5/5 NHL & AHL Scoreboard

Here's a look at the scores, because of some family issues I have been going through, I won't do the Game Boxscores excpt for the last 2 Texas Stars Games that have been played Tuesday & Wednesday night as the Chicago Wolves won Game 3 while the Texas Stars won Game 4. With the Allen Americans losing the CHL Presidents Cup Championship, the Texas Stars are the only Southwest Based Team left playing this season.

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs

Boston Bruins 4 Philadelphia Flyers 1 (2-1, 0-0, 2-0)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030223

Boston VS. Philadelphia Game Story: www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2009030223

Boston Leads Series 2-1, Game 4 will be on Thrusday Night in Montreal.


Chicago Blackhawks 5 Vancouver Canucks 2 (2-0, 1-2, 2-0)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030243

Chicago VS. Vancouver Game Story: www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2009030243

Chicago Leads Series 2-1, Game 4 will be on Friday Night in Vancouver.


AHL Calder Cup Playoffs

See the Game Stories and Box Scores from the Texas Stars VS. Chicago Wolves Series.

Manchester Monarchs 1 Worcester Sharks 0 (1-0, 0-0, 0-0)
http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007280

Manchester VS. Worcester Game Story: http://theahl.com/bernier-monarchs-push-sharks-to-brink-p142539

Worcester Leads Series 3-2, Game 6 will be on Friday Night in Manchester, New Hampshire.


CHL Presidents Cup Playoffs

Allen Americans 3 Rapid City Rush 4 (2OT) (3-0, 0-1, 0-2, 0-0, 0-1)
www.pointstreak.com/stats/pro/boxscore.html?gameid=1269591

Rapid City wins Series and the League Championship 4-2


Allen VS. Rapid City Game Stories

Allen Americans Website: www.allenamericans.com/articles/news.asp?articleid=337

CHL Website: www.centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=4637


Major Junior Memorial Cup Playoffs

Western Hockey League

Calgary Hitmen 2 Tri-City Americans 4 (1-2, 0-0, 1-2)
http://whl.ca/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007034

Calgary VS. Tri-City Game Story: http://whl.ca/News-s11088

The Calgary Hitmen Leads the Series 3-1, Game 5 will be on Friday Night in Calgary


Ontario Hockey League

The Windsor Spitfires clinched the 2010 OHL Championship against the Barrie Colts. The next game for Windsor is in the Memorial Cup Tournament on 5/14 against the Brandon Wheat Kings.


Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

No Games on Wednesday or Thursday. Moncton Leads Series 2-1. Game 4 will be on Friday Night in St. John, New Brunswick.


U.S.A. Junior Scores

USHL Clark Cup Playoffs

Game 3 is on Friday Night. The Fargo Force lead the Championship Series 2-0.


NAHL Robertson Cup Playoffs

Round Robin Day 2

Traverse City North Stars 1 St. Louis Bandits 4 (1-1, 0-2, 0-1)
http://nahl.stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=1238389

Fairbanks Ice Dogs 3 Wenatchee Wild 2 (1-0, 2-0, 0-2)
http://nahl.stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=1238390


Game Stories: www.nahl.com/news/story.cfm?id=1591

Robertson Cup Round Robin Standings after Day 2

1. Bismarck 1-0-0 2 PTS 5-3

2. St. Louis 1-1-0 2 PTS 7-6

3. Fairbanks 1-0-0 2 PTS 3-2

4. Traverse City 1-1-0 2 PTS 6-8

5. Wenatchee 0-2-0 0 PTS 6-8


Day 3 Schedule

Fairbanks Ice Dogs VS. St. Louis Bandits

Traverse City North Stars VS. Bismarck Bobcats

Hitmen use Fast start to control Game 3, go up 3-0 in the WHL Championship

It took 3 late goals in the 1st period to give the Hitmen control of Game 3 up in Washington State to put the Hitmen on the brink of a Championship Series and a Memorial Cup Spot for the start of next weeks event which starts on May 14.

In addition to the 3 early goals, Martin Jones stopped 29 of 30 shots to keep the Americans at bay as the Americans couldn't find a way to figure him out all night long. Game 4 is tonight and a Hitmen would put give them the WHL Championship for the first time since the 1998-1999 season.

As for the Americans, they merely looking to at-least prevent the Hitmen from winning the Championship on home soil. Game 4 is on Wednesday Night and the Hitmen will be looking to finish this one in quick fashion like Windsor did in the OHL Championship Series.

From the Western Hockey League Website: www.whl.ca

From Kennewick, Washington: Martin Jones made 29 saves as his Hitmen scored three times en route to a 4-1 victory over the Tri-City Americans in game 3 of the 2010 WHL Championship Series on Tuesday Night in Kennewick.

The victory gives the Hitmen a commanding 3-0 lead over the Americans in the best-of-7 series, and leaves them one victory away from capturing their 2nd ever WHL Championship.

Kris Foucault, Michael Stone, Cody Sylvester and Ian Schultz - with a goal and assist - scored the for the Hitmen, who withstood early pressure from the Americans before scoring three times late in the 1st period. Kruise Reddick with a power-play marker late in the 3rd period, scored the lone goal for the Americans, who have managed to beat Martin Jones just twice in the series. Alexander Pechurskiy made 31 saves to take the loss in his first start of the playoffs.

The Americans will host the Americans the Hitmen for Game 4 of the best-of-7 Championship Series on Wednesday.


Calgary Hitmen Leads the Series 3-0, Calgary can Clinch the WHL Championship with a win on Wednesday Night.

Game Boxscore

Calgary Hitmen 4 Tri-City Americans 1 (3-0, 0-0, 1-1)

1-0 CGY: Kris Foucault (Bubnick, Nyren) 12:16 1st

2-0 CGY: Misha Fisenko (PP) (Stone, Nyren) 18:39 1st

3-0 CGY: Cody Sylvester (Schultz, Jones) 19:37 1st

3-1 TRI: Kruise Reddick (PP) (Lazo, Hughesman) 17:25 3rd

4-1 CGY: Ian Schultz (EN) (SH) (Stone) 19:14 3rd


Game Stats

SOG: CGY 35 TRI 30

PP: CGY 1/2 TRI 1/7

PIM: CGY 18 Minutes on 9 Penalties TRI 8 Minutes on 4 Penalties

Goalies: CGY Martin Jones 29 SVS on 30 Shots TRI Alexander Pechurskiy 31 SVS on 34 Shots

ATT: 4699

3rd Star: Kruise Reddick (TRI)

2nd Star: Giffen Nyren (CGY)

1st Star: Martin Jones (CGY)

OHL Championship Game 4: Hall & Fowler come up big to Clinch 2nd straight OHL Championship

Windsor's biggest superstars in Cam Fowler & Taylor Hall each scored twice for the Spitfires to lead the team to complete the sweep and win the OHL Championship for the 2nd straight year and to get back to the Memorial Cup for the 2nd straight year where they will heading to Brandon, Manitoba to defend the teams Memorial Cup. For the Spitfires, they will open the tournament against the Hosts Brandon Wheat Kings to start out on the opening day on May 14.

Expect the Spitfires to also play the Calgary Hitmen as they won Game 3 to go up 3-0. Then in the QMJHL, Moncton leads The best-of-7 series 2-1 after St. John's win last night.



By Aaron Bell of the Ontario Hockey League Website: www.ontariohockeyleague.com

From Windsor, Ontario: The Windsor Spitfires have won the Robertson Cup as the OHL Champions for the 2nd straight year with a 4 game sweep of the Barrie Colts in the OHL Championship Series.

Taylor Hall & Cam Fowler scored two goals each to pace the Spitfires to a 6-2 win on Tuesday to complete the series and give the Spitfires their 2nd straight trip to the Memorial Cup.

"We came into this series hockey ready and I think we were a little bit rusty," Hall said. "I think that we worked to our advantage."

The Spitfires won the tournament last year in Rimouski, QC and will open up this year's tournament in Brandon, MB against the Host Wheat Kings next Friday.

"We have some guys on our team that they are a little bit banged up," Hall said. "That break is going to work to our advantage and hopefully we can take advantage of it in Brandon."

Luke Pither opened the scoring for the Colts on a power-play in the first period but Fowler responded in the final minute of the opening frame.

Hall, Fowler, and Adam Henrique all scored in the second period and then Scott Timmins - who won the Robertson Cup for the third time in a row - and Hall rounded out the scoring in the 3rd period. Ryan Ellis had three assists and Philipp Grubauer made 32 saves in the victory.

"It's unbelievable," said Henrique. "We wanted to do it for the fans here. We knew we had a great chance to win it at home tonight. Its a great thing that we were able to do it at home."

Matt Kennedy also scored for the Colts and Peter Di Savo allowed 5 goals on 38 shots in the loss.

It was the Spitfires 8th straight win after coming back from 3-0 down to beat Kitchener in the Western Conference Final.

"I don't know if we learned a lesson from that, but I do know we showed our true colors again - our perseverance and our character in the dressing room," said Spitfires Head Coach coach Bob Boughner. "We had to bring everything we had in this series and we did. I think that helped us for sure."

Henrique won the Wayne Gretzky 99 Award for Championship Series MVP of the playoffs as he was selected by the media covering the championship series.

"It's a great feeling," Henrique said. "I just want to come out every night and play hard and do what I can do to help the team win. Everybody pulled together throughout the playoffs when we were down or up. We stuck together no matter what and that's what got us here. It was a team effort."


Windsor Spitfires Win Series 4-0. Windsor is the 2010 OHL Champions and will advance to the 2010 Memorial Cup which begins on May 14 in Brandon, Manitoba.

