticket sales and a surcharge on every ticket sold. The city also keeps any cash from naming rights and parking, as well as an equitable share of profits from in-house ads, suites, club seats and concession sales.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Currently the Ice Dogs are regularly selling out in a very cramped Jack Gatecliff arena with a capacity of 3145. “If it’s a full house, it’s more revenue, obviously, for the city,” said Bill Burke. He called the 10% figure “a very fair number for a 20-year lease….I’d like to think that we could be 4,000, 4,500 every night.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In the mean time the Niagara Ice Dogs will continue to play in the quaint old barn of the “Jack”, clearly the oldest arena in the Ontario Hockey League. While there is a limited source of revenue for the owners and a tight squeeze for the fans, the players have always enjoyed playing in the Jack where the roar of the fans inspire the home team and can intimidate opponents. The Ice Dogs also use the smaller ice surface to their advantage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">With Niagara fans excited their new arena will finally be built, it was the Brampton Battalion which made the news throughout the OHL this week. The Battalion has been unable to fill the Powerade Centre since their arrival in Brampton. In the final year of a 15 year lease, team owner Scott Abbot made the decision to pull the team out of Brampton and make a move to North Bay. Perhaps Abbott was inspired by the success of the Burkes moving a team to a smaller community which will spiritedly embrace an OHL team even if the facilities are in need of improvement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The city of North Bay has already committed to a $12 million renovation which will </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>include expanding seating capacity to about 4,300, increasing the size of the ice surface to a more standard 200 by 85 feet, a large team dressing room/fitness area/administrative centre and new heating and cooling system. The city is wholeheartedly supporting this move as North Bay mayor Al</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> McDonald reported to Yahoo Sport the team has “sold 100 season tickets within 2 hrs of their office opening & they haven't even started a ticket drive.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Fan Kevin Jordan can claim he has been to all 20 OHL arenas and has created an on-line guide describing the individual personalities of each facility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.ohlarenaguide.com/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.ohlarenaguide.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">A brief outline of each arena is posted below (if the facts of Wickipedia can be trusted)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Barrie Colts:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Molson Centre built in 1995 for $13 million with a capacity of 4195. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Belleville Bulls:</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> Yardmen Arena built in 1978 with a capacity of 3257. It has the largest ice surface in the OHL (200 ft x 100 ft)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Brampton Battalion:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Powerade Centre built in 1998 for $26.5 million with a capacity of 4800<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Mississauga Steelheads:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Hershey Centre built in 1998 for $22 million with a capacity of 5800.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Niagara Ice Dogs:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Gatorade Garden City Complex, formerly The Jack Gatecliff Arena (the Jack) built in 1938 for $105,000 with a capacity of 3145 including standing room. (By far the oldest in the OHL and the smallest ice surface at 190 ft x 80 ft)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Peterborough Petes:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #343434; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Memorial Centre built in 1956, renovated in 2003 with a capacity of 4329.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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A crowd shot from "the Jack" back in 1938.<div class="blogger-post-footer">www.intheoradio.com</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494486325823887063.post-21639263150681805002012-09-30T21:53:00.002-04:002012-09-30T21:53:16.329-04:00The Niagara Ice Dogs is a Family Business<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">
With the announcement back in the summer of 2007 the Mississauga Ice Dogs had been sold and new owners were relocating the team to the Niagara area, Niagara hockey fans were excited about the opportunity to see OHL caliber hockey, as well as future NHL stars mature right here in Niagara. What most fans didn’t realize at the time was the move not only meant a relocation of a hockey team but also relocation of a family. </div>
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Team owners Bill and Denise Burke, having recently sold their Aurora based family printing business, decided to make a major leap and purchase a Major Junior A hockey franchise. The younger generation, sons Billy Jr. and Joey, dug right into the family business as well.</div>
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Joey has been the assistant general manger full-time for the past two seasons. He lists off wide ranging duties which fill his day. For example, iIn preparation for last month’s training camp he contacted draft picks, set up itineraries, ensured player eligibility, secured visas for European players, league registrations, and U.S. health insurance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Joey is even the go to guy when someone needs picking up at the airport. Joey sums his role up by saying his primary job is to do the entire behind the scenes stuff so head coach and GM Marty Williamson can concentrate on the hockey stuff.</div>
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His older brother Billy Jr. has the role of assistant coach. As an OHL alumnus, Billy has a good idea of what pressures the young hockey players are under. Not just parental and coaching pressures, but the pressure the athlete puts upon himself. He acknowledges the OHL is a 12 month commitment; there is no taking the summers off for the athlete. If a player chooses to slack off during the summer there will be another player who kept training and is ready to take his spot.</div>
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Their second pick, at 54, was used to draft an ex-teammate of <strong>Michal Cajkovsky</strong>, 6'2 right winger<strong> Richard Mraz</strong> (not to be confused with <strong>Petr Mrazek</strong>, who joins Cajkovsky as a 67 grad).<br /><br />All seems set in motion for the 67's to have a strong rebuilding campaign on the ice. However, less than 24-hours later, the Ontario Hockey League released their schedule for the 2012-13 season. Exciting news? Yes. A cause for concern in Ottawa? Absolutely.<br /><br />As was confirmed three weeks ago when the 67's officially moved their headquarters to Kanata, Ontario, the team will officially play out the next two or three seasons at Scotiabank Place. Their new so-to-speak roommate, the NHL's Ottawa Senators, released a schedule around the same time that left Ottawa's Junior team in a bind.<br /><br />Typically, the 67's have had the entirety of their home matchups scheduled for Friday nights and Sunday afternoons with the rare exception being made for a Saturday afternoon or Holiday Monday game. Sharing a building with an NHL team has effectively put an end to this, though. The Senators, competing with six other Canadian NHL markets, have started their own habit of hosting teams on Friday nights. As such, with the pro team taking precedence, the 67's had to work with what they were given. <br /><br />As we found out, the 67's home schedule sees them playing just eight home games on their usual Friday nights. They play host to four Saturday afternoon games and seven Sunday afternoon games. During the week, fans will have to make the trek out to Kanata for three Monday games, four Tuesday games, five Wednesday games and three Thursday games.<br /><br />To get fans to the games, the team is going to be forced to market Junior hockey better than they have in the past half-decade. If anyone can do it, team owner<em> Jeff Hunt</em> has proven that he is capable.<br /><br />After taking over the franchise in 1998, Hunt's bold marketing tactics and advertising campaigns didn't go unnoticed. In fact, it helped sell so many tickets that the 67's were able to host the Memorial Cup, as their new owner had audaciously guaranteed.<br /><br />From 1999 to 2005, the 67's took part in three third Memorial Cup tournaments and attendances were soaring. Every Friday night game was either sold out or nearly sold out, the team rarely plunged below 8,000 fans for a Friday night. Sundays never seemed like a chore to put people in the seats. But since their last visit to the Mem Cup, things have taken a bit of a nosedive.<br /><br />With the exception of games against key teams, teams with high-end prospects, or simply games where a lot of seats were given away, Ottawa rarely found themselves eclipsing 6,000 fans. This isn't a bad hockey team, either, this is a team that hasn't missed the playoffs since the birth of their first import draftee from Wednesday and has won three divisional titles in a row. Imagine if this team falls into the lower echelon of the Eastern Conference.<br /><br />Furthermore, consider the poor attendances that generally come with playoff games in Ottawa. Not used to weekday games, they only managed to sell 6,500 tickets for the deciding seventh game vs. Barrie. That was Ottawa's highest attendance for a weekday home game in the post-season. Are those numbers good in comparison to a number of OHL teams? They are, but it causes concern for what we may see next season.<br /><br />If travel and the number of weekday games aren't enough of a worry, consider that the Senators are also re-vamping their marketing schemes and, in some cases, are actually selling tickets that would be cheaper than their Junior counterpart. Senators CEO <em>Cyril Leeder </em>is tired of visiting fans taking over 'The Bank', and is willing to lose profits to sell cheaper season's seats to Ottawa fans who will drown out opposing supporters. How far is Leeder willing to budge in order to sell his team's product to hometown fans? Down to the point where you can buy seats for $15.<br /><br />Granted, very few tickets for the professional squad will be sold at the eye-opening low rate of $15, but there will still be some available to the public. By comparison, the cheapest ticket you can buy for a 67's game currently goes at $18. <br /><br />If you don't think that the Senators brass is serious about their plan, consider personal experience as proof. In my family's household, there is not a single Senators <em>fan. However, having used Capital Tickets (owned by Senators owner Eugene Melnyk</em>) we received a letter asking if we'd like to become Senators season ticket holders, the offer of "tickets as low as $15/game" still intact. These same afformentioned family member who have been 67's season ticket holders for decades received nothing more than a long, drawn-out "please come back, we need you next season" from the Barberpoles front office.<br /><br />Unable to obtain official numbers, I have heard from a number of people that the 67's renewal rate amongst season ticket holders from the 2012 season had dropped to as low as 23% as of the May 8th Early Bird deadline. Playing in a suburb, it will be hard enough to get any sort of a walk-up or casual crowd. When an approximated 77% of diehard fans aren't willing to make the trip, who is?<br /><br />Furthermore, OC Transpo has now come out and said that unless the 67's sell an average of 5,000 seats per game, they will cut bus service to the games. With the price of parking already hiked up from last year's rate, bus service is crucial. It's a chain reaction if the team doesn't draw large attendances early on. If they lose bus service, it goes even further downhill.<br /><br />For a team that couldn't sell 5,000 tickets for a weekday playoff game, the Ottawa 67's are going to have to come up with a brilliant marketing ploy to continue getting respectable attendances. Perhaps this starts and ends by using <strong>Cody Ceci</strong> as a selling point -- the hometown defender was drafted 15th overall by the Senators last week and is expected by many to return to the Barberpoles and likely Captain the team. Either way, with the pre-season starting on September 7th and the 67's home opener in their new stomping grounds being played September 20th, the team's front office has a lot of work to do in a very short time.<div class="blogger-post-footer">www.intheoradio.com</div>Alex Quevillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11340499101165531874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494486325823887063.post-76801918229447914722012-05-06T09:52:00.000-04:002012-05-06T09:52:16.045-04:00OHL championship Series Even<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial;">The consensus is the 2012 OHL
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opening game of the series go into double overtime at the John Labatt Centre in
London. The game was decided on a Dougie Hamilton shot to win the game 3-2 for
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial;">Controversy about the win
arose the next day when according to the London Free Press </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">“The league admitted Friday the IceDogs should've
been awarded (a penalty shot) in the first overtime period after the London
Knights were called on a delay of game infraction for knocking the net off its
moorings…According to Rule 63.5, a penalty shot is to be awarded for
deliberately displacing a goal post within the final two minutes of regular
playing time and in overtime.” While it appears with the Ice Dog eventual win
this refereeing mistake was no harm no foul, London forward Vladislav Namestnikov
suggested the London’s penalty kill perhaps contributed to the Knights tiring
and Niagara’s ultimate win. Knights’ Michael Houser, named the league’s top
goal tender, laughed it off and said a penalty shot in over-time would not be
his preference. “I'd rather have the two-minute penalty to kill.”</span></div>
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arena as they are used to the unique corners and the small ice surface of the
Jack Gatecliff arena. In spite of a hat trick from team captain Andrew Agozzino
and out shooting the Knights 42-24 (15-5 in the 3<sup>rd</sup> period), London
was able to hang on to a 5-3 win with an empty net goal from Ryan Rupert in the
dying seconds of the game. Coincidentally the empty net goal made it a hat
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does enjoy the barn like atmosphere but “it’s play-off hockey – that’s where I
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on Monday evening with game four back at “the Jack” on Wednesday. The fifth
game at the John Labatt centre will be televised by Sportsnet. While national
televised coverage is great for CHL fans across the country, will the extra
TV-time-outs be a blessing or a hindrance to the teams? The extra breaks are a
great opportunity for players to catch their breath and coaches to refocus the
team, however, the extra interruptions can disrupt the flow of the game and any
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1. NIAG A. Agozzino, (10) (D. Hamilton, R. Strome), 16:09 (PP)
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2. LDN O. Maatta, (6) (M. Domi, J. Knight), 13:31 (PP) <br />
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Agozzino’s third goal there was a delay in game while arena staff cleared away
a torrent of green painting hats and towels both sponsor give aways for the
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the St. Catharines Jr. B Falcons were loudly congratulated by the fans for
their Sutherland Cup win the night before. This was their first championship in
the team’s 44 years of existence.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">It was
another sell out at the Jack Gatecliff arena again Friday night. With the Bobby
Orr trophy waiting in the wings it was a must win game for the Ottawa 67s
facing elimination by the Niagara Ice Dogs. While the 67s gave it a valiant
effort right up to the final second of the game, it was the Ice Dogs prevailing
with a 3-2 win. Niagara has now earned a trip to the OHL finals against the
awaiting London Knights.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Ryan Strome
opened the scoring early with a power play goal at just past the two minute
mark of the first period. Ottawa quickly responded a minute later with a goal
from Sean Monahan also on a power play. Freddie Hamilton on a pass from brother
Dougie scored to give the Ice Dogs the lead at 15:49. Alex Friesen gave Niagara
a 3-1 edge nearing the middle of the second. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">The Niagara
machine really got rolling in the second period as they dominated the play
outshooting the 67s. However, during the third period Ottawa started playing
their desperation style hockey. This was successful in their last series as
they came back from three games to one to defeat the Barrie Colts to earn their
spot in the Eastern Conference finals. It appeared the 67s were poised to do it
again when Jake Cardwell made it 3-2 with a power-play goal at 10:14 of the
third. Ottawa continued to put the pressure on Niagara for the rest of the
period right up to the final seconds outshooting their opponents 13-8. It was all
to no avail however as the Ice Dogs kept finding ways to keep the puck out of
the net.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">With the
final buzzer the Ice Dogs became Eastern Conference Champions. OHL Commissioner
David Branch was on hand to present the Bobby Orr trophy to Niagara captain
Andrew Agozzino. <span> </span>There was a very brief
mini-lap of the rink as the team showed off the hardware to their loyal fans. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Following
the game there were two contrasting press conferences. The first was with
Ottawa 67 Coach Chris Byrne and defenseman Jake Cardwell. A local boy from near
by Niagara Falls, Cardwell had lots of friends and family in attendance to
support him as he dealt with the loss. With red eyes Cardwell held his
composure as he expressed his disappointment in the sudden end to the series. “Next
year we will make a run at it again.” </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">When asked
if fatigue was a factor in the Ottawa loss coach Byrne, usually a rather stoic
presence, cracked he wasn’t tired at all. He then went on to say “it’s our 18<sup>th
</sup>(play-off) game…we played a couple of tough series, tight series before
this one, and for sure you could see some of our guys were getting fatigued.”
