OHL Playoffs 2005-06 Thread

[Madferret]

OHL Playoffs Open on Thursday

Toronto - The Ontario Hockey League today announced the complete first round schedules for the 2006 OHL Playoffs, which opens with three games on Thursday March 23.

The London Knights and Peterborough Petes clinched first place in their respective conferences. The Knights meet the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in Series "A" of the Western Conference while the Petes meet the Ottawa 67's in Series "A" of the Eastern Conference. All series are best of seven quarter-finals.

In the Eastern Conference, Brampton clinched the second seed and meets the Belleville Bulls while the Barrie Colts take on the Toronto St. Michaels Majors and the Kingston Frontenacs meet the Sudbury Wolves.

In the Western Conference, Plymouth Whalers clinched the second seed and the right to meet their cross-border rivals, Windsor Spitfires. Kitchener Rangers finished third and meet division rival Owen Sound Attack while the final series sees the Guelph Storm take on the Saginaw Spirit.

OHL fans have more options than ever before to follow all of the action in the OHL playoffs. In addition to attending the games live, complete live stats and information will be available online at www.ontariohockeyleague.com . An unprecedented number of games will also be broadcast live on Rogers Television and TV Cogeco and the OHL Action Pak and Internet video broadcasts are also available for every game through the OHL's Live Stream program. Complete details are available online at www.ontariohockeyleague.com .

EASTERN CONFERENCE - QUARTER-FINAL SERIES

Series "A" - PETERBOROUGH vs. OTTAWA
Thurs., March 23 at Peterborough 7:00
Sat., March 25 at Ottawa 7:00 (at Scotiabank Place)
Mon., March 27 at Peterborough 7:00
Wed., March 29 at Ottawa 7:00
Fri., March 31 at Peterborough 7:00*
Sun., April 2 at Ottawa 2:00*
Tues., April 4 at Peterborough 7:00*

Series "B" - Brampton vs. Belleville
Fri., March 24 at Brampton 7:30
Sun., March 26 at Brampton 2:00
Mon., March 27 at Belleville 7:05
Wed., March 29 at Belleville 7:05
Fri., March 31 at Brampton 7:30*
Sat., April 1 at Belleville 7:15*
Tues., April 4 at Brampton 7:30*

Series "C" - BARRIE vs. TORONTO
Thurs., March 23 at Barrie 7:30
Fri., March 24 at Toronto 7:30
Sun., March 26 at Barrie 6:00
Tues., March 28 at Toronto 7:30
Thurs., March 30 at Barrie 7:30*
Sun., April 2 at Toronto 2:00*
Mon., April 3 at Barrie 7:30*

Series "D" - KINGSTON vs. SUDBURY
Fri., March 24 at Kingston 7:30
Sat., March 25 at Kingston 7:00
Tues., March 28 at Sudbury 7:30
Wed., March 29 at Sudbury 7:30
Fri., March 31 at Kingston 7:30*
Sun., April 2 at Sudbury 7:00*
Tues., April 4 at Kingston 7:00*

WESTERN CONFERENCE - QUARTER-FINAL SERIES

Series "A" - LONDON vs. SAULT STE. MARIE
Thurs., March 23 at London 7:00
Fri., March 24 at London 7:30
Sun., March 26 at Sault Ste. Marie 7:00
Tues., March 28 at Sault Ste. Marie 7:00
Thurs., March 30 at London 7:00*
Sat., April 1 at Sault Ste. Marie 7:30*
Mon., April 3 at London 7:00*

Series "B" - PLYMOUTH vs. WINDSOR
Sat., March 25 at Plymouth 7:30
Sun., March 26 at Windsor 7:00
Tues., March 28 at Plymouth 7:30
Thurs., March 30 at Windsor 7:30
Sat., April 1 at Plymouth 7:30*
Sun., April 2 at Windsor 7:00*
Tues., April 4 at Plymouth 7:30*

Series "C" - KITCHENER vs. OWEN SOUND
Fri., March 24 at Kitchener 7:30
Sat., March 25 at Owen Sound 7:30
Mon., March 27 at Kitchener 7:00
Wed., March 29 at Owen Sound 7:00
Fri., March 31 at Kitchener 7:30*
Sat., April 1 at Owen Sound 7:30*
Mon., April 3 at Kitchener 7:00*

Series "D" - GUELPH vs. SAGINAW
Fri., March 24 at Guelph 7:30
Mon., March 27 at Saginaw 7:11
Tues., March 28 at Guelph 7:00
Thurs., March 30 at Saginaw 7:11
Sat., April 1 at Guelph 7:30*
Sun., April 2 at Saginaw 6:00*
Tues., April 4 at Guelph 7:00*

* Denotes if necessary games.

ALL SERIES ARE BEST OF SEVEN

If there is enough interest I will run a quick OHL Playoffs pool. It will be a pick the winner / # of games of each series style pool. It starts tommorow so speak up if you want me to set it up.

Go 67's Go
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[J.R.]

Giddy up, Ferret!

I'm for a pool, but I don't know if there will be more than the two of us picking.

Sneak peak at one of the picks: Rangers in four over the 'Sound.

:boogie:

[Madferret]

Me & Junes only so far...anyone else interested? I'd like to get at least 5 people if I'm going to do this!