Game Boxscore

Barrie Colts 2 Windsor Spitfires 6 (1-1, 1-3, 0-2)

1-0 BAR: Luke Pither (PP) (Hutchings, Crawford) 6:33 1st

1-1 WSR: Cam Fowler (PP) (Ellis, Shugg) 19:34 1st

2-1 WSR: Taylor Hall (PP) (Ellis, Fowler) 0:13 2nd

2-2 BAR: Matt Kennedy (Pietrangelo) 6:07 2nd

3-2 WSR: Cam Fowler (PP) (Timmins, Mitchell) 10:28 2nd

4-2 WSR: Adam Henrique (Ellis) 18:05 2nd

5-2 WSR: Scott Timmins (Hall, Shugg) 9:27 3rd

6-2 WSR: Taylor Hall (EN) (Unassisted) 18:20 3rd


Game Stats

SOG: BAR 35 WSR 38

PP: BAR 1/6 WSR 3/7

PIM: BAR 16 Minutes on 8 Penalties WSR 14 Minutes on 7 Penalties

Goalies: BAR Peter Di Savo 33 SVS on 38 Shots WSR Philipp Grubauer 33 SVS on 35 Shots

ATT: 6575

3rd Star: Philipp Grubauer (WSR)

2nd Star: Scott Timmins (WSR)

1st Star: Cam Fowler (WSR)

OHL Championship Game 3: Adam Henrique's Hat Trick puts the Spitfires One Win away from a Repeat

With Adam Henrique's hat trick that saw him score twice in the 2nd and putting the game away in the 3rd period as the Spitfires just one win short of the team defending the OHL Championship and a shot of defending the Memorial Cup in Brandon, Manitoba. After the first period ended even in both a scoreless game and in SOG in 11.

It was early in the 2nd period that saw the Spitfires light up the home crowd with a power-play goal by Justin Shugg just 3 minutes into the 2nd period. It took him a little while for Henrique to take over the game, but midway through the 2nd period with goals around the middle of the period which included a SH Goal to make it 3-0 Spitfires. Barrie made things interesting with goals Zac Rinaldo and Stefan Della Rovere scored to make it 3-2 later in the 2nd, but that's as close the Colts would get.

The 3rd period saw the Spitfires by Timmins and Henrique's 3rd of the game put the Spitfires just one win away from repeating as OHL Champions. Expect Barrie to put it all on the line for Game 4 on Tuesday Night to prevent the Spitfires from making it a clean sweep.

By Aaron Bell of the Ontario Hockey League Website: http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/

In Windsor, Ontario: The Windsor Spitfires are one win away from winning the OHL Robertson Cup for the 2nd straight year. Adam Henrique had a hat trick, including the game winner in the 2nd period to pace the Spitfires to a 5-2 win over the Barrie Colts in Game 3 of the OHL Championship Series on Sunday Night in Windsor.

The Spitfires lead the series 3-0 and can wrap it up with a win at home in Game 4 on Tuesday.

"Our start wasn't what we wanted it to be for whatever reason", said Spitfires head Coach Bob Boughner." "Give Barrie Credit, obviously they were hungry to play tonight. We had some big goals. It was a rough game with lots of penalties. There was a lot of emotion out there and in the end Philipp Grubaner and Adam Henrique obviously had some big performances."

Justin Shugg opened the scoring with a power-play marker early in the 2nd period and then Henrique counted two in a row to push the Spitfires lead to three. The Colts responded with goals by Zac Rinaldo and captain Stefan Della Rovere to cut the lead to one but Scott Timmins scored his 10th goal of the playoffs late in the 2nd period to end the rally.

Henrique rounded out the hat trick with his 19th goal of the post-season late in the 3rd period. It was the Spitfires seventh straight playoff win.

"I think we came out a little flat and got out of the first period (tied)," Henrique said. "In the 2nd period we picked up our play and things started rolling a little bit more."

Grubauer was the first star after making 42 saves in the win.

"Philipp Grubauer saved our butts so many times," Boughner said. "He looks like a confident goalie right now. He's seeing the puck obviously he's focused. From two weeks ago and what we had to go through in that last series (against Kitchener) I think he's a better goalie."

Peter Di Salvo made his first start of the series for the Colts and allowed five goals on 30 shots in the loss.

"There isn't much to say, the guys know what we faced with," said Della Rovere. "We have a hill to climb and we have to come together in the room. We have to come out on Tuesday and take it one shift at a time."

The Colts lead the entire CHL in wins and points during the regular season and through the first three rounds of the playoffs but after dropping the first three games of the series, they are facing elimination on Tuesday.

"There's only one way to try to get it back into it and that's to win shifts and win periods," said Colts Coach Marty Williamson. "We knew coming into this one today that if we didn't win this one, they would be a big hill to climb. You can't look at the big picture you have to look at what we have to do when we come into this building on Tuesday and that's to win the first period."

Boughner was obviously happy with the win but said his team will need to be even better to finish off the Colts.

"We have to be better if we think we can win this one in four," Boughner said. "The guys can't be to loose or overconfident. If we want to win Game 4, we can't get out-chanced in our building. We have to make sure that we're taking the imitative out there."

The Spitfires won the Robertson Cup as OHL Champions last year in five games over the Brampton Battalion and went on to win the Memorial Cup in Rimouski, QC.

The OHL Champions will travel to Brandon, Manitoba next week to play in the 2010 Mastercard Memorial Cup starting on Friday May 14 if the Spitfires win on Tuesday Night.


Windsor Spitfires Lead Series 3-0, Game 4 will be on Tuesday Night in Windsor, Ontario.

Barrie Colts 2 Windsor Spitfires 5 (0-0, 2-4, 0-1)

0-1 WSR: Justin Shugg (PP) (Ellis, Hall) 3:18 2nd

0-2 WSR: Adam Henrique (Hall, Ellis) 9:30 2nd

0-3 WSR: Adam Henrique (SH) (Unassisted) 12:49 2nd

1-3 BAR: Zac Rinaldo (Kennedy, Prout) 14:00 2nd

2-3 BAR: Stefan Della Rovere (Burmistrov, Brodie) 16:07 2nd

2-4 WSR: Scott Timmins (Mitchell, Cundari) 17:36 2nd

2-5 WSR: Adam Henrique (Hall, Fowler) 15:15 3rd


Game Stats

SOG: BAR 44 WSR 30

PP: BAR 0/7 WSR 1/8

PIM: BAR 40 Minutes on 15 Penalties WSR 32 Minutes on 16 Penalties

Goalies: BAR Peter Di Savo 25 SVS on 30 Shots WSR Philipp Grubauer 42 SVS on 44 Shots

ATT: 6556

3rd Star: Scott Timmins (WSR)

2nd Star: Adam Henrique (WSR)

1st Star: Philipp Grubauer (WSR)

WHL Championship Game 2: Calgary contuines to Smoother Tri-City to win 4-1

It was another dominating performance for the Hitmen are half way through to the League Championship as the Hitmen had a 4-1 win over the Americans on Saturday Night. Unlike the spectacular ind. performances on Friday Night, it was a strong team defense that kept the Americans to 22 SOG during the game, including to just 13 in the first 2 periods.

Joel Broda has continued his strong post-season run with his 13th goal of the season to open the scoring midway through the 1st period. However it was early in the 2nd period with Cowan and Kosterman scoring in just over a minute apart early in the 2nd period to basically put the game away as the Hitmen turned into a defensive mood to shut down the Americans to get the win.

Now the series shifts to Kennwick, Washington as the Americans are looking to a strong home crowd to inspire them help them comeback and to reverse these 2 games were they outscored 11-1 in the 2 games so far in the WHL Final.

From the Western Hockey League Website: www.whl.ca

From Calgary, Alberta: Rookie Peter Kosterman's first career WHL Goal stood as the winner as the Calgary Hitmen downed the Tri-City Americans in Game 2 of the 2010 WHL Championship Series on Saturday Night in Calgary, AB.

The win gives the Hitmen a 2-0 lead over the Americans in the best-of-7 series final. The Hitmen blanked the Ams 7-0 in the opening game back on Friday Night.

Joel Broda, Del Cowan and Tyler Fiddler - with a goal and an assist - also scored while Brandon Kozun chipped in two assists for the Hitmen, who out-shot the Americans 30-13 through two periods and 41-22 in the contest. Martin Jones made 21 saves to record his 30th career playoff victory.

Johnny Lazo scored 4:34 into the 2nd period for the Americans, ending a 146 minute and 37 second scoreless drought versus Martin Jones, dating back to the 2008-09 regular season. Drew Owsley stopped 12 of 15 shots faced his way through 25:53 of action before giving away to Alex Pechurskiy, who turned aside 25 of 26 shots the rest of the way.

The Americans will host the Hitmen for Games 3 and 4 as the best-of-7 WHL Championship Series Continues Tuesday & Wednesday in Kennewick, Washington.


Calgary Hitmen Leads Series 2-0. Game 3 will be on Tuesday Night in Kennwick, Washington.

Tri-City Americans 1 Calgary Hitmen 4 (0-1, 1-2, 0-1)

0-1 CGY: Joel Broda (Nyren, Schultz) 10:11 1st

0-2 CGY: Peter Kosterman (Fiddler, Royer) 2:40 2nd

0-3 CGY: Del Cowan (Stone, Kozun) 3:53 2nd

1-3 TRI: Johnny Lazo (Toll, Shinnimin) 4:34 2nd

1-4 CGY: Tyler Fiddler (Kozun) 17:06 3rd


Game Stats

SOG: TRI 22 CGY 38

PP: TRI 0/7 CGY 0/4

PIM: TRI 32 Minutes on 9 Penalties CGY 25 Minutes on 11 Penalties

Goalies: TRI Drew Owsley 12 SVS on 15 Shots Alexander Pechurskiy 22 SVS on 23 Shots

ATT: 10049

3rd Star: Alexander Pechurskiy (TRI)

2nd Star: Giffen Nyren (CGY)

1st Star: Ian Schultz (CGY)

WHL Championship Game 1: Calgary Hits often for 7-0 Win

A huge start for the Hitmen as Calgary is looking for redemption after losing in Last year's Final to Kelowna with a 7-0 win over the Tri-City Americans in Calgary on Friday Night. The 7 goal firing squad was lead by Misha Fisenko and Matt Mackenzie who each scored twice in the game. Despite the Americans best efforts, Martin Jones was able to get his 2nd shutout of the playoffs with a 26 save performance.