Byrne did give credit to the strength of the Ice Dog team. “They are a good
team, they are deep. We had every chance to get that third goal and they did a
great job at finding a way to keep pucks out.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Expecting a
more upbeat press conference from Niagara representation it was a surprisingly
subdued coach Marty Williamson “I</span>t’s a great accomplishment and we have
a lot of respect for the Bobby Orr Trophy, but there’s another two steps for
us.”<span> <span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Freddie
Hamilton, wearing his new Eastern Conference Championship cap, agreed the job
is not yet done. The Ice Dogs are now focused on the next task, facing the
London Knights for the OHL championship and then on to Shawinigan for the
Memorial Cup. </span>“We’re not satisfied with this. We’re really excited for
the next round.”<span lang="EN-CA"></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-CA">Dog Bytes:</span></b></div>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Ryan Strome and Tyler Toffoli
went at it in an uncharacteristic fight during the first period</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Many Niagara fans booed David
Branch as he presented the Bobby Orr trophy. Perhaps still bad feelings
from decisions regarding severe suspensions during the regular season (Kuhnhackl
and D. Hamilton -20 games each)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">There
was a delay of 16 minutes in the first period because of a problem with a
penalty box door.<span lang="EN-CA"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">50-50 prize keeps rising with
each Niagara home game. Friday’s take - $3500.00</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">OHL Championship series begins
Thursday in London with game two in St. Catharines on Saturday</span></li>
</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.intheoradio.com</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494486325823887063.post-75426536181855200422012-04-22T19:56:00.003-04:002012-04-22T19:56:44.672-04:00Ottawa-Niagara Series Tied Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-CA">The Ottawa
67s have evened up the series by soundly defeating the Niagara Ice Dogs 7-4. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Niagara
coach Marty Williamson knew immediately what looked outwardly as a good start for
the Ice Dogs was nothing but. Within the first few minutes the Ice Dogs outshot
the visiting 67s 9-0. “We were way too pretty, over passing pucks but we weren’t
fundamentally sound.” And he was right because at the 10:00 mark of the first period
the onslaught began.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Nicholas
Foglia opened up the scoring for Ottawa. This was his second goal of the series
as Foglia scored the only Ottawa goal in the opening game of the conference
finals on Friday evening. Then began a flurry of scoring with goals by Cody
Ceci, Dalton Smith, Shane Prince making it 4-0. Alex Friesen finally got a shot
past Ottawa goal tender Petr Mrazek.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">The second
period opened with a Brett Ritchie power play goal for the Ice Dogs and for a
brief moment a Dougie Hamilton goal from the point brought the Ice Dogs within
one goal. However the momentum was quickly lost as Mike Cazzola scored a fifth
goal for Ottawa a minute later.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">A sixth
Ottawa goal from Sean Monahan finally chased Niagara goalie Mark Visentin from
the net. He has had an outstanding season since returning from the World
Juniors in January but Sunday was definitely not his night. Chris Festarini
took his place in net and did an admirable job keeping the Ottawa blitz of
goals down to just one more from Jake Cardwell. </span></div>
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scored a goal for the Ice Dogs in the dying seconds of the game. However there
was no celebration of the goal as the Dogs knew the game was ending with a 7-4
loss. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Following
the game both teams got on their respective buses and headed north to prepare
for game three of the Eastern Conference finals in Ottawa. When asked if
Visentin will be back in the net for game three tomorrow night, Williamson’s
quick reply was “Absolutely!”</span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Six is the most goals Mark
Visentin has given up all season.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">The Ice Dogs out shot Ottawa
48-35</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Ottawa
went 3-for-5 on the power play with one short-handed goal<span lang="EN-CA"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Niagara’s
power play <span> </span>was 2-for-6<span lang="EN-CA"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Ottawa captain Marc Zanetti has
been suspended indefinitely until a decision is made on discipline
following a kick to the head of Niagara’s Tom Kuhnhackl during Friday’s
series opening game.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">It was another sell out at “the
Jack” with 3145 in attendance</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">The 50-50 draw was once again
over $3000.00</span><span class="td-endpagebody"></span></li>
</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.intheoradio.com</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494486325823887063.post-64602203392373794092012-04-21T10:20:00.000-04:002012-04-21T10:27:21.501-04:00Niagara Needs OT to Defeat Ottawa in Game One<<br />
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<span lang="EN-CA">It was another sell out crowd at the Jack
Gatecliff arena Friday evening as the Niagara Ice Dogs defeated the visiting
Ottawa 67s 2-1 in the opening game of the OHL Eastern Conference finals. It
would take an overtime goal by Niagara’s Mitchell Theoret to determine the
outcome. The game turned into a goal tending dual with Niagara’s Mark Visentin
keeping out all but 1 of 42 shots while </span>Petr Mrazek <span lang="EN-CA">defended the Ottawa net playing perhaps his
best game of the play-offs stopping 49 of 51 Niagara shots.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">With a four game sweep of the Brampton
Battalion, the Niagara Ice Dogs had a week-long break while waiting for Ottawa
67s to defeat the Barrie Colts in what would take a game seven over time win.
Many felt Niagara would have the upper hand being well rested but instead of
rested they looked a little rusty in the first period. The Ice Dogs persevered
and by the second period were back in their game which Ice Dog coach Marty
Williamson describes as “staying patient and waiting for opportunities.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">The local Cogeco crew extended their rest on
Friday evening as Sports Net came to Niagara to nationally televise the game.
While Williamson noted the national attention “pumps the guys up and was a lot
of fun for the community” he also expressed his concern about the additional commercial
breaks taking the momentum away from the team. Williamson credits the loud fans
doing “a great job getting us back into it with their GO DOGS GO.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">The television cameras were also able to catch
a skirmish behind the net following Niagara’s first goal by </span>Tom
Kuhnhackl <span lang="EN-CA">at 7:04 of the third
period. Williamson was blunt saying Ottawa’s Marc Zanetti “kicked Kuhnuckle in
the back of the head. I don’t understand the mentality of a player going in and
kicking another player when is lying on the ice.” While Williamson admits the
refs can’t see everything, the Sportsnet broadcast was able to clearly record
the infraction and Williamson is confident the league will look after it. Zannetti,
an over-ager and captain of the team, is familiar with how the OHL handles
discipline. In round one of the play-offs against Belleville Zannetti was
suspended for five games for intentionally spearing Bull’s captain Luke Judson
during the pre-game warm up.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Zannetti quickly followed up the Kuhnhackl kick
with an assist on a </span>Nocholas Foglia shot from behind the goal-line
allowing the 67s to tie up the game which led into over-time. Theoret scored
his self-proclaimed biggest goal of his life at 5:10 of the OT period for the
Ice Dogs to take game one of the series.</div>
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</span><span lang="EN-CA">The week off between
series was an opportunity for arena staff to redo the ice surface at the Jack
Gatecliff arena and add the Eastern Conference finals logo. However, it was a
warm night in Niagara and the new surfacing did not create ideal ice but rather
a bouncy surface. With the weather cooling off, the surface should be improved
for an even faster paced game two on Sunday.</span></div>
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<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.intheoradio.com</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494486325823887063.post-20166409158474250882012-04-18T20:29:00.002-04:002012-04-18T23:19:55.443-04:00ECF Preview: #1 Niagara Ice Dogs vs. #2 Ottawa 67's<em>by Alex Quevillon</em><br />The Ottawa 67’s will meet the Niagara Ice Dogs in the Eastern Conference Finals, and while these two teams finished right next to each other in the standings, their paths to get to the third round couldn’t be any more different.<br /><br />Niagara made quick work of the Bramtpon Battalion in a four-game sweep, while the 67’s allowed the Barrie Colts to tie the seventh and deciding game of their series with eight seconds left in regulation, before <strong>Brett Gustavsen</strong> put the series away for good with an overtime winner.<br /><br />The struggles that Ottawa faced playing lower seeds (although Barrie wasn’t far behind), mixed with their poor record against the Ice Dogs this year, make OHL fans believe that this will be a very short series in Niagara’s favour.<br /><br /><strong>For Ottawa to win</strong>:<br /><br />As tired as the 67’s may be, they have to try and catch the well-rested Ice Dogs flat-footed and get to <strong>Mark Visentin </strong>early on – something they’ve had no trouble doing this season.<br /><br />In the Ice Dogs’ two visits to the Nation’s Capital this season, Visentin allowed goals on four of the first nine shots he faced. He was pulled in November in a 5-2 loss, while he recovered nicely in the second game and helped hand Ottawa a 5-1 loss.<br /><br />(See: <a href="http://www.intheoradio.com/imported-20111223013912/2012/4/17/is-mark-visentin-ready-to-fall.html">Is Mark Visentin Ready to Fall?</a> - Brandon Sudeyko)<br /><br />The 67’s are going to have to flex their physical muscles in this series. In their lone win on the year, they played their most physical game of the season and that, combined with Visentin’s poor performance at the time, the then-visiting Ice Dogs were out of the game early.<br /><br /><strong>For Niagara to win</strong>:<br /><br />Niagara needs to pepper <strong>Petr Mrazek</strong>, keep the 67’s to the perimeter and get under their skin. With the Ice Dogs’ offencive ability, a stacked defence with guys like <strong>Jamie Oleksiak</strong>, <strong>Dougie Hamilton</strong> and <strong>Brock Beukeboom</strong>, and the styles of play employed by the likes of <strong>Andrew Agozzino</strong> and <strong>Alex Friesen</strong>, none of those should be any problem for the one-seed.<br /><br />Mrazek was highly criticized for the number of goals he has allowed from long-range so far in the postseason but when he was called upon in high pressure situations, he did somewhat step up to the plate. We’ll see how well he does against a team that sends shots his way all game, not to mention get in his face on numerous occasions. Ottawa’s netminder doesn’t shy away from scrums, but Niagara could use that to get him off his game.<br /><br />Much like the 67's had to try to avoid in the first two rounds, Niagara can't get into any bad habits early in the series. They were pretty dominant in their first two series wins against Oshawa and Brampton, and won the season series 3-1 with 18 goals for and 10 against, so the Ice Dogs should be set.<br /><br /><strong>Bad Blood</strong>:<br /><br />Niagara has been a hated team in Ottawa since a game last March where <strong>Thomas Nesbitt </strong>and <strong>Shane Prince </strong>were knocked out of the 67’s lineup via unnecessary cheapshots from <strong>Myles Doan </strong>and <strong>Tim Billingsley</strong> respectively. The first re-match between these two teams here in Ottawa this season was a heated one, but not as nasty as last year’s event. <br /><br />With this history and the aformentioned antagonizing skills of a pair of Ice Dogs, mixed with the boatloads of toughness these two teams possess, we may be in for a physical and perhaps even nasty third round. Am I predicting that this series will re-enact the Flyers and Penguins? Not quite. But it should be more hostile than the second round for these two squads.<br /><br /><strong>Another Makeshift Asylum</strong>:<br /><br />Well, Barrie’s attempt to mock our asylum was laughable to say the least. Now, the 67’s get to put up with another group of wannabe hooligans. The drummer in Niagara doesn't even bother with a real drum, electing instead to bang straight on the glass (an infraction that would have you escorted out of the J. Benson Cartage Centre). Even still, you won't see <em>Chris Byrne </em>ask the refs for them to stop (See: Hawerchuk, Dale)<br /><br /><strong>Prediction</strong>: Niagara in Six<br /><br />Game one goes Friday night in St. Catharines, with game two going on Sunday. The series heads to Ottawa on Monday and Wednesday.<div class="blogger-post-footer">www.intheoradio.com</div>Alex Quevillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11340499101165531874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494486325823887063.post-17214095212518779832012-04-18T18:28:00.002-04:002012-04-18T19:57:50.131-04:00Game 7 Review OTT-BAR<em>by Alex Quevillon</em><br />In what was quite clearly the biggest game of Junior Hockey in the Nation's Capital in two years, the Ottawa 67's and Barrie Colts didn't disappoint. In a series that went down to the wire, it was very denotative that even after the 67's took a 3-2 lead with 25 seconds left, Barrie would stil have an answer.<br /><br /><strong>Sean Monahan</strong>'s sixth marker of the postseason, the first powerplay marker in three games in the series, appeared to be the nail in the coffin that was the Colts season. <strong>Mark Scheifele</strong>, the most dominant player for either team through the seven games, batted home a rebound to tie the game with eight seconds to to.<br /><br />The 67's wouldn't let their season be ruined by a bizarre, last-second tying goal, however. Just over two minutes into the first overtime period, <strong>Brett Gustavsen </strong>intercepted a pass from <strong>Mathias Niederberger </strong>and beat him five-hole with a quick shot from a sharp angle, sending Ottawa to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2005 (also, the last time they played Barrie in the playoffs) with a 4-3 win.<br /><br />Niederberger didn't stand on his head as much as he had in past games, but he still made 40 stops. <strong>Petr Mrazek</strong> made 28 saves, with only one save needed in overtime (Niederberger faced three shots in the extra frame).<br /><br />In hindsight, I don't think any 67's fans or impartial fans will be upset with the ending to this game. It would have been terrible had the 67's come eight seconds away from a series win only to lose. But if Barrie hadn't knotted the game, it would have been terrible to see Barrie's season end on a too many men penalty.<br /><br />With 65 seconds left in the third period,<strong> Greg Sutch</strong> headed to the box as Barrie was caught with six men on the ice. The penalty didn't have to be called, especially at that time in the game. Monahan's goal came less than a minute later.<br /><br /><strong>Colin Behenna</strong> was the Colt who centered the puck, knows all about Ottawa's late collapses. In the team's first meeting of the season, Behenna tied the game with less than a second to go in the third period. The winner that night was scored by <strong>Tanner Pearson</strong>, who missed the entirety of the playoffs.<br /><br />Greg Sutch beat Mrazek with a high shot from the faceoff circle early in the first period, and it wasn't until a long stretch of play in the Barrie end in the middle stanza that the 67's broke the German goaltender's shutout bid. <strong>Dalton Smith</strong> buried a centering pass from the game's eventual first star, <strong>Tyler Graovac</strong>.<br /><br /><strong>Josh MacDonald</strong> put the Colts ahead for the second time on the night with yet another longshot on Mrazek. <strong>Cody Ceci</strong>'s blast from the point was deflected in by <strong>Steven Janes</strong> with six minutes left to tie the game once again.<br /><br />For Barrie, this is a hard end to their year. Having improved by 51 points from last year's last-place finish, it's quite impressive that they came one goal from a berth in the Conference Finals. <strong>Ivan Telegin</strong>, who had a tremendous series, joined the Colts already sidelined after leaving with a leg injury at the first intermission. The 67's will be the team to go to the third round to face the top-seeded Niagara Ice Dogs. Game One goes Friday night.