[charlio lemieux]

I'll join a pool.

Not that I have much of an idea about OHL hockey.

[leaferfan87]

I'll participate.

[J.R.]

I believe ManU picked last season. We get Andy hooked again and we're set. :D

[Man.Utd]

I'm in! :)

Not overly confident of our odds to advance past the 1st, however. :(

[J.R.]

Okay, let's now all flood Ferret's inbox with our picks (team and the number of games necessary to clinch). Hopefully everyone can get them in before 7 pm tonight.

[Madferret]

O.K guys, PM your pics ASAP and I'll set her up..games start tonight don't forget!
Junes - got your pics thanks..

[Madferret]

Ok, 10 pts for having the correct series winner anda 5 pt bonus for getting the # of games right <Must have the correct series winner for the game bonus to count>

Good Luck!

leaferfan87
Petes in 6
Brampton in 5
Toronto in 7
Kingston in 6
London in 5
Windsor in 7
Guelph in 5
Kitchener in 4

Man. Utd
Petes in 6
Knights in 4
Colts in 6
Batallion in 6
Frontenacs in 7
Storm in 6
Spitfires in 7
Rangers in 5

Charlio Lemieux
Petes in 5
Batallion in 6
Colts in 6
Frontenac in 4
Knights in 4
Spitfires in 6
Attack in 7
Storm in 5

Charlio Lemieux
Petes in 5
Batallion in 6
Colts in 6
Frontenac in 4
Knights in 4
Spitfires in 6
Attack in 7
Storm in 5

The Insider
Peterborough in 6
Brampton in 5
Toronto in 7
Sudbury in 6
London in 4
Plymouth in 6
Kitchener in 7
Guelph in 6

J.R.
Petes in 6
Battalion in 5
Colts in 6
Frontenacs in 7
Knights in 4
Spitfires in 6
Rangers in 4
Storm in 5

Madferret
67's in 6
Battalion in 5
Colts in 6
Frontenacs in 7
Knights in 4
Spitfires in 7
Rangers in 4
Storm in 5

[J.R.]

Upset in K-Town!

The Attack beat the Rangers for the first time in 12 games tonight 3-2. Good thing is I'll be able to go to game five and watch Kitchener clinch the series.

[J.R.]

Unbelievably enough Owen Sound beat Kitchener again by the same 3-2 score on Saturday night on another late goal.

So with the Rangers trailing 2-0 I decided to go to last night's game three where I sat in the best seat I have ever paid for at a hockey game. I was in the first row, right behind the Rangers' bench (and the building was packed with 6000 as always) - couldn't believe I got that ticket. Literally hearing coaches DeBoer and Spott talk to their guys and smelling the players sweat. *L*

And what a game it was! The Attack jumped to a 2-0 lead, but had their second goal waved off because it was kicked in (review took about 10 minutes). The Rangers got 2-1 and 3-2 leads in the third, only to have them come back, including the 3-3 goal scored with 1:08 to go. There were so many chances for both clubs in the first overtime, but no goals. So it went to double OT and about 2:30 in the Rangers' Mike Duco scored to ensure Kitchener still had a pulse going to Owen Sound tommorow night only down 2-1.

This is, so far, the best first round OHL series in recent memory.

[Madferret]

Big upset in the KW...here's what's going on in each series:

PETERBOROUGH vs. OTTAWA - Petes lead 3-2
BRAMPTON vs. BELLEVILLE - Battalion lead 3-2
BARRIE vs. TORONTO - Colts win 4-0
KINGSTON vs. SUDBURY - Frontenacs win 4-1
LONDON vs. SAULT STE. MARIE - Knights win 4-0
PLYMOUTH vs. WINDSOR - Series tied 2-2
KITCHENER vs. OWEN SOUND - Attack win 4-1
GUELPH vs. SAGINAW - Storm win 4-0

[J.R.]

Big upset in the KW...here's what's going on in each series::eek:

Down 3-2 with 20 seconds to go, Rangers tie it. Then the ref all of a sudden decides to start calling penalties in overtime - something they haven't done all playoffs! Attack score on the PP and win 4-3 to clinch 4-1. :rolleyes:

It's unbelievable. No doubt one of the biggest upsets in Kitchener Ranger history. They came into this series having beaten the Attack 11 games in a row. There's no arguing that Owen Sound is far less talented than Kitchener (think about this: 3 of their top 4 D are first round NHL picks, their 4th is the captain and a 3rd rounder), but paper doesn't win hockey games and when a team has nothing to lose, they're dangerous.

The Rangers were built this year for a Memorial Cup run...uninspired hockey in about four and a half games killed them. They'll be no championship this year and September is a long time away. :mad:

Congrats OSA.

[Madferret]

Updated..

PETERBOROUGH vs. OTTAWA - Petes win 4-2
BRAMPTON vs. BELLEVILLE - Battalion lead 3-2
BARRIE vs. TORONTO - Colts win 4-0
KINGSTON vs. SUDBURY - Frontenacs win 4-1
LONDON vs. SAULT STE. MARIE - Knights win 4-0
PLYMOUTH vs. WINDSOR - Series tied 2-2
KITCHENER vs. OWEN SOUND - Attack win 4-1
GUELPH vs. SAGINAW - Storm win 4-0