The Hitmen are off to a great start and will be looking to make it 2-0 at home on Saturday Night.

From the Western Hockey League Website: www.whl.ca

From Calgary, Alberta: Martin Jones made 26 saves to record his 2nd shutout of the 2010 WHL Playoffs as the Calgary Hitmen skated to a 7-0 win over the visiting Tri-City Americans in Game 1 of the 2010 WHL Championship Series on Friday Night.

Matt Mackenzie and Misha Fisenko each scored twice - with his 10th of the playoffs - Brandon Kozoun and Cody Beach also scored for the Hitmen, who scored 4 goals on 11 shots in the first period in the series-opening win. Del Cowan, Michael Stone, and Ben Wilson each added two assists.

Drew Owsley allowed four goals on nine shots in the first 10:52 of the game before giving way to the Americans back-up goaltender, who made 11 of 13 saves the rest of the way in the loss for the Tri-City Americans.

The Hitmen and Americans will go at it again in Game 2 of the WHL Championship Series on Saturday Night in Calgary.


Calgary Leads Series 1-0

Game Boxscore

Tri-City Americans 0 Calgary Hitmen 7 (0-4, 0-2, 0-1)

0-1 CGY: Cody Sylvester (Schultz, Stone) 6:08 1st

0-2 CGY: Matt Mackenzie (PP) (Shattock, Stebner) 9:12 1st

0-3 CGY: Matt Mackenzie (PP) (Foucault, Bubnick) 10:01 1st

0-4 CGY: Misha Fisenko (Cowan, Stone) 10:52 1st

0-5 CGY: Brandon Kozoun (Fisenko, Wilson) 5:28 2nd

0-6 CGY: Mish Fisenko (Cowan, Kozun) 19:20 2nd

0-7 CGY: Cody Beach (Fiddler, Wilson) 15:12 3rd


Game Stats

SOG: TRI 26 CGY 23

PP: TRI 0/5 CGY 2/4

PIM: TRI 23 Minutes on 6 Penalties CGY 15 Minutes on 6 Penalties

Goalies: TRI Alexander Pechurskiy 11 SVS on 14 Shots Drew Owsley 5 SVS on 9 Shots

ATT: 10980

3rd Star: Martin Jones (CGY)

2nd Star: Matt Mackenzie (CGY)

1st Star: Misha Fisenko (CGY)

OHL Championship Game 2: Another 1 goal win Gives Spitfires a 2-0 Series Lead

A couple of days after the Spitfires came-back from OT to win Game 2. It was another nail bitter as the Spitfires and Colts traded blows as the Spitfires eventually came out on top as the Spitfires will head into the next 2 games in Windsor, Ontario with a chance to complete a series sweep and defend the OHL Championship.

All 5 Windsor goals came from different players as some of the lesser known players got a chance to shine as players like Scott Timmins who had a goal & assist. Plus Mark Cundari who was one of the Game 1 hero's had a goal and 2 assists in Game 2 including a SH Goal that got the scoring going last night.

Barrie attempted to comeback with Kyle Clifford leading the way with 2 goals and almost got the game tied in the 3rd period when as he made the game 3-2 & 5-4 which were looking to turn around the momentum. However it was to no use as the Spitfires fired back the first time and ran out of time on the 2nd attempt.

Barrie will need to find a way to contain the Spitfires high flying offense and find the critical goals as this series will be a close one throughout the series. If not, then expect the Spitfires to celebrate an OHL Championship for the 2nd straight year.


From the Ontario Hockey League Website: www.ontariohockeyleague.com

Dale Mitchell picked a terrific time to snap out of his cold streak. The Windsor Spitfires overage winger scored the winning goal late in the 3rd period to help the Spitfires to a 5-4 win over the Barrie Colts in Game 2 of the Rogers OHL Championship Series.

After winning the opening game 4-3 in overtime on Tuesday. the Spitfires have grabbed a 2-0 lead in the series and will play the next two games on home ice.

"I've been on a bit of a cold streak and to come up big here tonight was good for my confidence and good for the team," said Mitchell, who scored his first goal of the since the 2nd round against the Plymouth Whalers." To come in here and win two is absolutely huge. It was our goal to come in here and give these guys a test."

The Series moves to Windsor for Game 3 on Sunday (3:00 PM) and Game 4 on Tuesday Night. The Spitfires are looking to win the Robertson Cup for the second straight series and they are thrilled with their strong start to the series.

"It's obviously a big game to take coming into this tough building against this great team," said Spitfires head coach Bob Boughner. "Dale Mitchell scores big goals for the Windsor Spitfires. It's a great guy to have with the puck on his stick because he can score big goals."

Mark Cundari opened the scoring for the Spitfires with a short handed goal near the midway point of the first period.

"Any time you get a short-handed goal, its a confidence boost for your team," Cundari said. "It was a timely goal for us and we picked up it from there." We got the lead and never looked back."

Mark Cantin scored his third of the playoffs on a boost from the blueline early in the 2nd period and then Zach Kassian pushed the Spitfires lead to two with a goal at the midway point of the game. Scott Timmins scored his 9th of the playoffs and fifth in the past 4 games midway through the 3rd period and then Mitchell counted what proved to be the game-winner when he burst down the wing and fired a snap shot from the face-off circle under the crossbar for his seventh goal of the post-season.

Kyle Clifford scored two goals for the Colts, including his fifth of the playoffs to close the Spitfires lead to one goal late in the third period but the Colts weren't able to force the game into overtime.

"We need to break through," said Colts coach Marty Williamson. "I don't think our game was too bad today but we got caught making some big mistakes. You can't give a team breakaways like we did. If you make blunders against a team like this, they make you pay."

Alexander Bruistrov put the Colts with a power play marker in the last minute of the first period to tie the score at one and Taylor Carnevale brought the Colts within one goal in the third period when he picked up a loose puck at the edge of the crease and put it over the glove of the Spitfires goalie Philipp Gruaber.

Gruaber made 33 saves, including 18 in the third period for his sixth straight win while Marvic Parks allowed 5 goals on 22 shots in the loss.

It was the Spitfires fourth straight win on the road dating back to Game 4 of the Western Conference Championship Series against the Kitchener Rangers.

"We were just trying to get pucks into the net," Baugher said. "It was a simple game plan. We'll have to go back and look at the tape before Game 3. I don't think it was our best game out there. We still have some things to work on.

We know that Barrie's going to give us all we can handle in Game's 3 & 4. It's great to win two road games but it doesn't mean anything if we don't back it up at home."


Windsor Spitfires Lead Series 2-0, Game 3 is on Sunday Afternoon.


Game Boxscore

Windsor Spitfires 5 Barrie Colts 4 (1-1, 2-1, 2-2)

1-0 WSR: Mark Cundari (SH) (Unassisted) 7:41 1st

1-1 BAR: Alexander Brumistrov (PP) (Kennedy) 19:27 1st

2-1 WSR: Marc Cantin (Cundari, Timmins) 4:32 2nd

3-1 WSR: Zach Kassian (Cundari) 10:46 2nd

3-2 BAR: Kyle Clifford (Cameron, Brodie) 11:50 2nd

4-2 WSR: Scott Timmins (Unassisted) 7:48 3rd

4-3 BAR: Taylor Carnevale (Brodie, Prout) 13:09 3rd

5-3 WSR: Dale Mitchell (Unassisted) 14:10 3rd

5-4 BAR: Kyle Clifford (Cameron) 15:39 3rd


Game Stats

SOG: WSR 22 BAR 37

PP: WSR 0/3 BAR 1/5

PIM: WSR 10 Minutes on 5 Penalties BAR 6 Minutes on 3 Penalties

Goalies: WSR Phillipp Grubauer 33 SVS on 37 Shots BAR Marvic Parks 17 SVS on 22 Shots

ATT: 4312

3rd Star: Kyle Clifford (BAR)

2nd Star: Scott Timmins (WSR)

1st Star: Mark Cundari (WSR)

4/29 Scoreboard & Playoff Update

The Stanley Cup Conference Semifinals got underway last night with the #1 VS. #5 Matchup in the Western Conference as the Sharks used a 3 goal 1st period as Joe Pavelski, Dany Heatley and Devin Setoguchi all scored in a minute and a half to give the Sharks a 3-0 lead and were looking to blow out the Red Wings to open the series after the bad start they got off to against Detroit.

However just a minute later saw Dan Cleary made it 3-1 as the Red Wings were able to turnaround the momentum and Jimmy Howard calmed down after the bad start to keep the game in check.

The 2nd period as they were just 13 shots on goal total in the 2nd period as the penalties started to come down (3 for SJ, 5 for DET). Despite all the PP Time the Sharks had in the 2nd, it was the Red Wings early on with a great set up from Datsyuk on his wrist shot to give the close the gap to 3-2 and the Red Wings had hope again of a comeback.

The opening minute of the 3rd period saw Pavelski and Rafalski score in the first 3 minutes to make it 4-3. The Sharks were looking to put it away late, but a 5 save performance from Evgeni Nabokov helped the Sharks win Game 1 and take the series lead.

San Jose has won 5-in-a-row after losing the first 2 games of the playoffs, the Sharks are looking to get the playoff monkey off their backs that have hampered them the last few years, also to avoid the fate that doomed the top 3 teams in the East as Washington, Buffalo & New Jersey are out of the playoffs.