<div class="blogger-post-footer">www.intheoradio.com</div>Alex Quevillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11340499101165531874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494486325823887063.post-64972235255002211492012-04-16T19:38:00.002-04:002012-04-16T20:05:04.742-04:00Game 6 Review BAR vs. OTT<em>by Alex Quevillon</em><br />The Barrie Colts made Game Six interesting, perhaps too close to comfort for the Ottawa 67’s, but the visitors ultimately prevailed at the Barrie Molson Center on Sunday evening and these two teams will head back to the Nation’s Capital to play the seventh game of this series on Tuesday.<br /><br />The win brought amongst a heavy sigh of relief from the 67’s faithful who are, in fairness, used to seeing their team blow leads such as this one. But the Barberpoles have shown enough resiliency to hold onto two late leads in back-to-back games to level this series at three games apiece.<br /><br /><strong>Can We Decline the Penalties</strong>?<br /><br />In what may have been the NHL’s game of the year on the afternoon of the 15th, the Philadelphia Flyers’ powerplay put on a clinic, going four for seven against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The game between the 67’s and Colts that followed saw the complete opposite as the two combined for no powerplay goals on ten opportunities.<br /><br />The officiating was highly questionable throughout the night, the final miscue coming in the final minute when Ottawa’s <strong>Sean Monahan </strong>was sent to the box for a phantom hook on <strong>Josh McDonald</strong>, who innocently tripped on his own. But with how pitiful both teams were with the man advantage, along with the fact that Ottawa was able to ice the puck as a result, perhaps it worked in the 67’s favour after all. Whoever moves on to play Niagara will need a quick fix for their powerplay, otherwise it may be another short series in the Ice Dogs’ favour.<br /><br /><strong>Missed It By That Much</strong>:<br /><br />Barrie forward <strong>Erik Bradford </strong>has to be kicking himself for what should have been the equalizer early in the third period. For a 15-minute span at the end of the second period and start of the third, the Colts caught Ottawa on their heels. <strong>Gregg Sutch </strong>got Barrie on the board with just a minute and a half to play in the middle frame while a longshot from <strong>Alex Lepkowski </strong>brought the home side within one. Shortly thereafter, Bradford had a wide open net after putting together a perfect 2-on-1 rush, but couldn’t tie the game up.<br /><br /><strong>Full Team Effort by Ottawa</strong>:<br /><br /><strong>Steven Janes </strong>and <strong>Shane Prince </strong>may still be ragged on by Ottawa fans, but there’s no doubting the important role they played in sending this series the distance. Prince beautifully set up Janes on a breakaway as Janes was coming out of the penalty box; the 6’4 Etobicoke native scoring on his third shot in tight on the break to give the 67’s a 2-0 lead. <br /><br /><strong>Tyler Toffoli</strong> had set up that situation by hitting double digits in goals with 10, a longshot past <strong>Mathias Niederberger </strong>that looked awfully familiar to Lepkowski’s goal in the third. The 67’s scoring was rounded out by<strong> Tyler Graovac</strong>, finishing a 2-on-1 with <strong>Ryan Van Stralen </strong>to put his team ahead 3-0 early in the second.<br /><br />Despite a bit of a late collapse, <strong>Petr Mrazek</strong> helped his team stay in it, making six saves in the third period and 25 on the night. Niederberger made 27 at the other end.<br /><br /><strong>Gloves Come Off</strong>:<br /><br />In his rookie year with the 67's, I noticed a lot of similiarities in the games of <strong>Dalton Smith</strong> and Barrie tough guy <strong>Stefan Della Rovere</strong>. Despite the difference in age, I wanted the two heavyweights to go at it once, it would surely have been a great tilt. This wish never came to fruition, but Colts fans did get to see the skill that Smith possesses with his gloves off. He laid a beating on <strong>Anthony Camara </strong>during the second period of Game Six.<br /><br /><strong>Heading Back To Ottawa</strong>:<br /><br />As mentioned, the seventh and final game goes here in Ottawa on Tuesday night. Barrie is hoping that they can join their first round opponent Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors and their potential third-round opponent Niagara Ice Dogs as teams that have defeated Ottawa in Seventh Games on home ice, with those two teams having done it in 2010 and 2009 respectively.<br /><br /><strong>Final Assessment</strong>:<br /><br />During Sunday’s broadcast from Barrie, the Colts’ commentators falsely claimed that the 67’s PA announcer guaranteed a Game Seven after winning Game Five. The actual quote heard at the JBCC on Friday was “we hope we can see you back here on Tuesday for Game Seven if necessary.” No more ‘if necessary’. The Colts and 67’s, much alike the Plymouth Whalers and Kitchener Rangers in the West, have one game left to decide this best-of-seven conference semi-final.<div class="blogger-post-footer">www.intheoradio.com</div>Alex Quevillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11340499101165531874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494486325823887063.post-51244531170768833042012-04-14T17:01:00.002-04:002012-04-14T18:30:58.649-04:00Game 4/5 Review BAR vs. OTT<em>by Alex Quevillon</em><br />Last time I wrote about the second-round playoff matchup between the Barrie Colts and Ottawa 67's, Barrie had taken a one-game lead. Now, that's still the case, although the Colts have pushed Ottawa to the brink of elimination, winning Game Five 3-2 before the 67's won on Friday night, keeping their season alive with a 2-1 win.<br /><br /><br />With the Niagara Ice Dogs sweeping the Brampton Battalion in the other Eastern Conference Semi Final, the stage is set for whoever comes out of this one. For Barrie, perhaps the potential third-round opponent adds even more inspiration to close this out. They'd be enough of a feel-good story having gone from dead last in the league to the Conference Finals in just a year, imagine if they had the chance to stick it to their old bench boss <em>Marty Williamson</em> while they were at it. At the same time, 67's fans are hoping they haven't seen the last game in the classic Ottawa Civic Center, with the team slated to move to Kanata, Ontario next season.<br /><br /><strong>Longshots Destroying 67's</strong>:<br /><br />Same song and dance. For whatever reason, as well as <strong>Petr Mrazek</strong>'s played in allowing only four goals in the last two games, he seems to have an issue with the longshots. The most deflating goal from far out came 20 seconds into the third period of Game Four, a quick wrister from <strong>Aaron Ekblad</strong> that should have easily been handled. Last night, he only allowed one goal, off the stick of <strong>Daniel Erlich </strong>from just inside the line.<br /><br />It would appear that Ottawa's defencive tactic of sitting back and giving the other team the shot by keeping them to the perimeter simply isn't working. In fact, it hasn't been working for a long time in the Nation's Capital. <strong>Sean Callaghan</strong> (+1) and <strong>Michal Cajkovsky</strong> (+5) lead the team in playoff +/- in the postseason and are the two guys on the back end who constantly try to stand the opposition up at the blueline and use their long reach to deflect perimeter shots - perhaps the rest of the team should follow suit.<br /><br /><strong>Goaltender Interference?</strong><br /><br />The winning goal on Friday night caused a bit of an uproar for Colts fans. After being pushed on top of Barrie netminder <strong>Mathias Niederberger</strong>,<strong> Dalton Smith </strong>remained there as <strong>Tyler Toffoli</strong> slid home a rebound in the final ten seconds of the middle frame. Niederberger, once again, refused to come onto the ice when presented with one of the three stars. Frustration? Nobody's really sure.<br /><br /><strong>Swap Smith & Prince?</strong><br /><br />Aside from the controversial role he played for the winning goal, <strong>Dalton Smith </strong>hasn't been the best fit for Ottawa's top line. Meanwhile, <strong>Shane Prince</strong> continues to draw criticism from 67's supporters, being held off the scoresheet and becoming a -5 on the series. Perhaps it's time to re-unite Prince with Toffoli and <strong>Sean Monahan</strong>.<br /><br /><strong>Stars Getting Physical</strong>:<br /><br />These past two games never saw the gloves come off, but a number of heated scrums broke out. I'm not sure which team favours this matchup - the OHL's leading playoff goalscorer (tied with Kitchener's <strong>Tobias Rieder</strong>) in Toffoli? Or the best player in this series, Barrie's Mark Scheifele. The two were tangled up for a good minute after the final buzzer on Friday night, setting a physical tone for Sunday.<br /><br /><strong>Final Word</strong>:<br /><br />What a difference a week can make. Seven days ago, Ottawa was fresh off a Game One win. Now, they need another strong performance just to keep the season alive. In order to stay alive, the 67's will need to overcome their poor road record in this postseason. But, remember, their only road win of the playoffs did come in the last Game Six they played. It's Junior Hockey at it's best, and anything can happen.<div class="blogger-post-footer">www.intheoradio.com</div>Alex Quevillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11340499101165531874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494486325823887063.post-6882595332715811292012-04-12T21:42:00.002-04:002012-04-12T21:48:33.857-04:00It's Not Tense for the Ice Dogs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bUIPNBUom34/T4eFHOMIbOI/AAAAAAAAABc/IVPusi80LYU/s1600/new%2Bdogs.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bUIPNBUom34/T4eFHOMIbOI/AAAAAAAAABc/IVPusi80LYU/s400/new%2Bdogs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730695409966804194" border="0" /></a><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA">The past, the future and the present came into the arena and things got tense!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> Things have been anything but tense for Ice Dog fans these past few days as the past, future and present are all positive.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> </span><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-CA">The Past:</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA">Andrew Agozzino was recognized for his hard work this past season as he was selected as the OHL over age player of the year. With 40 goals and 48 assists during the regular season, Agozzino’s numbers are impressive. However it is not the stats which stand out for Agozzino, it is his work ethic and leadership which are noted by coaches, players and fans.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> Agozzino won the award by one vote over Owen Sound Attack Mike Halmo. Both undrafted, the pair of over-agers have definitely been impact players on their respective teams this year. While Agozzino takes home the hardware, Halmo was rewarded with a NHL entry level contract with the New York Islanders. Being undrafted had its advantages as Halmo was able to field many offers and make the decision where to sign. Perhaps an NHL contract is in Agozzino’s future?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> </span><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-CA">Speaking of the future…….</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> Ice Dog coach Marty Williamson was very busy recently in his dual role as coach and general manager. During Saturday’s OHL Priority draft Williamson was straddling positions while he led a team practice in between selecting draft picks for the future. At Tuesday’s home game three of the fourteen draft picks were introduced to the fans pre-game. (pictured above) Given a loud welcome was centre-man </span>Brook Hiddink, a second-round choice, left winger Matt Gillard, taken in the fourth round, and right winger Brendan Dunning, a 10th-round pick.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> It was also announced Anthony DiFruscia, selected in the 2011 draft, was signed by the Ice Dogs. A Thorold native, DiFruscia played this past season at Salisbury School in Connecticut where he averaged a point a game on the varsity team.<span style="" lang="EN-CA"></span></p> <p>But thoughts of the future need to be set aside as the Ice Dogs right now must concentrate on the present – a solid play-off run.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p> <p><b style="">The Present:</b></p> <p>The Niagara Ice Dogs have swept the Brampton Battalion in the second series of the play-offs.<span style=""> </span>Highlights have been a Dave Pacan over time goal in game one, a Freddie Hamilton hat trick in game three and a goal and six assists through-out the series from Ryan Strome. <span style=""> </span>Mark Visentin in goal was incredible through out the series as uncharacteristic for the Ice Dogs they allowed Brampton to outshoot them in all but one game with the series shots 133-110 in Brampton’s favour.</p> <p>The Ice Dogs now rest while they wait to see who wins the Barrie-Ottawa series to determine their opponent for the Eastern Conference finals.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> </span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.intheoradio.com</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494486325823887063.post-63222437873866380082012-04-11T20:25:00.003-04:002012-04-11T23:12:24.300-04:00OTT-BAR Game 3 Review<em>by Alex Quevillon</em><br />The series between the Ottawa 67’s and Barrie Colts could very easily have been a 2-0 lead for the 67’s heading into Barrie, if it weren’t for a deflating overtime loss in Game Two. Perhaps the loss was more deflating than originally expected; the Barberpoles were thoroughly outplayed in Game Three, looking flat-footed and dropping a 5-2 decision to the Colts on Tuesday night.<br /><br />With this being Ottawa’s first regulation loss of the playoffs, the Colts are now halfway to an upset. There is plenty of concern in the Nation’s Capital but at the same time, this series is far from over.<br /><strong><br />No Answer for Scheifele, Telegin</strong>:<br /><br />The Colts' duo of Winnipeg Jets draft picks continue to run rampant on the 67's as <strong>Ivan Telegin</strong> and<strong> Mark Scheifele </strong>had two points each in the third game. As Ottawa looked like they were going to make things interesting, Scheifele fired home a one-timer, set up by Telegin, for Barrie's second powerplay goal of the night, giving the home side a 4-2 lead.<br /><br />The duo combined to set up<strong> Josh MacDonald </strong>for the fifth and final goal with exactly five minutes to go, effectively taking away any hope Ottawa had of a comeback. <strong>Alex Lepowski</strong> and <strong>Daniel Erlich </strong>(2) rounded out the Barrie scoring.<br /><br /><strong>Second Line Silenced for 57 minutes</strong>:<br /><br />The line of <strong>Shane Prince</strong>, <strong>Mike Cazzola </strong>and <strong>Ryan Van Stralen</strong> has faced its share of criticism from the Ottawa faithful through the first nine postseason contests. Their first shift of the game was a dominant one that lead to a goal for Cazzola, his seventh career playoff goal. From that point on, it was downhill. The trio, although split up late in the third period, was stymied for the majority of the night.<br /><br /><strong>Single Digit Shooting</strong>:<br /><br />In the first two matchups of this series, Ottawa fired 12 pucks at Niederberger in the opening frame, before letting another barrage of shots go in the following periods. On Tuesday night, they combined for only 13 shots on goal in the first two combined. As frustrating as Barrie’s goaltender may be, the 67’s have to continue firing on him. Both goals (Cazzola from behind the net, <strong>Marc-Anthony Zanetti</strong> from the point and through traffic) came as a result of just sending the puck on net.<br /><br /><strong>Makeshift Asylum:</strong><br /><br />I was hoping that my focus on the fans would no longer be brought up, but a trio of wild Colts fans were very audible in their attempts to mock the “asylum” in Ottawa behind the bench. Contrary to Ottawa’s superfans and their noisemakers, cymbals and a drum, the Barrie spectators armed themselves with a coca-cola box, water jug, cowbell and whistle, forming a makeshift asylum behind the 67’s bench to act as a distraction. <em>Chris Byrne </em>seemed to take it in stride, while some of the 67’s players didn’t seem to be in favour of the noisy bunch. <br /><br /><strong>Final assessment:</strong><br /><br />Perhaps mentioning Game Five, even for something as minimal as fan antics, was looking too far ahead. Game Four goes tomorrow night in Barrie and Ottawa desperately needs to come home with a split in Barrie – even more so than Barrie needed a split in Ottawa.<br /><br />Discipline has to be preached - Barrie went 2/4 on the powerplay and Steven Janes took his second ten-minute misconduct of the playoffs. Overall, this team needs to do a lot less standing around. More pucks on net and better forechecking - the basics. Force Niederberger to make more than 25 saves and give <strong>Petr Mrazek </strong>an easier workload than the 37 shots he faced on the night, and the 67's can get back in this series. Game Four goes Thursday at the Barrie Molson Center.