OHL Draft Eligible 3 Stars: Week 20

by Dominic Tiano

Here are your OHL's Draft Eligible 3 Stars for the week ending February 12, 2012 as voted on by a panel of independent scouts, media members and bloggers of the OHL :
1st Star - Billy Jenkins - Kingston Frontenacs : It's been a tough season for a very young and up and coming Frontenacs team, including Jenkins who now has 16 points in 17 games since being acquired from the Niagara Ice Dogs. Jenkins scored 5 goals and added 2 assists and was a plus 7 in three games. It gegan with a single assist effore in a 3-2 loss to the Belleville Bulls. That was followed by a 2 assist game in a 4-3 loss to the Oshawa Generals. Jenkins finished the week with 2 goals and 2 assists in a 6-3 victory over the Guelph Storm.
2nd Star - Trevor Morbeck - Kingston Frontenacs : Morbeck post the same two goals and 5 assists as his teammate and first star Billy Jenkins and was a plus 5. He posted an assist in the loss to Belleville, and then a goal in the loss to Oshawa, and like Jenkins had a big game in the win against Guelph. He has a goal and 4 assists, including the game winner in that contest.
3rd Star - Nathan Pancel - Sudbury Wolves : Pancel recorded 2 goals and 2 assists in three games for the Wolves. He scored twice in Sudbury's 6 to 3 win over the Soo Greyhounds. he followed that up with 2 assists in a 4-3 loss to the Barrie Colts. After coming off being named 1st star of the week on consecutive weeks, It looked like Pancel was on his way to receiving the honours for a third week until he was kept off the scoreboard in a 5-3 win over the Sarnia Sting that ended his 8 game point streak in which he had 7 goals and 7 assists.
To view three stars from throughout the season: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Anhf0akZmu64dFRIcTNTS1ZRdUJjQm1nUlB0Wm1MVWc#gid=0

OHL Game Report - GUE v KGN Feb 12/12

by John Duncan

Frontenacs Young Guns Explode !

Today marks the Guelph Storm's only visit to Kingston this season.  Entering today's game, the Guelph Storm were tied for the eight and final playoff spot in the Western Conference with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, with 49 points.  Needless to say, two points today would be huge for them.  Thanks to a breakout game by 3 young guns, it would be the Frontenacs celebrating in the end.

This was the third game in three days for both teams.  The Storm defeated the Ottawa 67's on Friday night 5-4, and lost to the Belleville Bulls 3-1 at Yardman Arena last night.

The Frontenacs lost in OT to the Bulls on Friday night, and lost in a shootout in Oshawa.

Early forechecking by Storm was rewarded, as Patrick Watling opened the scoring on a nice pass from behind the net byTyler Bertuzzi, 3:58 seconds into the first.

The Frontenacs responded with some early pressure of their own.  Warren Steele rung one off the left post. Jenkins was stopped off the rush by the quick glove hand of Sparks on a nice pass from Ryan Kujawinski.  Beranek,on a clear break, missed the net low to the right of the post.  The Fronts continued to apply pressure in the middle of the first period.

Jenkins scored his 6th of the year from Morbeck and Kujawinski at 9:18 of the 1st, on an afternoon which would prove to be his best as a Frontenac, tying the game at 1.

Matt Finn made it 2-1 on a wristshot from the point just as a penalty to the Fronts ended. The goal was unassisted.

Two quick goals by the Fronts at the beginning of second; the first at 1:15 by Cull (his 3rd) from Moffat, and Greenaway.  At 3:37 Fronts' rookie Ryan Kujawinski notched his 8th of season from Jenkins and Morbeck. The entire line was in on their second of the game.

Billy Jenkins then scored a beauty, bringing the fans to their feet at K-Rock, with a diving deke around Garret Sparks at 16:35, assisted by Morbeck and Nixon. Moments later, Jenkins  circled the net and fed Trevor Morbeck for his 7th of the year.  The other assist went to linemate, Ryan Kujawinski.  Time of the Fronts' 5th goal was 19:41 of the 2nd.

Play got a little nasty in the middle of the third, as Leslie from the Storm was called for high sticking, and later Nevins, Mazurek were called for crosschecking, resulting in a lengthy, unsuccessful, 5 on 3 advantage.  Thanks to solid goaltending by Bobkov, the Fronts' killed it off, but not before Moffat was awarded a rare penalty shot while killing a 5 on 3.  Sparks stopped him.

With 1:36 remaining in the contest, Bobkov stopped Guelph's Cody McNaughton on another penalty shot.  With 52 seconds to play, Ryan Kujawinski finished the scoring with an empty net, power play goal, from Trevor Morbeck, and Warren Steele.

Billy Jenkins was named the game's first star with 2 goals and 2 assists.  Linemate, Trevor Morbeck finished with a goal and 4 assists and was named second star. The third member of this line, Ryan Kujawinski was named the third star with 2 goals and 2 assists. An amazing game for these guys.

The Frontenacs accumulated 4 of the available 6 points this weekend, thanks in large part to an incredible 20 points by Kujawinski, Jenkins, and Morbeck in three games this weekend !

Kingston is off until Thursday when they travel to Peterborough to face the struggling Petes. One night later, the Fronts will host the Erie Otters at 7:30 at K-Rock Centre.