2 games in the AHL Playoffs as the North Division Final got underway in Hamilton, Ontario as the Heat continued their momentum after coming back from 3-1 down to beat Rochester as Van Der Gulik and Baldwin each scored midway through the game to go up 2-1. Hamilton reacted quickly to make it 2-1. Brett Sutter scored to make 3-1 Heat to stun the Bulldogs and win the opening game. Brock Trotter scored his 4th of the playoffs with less then a minute left, but it was to little to late for the Bulldogs to force OT.

Hershey is zooming in the playoffs as they are the first team to clinch a Conference Spot as the Bears not only ended the Albany River Rats season, but they team as the River Rats will be moving to Charlotte, North Carolina next season to be closer to their NHL Affiliate in the Carolina Hurricanes.

It was another very close game in Barrie as the Spitfires are halfway through to defending the OHL Championship after winning their 2nd straight one goal game. After going into the 2nd intermission up 3-2, it was a couple of unsung hero's as Scott Timmins scored to make it 4-2.

However, the Barrie Colts found lighting in a bottle as Taylor Carnevale made it 4-3. But that's as close it would come as Dale Mitchell scored just a minute later to make it 5-3 to give the Spitfires the gap needed to go up 2-0 in the Championship Series.

It's a huge night as the WHL, QMJHL & USHL all begin their championship Series' tonight while the Surprising Canadians will open up in Pittsburgh against the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins. While the Texas Stars & Chicago Wolves will open up the West Division Final in Chicago.


Professional Scores

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs

Detroit Red Wings 3 San Jose Sharks 4 (1-3, 1-0, 1-1)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030231

San Jose Leads Series 1-0, Game 2 is on Sunday Afternoon


AHL Calder Cup Playoffs

Hershey Bears 5 Albany River Rats 4 (OT) (1-2, 1-1, 2-1, 1-0)
http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007286

Hershey Wins Series 4-0, The Hershey Bears advance to the Eastern Conference Final and will play either the Worcester Sharks VS. Manchester Monarchs

Hershey VS. Albany Game Story: http://theahl.com/perreault-s-ot-goal-sends-bears-to-sweep-p142435


Abbotsford Heat 3 Hamilton Bulldogs 2 (0-0, 2-1, 1-1)
http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007297

The Heat Leads Series 1-0, Game 2 is on Sunday

Abbotsford VS. Hamilton Game Story: http://theahl.com/heat-stay-hot-take-game-1-from-dogs-p142438


CHL Presidents Cup Playoffs

No Games on Thursday Night. Game 4 will be Tonight in Allen.


Major Junior Memorial Cup Playoffs

Western Hockey League

The League Championship Series begins Tonight in Calgary, Alberta between the Calgary Hitmen VS. Tri-City Americans


Ontario Hockey League

Look for the Game 2 Game Story between Windsor VS. Barrie


Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

The League Championship Series Begins Tonight between the St. John Seadogs VS. Moncton Wildcats in St. John, New Brunswick.


U.S.A. Junior Scores

USHL Clark Cup Playoffs

The League Championship Begins tonight as the Green Bay Gamblers will play the Fargo Force in Green Bay, Wisconsin.


NAHL Robertson Cup Playoffs

The NAHL Robertson Cup Championship Tournament will begin on May 4 as the Bismarck Bobcats will play the St. Louis Bandits and the Traverse City North Stars will take on the Tournament Host Wenatchee Wild.

OHL Championship Game 1: Cundari & Hall make the difference late

One of the this summer's top players for the 2010 NHL Draft this summer Taylor Hall made the difference late in the first OT as he scored his 15th of the OHL Playoffs to help the Spitfires win their 5th in a row after having to comeback from 3-0 down to the Kitchener Rangers in the Conference Finals.

After a slow start to the game, things got cooking late in the 1st period as Windsor's Adam Henrique & Ryan Ellis scored late in the first after Barrie's Matt Kennedy and Kyle Clifford scored to make it 2-0 Colts.

After the 2 Spitfires goals late in the first, the game turned into a defensive showing as both teams were careful about giving up the next goal as both teams thought that it might have been a barn burner in Game 1 of the OHL Final.

Windsor continued to barrage it's SOG with 48 but Barrie Goalie Marvic Parks made 44 saves on 48 shots in the game while Windsor's goaltending situation has been a bit shaky this season, but Spitfires goalie Philipp Grubauer made 29 saves on 32 Barrie Shots as the Spitfires turned it up in the 3rd period by out-shooting the Colts 5-0 in the OT Period.

For Barrie to handle Windsor's shooting ways as the Spitfires have among the league leaders in SOG by a wide margin all year in the OHL.

Game 2 of the OHL Championship will be back in Barrie on Thursday Night as the Colts will look to comeback from the Game 1 OT Loss.

From Aaron Bell of the Ontario Hockey League Website: http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/

The Barrie Colts are quickly finding out why people are calling the Windsor Spitfires the "Comeback Kids". The Colts took an early lead in Game 1 of the Rogers OHL Championship Series in Barrie on Tuesday and then had the lead again late in the game but resilient Spitfires battled back both teams and then scored in OT to win the Series Opener.

Taylor Hall was again the hero for the Spitfires when he blasted a one-timer from the faceoff circle 2:35 into the overtime to give the Spitfires a 1-0 Series Lead.

"I knew that their guys were kind of forcing Ryan Ellis and I had to get into a soft spot," Hall said about the goal. "Fortunately I got a lot on the shot and I don't think he saw it at all. It was very fortunate for us.

"I thought it was a pretty good effort by our team. We started off a little bit sluggish and that cost us an early lead but as we got going, that helped out legs."

Matt Kennedy opened the scoring at 13:11 into the game and then Kyle Clifford staked the Colts to a two-goal-lead three minutes later. But Adam Henrique put the Spitfires on the board just 33 seconds later and then Ryan Ellis tied the game in the last minute of the opening period.

Darren Archibald pushed the Colts ahead again midway through the 2nd period and the Colts held on to the lead until Mark Cundari tied it with 3:16 in the third period to force Overtime.

The Spitfires earned their way into the Championship Series after a dramatic comeback against the Kitchener Rangers in the Western Conference Final Series. The Rangers won the first 3 games of that series before the Spitfires roared back with 4 straight wins to reach the OHL Finals for the 2nd straight season.

"Coming into this game, we just wanted to keep this simple, play a solid road game and never give up," said Cundari, who grabbed a loose puck in the slot and fired it on the net for his 2nd goal of the playoffs. "In the 3rd period I got a bounce and I buried it and we brought it to Overtime. We went into the room and said we were going to win this game. We needed it. It was a huge bounce for us."

Philipp Grubauer won his fifth straight game after allowing 32 shots while Marvic Parks took the loss after stopping 44 of 48 shots in the opening game for the Colts, who suffered their first loss in 8 playoff games.

Game 2 is in Thursday in Barrie (6:30 PM CDT) before the series shifts to Windsor for Game 3 on Sunday and Game 4 on Tuesday.

The Colts welcomed a sold-out crowd of 4296 for their first appearance in the OHL Championship Series since 2002 and are looking to even up the series at home on Thursday Night.

"I think it's huge for us", said Colts Defensemen Alex Pietrangelo. "We worked all season to get home ice advantage for the circumstance right here. The fans were good here tonight I just wish we were able to put on a little better performance and get the win. Were ready to go for the next game."

For the Spitfires, they have an opportunity to take the series lead back home for the next two games.

"Were going to play the exact same as we did today," Cundari said. "Obviously were going to clean up some things in our defensive zone and work on some of the top things that we need to be successful. It's going to be a great game and hopefully we will end up on top."


Windsor Spitfires Lead Series 1-0


Game Boxscore

Windsor Spitfires 4 Barrie Colts 3 (OT) (2-2, 0-1, 1-0, 1-0)

0-1 BAR: Matt Kennedy (Gaskin) 13:11 1st

0-2 BAR: Kyle Clifford (Pither) 16:10 1st

1-2 WSR: Adam Henrique (Wallace) 16:43 1st

2-2 WSR: Ryan Ellis (Cantin, Nemisz) 19:27 1st

2-3 BAR: Darren Archibald (Carnevale, Crawford) 10:36 2nd

3-3 WSR: Mark Cundari (Wellwood) 16:44 3rd

4-3 WSR: Taylor Hall (PP) (Ellis, Fowler) 2:35 OT


Game Stats

SOG: WSR 48 BAR 32

PP: WSR 1/4 BAR 0/4

PIM: WSR 10 Minutes on 5 Penalties BAR 10 Minutes on 5 Penalties

Goalies: WSR Philipp Grubauer 29 SVS on 32 Shots BAR Marvic Parks 44 SVS on 48 Shots

ATT: 4296

3rd Star: Darren Archibald (WSR)

2nd Star: Mark Cundari (WSR)

1st Star: Taylor Hall (WSR)

4/27 Scoreboard & Playoff Udate

Just one game in the NHL as the Phoenix Coyotes & Detroit Red Wings finished up the Western Conference Quarterfinals where it wasn't much of a game. A 4 goal 2nd period lead by Nicklas Lindstorm and Pavel Datsyuk who each scored twice. Plus a strong goaltending by Jimmy Howard performance fustratred the Coyotes attack all night as the Coyotes couldn't win their first playoff series since the late 80's when they were the Winnipeg Jets.

Also add on 50 shots on goal as the Red Wings peppered the Coyotes all night long as Phoenix couldn't escape the barge of pucks coming at Detroit's way. If anything is going well on Phoenix is that they ended the playoff drought in Arizona and could go along way towards saving the team as ownership and relocation rumors continue to lag on.

If this current ownership group falls through, then the team could be gone. Even though no specific rumors have been confirmed, some cities that could be possibilities include Seattle and Kansas City.