<div class="blogger-post-footer">www.intheoradio.com</div>Alex Quevillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11340499101165531874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494486325823887063.post-63074293695288532212012-04-10T17:27:00.002-04:002012-04-10T17:56:56.606-04:00Game 2 Review: BAR vs. OTT<em>by Alex Quevillon</em><br />In Game One, the Ottawa 67’s clearly got to goaltender<strong> Mathias Niederberger</strong>. In Game Two, a completely different story. The left side of the scoreboard at J. Benson Cartage Centre read the number “67” twice on Easter Sunday; once for the team’s nickname and again for the amount of shots they fired at Niederberger. The Colts netminder turned aside 65 of those, as <strong>Colin Behenna</strong> put the marathon to an end in Double Overtime, beating <strong>Petr Mrazek</strong> with a long slapshot. For his efforts in “stealing” Game Two, Ottawa fans have labelled the Barrie goalie “the Niederburglar”.<br /><br /><strong>Scheifele’s The Player To Watch:<br /></strong><br />Barrie forward <strong>Mark Scheifele</strong> has been hands down the best player on the ice for either squad in these first two games; he’s also been a target for the 67’s. He isn’t trying to take that target off of his back, either. He went at it with the smallest 67, <strong>Brett Gustavsen</strong>, a couple times on Sunday. Scheifele has to watch it, though. As good as Gustavsen’s been for Ottawa, I don’t think any 67’s fans mind that trade off if he goes to the box for off-setting penalties with the former 7th overall pick of the Winnipeg Jets. Scheifele did, however, score the first goal of the game and served up the second on a platter for <strong>Ivan Telegin</strong>.<br /><br /><strong>Empty Tank</strong>:<br /><br />Generally, I locate myself behind the net for 67’s games to get the best view of the ice. However, with a big deal being made out of Barrie head coach <em>Dale Hawerchuk </em>and his bickering to try and get the fans behind him to quiet down, I followed the story within the story, sitting a couple of rows behind the Colts bench for Game two.<br /><br />As much as it may have been irrelevant, and I wouldn’t have noticed this any other game, I noticed that the Barrie Colts didn’t sit on the bench for the entire first two periods. The first player took their seat at the 13-minute mark of the first, but it wasn’t until the third period and then overtime that the entire bench was no longer on their feet. Was this to avoid the raucous fans behind the visitor’s bench? Maybe. Needless to say, I didn’t think the Colts would have anything left in the tank by the third period. Sure enough, that’s when Ottawa mounted their comeback, tying the game at two on the power of goals from <strong>Jake Cardwell </strong>and <strong>Tyler Toffoli</strong>.<br /><br /><strong>Black and Blue in Barrie</strong>:<br /><br />Was discussing this game with a Barrie fan who was quoted as saying “going into overtime makes me wish we weren't missing about 200 points to injury”. As it turns out, those points missing from the Colts lineup didn’t stop them from getting a split in the Nation’s Capital, but they could benefit from a possible returnee tonight; <strong>Ryan O’Connor</strong> is expected to be a game time decision.<br /><br /><em>Still out of the Colts lineup</em>: <strong>Tanner Pearson </strong>(91 points),<strong> Zach Hall </strong>(59 points), <strong>Greg Sutch </strong>(21 points)<br /><br /><em>Out of the 67’s lineup</em>: <strong>John McFarland</strong> (28 points)<br /><br /><strong>The Three C’s Step Up on D</strong>:<br /><br />With the return of <strong>Marc-Anthony Zanetti </strong>and <strong>Daniel Broussard</strong>, along with the shuffling of <strong>Mike Vlajkov </strong>and <strong>Ryan Shipley</strong>, a lot of the focus has shifted away from Ottawa’s three best defencemen thus far in the postseason.<br /><br /><strong>Michal Cajkovsky</strong> has been tasked as a shutdown guy and he has done his job to a tee. He’s all over <strong>Ivan Telegin</strong> and <strong>Mark Scheifele</strong>, the two guys who are clearly Barrie’s best forwards right now. <strong>Sean Callaghan</strong> looks steadier with every game gone by. And <strong>Cody Ceci</strong>’s play is turning heads, not only for fans, but for scouts – his great play of late was rewarded on Monday when the Central Scouting Bureau listed him as the sixth ranked North American-based skater for the upcoming 2012 NHL Entry Draft.<br /><br /><strong>Final Assessment:</strong><br /><br />The 67’s still looked like the more convincing team in the first two games, but that’s going to happen when Barrie’s missing their top point-getters both up front and on the back end. A possible solution to beating Niederberger? Re-uniting Prince-Monahan-Toffoli. These three score at will when together and in the only meeting against Barrie this year where those three played together, Ottawa put up a five-spot on the board before losing in Overtime. The key to that game? <strong>Tanner Pearson</strong>’s six-point night. And yes, for those keeping track, Pearson is out for the year.<br /><br />The key for Niederberger is to keep his cool. He's going to stop a lot of pucks and he's still going to allow goals - that's how strong Ottawa's offence is. Belleville's <strong>Malcolm Subban</strong> looked frustrated by the end of Ottawa's first round series, Niederberger can't let that happen.<br /><br /><strong>Another Intra-League Prediction</strong>:<br /><br />Before the first round of the playoffs, I predicted that the 67’s would outlast their nearby QMJHL counterpart Gatineau Olympiques. Sure enough, I was right in assuming that, but as I explain <a href="http://ohlwriters.com/articles/67-s-outlast-olympiques">in this article</a>, it was a pretty safe bet to make. Now, I’m putting my money where my mouth is once again by predicting that another nearby team will be gone before the 67's; Kanata, Ontario's Ottawa Senators.<br /><br />This prediction is a little more bold; the Senators don't play Game Four against the New York Rangers until April 18th, the day after Game Seven (if neccessary) between the 67's and Colts, so Ottawa's Junior team will have to win theiur series, that's how confident I am in the 67's this round. I'm calling 67's in 7 games, NY Rangers in 5 games.<div class="blogger-post-footer">www.intheoradio.com</div>Alex Quevillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11340499101165531874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494486325823887063.post-47686602941914672242012-04-08T11:39:00.002-04:002012-04-08T11:42:21.263-04:00BAR @ OTT Game 1 in Review<em>by Alex Quevillon</em><br />The Barrie Colts looked to be playing a perfect road game through the first 20 minutes on Friday night, holding Ottawa to shots from the perimeter and taking the crowd out of it. By the end of the second period, a complete 180. While the 67’s put up four goals to Barrie’s one in the middle frame, the home crowd did its part as well. Fans were heckling Barrie goaltender <strong>Mathias Niederberger</strong> relentlessly while Head Coach <em>Dale Hawerchuk</em> was more pre-occupied complaining about the noise level than the game itself.<br /><br />This all came after a first-period that, by looking at the scoreboard seemed like an even game, but in reality, Barrie was taking the play to Ottawa. The shots were tied 12-12 after one, the game still deadlocked in a scoreless tie thanks in large part to the stellar goaltending of <strong>Petr Mrazek</strong>. Without him, Barrie could have put this one away early.<br /><br />The two teams traded goals to start the second, but that’s when things came unraveled for the visiting Colts. <strong>Shane Prince</strong> netted a pair of goals, his second coming off a deflection that Niederberger never saw. With the score now 3-1, the fans gave Ottawa a real home ice advantage. While Niederberger was being taunted, Hawerchuk was completely thrown off at the Barrie bench, spending TV timeouts to speak to the refs and complain about the noise level rather than speaking to his players.<br /><br /><strong>Tyler Graovac</strong> extended the lead before the end of the second and<strong> Remy Giftopoulos</strong> rounded out the scoring with 20 seconds left in the third, leading Ottawa to a 5-1 lead. The goals by Graovac and Giftopoulos, as well as the first goal of the game from <strong>Tyler Toffoli</strong>, were all powerplay markers, a part of Ottawa’s game that struggled for the better part of the season and first round of the playoffs. <strong>Mark Scheifele</strong> answered for Barrie.<br /><br />Mrazek, despite his busy first period, only ended up having to make 21 stops to Niederberger’s 34. These two teams play again on Easter Sunday at 2:00 in Ottawa.<br /><br />For those who are interested in discussing this game or other future Ottawa-Barrie games, ITO’s <em>Anthony Nicholson</em> (<a href="http://www.blogger.com/“https://twitter.com/#!/N24Nicholson”"> N24Nicholson</a>) will be discussing the games via Twitter, using the hashtag #ITORound2.<div class="blogger-post-footer">www.intheoradio.com</div>Alex Quevillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11340499101165531874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494486325823887063.post-6829371173869420392012-04-07T09:58:00.002-04:002012-04-07T10:13:33.298-04:00The Drama Continues at the Jack<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c0G7iyvpUQo/T4BJjHGnV9I/AAAAAAAAABQ/_6nrXBDkpuE/s1600/pacan%2Bgame%2Bwinner.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 209px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c0G7iyvpUQo/T4BJjHGnV9I/AAAAAAAAABQ/_6nrXBDkpuE/s400/pacan%2Bgame%2Bwinner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728659593566312402" border="0" /></a><span style="" lang="EN-CA"></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="" lang="EN-CA">In a season filled with many distractions, the drama continued Friday for the Niagara Ice Dogs.<span style=""> </span>When the players arrived for their game-day morning skate they discovered yet another break-in. This time however, it wasn’t the usual concession stock missing, it was Ice Dog player equipment. Two dozen sticks, helmets, elbow pads and shoulder pads from </span>Freddie Hamilton, Andrew Agozzino and Steven Shipley were reported stolen along with the all important goalie pads belonging to Mark Visentin.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Team owner Bill Burke was furious as break-ins continue to be an on-going problem at the Jack. Team President Denise Burke expressed her concern for the players noting “the boys are creatures of habit” but praised team equipment manager Garry “Bucky” Buxton for being able to quickly replace the missing equipment. Coach Williamson assured everyone the event was not going to cause the team to lose focus. “We’re kind of a mature hockey team. Stuff happens,” he said. “There really isn’t any distraction. More is being made out it than it is.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The stolen pads were two games old. Visentin wore them in Games 5 and 6 of the first-round series against Oshawa. Visentin was quoted in the St. Catharines Standard saying he has two extra sets of pad “so it wasn’t too big of a deal…but it’s frustrating when you get a new pair of pads and they get stolen. It is what it is and hopefully they show up.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The drama continued onto the ice Friday evening as the second round play-off series against the Brampton Battalion began. The Battalion played a strong game stopping the Ice Dogs from their usual offensive game. The Ice Dogs are known for out shooting their opponents by large numbers and yet the Battalion was able to keep the Ice Dogs down to 33 shots and had 46 shots of their own on Visentin. At the end of three periods it was a tie game causing the Ice Dogs to play their first over-time game of this play-off season. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">A major scramble in front of the Battalion net at about fourteen minutes into OT saw a Brampton player put his hand on the puck in the crease. This resulted in a penalty shot for Ice Dogs Brett Ritchie. <span style=""> </span>Battalion goal tender Matej Machovsky was able to keep Ritchie’s shot out of the net, but he was not so lucky several seconds later when over ager David Pacan scored the game winning goal. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Pacan scored on a five-hole shot from the slot but sheepishly admitted he was aiming for the top corner. <span style=""> </span>“Agozzino made a great pass. When he got the puck he kept his head up and found me in the middle ....I knew I just had to get a shot on net because that’s what you’re looking for in overtime.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The line reunification of over-agers Pacan, Agozzino and Alex Friesen has worked well for Pacan. He not only scored Friday’s game winner but also contributed in the elimination of the Oshawa Generals in series one with the tying and winning goal in game six. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Pacan says it is “awesome” being reunited with Agozzino and Friesen. “Those guys create so much space for you. They are really smart players. We’ve been together all of last year and part of this year. We know each other like the back of our hand.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">With the ordeal of stolen equipment now in the past, the Ice Dogs hope future drama remains on the ice. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="">Dog Bytes:</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""> </b></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Pacan has self-proclaimed “best flo in the O.” </li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> </span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Bruin prospect Dougie Hamilton was named OHL Player of the Month for March with 17 points in 14 games<span style="" lang="EN-CA"></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> </span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Don Cherry was in Niagara this week commenting to the local paper the Niagara Ice Dogs are one of the favourites to win the Canadian Hockey League championship and he hopes they do. Cherry, was a part-owner of the team when the Ice Dogs were in Mississauga, and said with the way goalie Mark Visentin plays, the team can win it all, as long as they stay healthy.</li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">During Friday’s game, on the eve of the OHL priority selection draft,<span style=""> </span>the Ice Dogs acknowledged the hard work of the Ice Dog scouting staff who “rarely get to see an Ice Dog game” because of the thousands of games throughout North America they attend in their search for future prospects.</li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="">Prior to each play-off game the Ice Dog fans are treated to “Drive It Home” a pep rally song written and performed specifically for the Ice Dogs by Angela Siracus an award winning Nashville recording artist.</li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style=""> </span><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lDNjAjjD9nI" allowfullscreen="" width="560" frameborder="0" height="315"></iframe></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The St. Catharines Jr. B Falcons who saw their attendance plummet with the arrival of the Ice Dogs are still financially viable through their 50-50 ticket sales at each Ice Dog home game. Friday night’s take was worth $3291.00. </li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"> </p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Stars selected for game one of series two:</li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"> 3<sup>rd</sup> Star:<span style=""> </span>Matej Machovsky (Bramptom Battalion-goalie )</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"> 2<sup>nd</sup> Star:<span style=""> </span>Mark Visentin (Niagara Ice Dogs-goalie)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;"> 1<sup>st</sup> Star:<span style=""> </span>David Pacan (Niagara Ice Dogs-game winning goal)<span style="" lang="EN-CA"></span></p> <span style="" lang="EN-CA"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.intheoradio.com</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494486325823887063.post-78850156083171673552012-04-06T10:42:00.009-04:002012-04-06T14:28:48.402-04:00ECSF Preview: #2 Ottawa 67's vs. #3 Barrie Colts<em>by Alex Quevillon</em><br />After receiving a scare from the seventh-seeded Belleville Bulls, the Ottawa 67’s prevailed, taking their first round series in six games. Immediately after Ottawa’s 2-1 triumph in game six concluded, <strong>Anthony Camara</strong> finished off a 2-on-1 rush in another Eastern Conference game six, this game decided in overtime, giving the Barrie Colts a second round playoff berth and a matchup with the 67’s in round two.<br /><br /><strong><em>Season Series</em></strong><br /><br />The Colts got the better of Ottawa this season, although the season series can be taken with a grain of salt. Barrie won the first meeting at the J. Benson Cartage Centre this campaign in a 4-on-4 overtime, and their second trip to the Nation’s Capital in a shootout, neither being circumstances that will decide a playoff game. The teams split their two matchups at the Barrie Molson Center.<br /><br /><strong>Playoff History</strong><br /><br />The last time these two teams played was in the first round in 2005. The Colts, the third seed as they are this year, were the first team to get knocked out of contention by the underdog 67's, who went all the way to the finals that year and despite losing to London, got into the Memorial Cup as the OHL representative.<br /><br />Since that run, the 67's had only won one playoff series heading into this year's playoffs. Barrie, meanwhile, had their own run to the finals just two years ago, losing to the Windsor Spitfires. Last year was a rough year for the Colts, finishing last in the league, but their young core has shown some promise for the future this season. And, in all fairness, the Colts and 67's have won the exact same number of playoff games in the last two years, to this point.