4/16 Scoreboard & Playoff Update

As the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs contuine, a theme is starting to develop and it's the number of 1 goal and OT Games. Friday Night saw the OT Trent contuine with San Jose VS. Colorado playing a barn burner of a game were a back & fourth game saw San Jose's Devin Setoguchi help tie the series at 1-1 with games 3 & 4 in Denver. A 4 goal 3rd period wiped out an early goal in the 2nd period by Patrick Kane to put the Preds up 1-0 after the playoff opener for both teams.



Close games were also the theme on Friday Night in the AHL as 4 of 5 games ended in 1 goal decisions as Manchester, Albany, Hershey & Texas all won in low scoring games while the Chicago Wolves shutout the Milwaukee Admirals 3-0.



Major Juniors are starting to get into their league semifinals. In the WHL has the Brandon Wheat Kings & Vacnouver Giants win the opening games of their best of 7 series. Kitchener is looking to pull off one of the biggest upsets of this year's road to the Memorial Cup as the Rangers are up 2-0 on the Spitfires. While Barrie & Mississauga have traded blows at home so far in the series.



The QMJHL has the 2 New Brunswick Teams currently up 2-0 as St. John & Moncton are looking to become the first All Atlantic Region Championship in QMJHL History.





Professional Scores



NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs



Ottawa Senators 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 2 (1-1, 0-0, 0-1)

www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030142



Philadelphia Flyers 3 New Jersey Devils 5 (2-1, 1-2, 0-2)

www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030122



Nashville Predators 4 Chicago Blackhawks 1 (0-0, 0-1, 4-0)

www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030161



Detroit Red Wings 7 Phoenix Coyotes 4 (0-1, 3-2, 4-1)

www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030182



Colorado Avalanche 5 San Jose Sharks 6 (OT) (1-1, 3-3, 1-1, 0-1)

www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030152





AHL Calder Cup Playoffs



Look for the Texas Stars VS. Rockford Icehogs Game Story



Manchester Monarchs 2 Portland Pirates 1 (0-1, 0-0, 2-0)

http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007220



Manchester Leads Series 1-0





W-B/Scranton Penguins 2 Albany River Rats 3 (1-0, 0-1, 1-2)

http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007254



Albany Leads Series 2-0





Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2 Hershey Bears 3 (1-0, 1-1, 0-2)

http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007268



Hershey Leads Series 2-0





Milwaukee Admirals 0 Chicago Wolves 3 (0-1, 0-0, 0-2)

http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007242



Chicago Leads Series 2-0







CHL Presidents Cup Playoffs



Look for the Allen Americans VS. Odessa Jackalopes & Rapid City Rush VS. Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs Games from Friday Night.





Major Junior Playoffs





Western Hockey League



Brandon Wheat Kings 4 Calgary Hitmen 2 (1-1, 1-0, 2-1)

http://whl.ca/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007017



Brandon Leads Series 1-0





Vancouver Giants 4 Tri-City Americans 2 (1-2, 2-0, 1-0)

http://whl.ca/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007024



Vancouver Leads Series 1-0



Friday's WHL Wrap Up: http://whl.ca/friday-s-whl-playoff-round-up-p142154





Ontario Hockey League



Barrie Colts 2 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors 5 (0-3, 2-0, 0-2)

www.ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=16739



Series Tied 1-1



Barrie VS. Mississauga Game Story: www.ontariohockeyleague.com/majors-even-up-rogers-eastern-conference-championship-series-p142145





Quebec Major Junior Hockey League



Victoriaville Tigers 2 St. John Seadogs 4 (2-1, 0-0, 0-3)

www.lhjmq.qc.ca/lang_en/index.php?page=342374&id_partie=20983



St. John Leads Series 1-0





Moncton Wildcats 5 Drummondville Voltigeurs 2 (2-1, 2-1, 1-1)

www.lhjmq.qc.ca/lang_en/index.php?page=342374&id_partie=20976



Moncton Leads Series 1-0







U.S.A. Junior Scores



USHL Clark Cup Playoffs



Indiana Ice 2 Green Bay Gamblers 1 (0-0, 1-1, 1-0)

http://ushl.stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=1264286



Indiana Leads Series 1-0



Southwest Watch



Jacob Fallon: Fallon had an uneventful Game 1 with no points or penalty minutes in the game. He only had 1 SOG and was Even on the Game as well. So far, he hasen't had a great playoff run so far with just a single goal through 7 games.



Blake Coleman: Coleman had an assist on Alex Wideman's Game Winner Goal midway through the 3rd period. He also had a +1 on the night with 2 SOG & No PIM on the Night. This takes his point total to just 2 assists on the playoffs so far.





Fargo Force 0 Omaha Lancers 2 (0-0, 0-0, 0-2)

http://ushl.stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=1261595



Omaha Leads Series 1-0



Southwest Watch



C.J. Ludwig: C.J. Was held pointless in the Game. However, he was apart of the physcial presence with 4 penalty minutes and had a single SOG in this one.



Ryan Daugherty: He was off the scoresheet completely with 0's across the board.



Johnnie Searfoss: Johnnie Searfoss only had a single shot on goal with nothing else. Points, PIM's etc.



Chase Grant: Despite not having any points in the game, he had a couple of close calls where he had 5 shots on goal and could have made a difference if he would have had at least one of them gone in.



USHL Friday Wrap Up: www.ushl.com/news/story.cfm?id=3198





NAHL Robertson Cup Playoffs



Motor City Metal Jackets 1 Traverse City North Stars 4 (0-1, 0-2, 1-1)

http://nahl.stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=1260862



Traverse City Leads Series 1-0





St. Louis Bandits 2 Topeka Roadrunners 6 (1-3, 0-1, 1-2)

http://nahl.stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=1260868



Series Tied 1-1