This means the Western Conference Semifinals are now set as the San Jose Sharks take on the Detroit Red Wings & the Chicago Blackhawks will be taking on the Vancouver Canucks as both 2nd Round Matchups are expected to begin sometime this weekend most likely. We are looking for a couple of classics as all 4 teams have had playoff matchups against each other in recent years.

The Eastern Conference 1st Round will be wrapping up tonight with Game 7 between Washington & Montreal. If the Capitals win tonight, it would be Washington VS. Philadelphia & Pittsburgh VS. Boston. If the Canadians pull off the upset of the top overall seed. It would be Pittsburgh VS. Montreal & Boston VS. Philadelphia as the top 3 seeds would all be gone in the 1st Round.

The American Hockey League saw the Abbotsford Heat & Rochester Americans play a Game 7. It was goals by John Lammers & Olivier Latendresse gave the Heat a 2-0 shutout win as the Heat completed a comeback to win the series in 4-3. The Heat outscored the Americans 10-2 in the final 3 games to beat the Rochester Americans and advance to play the Hamilton Bulldogs in the North Division Final.

The Hershey Bears are steamrolling in the playoffs as the Bears used a 6-5 OT win to go up 3-0 in the East Division Final against the Albany River Rats. Despite Albany giving Hershey a strong going in the offense, it's finding goals in critical times as 2 of the 3 games have advanced to OT as the Bears scored with 4 minutes left in the 1st OT to put the River Rats on the verge of elimination and ending the River Rats era in Albany, New York. The team began in 1990 as the River Rats will move to Charlotte, North Carolina after this season.

It was the opening game of the OHL Championship Series in Barrie as Mark Cundari tied the game at 3-3 with just over 3 minutes left in the 3rd period. Then Taylor Hall scored his 15th of the playoffs to make it 4-3 Spitfires to take the opening game of the OHL Championship. It starts a big week for the Junior Leagues as the WHL, QMJHL & USHL begin their Championship Matchups on Friday. While the NAHL Robertson Cup Tournament Begins on May 4.

With the Junior League Championships getting underway. Look for full Game Stories and Boxscores as the Race's for the Memorial Cup, USHL Clark Cup & the NAHL Robertson Cup Championships begin this week.

Professional Scores


NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs

Detroit Red Wings 6 Phoenix Coyotes 1 (0-0, 4-1, 2-0)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030187

Detroit Wins Series 4-3, It will be the Detroit Red Wings VS. San Jose Sharks & Chicago Blackhawks VS. Vancouver Canucks in the Western Conference Semifinals.


AHL Calder Cup Playoffs

Hershey Bears 6 Albany River Rats 5 (OT) (0-2, 3-1, 2-2, 1-0)
http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007285

Hershey VS. Albany Game Story: http://theahl.com/bears-outlast-rats-for-3-0-series-lead-p142406

Hershey Leads Series 3-0


Abbotsford Heat 2 Rochester Americans 0 (1-0, 1-0, 0-0)
http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007240

Abbotsford Wins Series 4-3, It will be the Hamilton Bulldogs VS. Abbotsford Heat in the North Division Finals with the series beginning on Thrusday in Hamilton, Ontario.

Abbotsford VS. Rochester Game Story: http://theahl.com/heat-blank-amerks-complete-comeback-p142404


CHL Presidents Cup Playoffs

No Games on Tuesday Night. Game 3 between Allen & Rapid City is tonight in Allen, Texas.


Major Junior Memorial Cup Playoffs

Western Hockey League

No Games on Tuesday Night. The WHL Final between the Calgary Hitmen VS. Tri-City Americans will begin on Friday Night in Calgary, Alberta.


Ontario Hockey League

Look for the Barrie Colts VS. Windsor Spitfires Game Story as Game 1 was played last night.


Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

The QMJHL Final will begin on Friday Night as the St. John Seadogs VS. Moncton Wildcats will begin on Friday Night in St. John, New Brunswick.


U.S.A. Junior Scores

USHL Clark Cup

No Games on Tuesday Night. The USHL Clark Cup Championship between the Green Bay Gamblers & Fargo Force on Friday Night in Green Bay, Wisconsin.


NAHL Robertson Cup

No Games until May 4 as the NAHL Robertson Cup will begin in Wenatchee, Washington.

4/26 Scoreboard & Playoff Update

The National Hockey League saw 3 Game 6's last night as we saw the Boston Bruins & Chicago Blackhawks are moving on to the 2nd Round.While Montreal's Halak made an amazing 53 of 54 saves to force a Game 7 in Washington D.C. as the Capitals & Canadiens will be playing on Wednesday Night.

Nashville & Chicago had a crazy first period where the Blackhawks were leading 4-3 after 20 minutes. All 5 goals from the Blackhawks came from different players as Patrick Kane & Jonathan Towes both scoring pretty early, other players including Duncan Keith & Patrick Sharp also scored to make it 4-3 Blackhawks as the 1st period continued to go back-and-fourth as the 1st period ended 4-3.

Then the 2nd & 3rd periods turned into both teams getting desperate. The 2nd period saw the Blackhawks looking to pull away, but Predators goalie Patrick Rinne kept the Preds in the Game as the Blackhawks out-shot Nashville 16-4.

The 3rd period saw the tides turn as the Predators were looking to at least force OT or even comeback to win and save the Predators season as the SOG were 15-3 in favor of NSH, but Chicago Goalie Antti Nemi kept the Blackhawks up and John Madden put the game away with an empty net goal to win Game 6 & the Series 4-2.

As the Blackhawks put the Predators away in the first round away, it will be Chicago & Vancouver in the Western Conference Semifinals as we have the first confirmed 2nd Round Series. As for the other Western Conference Semifinals, it will be the San Jose Sharks against the winner of tonight's Game 7 between Phoenix & Detroit.

Boston ended what was a very physical series against the Buffalo Sabres as David Krejci scored twice in the game to win Game 6 to clinch the Series in 6 Games. With the Top Seeds in the East being in big trouble, it's defiantly possible that the Bruins could be getting home ice advantage for the 2nd Round with the 2nd seeded New Jersey Devils and 3rd seeded Buffalo Sabres out of the playoffs, also with the Capitals VS. Canadians going to Game 7 which will be played on Wednesday Night.

It was the first of 2 Game 7's in the AHL as the Chicago Wolves finally saw off the Milwaukee Admirals with a 2-1 win where the Wolves had to fight off after scoring twice in basically a minute-and-a-half. After the Wolves made it 2-0, Admirals goalie Mark Dekanich hang tough to keep the Admirals in the game despite getting out-shot 36-16 in the game.

Even though an Admirals goal by Marty Murray made it 2-1, the Admirals were able to hold on 2-1 to win the series in 7 games. It will be the Texas Stars VS. Chicago Wolves in the West Division Final with the Best-of-7 Series getting ready on Friday Night.

We made some history in the QMJHL as the St. John Seadogs ended the Series in 6 as the Seadogs used 3 & 4 goal periods to advance to the Championship Series against New Brunswick Arch rival Moncton Wildcats. This is the first time in QMJHL History that we are going to see an all Maritime Region Championship Series. No Schedule has been released yet for the QMJHL Final which will begin St. John later this week.

In the very tough NAHL South Division, the Bandits used a 4 goal 2nd period to end the Roadrunners season to win 5-0 as the Bandits will look to win the NAHL Robertson Cup for a 4th straight time.

The Tournament begins on May 4 as the Wenatchee Wild will be hosting this year and won the West Division as well. Bismarck, Traverse City & Fairbanks have also advanced to this year's Robertson Cup Championship.


Also tonight is a big night as we have Game 7 in Arizona as the Coyotes & Red Wings will determine who will play the San Jose Sharks. Also Rochester & Abbotsford have a Game 7 of their own with the winner playing the Hamilton Bulldogs in the AHL North Division Final.

The first of the Major Junior Championships gets underway with the OHL. It's the top Conference Seeds as the Barrie Colts will take on the Windsor Spitfires for the OHL Championship & a Memorial Cup Spot.

Professional Scores

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs

Washington Capitals 1 Montreal Canadians 4 (0-2, 0-0, 1-2)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030116

Series Tied 3-3, Game 7 is on Wednesday Night


Buffalo Sabres 3 Boston Bruins 4 (0-1, 1-1, 2-2)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030136

Boston Wins Series 4-2, The Bruins will await they Eastern Conference Semifinals Opponent.


Chicago Blackhawks 5 Nashville Predators 3 (4-3, 0-0, 1-0)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030166

Chicago Wins Series 4-2, It will be the Chicago Blackhawks VS. Vancouver Canucks in the Western Conference Semifinals.


AHL Calder Cup Playoffs

Milwaukee Admirals 1 Chicago Wolves 2 (0-2, 1-0, 0-0)
http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007275

Chicago Wins Series 4-3, It will be the Texas Stars VS. Chicago Wolves in the West Division Final.


CHL Presidents Cup Playoffs

No Games on Monday Night, the Series resumes on Wednesday Night in Allen as the Allen Americans & Rapid City Rush are tied 1-1 in the Championship.


Major Junior Memorial Cup Playoffs

Western Hockey League

No Games on Monday Night. The WHL Championship Series will begin on Friday Night between the Tri-City Americans VS. Calgary Hitmen


Ontario Hockey League

No Games on Monday Night. The OHL Championship Series will begin on Tuesday Night as the Windsor Spitfires VS. Barrie Colts will play for the OHL Title.


Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Victoriaville Tigers 1 St. John Seadogs 7 (0-3, 0-1, 1-3)
www.lhjmq.qc.ca/lang_en/index.php?page=342374&id_partie=20988

St. John Wins Series 4-2, It will be the St. John Seadogs VS. Moncton Wildcats in the QMJHL Championship.