<br /><br />These two teams have only played one other series against each other in their history, a five-game win for Ottawa in the second round of the 1997 playoffs.<br /><br /><strong>Goaltending</strong><br /><br />In Round One, <strong>Malcolm Subban</strong> made some miraculous saves for Belleville. He helped hold the Bulls in the series with Ottawa but in the end, the pressure in the Belleville end became too much for the goaltender who isn’t old enough to be an NHL draft pick yet. Subban was visibly annoyed in games five and six. Now, Ottawa has to do the same to another young netminder.<br /><br />The tenderfoot tandem of <strong>Mathias Niederberger</strong> and <strong>Alex Fotinos</strong> has to be promising for Barrie fans. At the same time, however, an inexperienced pair of goaltenders rarely lead their teams on long playoff runs unless the team in front of them is stacked to the rafters. Barrie has firepower, but they aren’t a powerhouse by any means.<br /><br />By that same token, <strong>Petr Mrazek</strong> has to be as sharp as he was in game six against Belleville to hold his team in it. Both teams are going to score a lot in this series, that’s almost a given. Ottawa’s goaltender needs to cut down on the number of goals he allows from far out. Belleville’s second win came as a result of a longshot eluding Mrazek, and Barrie exploited one of the faults in the Czech’s game the two times they played against him this season, scoring 10 goals in two games.<br /><br /><strong>Scoring: Expect Lots Of It</strong><br /><br />Just like last series against the Belleville Bulls, Ottawa finds themselves in another showdown with a run-and-gun, north-south team. Barrie played against a very defencive-minded Mississauga team and as such, they are probably excited to see a team that's far more loose defencively in round two.<br /><br /><strong>Colin Behenna</strong> and <strong>Mark Scheifele</strong> are a dangerous one-two punch down the middle for Barrie. They are, however, missing their leading scorer <strong>Tanner Pearson</strong> who is out for the season, and with that, the Colts lose 91 points of production. Ottawa also has a key, indefinite injury up front of their own, with <strong>John McFarland</strong> out for the year.<br /><br />While Ottawa players have been accused by fans of "only putting in a 20-minute effort", amongst other similiar knocks, you can't overlook the ability of their quick-strike offence. Any team that can come back from a 3-0 deficit in a matter of seven minutes in a playoff game has to gain some credibility.<br /><br />With all this about stacked offences being said, however, don't underestimate Barrie's defencive ability. They did play a defencive-minded team in round one, but they were able to hold the Majors to less than two goals per game in round one. Defenceman <strong>Aaron Ekblad</strong> was named Rookie Of The Year the day before the series opener, too, so clearly something's going right on the back end in Barrie.<br /><br /><em><strong>Prediction:</strong></em> Ottawa in 7<br /><br />Game one goes Friday night in Ottawa, a 7:00 start time as the game will be on Rogers Sportsnet. Game two is played Sunday before the teams head to Barrie for games three and four on Tuesday and Thursday night respectively.<div class="blogger-post-footer">www.intheoradio.com</div>Alex Quevillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11340499101165531874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494486325823887063.post-51340132013048273872012-04-04T20:01:00.000-04:002012-04-04T20:01:27.445-04:00London Knights (1) vs. Saginaw Spirit (5) Playoff Preview<h1 align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US">Through the majority of the regular season, the London Knights’ squad was the elite team of the Ontario Hockey League.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As with most junior aged players, London experienced a stretch of hockey that had them struggling to score goals and while the Knights were dissecting their problems, another team – ahem, Saginaw, was rolling along quite nicely. In the final weeks of regular season play, the Saginaw Spirit were one of the Ontario Hockey League’s hottest teams finishing with six wins and two loses in the month of March forcing their way into the fifth seed in the Western Conference standings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Saginaw’s season was rejuvenated when ownership decided to clean house back in December firing General Manager and Head Coach Todd Watson and replacing him with the experienced Greg Gilbert. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The change resulted in the Saginaw Spirit going 22-16 with their new bench boss after starting the season a dismal 11-17-2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The London Knights swept the season series with four wins outscoring the Spirit 25-7 in those contests including two shutouts at the John Labatt Centre in London.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite their regular season dominance over the Saginaw Spirit, London is well aware of the dangers this team can present on the ice especially after Chicago Blackhawks’ prospect Brandon Saad, more or less, single-handedly knocked off the Sarnia Sting in six games in the opening series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Saad, playing with overage forwards Michael Fine and Joshua Shalla (Nashville Predators prospect), combined for 11 of Saginaw’s 24 goals in the Sarnia series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brandon Saad’s dominance was downright filthy as he bullied his way around the ice untouched and was also a key contributor on the defensive side of the puck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It is no secret that London’s main priority will be to shut down the Saad line and with a much larger and more experienced defense core than Sarnia, the Knights should have more success containing Saad – but it will not be easy. Scott Harrington (Pittsburgh Penguins), Jared Tinordi (Montreal Canadiens) and Finnish sensation Olli Määttä will be leaned on heavily by the defense coaching staff to limit Saginaw’s top line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last week, Mark Hunter and his coaching staff were spotted scouting the Saginaw- Sarnia series as they waited for their next opponents and it should come as no surprise that the Knights will emphasize physicality in hopes of wearing down the opposition.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Saginaw will travel 300 kilometers directly east to the JLC Friday night and they will be looking to score their first goal in London’s this season, a task that has proved difficult for many teams this season. If Saginaw is able to penetrate London’s zone their offensive attack needs to solve Knights’ goaltender Michael Houser.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The overage netminder has been one of the OHL’s most consistent and valuable players this season eluding confidence in the crease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Houser enters the Western Conference semi-final series ranked second in goals against (1.52) and first in save percentage (.947).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Pennsylvanian will need to remain sharp to halt the red hot Spirit attack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Two hundred feet at the opposite end of the rink sits OHL sophomore puck-stopper Jake Paterson ready to challenge the offensive assault of the London Knights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Paterson’s first OHL playoff series, the freshman was nothing short of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">clutch</i> coming up with timely highlight-reel saves against Sarnia’s potent forwards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Overshadowed by teammate Brandon Saad’s opening series performance, Paterson was equally as valuable in their success over Sarnia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paterson was able to shutdown the likes of Ryan Spooner, Nail Yakupov and Alex Galchenyuk and built confidence doing so along the way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Saginaw Spirit will require another stellar performance from the native of Mississauga to advance passed the Western Conference number one seeded team. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The success of the Spirit lies with the effectiveness of the SFS (Shalla-Fine-Saad) line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Saginaw will need other forwards to step-up and contribute offensively to match the depth of London’s offensive attack. Vincent Trocheck (Florida Panthers) will need to step up his game a notch to provide scoring chances as Saginaw will need more than one line clicking to defeat the London Knights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, Greg Gilbert will be seeking production from youngsters Justin Kea and Eric Locke to provide secondary scoring as the SFS line can only carry this team so far.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Garret Ross will be called upon to ramp up his agitating game and provide grit to the forward group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Saginaw’s Ross and London’s Rupert twins, it would not be farfetched to see these three players exchanging “friendly” hockey banter throughout the series. Saginaw is a much different team in April than they were earlier in the season when these teams faced off but the lack of scoring in games against the Knights has to be a bit concerning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Joshua Shalla leads the team in the season series with three goals and five points.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Can Mark Hunter and his staff find a way to contain, or even slow down, this big powerful winger? Saad has had limited success (2 assists in 3 games) when facing the London Knights this season and it will be interesting to see if he can continue his recent OHL dominance.</span></div>
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<span>Game One: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>@ London<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Friday, April 6 @ 7:00 pm</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Game Seven:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>@ London<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Monday, April 16 @ 7:00 pm</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.intheoradio.com</div>Brendan Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18300768763856400470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494486325823887063.post-1805701429684086002012-04-02T20:43:00.003-04:002012-04-02T21:29:44.400-04:00Dogs Win Round One With Deep Bench<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4gzeU14sU0c/T3pH6ghfHAI/AAAAAAAAABE/O1ZIHxz2dvk/s1600/Verhaegheat%2Bnet.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4gzeU14sU0c/T3pH6ghfHAI/AAAAAAAAABE/O1ZIHxz2dvk/s400/Verhaegheat%2Bnet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726968946643377154" border="0" /></a><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="" lang="EN-CA">The Niagara Ice Dogs have progressed to round two of the OHL play-offs by defeating the Oshawa Generals four games to two. The series started out with the Ice Dogs dominating the Generals with a two game pounding. The Generals came back winning games three and four astounding the fans as well as many OHL prognosticators.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA">The back to back losses to the eighth place Generals caused Coach Marty Williamson to make a few line changes. Game 5 of the Oshawa-Ice-Dog series saw the reunification of over-agers Pacan-Friesen and Agozzino on the first line.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA">Game five also saw a reappearance of Carter Verhaeghe. A Waterdown native, the rookie Verhaeghe worked hard this year to earn a spot in the line up most nights on a roster filled with big names like Team Canada members Strome, Visintin, the Hamilton brothers and trade dead-line Ice Dog addition Oleksiak. Deemed a healthy scratch in game four, Williamson returned Verhaeghe to the line-up- which proved to be a great decision.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA">Verhaeghe scored his first play-off goal Saturday night which ultimately became the tying goal of the game. When the final whistle blew, the Ice Dogs pulled ahead 3-2 in the series with their 5-3 win over the Generals. Verhaeghe was named first star.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA">Reuniting David Pacan with his over-age team mates made all the difference. </span>The Florida Panthers prospect scored the first goal in Saturday’s 5-3 win over the Oshawa Generals in St. Catharines and then netted the winning and insurance goal in the third period Sunday<span style="" lang="EN-CA">.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA">While the big names on the Ice Dog roster have received lots of press throughout the season, it is the depth of the Ice Dog bench like Pacan and Verhaeghe that very well might take the team deep into the play-offs.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> </span></p> <p><br /> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> </span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.intheoradio.com</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494486325823887063.post-32363169030123124122012-03-31T03:54:00.005-04:002012-03-31T05:26:02.303-04:00Series Tied at 2, Now A Best of 3 Series<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EWW-01iboxA/T3bNaUbpuYI/AAAAAAAAAAs/eQxuAZzZ2EA/s1600/Matt%2BFinn.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 256px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725989828293147010" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EWW-01iboxA/T3bNaUbpuYI/AAAAAAAAAAs/eQxuAZzZ2EA/s320/Matt%2BFinn.jpg" /></a>Heading into Thursday's game against the Plymouth Whalers the Guelph Storm were sitting pretty, they had a 2 games to one series lead and they were playing on home ice with a chance to go up three to one in the best of seven series.<br /><br /><br />The Storm came out of the gate on fire and nearly took the early lead after a puck got by Whalers goalie Scott <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wedgewood</span> and hit the post, Guelph's Tanner Richard was right there for the tap in but <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wedgewood</span> dove back across the crease to rob Richard of what <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">would've</span> been the games opening goal. Fans however wouldn't have to wait too much longer, later in the period Whalers d-man Nick <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Malysa</span> was able to keep the puck in and threw it at the net, Tom Wilson was waiting and deflected the puck past the Storm tender Garret Sparks to give Plymouth the lead 1-0. Guelph would get a late power play and would capitalize after some nifty passing that started with Matt Finn passing to Tanner Richard and eventually dished the puck onto Zack Mitchell's stick and Mitchell tied the game up at one, and that's how the period would end.<br /><br /><br />The Whalers started the second with an abbreviated five on three power play that they wouldn't waste as Dario <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Trutmann</span> beat <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Sparks</span> from the point with lots of traffic out front. Plymouth's lead would only last for two minutes however. Jason Dickinson who seems to get better with every game he plays. After he dangled around two defenders, he turned on a dime and found Cody McNaughton wide open in the slot. McNaughton was able to beat <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wedgewood</span> to tie it up again. The teams exchanged some power plays but neither team could cash in, the score was 2-2 after 2.<br /><br />At the start of the third this game seemed destined for OT, however it was not to be. I will get to that in a minute. Plymouth would be awarded a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">power play</span> when Matt Finn was called for hooking which looked slightly <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">embellished</span> to me. It was the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">beginning</span> of the referee show. Never the less the Whalers capitalized when <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">JT</span> Miller hit Mitchell Heard with a beautiful blue line to blue line pass which sent Heard in behind everyone and he beat Sparks with ease to give his team a 3-2 lead early in the third. Just past the halfway point of the period in the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">biggest</span> game of the series, Alex <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Aleardi</span> put Plymouth up 4-2. It was bad enough the Storm trailed by two with less then ten-minutes to go, but then the officials took over what had been a great game. Tanner Richard was given a 10 minute misconduct for abuse of the official. Less then a minute after Richard was dispatched Scott <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kosmachuk</span> was given a 10 minute misconduct as well for abuse of the official. Prior to the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kosmachuk</span> misconduct both he and Austin Levi were given roughing penalties. I was at the opposite end of the rink but what appeared to transpire was that <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kosmachuk</span> wanted a piece of Levi but the official wouldn't let him near him and some pushing ensued, hence why he was given a 10 minute misconduct. Too be fair I never seen anything from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kosmachuk</span> that <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">warranted</span> a misconduct. But that coupled with the Richard misconduct spelt the end for the Storm's series lead and game 4. