Ontario Hockey League Eastern Conference 1st Round Playoff Schedule

With the Ontario Hockey League Playoffs beginning on Thrusday Night. The full first Round Schedule is now out with a majority of series' getting underway on Friday Night. This year, the Ontario Hockey League has been mostly a top heavy league with a handful of teams that have been running away with the top of both Conferences.

In the east, the Barrie Colts took advantage of a mostly weak Eastern Conference to pile up 110 points and 1st overall in the league to claim homeice over defending OHL & Memorial Cup Champion Windsor Spitfires.

Elsewhere in the East, the Ottawa 67s won what was a balanced but pretty weak East Division where Ottawa had only 82 points and where the bottom 2 teams in the Eastern Conference in the Oshawa Generals and Belleville Bulls who got to the Eastern Conference Final before losing to the Conference Champion Brampton Battalion.

In the East, expect Barrie to crush the competition in the early rounds. Then in the Eastern Conference Final where I think the Mississauga St. Micheals Majors are the only team I think that has a realastic shot of knocking the Colts off.

With the execption of maybe Brampton Battalion, the bottom 3 teams will be huge underdogs as the Peterborough Petes, Sudbury Wolves and Niagara Icedogs will be looking to pull off huge upsets in a league where the gap between the top and the rest is one of the biggest in years here in the OHL. If any of these 3 teams can make it a close series even, that will be a big moral victory in the OHL Eastern Conference.

If the playoffs go as many expect it to with the Windsor Spitfires and Barrie Colts meeting in the OHL Championships in pretty shot order and with few losses by either team. We could have a Final for the Ages to crown the OHL Champions and to determine who will play for the Memorial Cup in Brandon, MB in late May.

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#1 Barrie Colts VS. #8 Sudbury Wolves

Barrie Colts Regular Season Record: 57-9-2 116 PTS 327 GF 186 GA

Barrie Leading Scorers:
Luke Pither 67 GP 94 PTS (36G 58A)
Alex Hutchings 68 GP 81 PTS (47G 34A)
Bryan Cameron 62 GP 78 PTS (53G 25A)

Barrie Goaltending:
Marvic Parks 33 GP 25-5-2 2.34 GAA .930 SV%
Peter Di Savo 50 GP 38-6-1 2.74 GAA .915 SV%


Sudbury Wolves Regular Season Record: 26-36-7 59 PTS 193 GF 267 GA

Sudbury Leading Scores:
Eric O'Dell 68 GP 68 PTS (33G 35A)
John Mcfarland 64 GP 50 PTS (20G 30A)
Jared Staal 64 GP 49 PTS (12G 37A)

Sudbury Goaltending:
Andrew Loverock 41 GP 15-17-5 3.51 GAA .902 SV%
Alain Valiquette 40 GP 11-18-2 3.86 GAA .894 SV%


All Barrie Colts Home Games are @ Barrie Molson Center

All Sudbury Wolves Home Games are @ Sudbury Community Center

Game 1, 3/18: @ Barrie 6:30 PM

Game 2, 3/20: @ Sudbury 6:30 PM

Game 3, 3/21: @ Barrie 5:00 PM

Game 4, 3/24: @ Sudbury 6:30 PM

Game 5, 3/26: @ Barrie 6:30 PM*

Game 6, 3/29: @ Sudbury 6:30 PM*

Game 7, 3/30: @ Barrie 6:30 PM*

*If Necessary


#2 Ottawa 67s VS. #7 Niagara Icedogs

Ottawa 67s Regular Season Record: 37-23-8 82 PTS, 246 GF 219 GA

Ottawa Leading Scorers:
Cody Lindsay 68 GP 82 PTS (39G 43A)
Tyler Toffoli 65 GP 79 PTS (37G 42A)
Anthony Nigro 61 GP 62 PTS (16G 46A)

Ottawa Goaltending:
Petr Mrazek 30 GP 12-9-1 3.00 GA .905 SV%,
Chris Perugini 46 GP 25-14-7 3.07 GAA .905 SV%


Niagara Icedogs Regular Season Record: 26-34-8 60 PTS, 191 GF 233 GA

Niagara Leading Scorers:
Andrew Agozzino 68 GP 66 PTS (37G 29A)
Alex Friesen 60 GP 60 PTS (23G 37A)
Freddie Hamilton 64 GP 55 PTS (25G 30A)