U.S.A. Junior Scores

USHL Clark Cup Playoffs

No Games on Monday Night. The USHL Clark Cup Championship Series between the Green Bay Gamblers VS. Fargo Force will start on Friday Night.


NAHL Robertson Cup Playoffs

St. Louis Bandits 5 Topeka Roadrunners 0 (1-0, 4-0, 0-0)
http://nahl.stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=1260871

St. Louis Bandits win Series 3-2, The Bandits have advanced to the Robertson Cup Championship Tournament Which Begins on May 4 with the Bismarck Bobcats, Traverse City North Stars, Wenatchee Wild & Fairbanks Ice Dogs

Western Hockey League Championship Series

Just like the Ontario Hockey League Championship Series, the Western Hockey League will have both of the Top Seeded Teams from both the Eastern & Western Conference. Calgary is back in the Eastern Conference Championship for the 2nd straight year as the Hitmen is looking to make up for losing last year's WHL Championship to the Kelowna Rockets.

Leading the way for Calgary has Brandon Kozun who's leading the entire playoffs with 26 PTS (7G 19A) while Joel Broda is among the playoff leaders in goals with 12 as he will need to be a big part of a team that's generally very fast but do they have enough finishers. Cody Sylvester is doing a great job towards increasing his scoring ability.

During his 2 seasons with the Hitmen, he has only 15 goals combined during the regular season. So far in the playoffs, he has 9 goals thanks to a huge series against Moose Jaw where he had to help the Hitmen who to comeback after having a bad start to the series against the Moose Jaw Warriors in the Opening Round of the playoffs.

In goal for the Hitmen is Martin Jones who's a strong 12-6 in this year's playoffs. If he can have a strong Championship that can get his team to the Memorial Cup in Brandon, it could make things interesting with the LA Kings who currently hold his rights and would at least be with the LA Kings AHL Affiliate Manchester Monarchs.

Tri-City is looking to pull off the upset of sorts as the Americans won the Division and have had interesting playoff run. The Conference Quarterfinals saw a tough Chilliwack Team took them to 6 games, another tough series against defending league champion Kelowna Rockets. Despite the Americans won in 5 Games, every game was decided by 2 or fewer goals in every game and the Rockets goalie Mark Guggenberger made things tough at times. Recently against the B.C. Division Champion Vancouver Giants had them down 1-0 & 2-1 before the Americans won 3 straight to win the Series in 6 games.

For the Americans to have a shot on offense, the Americans will need the efforts as no one has double digit goals and the team has some great setup men like Justin Feser & Adam Hughesman who are among the assists leaders. But they will need these players to join in the attack with players like Brendan Shinnimin, Kruise Reddick and Sergei Drozd. These are the Centerman that are looking to be the physical bunch that can also push around the smaller Hitmen Forwards.

If the Americans goaltending starter as Drew Owsley as he has a 12-3 record with a strong looking 2.14 GAA. This could be the Americans biggest strength and could have what it takes to help fight off Hitmen superstar Brandon Kozoun.

Expect a great battle for the WHL Championship. However, the big issue is that the playoff series have been the longest of the 3 major Junior Leagues who are looking to win the Memorial Cup. Could fatigue be a factor for Brandon & the WHL Champion as the OHL & QMJHL Champions could be fresher and be able to get that final push to win the 2010 Memorial Cup Championship which will begin on May 14 in Brandon, Manitoba.


#1E Calgary Hitmen VS. #1W Tri-City Americans

Calgary Hitmen Road to the Memorial Cup

Regular Season Record: 52-17-3 107 PTS, 269 GF 177 GA, Finished 1st Overall

CONF. Quarterfinals VS. Moose Jaw: Game 1 3-4 L, Game 2 1-4 L, Game 3 7-3 W, Game 4 3-4 L, Game 5 5-2 W, Game 6 7-3 W, Game 7 6-2 W

CONF. Semifinals VS. Medicine Hat: Game 1 5-2 W, Game 2 4-0 W, Game 3 3-4 OTL, Game 4 4-1 W, Game 5 4-5 L, Game 6 3-2 OTW

CONF. Finals VS. Brandon: Game 1 2-4 L, Game 2 3-2 OTW, Game 3 6-3 W, Game 4 4-3 W, Game 5 6-1 W


Calgary Hitmen Scoring Leaders
Brandon Kozun 18 GP 26 PTS (7G 19A, +6)
Joel Broda 18 GP 16 PTS (12G 4A, +3)
Tyler Shattock 16 GP 15 PTS (5G 10A, +3)


Calgary Hitmen Goaltending
18 GP 12-6 2.61 GAA .905 SV%

Full Calgary Hitmen Stats: http://whl.ca/stats/statdisplay.php?type=skaters&subType=1&season_id=235&leagueId=26&lastActive=&singleSeason=&confId=0


Tri-City Americans Road to the Memorial Cup

Regular Season Record: 47-22-3 97 PTS, 272 GF 193 GA, Finished 1st in the West

CONF. Quarterfinals VS. Chilliwack: Game 1 4-2 W, Game 2 8-1 W, Game 3 1-5 L, Game 4 4-3 OTW, Game 5 3-4 OTL, Game 6 4-1 W

CONF. Semifinals VS. Kelowna: Game 1 5-3 W, Game 2 2-3 L, Game 3 2-0 W, Game 4 3-2 W, Game 5 4-3 OTW

CONF. Finals VS. Vancouver: Game 1 2-4 L, Game 2 4-0 W, Game 3 2-3 OTL, Game 4 5-2 W, Game 5 4-1 W, Game 6 5-2 W


Tri-City Americans Scoring Leaders
Brendan Shinnimin 17 GP 22 PTS (8G 14A, +5)
Kruise Reddick 17 GP 21 PTS (9G 12A, +12)
Brooks Macek 17 GP 17 PTS (6G 11A, +13)


Tri-City Americans Goaltending
Drew Owsley 17 GP 12-5 2.14 GAA .931SV%
Alexander Pechurskiy 2 GP 0-0 2.93 GAA .920 SV%

Full Tri-City Americans Stats: http://whl.ca/stats/statdisplay.php?type=skaters&subType=14&season_id=235&leagueId=26&lastActive=&singleSeason=&confId=0


All Calgary Hitmen Home Games are @ Pengrowth Saddledome

All Tri-City Americans Home Games are @ Toyota Center

Game 1, 4/30: @ Calgary 8:00 PM

Game 2, 5/1: @ Calgary 9:00 PM

Game 3, 5/4: @ Tri-City 9:05 PM

Game 4, 5/5: @ Tri-City 9:05 PM

Game 5, 5/7: @ Calgary 8:00 PM*

Game 6, 5/9: @ Tri-City 7:05 PM*

Game 7, 5/10: @ Calgary 8:00 PM*

*If Necessary

To follow the WHL Championship Series, log on to the following Websites.

Western Hockey League: www.whl.ca

Calgary Hitmen: www.hitmenhockey.com/index.asp

Tri-City Americans: www.amshockey.com

Ontario Hockey League Championship Series Preview & Schedule

This year's battle for the OHL Championship is the one we all wanted. But the Conference Finals couldn't have gone any different. The Barrie Colts finally ended the run of the Mississauga St. Micheal's Majors who were the youngest team in the league and should be a serious OHL & Memorial Cup Contender over the next couple of seasons. Barrie ended Mississauga's season in 5 games as Bryan Cameron & Luke Pither are leading the team with 18 points with Brumistrov with 14 points.

It's been the strong defense for the Colts that gave up 2 or fewer goals in 4 of the 5 games in the Conference. Expect Marvic & Peter Di Savo to be exchanging time in net as both netminders have GAA of just over 2 and a half during this year's playoffs. Expect them to have a strong home ice advantage as the team has been undefeated at home and the Game 2 loss to the Majors was the only loss of this year's playoff run.

Windsor got to the championship series the hardway as the Spitfires comeback from 0-3 down to win 4 in a row to get by the Kitchener Rangers. In addition to Taylor Hall, expect forwards like Adam Henrique with 15 goals (Leading the OHL Playoffs), Ryan Ellis with a strong 24 assists and Scott Timmins who's 3rd in points with 17 (8G 9A) which would be near the leaders on most teams. Also look for the top defense duo of Cam Fowler and Mark Cundari to bring the pain against Barrie.

Windsor's goaltending will need to continue to be top notch as Phillip Gruaber was a bit shaky in the Conference Final against Kitchener as the Spitfires gave up 4 or more goals in 5 of the 7 games.

With Barrie's goaltending who's been very strong in this year's playoffs. This could be the one major weakness that could keep the Spitfires from a chance of defending both the OHL & Memorial Cup Tournaments for the 2nd straight year.

Unlike most series in the OHL Playoffs, this will go the traditional 2-2-1-1-1 format as the distance between the teams in the OHL is usually not that long. The Championship Series gets underway tomorrow night in Barrie with the OHL Champions moving on the CHL Memorial Cup in Brandon, Manitoba which starts on May 14.