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">Aleardi</span> would add a second goal to give the Whalers a 5-2 lead with three minutes to go. The officials weren't done there though, a minute after <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">Aleardi's</span> goal Jamie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">Devane</span> hit Guelph's Brock <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">McGinn</span> from behind which sent everyone into a frenzy that seen <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">Devane</span>, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error">Aleardi</span>, and Guelph's Matt Finn all receive 10 minute misconducts. Cooler heads would prevail for the remaining two minutes and after the horn ended the game, Plymouth had tied the series at 2 games a piece.<br /><br /><br />The series is now a best of three with Plymouth retaining home ice advantage. Game five goes Saturday at 6:30pm in Plymouth. Needless to say the winner of game five controls their own destiny and will have a chance to eliminate the opposing team in game 6.<br /><br /><br /><br />My prediction for game 5 is as follows, I see the Storm retaking the series lead and winning the game by a final of 4-3. Look for Dickinson and Finn to have big games.<br /><br /><br /><br />Give me a follow @Chrismcdonald91. You can also listen to my post game interview with Plymouth Whalers goalie Scott Wedgewood on the site under the heading ITO Playoff Interviews.<div class="blogger-post-footer">www.intheoradio.com</div>Chris McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16147046987238151035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494486325823887063.post-67257530496366960182012-03-31T00:27:00.002-04:002012-03-31T00:27:44.611-04:00Elimination Looming: Spirited Saad Stings Sarnia<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Game five is in the books and for the first time in three games a winner was declared without needing an overtime period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sarnia’s RBC Centre welcomed over 4,100 hockey fans Friday night eager to witness a hard fought battle between the fourth and fifth placed Western Conference teams.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Sting and Spirit series has been an emotional rollercoaster as the teams struggle to find consistency in their game – particularly the Sarnia Sting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As the puck dropped to begin the first period, it took the Saginaw Spirit a mere fifty seconds to find the back of the net as defenseman Dalton Young fired the puck past netminder JP Anderson on the game’s first shot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The opening jitters continued for the home team as Michael Fine added to the lead putting the Spirit up 2-0 before the game was three minutes old on assists from Strong and the man-beast Brandon Saad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the four previous game, Brandon Saad displayed why he started the 2011-12 NHL season as a member of the Chicago Blackhawks after being drafted 43<sup>rd</sup> overall in last year’s NHL Entry Draft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Spirit’s captain has been dominant through the first five games of this series often singlehandedly winning games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Friday night’s game five was no different as Brandon Saad continued to steamroll the Sarnia Sting with Sarnia having no effective solution for stopping the 6’2” Pennsylvania native.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sarnia’s Domenic Alberga was assigned the task of shadowing Saad but at the 15:35 mark of the opening frame Saad broke loose and burrowed past Sting defenseman Adrian Robertson before beating JP Anderson one-on-one to extend the Saginaw lead to three goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After two mediocre playoff attendance records in games one and three, the good showing of Sarnia fans for game five were left deflated after a lacklustre first period.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In much the same way as the first period, Saginaw jumped on Sarnia early in the second period and once again Dalton Young was the recipient of the first goal of the period as Spirit fans in attendance applauded their teams’ fourth goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Defenseman Steven Strong added his third assist of the contest on Young’s goal while Saad earned his second helper and third point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Feeling the embarrassment of their team’s poor start, Sting captain Nathan Chiarlitti attempted to revive Sarnia by dropping the mitts with agitator Garret Ross giving the home team fans a reason to cheer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fight appeared to work as Sarnia had several key scoring chances on Spirit goaltender Jake Paterson but could not solve him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Overage forward Brett Thompson eventually broke through as he sent a Rensfeldt rebound through the legs of Paterson to put the Sting on the board and head to the second intermission with a little hope.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Sarnia Sting have been a good third period team all season long and it was certainly the best of the bunch on this night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alex Galchenyuk was very noticeable all game long as he continues to return to game shape improving in each game he plays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scouts and fans were treated to several dazzling individual rushes by Galchenyuk that left fans on their edge of their seats, however, Paterson robbed him of several goals on Friday night with his spectacular play. Galchenyuk’s work did not go unnoticed by coach Beaulieu as the big centre was often double shifted in the latter moments of the game as Sarnia came with a late surge. As the third period ticked away, Nickolas Latta, on a rare shift, was dumped at the Sting blue line by Saginaw’s Amestoy sending Sarnia to their fourth powerplay of the night. Sarnia capitalized fourteen seconds into the man advantage as Connor Murphy wrapped the puck around the boards to Ryan Spooner who creatively sent a pass out to Brett Thompson standing alone in front.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thompson quickly sent the puck into the Spirit’s net for his second of the game pulling Sarnia within two goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As time the frame neared a close, the Sting played with desperation and grit - that has been absent from their game in this post-season - and came close to making it a one-goal game on several scoring chances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the end, Sarnia’s comeback was a little too late and with 1:06 minutes remaining Brandon Saad, fittingly, sent the puck into the empty net clinching game five for the Spirit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The series returns to Saginaw Saturday night in what becomes a do-or-die game six for the visiting Sarnia Sting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can the Sarnia Sting stop the freight train that is Brandon Saad?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Saad currently sits third in playoff scoring with six goals and 12 points in 5 playoff games and continues to be the best player on the ice, both offensively and defensive, for either team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can the Sarnia Sting play a more consistent game from puck drop to the final buzzer? The Sting have struggled mightily to play consistently over a three period stretch and it has been their Achilles heel through the first five playoff games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sarnia Sting fans are hoping that their team can build off their strong third period play on Friday night and earn a game six win in Saginaw forcing a game seven on Monday night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Filled with loads of talent, Sarnia desperately needs to win for the diehard Sting fans excited to extend this season. More importantly, the Sarnia Sting players need to win for each other and pull together as a group to show the city, its fans and the entire Ontario Hockey League that their capable of playing better hockey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Was Friday night the last time Yakupov, Spooner, Thompson, Robertson and JP Anderson play on home ice?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Sting certainly hope not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Game 7: Saginaw @ Sarnia – Monday, April 2<sup>nd</sup> @ 7:00 </b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">*if necessary</i></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.intheoradio.com</div>Brendan Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18300768763856400470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494486325823887063.post-15224595500333302442012-03-29T23:05:00.001-04:002012-03-29T23:06:35.646-04:002012 OHL Priority Selection Mock Draft Rounds 1-5By: Thayne Hallyburton<br />
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Below is my 2012 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection 5 round mock draft. This is not a top 100 players, as much as it is all about team needs and who fits in where, as well as who will report where. <br />
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Some players will rise or drop in the first round. Issues that affect teams are their potential. Some teams see players as "2 year players" meaning that they are players who have the best chance at going pro at 18, rather than playing their junior career out. A prime example of this was in 1995. The Barrie Colts had the 1st overall pick as an expansion team and their decision came down to Daniel Tkachuk and Joe Thornton. The Barrie Colts decided to go with Tkachuk, considered the second best player in that conversation by most people. They did so, knowing that he would be a 4 year player. And he was. Joe went to the Soo and found himself on the Boston Bruins 2 years later. This is just one example of a team's mindset entering the draft.<br />
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This is all to help familiarize fans of the OHL with some of these lesser-known players and to create a debate! So feel free to hit me up on Twitter (@thallyburton) or by email(<a href="mailto:Thallyburton@intheoradio.com">Thallyburton@intheoradio.com</a>) and let's get some friendly discourse going! All of this is a lead up to our LIVE draft day show on April 7th! Be sure to tune in as we will have all of the prominent kids, a scout or two and a maybe few other surprises! All of the fun gets started at 12 p.m.!<br />
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Now it's time to get down to business...<br />
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With the 1st overall pick in the 2012 OHL Priority Selection...the Erie Otters are proud to select.....from the Toronto Marlboros of the Greater Toronto Hockey League.....<br />
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<strong>1) Erie Otters: Connor McDavid - Toronto Marlboros GTHL - 5'11" - 170</strong><br />
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Connor McDavid is the best player available in this year's draft, that is why it is so difficult for people to believe that he is one year younger than the rest of the kids eligible. Connor possesses a hockey IQ unlike any other in this age group. He makes moves at top speed that bring people out of their seats. He has an elusive release on his shot and is not affraid to go into the dirty areas to track down the puck. Connor has played with this age group snce his days with the York Simcoe Express and has always been the top player of the 96 age group. Connor McDavid is OHL ready and should contribute immediately in a team's top 2 lines. The Erie Otters season ticket holders will be in awe many nights next year at the Tulio.<br />
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<strong>2) Kingston Frontenacs: Rolland McKeown - Toronto Marlboros GTHL - 6'1" - 180</strong><br />
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Doug Gilmour is a huge fan of Rolland McKeown, so much so that he can't risk letting Rolland go and hoping he is there at #9 where he will select his next pick. McKeown is a big, mobile defenceman who possesses a top level shot and elite vision. He plays both sides of the puck well and has the uncanny ability to jump up into the rush at the right time. What makes him so elite is his gap control. There was one defenceman in last year's draft with the same awareness (Aaron Ekblad). With that comparison it is no wonder why McKeown will be taken so high.<br />
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<strong>3) Peterborough Petes: Eric Cornel - Upper Canada Cyclones OEMHL - 6'2" -165</strong><br />
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Dave Reid has an interesting decision here between Cornel and Jared McCann. Both are elite forwards with upper echelon skill sets. Cornel is an interesting player. He played on a sub par team with the Cyclones but still impressed on a nigthly basis. Cornel is a fantastic playmaker, but he isn't shy in his ability to finish too. He is a point machine at times but can forget his defensive assignments. There is some small NCAA concerns here, but being this high of a pick, should make that a non-issue. Once he fills out, he will be one of the top players in the league.<br />
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<strong>4) Sault St. Marie Greyhounds: Robert Fabbri - Mississauga Rebels GTHL - 5'10" - 155</strong><br />
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Kyle Dubas has an interesting decision here. Does he go with Jared McCann, a little more of a powerforward type of player? Or, maybe the super skilled Josh Ho Sang who he knows Windsor wants? Or maybe the kid with local ties who also has elite skill and a nasty streak in Robert Fabbri? Dubas will go with Fabbri...he is the safe pick. He has grand parents who live in the Soo already. Fabbri is an elite offensive talent who skates well and makes his reads on the fly as he gains the line. He also has a good shot and is an explosive skater. He isn't affraid to go after guys and will not shy away from post-whistle scrums.<br />
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<strong>5) Windsor Spitfires: Joshua Ho Sang - Toronto Marlboros GTHL - 5'11" - 166</strong><br />
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Josh Ho Sang has the best offensive talent in this draft. Warren Rhychel is on record as saying he may be the best minor midget aged player he has ever seen. So, if Ho Sang is still on the board, it is a no brainer that this is where he goes. Josh has the ability to slow the game down and then speed it back up when the puck is on his stick. His playmaking abilities are underrated due to all of the tlak of his selfishness, but he may be one of the best passers in this draft. He is an absolute steal at #5.<br />
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<strong>6) Guelph Storm: Jared McCann - London Jr. Knights Gold ALLIANCE- 6'0" - 176</strong><br />
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This draft has 6 bonafide, surefire, superstars in it and Guelph is very lucky to be able to draft in the 6 hole. Jared McCann should still be there for them to take and he will be a great fit. McCann is an elite forward. He has the ability to score all ways imagineable, be it with his great shot, grabbing a rebound in front, tipping it in, or blowing by a whole team down the wing and burrying it. He has all the tools you look for in a top player. He has an unorthodox skating style, but if you look past it, you will see that it works for him and he can fly.<br />
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<strong>7) Oshawa Generals: Jacob Middleton - Huron-Perth Lakers ALLIANCE - 6'3" - 185</strong><br />
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Oshawa needs to draft a D with their first pick and Generals fans will love what they see in training camp. This big defenceman has the ability to rush the puck at will and is a great leader. He skates well, handles the puck well and has good footwork along the boards. He has shown a bit of a habit of taking the puck first, which is unusual for such a big player but it's easily correctable. He is the 2nd best defenceman available in this draft/<br />
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<strong>8) Owen Sound Attack: Michael Dal Colle - Vaughn Kings GTHL - 6'2" - 185</strong><br />
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MDC is possibly the smartest hockey player in this draft. He can play at both ends of the ice effectively but, to be expected with a pick this high, he shows his true colours in the offensive zone. Dal Colle always finds himself around the puck and can bury it like few people in this draft class. He is an adequate skater, but he lacks the 3 step explosiveness that most scouts look for. He is a very safe pick here for the Attack. He will either be a very good OHLer or an elite player. If he gets it all figured out he may be looked at in 20 years as the best player to come out of this draft, hands down.<br />