Niagara Goaltending:
Mark Visentin 55 GP 24-26-5 2.99 GAA .911 SV%,
John Chartrand 7 GP 1-4-0 3.84 GAA .878 SV%


All Ottawa 67s Home Games are @ Ottawa Civic Center

All Niagara Icedogs Home Games are @ Gatorade Garden City Complex

Game 1, 3/19: @ Ottawa 6:30 PM

Game 2, 3/21: @ Ottawa 1:00 PM

Game 3, 3/23: @ Niagara 6:30 PM

Game 4, 3/25: @ Niagara 6:30 PM

Game 5, 3/28: @ Ottawa 12:00 PM*

Game 6, 3/29: @ Niagara 6:30 PM*

Game 7, 3/30: @ Ottawa 6:30 PM*

*If Necessary


#3 Mississauga St. Micheals Majors VS. #6 Peterborough Petes

Mississauga St. Micheals Majors Regular Season Record: 42-20-6 90 PTS, 222 GF 175 GA

Mississauga Leading Scorers:
Devante Smith-Pelly 60 GP 62 PTS (29G 33A)
Casey Cizikas 68 GP 62 PTS (25G 37A)
Jordan Mayer 68 GP 50 PTS (31G 19A)

Mississauga Goaltending:
Chris Carrozzi 19-10-5 2.36 GAA .916 SV%,
JP Anderson 23-10-1 2.60 GAA .899 SV%


Peterborough Petes Regular Season Record: 29-35-4 62 PTS, 231 GF, 277 GA

Peterborough Leading Scorers:
Pat Daley 64 GP 73 PTS (28G 45A),
Matt Pumpel 59 GP 64 PTS (33G 31A)
Austin Watson 52 GP 54 PTS (20G 34A)

Peterborough Goaltending:
Jason Missiaen: 59 GP 27-29-3 3.68 GAA .901 SV%
Andrew D'Agostini: 17 GP 2-6-1 4.45 GAA .864 SV%


All Mississauga St. Micheals Majors Home Games are @ Hershey Center

All Peterborough Petes Home Games are @ Peterborough Memorial Center

Game 1, 3/19: @ Mississauga 6:30 PM

Game 2, 3/22: @ Peterborough 6:00 PM

Game 3, 3/23: @ Mississauga 6:00 PM

Game 4, 3/25: @ Peterborough 6:00 PM

Game 5, 3/27: @ Mississauga 6:00 PM*

Game 6, 3/28: @ Peterborough 6:00 PM

Game 7, 3/30: @ Mississauga 6:00 PM*


#4 Kingston Frontenacs VS. #5 Brampton Battalion

Kingston Frontenacs Regular Season Record: 33-30-5 71 PTS 229 GF 251 GA

Kingston Leading Scorers:
Luke Pither 67 GP 94 PTS (36G 58A)
Alex Hutchings 68 GP 81 PTS (47G 34A)
Bryan Cameroon 62 GP 78 PTS (53G 25A)


Kingston Goaltending
John Cullen 16 GP 4-3-1 3.03 GAA .919 SV%
Tyler Beskorowany 62 GP 29-25-4 3.52 GAA .903 SV%


Brampton Battalion Regular Season Record: 25-29-14 64 PTS 167 GF 181 GA

Brampton Scoring Leaders
Sean Jones 68 GP 49 PTS (32G 17A)
Sam Carrick 66 GP 42 PTS (21G 21A)
Scott Tanski 54 GP 34 PTS (15G 19A)

Brampton Goaltending
Patrick Killenn 63 GP 23-25-13 2.42 GAA .913 SV%
Jacob Riley 10 GP 2-4-1 2.56 GAA .898 SV%


All Kingston Frontenacs Home Games are @ K-Rock Center

All Brampton Battalion Home Games are @ Powerade Center


Game 1, 3/19: @ Kingston 6:30 PM

Game 2, 3/21: @ Brampton 1:00 PM

Game 3, 3/23: @ Kingston 6:00 PM

Game 4, 3/25: @ Brampton 6:00 PM

Game 5, 3/26: @ Kingston 6:30 PM*

Game 6, 3/28: @ Brampton 1:00 PM*

Game 7, 3/30: @ Kingston 6:00 PM*

*If Necessary