#1E Barrie Colts VS. #1W Windsor Spitfires

Barrie Colts Road to the Memorial Cup

Regular Season Record: 57-9-2 116 PTS, 327 GF 186 GA, Finished 1st in the East

CONF. Quarterfinals VS. Nigara: Game 1 11-4 W, Game 2 2-1 W, Game 3 6-2 W, Game 4 6-3 W

CONF. Semifinals VS. Brampton: Game 1 5-3 W, Game 2 3-2 OTW, Game 3 5-1 W, Game 4 5-2 W

CONF. Finals VS. Mississauga: Game 1 3-0 W, Game 2 2-5 L, Game 3 3-1 W, Game 4 3-1 W, Game 5 4-2 W


Barrie Colts Scoring Leaders
Bryan Cameron 13 GP 18 PTS (11G 7A, +8)
Luke Pither 13 GP 18 PTS (8G 10A, +8)
Alexander Burmistrov 13 GP 14 PTS (7G 7A, +12)

Barrie Colts Goaltending
Marvic Parks 8 GP 7-1 1.75 GAA .942 SV%
Peter Di Savo 5 GP 5-0 2.57 GAA .911 SV%

Full Barrie Colts Stats: www.ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=skaters&season_id


Windsor Spitfires Road to the Memorial Cup

Regular Season Record: 50-12-6 106 PTS, 331 GF 203 GA, Finished 1st in the West

CONF. Quarterfinals VS. Erie: Game 1 6-2 W, Game 2 3-1 W, Game 3 7-6 W, Game 4 5-1 W

CONF. Semifinals VS. Plymouth: Game 1 5-1 W, Game 2 5-3 W, Game 3 5-0 W, Game 4 3-2 OTW

CONF. Finals VS. Kitchener: Game 1 6-7 OTL, Game 2 2-5 L, Game 3 3-5 L, Game 4 7-5 W, Game 5 3-0 W, Game 6 6-4 W, Game 7 4-1 W


Windsor Spitfires Scoring Leaders
Taylor Hall 15 GP 28 PTS (14G 14A, +14)
Ryan Ellis 15 GP 26 PTS (2G 26A, +9)
Adam Henrique 15 GP 20 PTS (15G 5A, +9)

Windsor Spitfires Goaltending
Phillipp Grubauer 14 GP 12-2 2.68 GAA .902 SV%
Troy Passingham 2 GP 0-1 3.74 GAA .867 SV%

Full Windsor Spitfires Stats: www.ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/statdisplay.php?type=skaters&subType=15&season_id=41&leagueId=1&lastActive=&singleSeason=&confId=0


All Barrie Colts Home Games are @ Barrie Molson Center

All Windsor Spitfires Home Games are @ WFCU Center

Game 1, 4/27: @ Barrie 6:35 PM

Game 2, 4/29: @ Barrie 6:35 PM

Game 3, 5/2: @ Windsor 3:05 PM

Game 4, 5/4: @ Windsor 6:05 PM

Game 5, 5/6: @ Barrie 6:35 PM*

Game 6, 5/8: @ Windsor 6:05 PM*

Game 7, 5/10: @ Barrie 6:35 PM*

*If Necessary

To follow the OHL Championship Series, log on to the following Websites:

Ontario Hockey League: www.ontariohockeyleague.com

Barrie Colts: www.barriecolts.com

Windsor Spitfires: www.windsorspitfires.com

4/20 Scoreboard & Playoff Update

It was another upset night in the Western Conference as the Nashville Predators have put themselves up 2-1 in the best of 7 with a with a 4-1 win over the Blackhawks. Which included a Matthew Erat's Goal on a penalty shot, and a huge goal by David Legwand that gave the Predators the momentum going into the 2nd period to put the Blackhawks hopeless as the team looked slow and tired last night. Nashville has a chance to go up 3-1 on Thursday Night.

San Jose & Colorado were in another low scoring game despite the power that both teams have. At least for one night, the Sharks were able that they were able to score in the Colorado Net as goals by Dan Boyle who scored in his own net in Game 3, made up for it just 1:12 of the game to make it 1-0. Midway through the 1st OT as Pavelski scored to win the game 2-1 for the Sharks.

The Series is now tied at 2-2 with Game 5 as 3 of the 4 games have gone to OT in this series and with the exception of Game 2, all the games have had 3 goals all of which were 2-1 scores in OT.

Pittsburgh, Detroit and Philadelphia all had 3 goal wins as the Red Wings tied the series at 2-2 with a 3-0 shutout. Pittsburgh won a barn burner in Ottawa as the Penguins now lead the series 3-1. Finally Philadelphia is looking to knockout the Devils after the 4-1 win where the 7th seeded Flyers are up 3-1.

The Flyers could be setting themselves up for a 2nd round matchup against the Washington Capitals as the Capitals are looking to keep the momentum going after winning 5-1 against Montreal back on Monday Night.

Just 2 games in the AHL last night as the Manchester Monarchs won their first playoff series in 3 years with a sweep of the Portland Pirates. While the Worcester Sharks are on the verge of knocking out the Lowell Devils with a 4-2 win to take a 3-1 series lead. Expect the Worcester Sharks & Manchester Monarchs to play each other in the Atlantic Division Final.

A huge night in the Major Junior as 3 teams were able to keep their Memorial Cup Hopes alive as Drummondville, Victoriaville and Windsor were able to keep their series hopes alive. In both of the QMJHL Semifinals, it was a big night for the Central Division Teams as the Voltigeurs looked strong with the help of a 5 point night for Philip-Michael Devos with 2 goals and 3 assists including making the game 3-0 late in the first period.

It was another barn burner in the OHL Western Conference Final as the Spitfires Forwards Adam Henrique and Zack Kassian each scored twice in the 7-5 win over the Rangers to make it a 3-1 series.

Finally in the WHL, the Calgary Hitmen & Vancouver Giants go up 2-1 in their Conference Finals. Calgary used a 4 goal 1st period to blow the game wide open despite a strong comeback attempt by the Wheat Kings that made it 4-3 in the 2nd period. In Vancouver it was Thomas Vincour just 4 minutes into OT.


Professional Scores

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs

Phoenix Coyotes 0 Detroit Red Wings 3 (0-0, 0-1, 0-2)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030184

Series Tied 2-2


Pittsburgh Penguins 7 Ottawa Senators 4 (1-0, 5-3, 1-1)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030144

Pittsburgh Leads Series 3-1


New Jersey Devils 1 Philadelphia Flyers 4 (1-0, 0-2, 0-2)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030124

Philadelphia Leads Series 3-1


Chicago Blackahwks 1 Nashville Predators 4 (1-1, 0-2, 0-1)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030163

Nashvhille Leads Series 2-1


San Jose Sharks 2 Colorado Avalanche 1 (OT) (1-0, 0-1, 0-0, 1-0)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030154

Series Tied 2-2


AHL Calder Cup Playoffs

Portland Pirates 2 Manchester Monarchs 7 (0-0, 1-4, 1-3)
http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007223

Manchester Wins Series 4-0, The Manchester Monarchs will play either the Worcester Sharks or the Lowell Devils in the Atlantic Division Final.

Portland VS. Manchester Game Story: http://theahl.com/monarchs-roll-past-pirates-complete-sweep-p142222


Worcester Sharks 4 Lowell Devils 2 (1-1, 0-1, 3-0)
http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007263

Worcester Leads Series 3-1, Worcester would advance to the Atlantic Division Final with one more win. They would play the Manchester Monarchs in the Atlantic Division Final.

Worcester VS. Lowell Game Story: http://theahl.com/sharks-rally-to-take-3-1-series-lead-p142220


CHL Presidents Cup Playoffs

Look for the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs VS. Rapid City Rush Game Story.


Major Junior Memorial Cup Playoffs


Western Hockey League

Calgary Hitmen 6 Brandon Wheat Kings 3 (4-0, 0-3, 2-0)
http://whl.ca/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007019

Calgary Leads Series 2-1


Vancouver Giants 3 Tri-City Americans 2 (OT) (0-2, 1-0, 1-0, 0-1)
http://whl.ca/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007026

Vancouver Leads Series 2-1


WHL Tuesday Wrap Up: http://whl.ca/tuesday-s-whl-round-up-p142224


Ontario Hockey League

Windsor Spitfires 7 Kitchener Rangers 5 (3-0, 1-1, 3-4)
www.ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=16727

Kitchener Leads Series 3-1


Windsor VS. Kitchener Game Story: www.ontariohockeyleague.com/spitfires-stay-alive-with-7-5-win-over-rangers-p142219


Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

St. John Seadogs 3 Victoriaville Tigers 6 (0-3, 1-2, 2-1)
www.lhjmq.qc.ca/lang_en/index.php?page=342374&id_partie=20985

St. John Leads Series 2-1


Drummondville Voltigeurs 2 Moncton Wildcats 1 (OT) (0-1, 1-0, 0-0, 1-0)
www.lhjmq.qc.ca/lang_en/index.php?page=342374&id_partie=20978

Moncton Leads Series 2-1


U.S.A. Junior Scores


USHL Clark Cup Playoffs

No Games on Tuesday Night. Here's an update on the Divisional Finals Matchups.

#1 Omaha Lancers VS. #2 Fargo Force: Series Tied 1-1, Game 3 is Tonight

#1 Green Bay Gamblers VS. #3 Indiana Ice: Series Tied 1-1, Game 3 is Friday.


NAHL Robertson Cup Playoffs

Theirs No Games until Friday Night. Here's an Update on the Divisional Finals.


Central Division

#1 Bismarck Bobcats VS. #3 Alexandria Blizzard: Bismarck Leads Series 2-0


North Division

#2 Traverse City North Stars VS. #4 Motor City Metal Jackets: Traverse City Leads Series 2-0


South Division

#1 Topeka Roadrunners VS. #2 St. Louis Bandits: Series Tied 1-1


West Division

#1 Wenatchee Wild VS. #3 Fairbanks Ice Dogs: Wenatchee Leads Series 2-0

4/19 Scoreboard & Playoff Update

Monday featured 3 Stanley Cup Playoff Games going into the night with all the series' tied at 1-1. In Montreal it was the first major blowout of the series as the Capitals are looking to put the Canadians season to bed with a 4 goal 2nd period with goals from Boyd Gordon, Brooks Laich, Eric Fehr and Alexander Ovechkin all put the game out of reach at the 2nd intermission where the Capitals eventually won 5-1. Washington will look to put a quick end of the series as the Capitals are looking to hit their stride in the playoffs.