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<strong>9) Kingston Frontenacs: Sam Bennett - Toronto Marlboros GTHL - 5'11" - 160</strong><br />
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Sam Bennett is the classic speedster type of player. He can burn a defender before they even know what's coming. There was some concern that he was just Connor McDavid's winger and that's why he was piling on the points, but with watching him play, you notice he sets up McDavid as much as McDavid sets up him. He will be a tough player to handle even as a 16 year old. He is OHL-ready.<br />
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<strong>10) Belleville Bulls: Brett Hargrave - Mississauga Rebels GTHL - 6'4" - 195</strong><br />
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George Burnett must be licking his chops when he sees Hargrave is is still on the board when he picks. Hargrave is a very large presence on the ice. He had a great OHL Cup where he was the Rebels best player. Brett is a tough kid to stop off the rush and makes very smart plays from that situation. He also has an OHL shot and OHL speed, which may surprise people because of his size. Hargrave has a very high ceiling.<br />
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<strong>11) Mississauga St. Michaels Majors: Damien Bourne - Mississauga Rebels GTHL - 6'4" - 190</strong><br />
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James Boyd was probably hoping to have Hargrave available to him here, but he will settle and be happy with Damien Bourne. They need size up front and Bourne brings just that. as you would expect with a 15 year old kid who is already 6'4" his skating is not where it needs to be, but everything else is there with this kid. He struggles with game-to-game consistency as well and that is something that will need to be fixed at the next level.<br />
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<strong>12) Saginaw Spirit: Brook Hiddink - Elgin-Middlesex Chiefs ALLIANCE - 5'11" - 185</strong><br />
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Like Josh Ho Sang, Brook Hiddink played at the minor midget level last year as well. Hiddink is an elite talent who can play the two way game to perfection, fitting right in with the Saginaw system. Hiddink is quite good at putting the puck home around the net and is a very good skater. He is the consumate team guy, willing to block shots and do all the little things it takes to help his team win. Hiddink is the classic example of someone who has been over-scouted. If this were his first year, I firmly believe he would be a top 7 pick.<br />
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<strong>13) Sarnia Sting: Dante Salituro - Don Mills Flyers GTHL - 6'0" - 170</strong><br />
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Sarnia will be happy to have Salituro fall to them here. Dante is easily the best finisher in this draft. He is also one of the best skaters. This makes for a deadly combination. Not only that but he also doesn't shy away from the physical play. He has a fast release where the puck seems like it isn't even on his stick before he gets it off and towards the net. To play this game at the next level he will have to get stronger in the off season.<br />
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<strong>14) Sudbury Wolves: Daniel Desousa - Toronto MArlboros GTHL - 6'0" - 170</strong><br />
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The Sudbury blue line is in need of some help and Dan Desousa will be that help. Desousa is the quintessential offensive defenceman and powerplay quarterback. He is a fantastic skater and shows great lateral mobility when walking the line with the puck. He has the knack for making smart passes while heading up the ice at speed. He also plays with some bite, something that Sudbury's back end lacks.<br />
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<strong>15) Brampton Battalion: Michael Cramarossa - Toronto Marlboros GTHL - 6'0" - 180</strong><br />
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Cramarossa might be one of the most intelligent players in the age group and it is the reason why he gets many of his points. He is an adequate skater and has an adequate shot. He is also very good in the defensive zone. He may not have elite offensive upside but he will be a good top 6 forward. He fits the Stan Butler mold.<br />
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<strong>16) Barrie Colts: Brendan Perlini - Detroit Belle Tire HPHL - 6'2" - 190</strong><br />
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This may seem as an off the wall selection but I believe this is where the Barrie Colts are going to go with their pick. Perlini is a unique prospect. His play now may be no indication of what he can become. He is a 5 tool offensive playr; he has size, strength, speed, stick handling and intelligence. If he figures it all out he could be a top player in the O. There are some NCAA concerns seeing as he moved from the Sault to Detroit in his major Bantam year and his older brother went the NCAA route taking a full scholarship form Michigan State, but I think the O suites his game more, and he knows that. <br />
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<strong>17) Kitchener Rangers: Dylan DiPerna - Mississauga Rebels GTHL - 6'1" - 170</strong><br />
He is an elite offensive defenseman who skates like the wind and isn't affraid to throw his weight around in either zone. He has some work to do defensively with reading the oncoming play and controlling his gaps, but those are things that are teachable. He possesses the intangibles that are not teachable. Will be a good replacement for that guy that is on the Rangers blueline now...whatever his name is....Murphy something, I think.<br />
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<strong>18) Ottawa 67's: Andrew Abou-Assely - Ottawa Jr. 67's OEMHL - 5'10" - 157</strong><br />
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Andrew Abou-Assaly is a top flight offensive juggernaugt. He displays excellent puck skills and footwork and is great at finding open ice in the slot by sucking players in and bumping off them. What is underrated with his game is his passing ability. He is a great neutral zone passer and is never the guy who people say is a puck hog. He is a great pickup for the 67's style and will develop nicely there. He goes to private shool in Ottawa and there are some small NCAA concerns but I dont think he will go that way.<br />
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<strong>19) Niagara Ice Dogs: Liam Herbst - Missisauga Rebels GTHL - 6'3" - 165</strong><br />
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I am not going to pretend that I know all about goaltenders, but I know a few people who do and they rave about this kid. He is a big kid who has supreme rebound control, athleticism and plays the angle to a 'T'. The people I talk to say he is a sure fire first rounder and the best goalie in this draft. I believe them. I see that Niagara's number 1 need is a goaltender and as a result I see them taking Herbst here.<br />
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<strong>20) Niagara Ice Dogs: Matt Schmalz - Southern Tier Admirals OMHA - 6'4" - 190</strong><br />
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Niagara won't have to look too far for their next pick. Big Matt Schmalz is the guy they want. His big body in that little rink will fit this team perfectly. He is a skilled forward who has a nose for the net and uses his size well. He will go to the net to make things happen. He needs to work on bringing it every game at the same level but that should come at the next level.<br />
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<strong>21) Plymouth Whalers: Niki Petti - Southern Tier Admirals OMHA - 6'0" - 160</strong><br />
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Petti is exactly the kind of player that Plymouth likes to take with these early picks. He has a lot of offensive upside as he sees the ice very well and has a top shot and is a very good skater. Niki can play a 2 way game and, even with his smaller stature, will play the body if it is asked of him. He has a higher upside than a few of the guys taken ahead of him here.<br />
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<strong>22) London Knights: Spencer Watson - London Jr. Knights Gold ALLIANCE - 5'10" - 155</strong><br />
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With the last pick of the first round, the London Knights will go with the home grown talent of young, Spencer Watson. Watson does lack size, but he makes up for it in his smarts and with his ability to find open ice in the offensive zone. One half of a twin-duo, the other being a defenceman, Watson could stand to learn a thing or two from his brother about the defensive aspect of the game, but he has shown a better effort in the defensive side of the puck from earlier in the season to the OHL cup at the end of the season. He will be able to step into the Knights lineup and get comfortable on the 4th line of a top team next season.<br />
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<td class="xl72" height="21" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border: 0.5pt solid rgb(63, 63, 63); height: 15.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">25</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kingston</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kevin Spinozzi</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kingston Jr. Frontenacs</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'1" - 195</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">26</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kingston</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jaden Lindo</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Toronto Marlboros</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'0" - 185</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">27</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Peterborough</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Connor Cummins</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Whitby Wildcats</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'1" - 190</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">28</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Owen Sound</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kyle Locke</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">York Simcoe Express</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'0" - 190</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">29</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Erie</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cody Milan</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">St. Mary's Prep
School</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'2" - 170</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">30</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mississauga</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Patrick Sanvido</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Guelph Jr. Storm</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'5" - 220</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">31</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">London</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ryan McInnis</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">St. Louis Blues U16
Tier1</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'3" - 165</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">32</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Guelph</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Owen McDade</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ottawa Valley Titans</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'11" 185</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">33</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Belleville</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jeremiah Addison</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Toronto Marlboros</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'0" - 175</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">34</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saginaw</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Darby Llewelyn</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Detroit Honeybaked</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'1" - 170</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">35</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Plymouth</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jonathan Duchesne</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Vaughn Kings</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'2" - 200</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">36</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sarnia</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Joe Manchurek</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sun County Panthers</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'0' - 170</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">37</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Erie</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Santino Centorame</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mississauga Rebels</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'10" - 166</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">38</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Brampton</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">David Miller</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mississauga Rebels</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'9" - 155</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">39</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saginaw</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Joshua Jacobs</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Detroit Honeybaked</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'1" - 172</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">40</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mississauga</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Alex Peters</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Huron-Perth Lakers</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'3" - 183</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">41</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ottawa</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Brent Moran (G)</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ottawa Jr. 67's</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'3" - 166</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">G</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">42</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sault St. Marie</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Medric Mercer</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ottawa Jr. 67's</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'0" - 172</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">43</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Windsor</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nick Schmaltz</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chicago Mission Tier1</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'10" - 155</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">44</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Barrie</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Zach Bratina</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Central Ontario
Wolves</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'1" - 185</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl72" height="20" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">46</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">London</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Trevor Abbot</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">London Jr. Knights</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'0" - 178</span></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: #b8cce4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="30" style="height: 22.5pt;">
<td class="xl71" colspan="6" height="30" style="background-color: #c0504d; border: 0.5pt solid rgb(63, 63, 63); height: 22.5pt;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<strong><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Cambria; font-size: large;">Round 3</span></strong></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl70" height="20" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">44</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Erie</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chad Heffernan</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Peterborough Petes</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'0" - 163</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl70" height="20" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">45</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Windsor</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Francesco Vilardi</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kingston Jr.
Frontenacs</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'11" - 180</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl70" height="20" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">46</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kitchener</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Gramae Brown</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kingston Jr.
Frontenacs</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'0" - 175</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl70" height="20" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">47</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Windsor</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dylan Larkin</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Detroit Belle Tire</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'11" - 165</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl70" height="20" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">48</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Barrie</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ty Learn</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Southern Tier
Admirals</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'11" - 170</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl70" height="20" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">49</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Guelph</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jordan Addesi</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Vaughn Kings</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'0" -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>165</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl70" height="20" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">50</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saginaw</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Matt Mancina (G)</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sun County Panthers</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'0" - 170</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">G</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl70" height="20" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">51</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Owen Sound</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nic Coric</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">York Simcoe Express</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'9" - 160</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl70" height="20" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">52</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Belleville</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kelly Summers</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ottawa Valley Titans</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'1" - 180</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl70" height="20" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">53</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">London</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nathan Billitier
(USNTDP)</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Buffalo Stars</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'10 - 170</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl70" height="20" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">54</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kingston</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Garrett James</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Huron Perth Lakers</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'2" - 186</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl70" height="20" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">55</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Erie</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jake Evans</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mississauga Rebels</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'0" - 170</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl70" height="20" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">56</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sudbury</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Anthony Stefano</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">sault St. Marie Stars</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'0" - 165</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl70" height="20" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">57</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Brampton</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kyle Pettit</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">London Jr. Knights</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'2" - 170</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl70" height="20" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">58</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mississauga</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Matt Mcleod</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">North York Rangers</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'1" - 160</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl70" height="20" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">59</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ottawa</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Justin Felker</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Southern Tier
Admirals</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'3" - 170</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl70" height="20" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">60</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sarnia</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kevin Kerr</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Team Comcast Tier1</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'11" - 155</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl70" height="20" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">61</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sault St. Marie</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Michael Amadio</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">sault St. Marie Stars</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'11" - 165</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl70" height="20" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">62</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saginaw</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Josh Maguire</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Quinte Red Devils</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'11" - 188</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl70" height="20" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">63</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Plymouth</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Alex Turch (USNTDP)</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Syracuse Nationals</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'2" - 190</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: #e6b8b7; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="30" style="height: 22.5pt;">
<td class="xl69" colspan="6" height="30" style="background-color: #9bbb59; border: 0.5pt solid rgb(63, 63, 63); height: 22.5pt;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<strong><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Cambria; font-size: large;">Round 4</span></strong></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">64</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sarnia</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kyle jenkins</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mississauga Rebels</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'11" - 160</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">65</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">London</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Connor Murphy</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'9" - 155</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">66</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Peterborough</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Matt Gillard</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Southern Tier
Admirals</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'10 - 175</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">67</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sault St. Marie</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Brandon Prophet</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Upper Canada Cyclones</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'3" - 210</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">68</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sault St. Marie</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Marc Stevens</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Vaughn Kings</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'0" - 160</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">69</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Barrie</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ben Hughes</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Barrie Jr. Colts</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'2" - 180</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">70</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Belleville</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bobby MacIntyre</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Whitby Wildcats</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'10" - 170</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">71</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kitchener</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Andrew Ming</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Eastern Ontario Wild</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'1" - 173</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">72</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sarnia</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Marcel Godbout</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shattuck st. Mary's</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'10" - 180</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">73</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sudbury</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dallas Farr</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ottawa Valley Titans</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'2" - 195</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">74</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sault St. Marie</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Evan Smith</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Toronto Young Nats</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'11" - 175</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">75</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Brampton</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bennett Morrison</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mississauga Rebels</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'3" - 190</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">76</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sudbury</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Boyd Diclemente (G)</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Peterborough Petes</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'11" - 190</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">G</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">77</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Niagara</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Connor Graham</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Toronto Marlboros</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'11" - 175</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">78</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Owen Sound</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">C.J. Garcia</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Don Mills Flyers</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'0" - 170</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">79</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Oshawa</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Stefan LeBlanc</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Oakville Rangers</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'11" - 160</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">80</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ottawa</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Alex Renaud</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ottawa Jr. 67's</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'1" - 180</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">81</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Plymouth</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Owen MacDonald</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Guelph Jr. Storm</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'8" - 150</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">82</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mississauga</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Stuart Ilekys</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Don Mills Flyers</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'9" - 155</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">83</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">London</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Brandon Lemieux</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Toronto Red Wings</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'0" - 180</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: #d8e4bc; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="30" style="height: 22.5pt;">
<td class="xl67" colspan="6" height="30" style="background-color: #f79646; border: 0.5pt solid rgb(63, 63, 63); height: 22.5pt;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<strong><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Cambria; font-size: large;">Round 5</span></strong></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">84</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Erie</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">John DiLorenzo</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Southern Tier
Admirals</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'1" - 190</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">85</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">London</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kegan Blasby</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Markham waxers</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'0" - 170</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">86</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Peterborough</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chris Brill-Morgan</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ajax=Pickering
Raiders</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'2" - 172</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">87</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saginaw</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Theo Lewis</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Oakville Rangers</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'2" - 180</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">88</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Windsor</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nick Magyar</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cleveland Barons</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'2" - 182</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">89</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Windsor</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Justin Wain</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">York Simcoe Express</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'11" - 166</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">90</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Belleville</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mitchell Safaric</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">York Simcoe Express</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'10" - 153</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">91</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Owen Sound</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Greg Allen</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Toronto Marlboros</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'3" - 175</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">92</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Barrie</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Darren Raddysh</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Toronto Marlboros</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'11" - 165</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">93</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mississauga</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Calvin Gomes</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">North York Rangers</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'1" - 155</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">94</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Guelph</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Logan Percy</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Guelph Jr. Storm</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'1" - 185</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">95</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Brampton</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">David Eccles</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hamilton Bulldogs</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'2" - 170</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">96</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Barrie</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hayden Hodgson<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sun County Panthers</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'0" - 170</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">97</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sault St. Marie</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Travis Dermott</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">York Simcoe Express</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'7" - 155</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">98</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kingston</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Zach Emelifeonwu</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kingston Jr.
Frontenacs</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'1" - 175</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">99</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saginaw</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kyle Wood</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Waterloo Wolves</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'2" - 180</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">100</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ottawa</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bryce Mayea</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Burlington Eagles</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'3" - 205</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">101</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Plymouth</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chad Burrows</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">V aughn Kings</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6'1" - 175</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">102</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Guelph</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kris Bennett</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">North York Rangers</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'9" - 145</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">103</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">London</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Matt Watson</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">London Jr. Knights</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5'10" - 157</span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: #fcd5b4; border-color: black rgb(63, 63, 63) rgb(63, 63, 63) black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">D</span></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.intheoradio.com</div>THhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03529318598625508669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494486325823887063.post-67713248202143354992012-03-25T10:36:00.004-04:002012-03-25T10:41:03.764-04:00Play Off Time in Niagara!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZudyfZvyA5U/T28tgqb9kII/AAAAAAAAAA4/TPO8IP2rGMI/s1600/dogsatbarber.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZudyfZvyA5U/T28tgqb9kII/AAAAAAAAAA4/TPO8IP2rGMI/s400/dogsatbarber.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723843690581823618" border="0" /></a><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="" lang="EN-CA">Upon arrival at the Jack Gatecliff Arena Thursday night it took only one step into the arena to verify play off time had arrived. I entered the side doors and was immediately greeted by a new player riding the bike pre-game- Bozo the Clown!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="" lang="EN-CA">Upon closer inspection it was none other than Mitch Theoret!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="" lang="EN-CA">The top half of his head was sheared cleaned with the little tassel of hair left behind dyed red. I had to speak with the artist behind this new do, none other than In the O Radio twitter updater @Barberwill. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="" lang="EN-CA">With Blackbeards Barber Shop located right around the corner from the Jack it is frequented by many Ice Dog players throughout the year. But it is prior to playoff time where it becomes the go to place. In the week leading up to their opening game the Dogs come in small groups before or after practice and do their hard core play off preparation.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="" lang="EN-CA">“The veterans decide what the rookies get,” says Barber Will. The hairstyles range from Mark Visentin’s trim and hot-towel shave to mohawks and mullets. Theoret definitely achieved his desire to be the most outrageous. Will goes on to explain when the Dogs arrive they take over the shop checking out the Ice Dog memorabilia on display. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="" lang="EN-CA">Back in the Jack the fans have prepared for play-offs as well. With most donning new “Black the Jack” play-off T-shirts it was a sea of black in the arena. Through-out the season the Jack has been packed with most games a sell out and the crowd loud and proud. Many thought it was not possible for the crowd to getter louder, but louder they did get as the play-offs began. The fact pre-game parties have returned to the arena parking lot with music, food and drink being served starting two hours pre-game might have intensified the enthusiasm. The Laura Secord High School Drum Band also added to the noise and hype.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="" lang="EN-CA">Another factor in the fan hype was the return of Lucas Lessio on the opposing Oshawa Generals. The Ice Dogs fans have long memories and have not and will not forgive or forget Lessio’s snub. Every time the Generals defenseman touched the puck the home town crowd booed heavily.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="" lang="EN-CA"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="" lang="EN-CA">As the Ice Dog’s first round draft pick in 2009, Lessio (7<sup>th</sup> over-all) refused to sign for Niagara and subsequently signed for the Oshawa Generals. During last year’s play-offs Lessio decided to take on Niagara’s defenceman Simon Gronvaldt. When Gronvaldt would not reciprocate, Lessio ended up with a double minor of roughing and a ten- minute misconduct. As Lessio was leaving the ice he dramatically gave the home crowd a two-handed, one finger salute. That game ended with the Ice Dogs </span>celebrating their Eastern Conference Semi-Finals in five games.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">And the Ice Dogs are well on their way to doing the same again this year with a 8-2 trouncing of the Generals at home on Thursday evening and a 6-1 win again in Oshawa Friday. As the Dogs lead the series 2-0, the Jack is sure to be Black and Boisterous again Sunday night.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.intheoradio.com</div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0