The other 2 matchups from Monday Night saw the LA Kings retake the Series Lead against Vancouver that saw Michael Handzus go wild in the 2nd period with the Kings going up 3-1 midway through the 2nd period. Brad Richardson respond to a great Canucks Goal by Magnus Samuelsson less then a minute later to make it 4-1. Then former Edmonton Oiler Ryan Smyth put the dagger in the Canucks with the game winner that made it 5-2. The Final was eventually 5-3 to take a 2-1 series lead.

Also with Boston winning 2-1 in Game 3 as well. This leads that all 8 series were 1-1 after 2 games and 4 of the 8 lower seeded teams are leading the series as Colorado, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Boston are all leading their series' at 2-1 with the possibility of some high seeds including the San Jose Sharks who could be another chapter in the long list of playoff disappointments in the team's history.

5 Games are on the docket for tonight as Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Colorado all will be looking to go up 3-1 and on the verge of advancing to the Conference Semifinals.

The AHL Saw the Albany River Rats become the first team to advance to the Division Finals with a 5-3 win over the W-B/Scranton Penguins. Jamie Mcbain scored twice for the Rats to knock out the Penguins as Albany will most likely play the Hershey Bears in the Division Finals as they lead 3-1 over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. Albany is looking to give their fans a strong sendoff as the team will be moving to Charlotte, North Carolina next season to be closer to the Carolina Hurricanes.

We also had our first hat trick of the Calder Cup Playoffs as Jordan Schroeder gave the Moose a 7-2 lead over the Hamilton Bulldogs to keep the series alive. Chicago also used a 1-0 victory with a lone goal by Machacek to put them up 3-1. Then a crazy game in Abbotsford, B.C. as the Americans came back from 2-1 down at the end of the 1st intermission as Graham Mink, Shawn Matthias and Clay Wilson each scored twice to win 8-4 and put the Americans up 2-1 in the North Division Semifinal.

A slow night but a huge game took place in Mississauga used a 3-1 win to go up 3-1 in the series to be within 1 win of advancing to the OHL Championship Series. Goals by Cameron, Della Rovere & Kennedy all scored to put the Colts on the Brink of advancing to the Championship.

Tonight is a huge night in the Major Junior's as both WHL Conference Finals will be playing Game 3 tonight, also the Kitchener Rangers can knockout Windsor in the OHL Western Conference Finals. In the QMJHL both St. John & Moncton are looking to go up 3-0 and closing in on an all Atlantic Region Final in the QMJHL between the New Brunswick Rivals.


Professional Scores

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs

Washington Capitals 5 Montreal Canadians 1 (0-0, 4-0, 1-1)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030113

Washington Leads Series 2-1, Game 4 is on Wednesday Night


Buffalo Sabres 1 Boston Bruins 2 (1-1, 0-0, 0-1)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030133

Boston Leads Series 2-1, Game 4 is on Wednesday Night


Vancouver Canucks 3 Los Angeles Kings 5 (1-1, 1-3, 1-1)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030173

Los Angeles Leads Series 2-1, Game 4 is on Wednesday Night



AHL Calder Cup Playoffs

Portland Pirates 1 Manchester Monarchs 2 (OT) (0-1, 1-0, 0-0, 0-1)
http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007222

Manchester Leads Series 3-0, Game 4 is Tonight


Albany River Rats 5 W-B/Scranton Penguins 3 (0-1, 2-1, 3-1)
http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007256

Albany Wins Series 4-0, The River Rats will play either the Hershey Bears or the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the East Division Finals.


Chicago Wolves 1 Milwaukee Admirals 0 (0-0, 1-0, 0-0)
http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007244

Chicago Leads Series 3-1, Game 5 is on Wednesday Night


Hamilton Bulldogs 2 Manitoba Moose 7 (0-2, 2-2, 0-3)
http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007229

Hamilton Leads Series 2-1, Game 4 is on Wednesday Night


Rochester Americans 8 Abbotsford Heat 4 (1-2, 4-0, 3-2)
http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007236

Rochester Leads Series 2-1


CHL Presidents Cup Playoffs

Look for the Allen Americans VS. Odessa Jackalopes Game Story.


Major Junior Playoffs

Western Hockey League

No Games on Monday Night


Ontario Hockey League

Barrie Colts 3 Mississauga St. Micheal's Majors 1 (2-0, 1-1, 0-0)
www.ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=16742

Barrie Leads Series 3-1, The Barrie Colts can advance to the OHL Championship with a win on Wednesday Night.


Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

No Games on Monday Night


U.S.A. Junior Scores


USHL Clark Cup Playoffs

No Games on Monday Night


Here's an update for the USHL Clark Cup Divisional Finals

West Division

#1 Omaha Lancers VS. #2 Fargo Force: Series Tied 1-1


East Division

#1 Green Bay Gamblers VS. #3 Indiana Ice: Series Tied 1-1


NAHL Robertson Cup Playoffs

No Games on Monday Night


Here's a look at the NAHL Divisional Finals as the League is off till Friday Night.

Central Division

#1 Bismarck Bobcats VS. #3 Alexandria Blizzard: Bismarck Leads Series 2-0


North Division

#2 Traverse City North Stars VS. #4 Motor City Metal Jackets: Traverse City Leads Series 2-0


South Division

#1 Topeka Roadrunners VS. #2 St. Louis Bandits: Series Tied 1-1


West Division

#1 Wenatchee Wild VS. #3 Fairbanks Ice Dogs: Wenatchee Leads Series 2-0

4/15 Scoreboard & Playoff Update

It was another night of very tight and another major upset as the Montreal Canadians pulled off the 1st OT win of these playoffs as they were able to keep players like Alexander Ovechkin off the board while Canadians Goalie Jaroslav Halak was very good keeping the Capitals off the board by making 46 saves in the game despite getting out-shot 47-38 in the game as both of the #1 seeds are down 1-0 to Montreal & Colorado in the first couple of days of the playoffs.

The other major OT Game of the night was Vancouver taking down LA 3-2, Mikael Samuelsson scored twice including the OT Winner last night as the Canucks are looking to be the first Canadian Team to win the Stanley Cup since Montreal won it back in 1993.

The American Hockey League saw the Abbotsford Heat open the playoffs saw a huge night with all 3 Heat Goals coming in the first period with Keith Seabrook scoring twice in the first to make it a 3-1 lead. Despite an Americans goal by Mike York with 30 seconds left in the game, the comeback attempt came up short as the Heat takes the opening game on the road.

Elsewhere, Worcester almost went down 2-0 to the Lowell Devils, but an OT Goal in the final minute of the first OT by Vesce tied the series at 1-1 as the series shifts to Lowell, Mass. for Games 3 & 4. Also the Hamilton Bulldogs who many see as the Hershey Bear's biggest threat for the Calder Cup had a 2-0 shutout Win over the Manitoba Moose in Hamilton, On.

The Kitchener Rangers gave the Windsor Spitfires their first loss of the playoffs in a wild game 1 where Rangers forwards Jeff Skinner & Ryan Murphy each scored twice to comeback from a from a 3-1 deficit late in the first period to win 7-6 in OT. Windsor's Kenny Ryan also scored twice in the game as well.


Professional Scores

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs

Montreal Canadians 3 Washington Capitals 2 (OT) (1-1, 0-0, 1-1, 1-0)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030111

Montreal Leads Series 1-0


Boston Bruins 1 Buffalo Sabres 2 (0-1, 1-1, 0-0)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030131

Buffalo Leads Series 1-0


Los Angeles Kings 2 Vancouver Canucks 3 (OT) (0-0, 2-2, 0-0, 0-1)
www.nhl.com/ice/gamecenter.htm?id=2009030171

Vancouver Leads Series 1-0


AHL Calder Cup Playoffs

Abbotsford Heat 3 Rochester Americans 2 (3-1, 0-0, 0-1)
http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007234

Abbotsford Leads Series 1-0


Lowell Devils 2 Worcester Sharks 3 (OT) (0-2, 0-0, 2-0, 0-1)
http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007261

Series Tied 1-1


Manitoba Moose 0 Hamilton Bulldogs 2 (0-1, 0-0, 0-1)
http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1007227

Hamilton Leads Series 1-0

Worcester VS. Lowell Game Story: http://theahl.com/sharks-bite-back-with-ot-win-p142126

North Division Semifinals Game Stories: http://theahl.com/bulldogs-heat-take-1-0-leads-in-north-semis-p142129


CHL Presidents Cup Playoffs

No Games on Thursday Night. Both The Allen Americans & Rapid City Rush lead their Conference Final series 2-1.


Major Junior Playoffs

Western Hockey League

No Games on Thursday Night. Both Conference Final Series will start tonight. The West will have the Tri-City Americans VS. Vancouver Giants. While the East will have the Brandon Wheat Kings VS. Calgary Hitmen


Ontario Hockey League

Kitchener Rangers 7 Windsor Spitfires 6 (OT) (3-3, 3-3, 0-0, 1-0)
www.ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=16726

Kitchener VS. Windsor Game Story: www.ontariohockeyleague.com/rangers-take-early-lead-in-the-rogers-western-conference-championship-series-p142124

Kitchener Leads Series 1-0, This was the first loss of the Playoffs for the Windsor Spitfires


Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Both of the QMJHL Semifinals Series between the St. John Seadogs VS. Victoriaville Tigers & Drummondville Voltigeurs VS. Moncton Wildcats begin tonight.


U.S.A. Junior Scores

USHL Clark Cup Playoffs

Both of the USHL Division Finals begin tonight. It will be the Omaha Lancers VS. Fargo Force in the West Division. And in the East, it's the Green Bay Gamblers VS. Indiana Ice.


NAHL Robertson Cup Playoffs

St. Louis Bandits 2 Topeka Roadrunners 1 (1-1, 1-0, 0-0)
http://nahl.stats.pointstreak.com/boxscore.html?gameid=1260867

St. Louis Leads Series 1-0, Game 2 is Tonight