2008–09 OHL season

2008–09 OHL season
LeagueOntario Hockey League
SportHockey
DurationPreseason
Aug. 29, 2008 – Sept. 14, 2008
Regular season
Sept. 17, 2008 – Mar. 15, 2009
Playoffs
Mar. 18, 2009 – May 8, 2009
Number of teams20
TV partner(s)Rogers TV, TVCogeco
Regular season
Hamilton Spectator TrophyWindsor Spitfires (1)
Season MVPCody Hodgson (Brampton Battalion)
Top scorerJohn Tavares (Oshawa Generals/London Knights)
Playoffs
Playoffs MVPTaylor Hall (Spitfires)
Finals championsWindsor Spitfires (2)
  Runners-upBrampton Battalion
OHL seasons
2008–09 CHL season
LeagueCanadian Hockey League
SportHockey
DurationOHL
Sept. 17, 2008 – Mar. 15, 2009
QMJHL
Sept. 11, 2008 – Mar. 15, 2009
WHL
Sept. 18, 2008 – Mar. 15, 2009
Number of teams60
TV partner(s)RDS
Rogers Sportsnet
Rogers TV
Shaw TV
Memorial Cup
Finals championsWindsor Spitfires (OHL) (1st title)
  Runners-upKelowna Rockets (WHL)

The 2008–09 OHL season was the 29th season of the Ontario Hockey League. Twenty teams played 68 games each during the regular season schedule, which started on September 17, 2008 and concluded on March 15, 2009. The OHL inaugurated the Mickey Renaud Captain's Trophy following his death in the previous season. The Windsor Spitfires played their last game at Windsor Arena on December 4, defeating the Guelph Storm, 2–1. The Spitfires played their first game at the WFCU Centre on December 11 against the Belleville Bulls, losing the game 4–0. The playoffs began on March 18, 2009, and ended on May 8, 2009 with the Windsor Spitfires winning the J. Ross Robertson Cup, and a berth in the 2009 Memorial Cup which was held in Rimouski, Quebec. Windsor went on to win the Memorial Cup.

Regular season

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Final standings

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Note: DIV = Division; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title

Eastern conference

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Rank Team DIV GP W L OTL SL PTS GF GA
1 z-Belleville Bulls East 68 47 17 2 2 98 258 176
2 y-Brampton Battalion Central 68 47 19 1 1 96 264 184
3 x-Ottawa 67's East 68 40 21 5 2 87 272 231
4 x-Mississauga St. Michael's Majors Central 68 39 26 1 2 81 229 208
5 x-Barrie Colts Central 68 30 33 3 2 65 214 207
6 x-Niagara IceDogs Central 68 26 32 4 6 62 213 264
7 x-Peterborough Petes East 68 28 37 1 2 59 210 266
8 x-Sudbury Wolves Central 68 26 35 3 4 59 227 282
9 Oshawa Generals East 68 25 35 2 6 58 213 283
10 Kingston Frontenacs East 68 18 40 6 4 46 200 278

Western conference

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Rank Team DIV GP W L OTL SL PTS GF GA
1 z-Windsor Spitfires West 68 57 10 0 1 115 311 171
2 y-London Knights Midwest 68 49 16 1 2 101 287 194
3 x-Saginaw Spirit West 68 36 24 4 4 80 235 219
4 x-Plymouth Whalers West 68 37 26 5 0 79 253 244
5 x-Sarnia Sting West 68 35 26 4 3 77 216 210
6 x-Guelph Storm Midwest 68 35 26 4 3 77 226 209
7 x-Erie Otters Midwest 68 34 29 3 2 73 233 239
8 x-Owen Sound Attack Midwest 68 26 27 7 8 67 226 258
9 Kitchener Rangers Midwest 68 26 37 3 2 57 208 254
10 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds West 68 19 45 2 2 42 172 290

Scoring leaders

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
John Tavares Oshawa/London 56 58 46 104 54
Chris Terry Plymouth Whalers 53 39 55 94 75
Justin DiBenedetto Sarnia Sting 62 45 48 93 85
Cody Hodgson Brampton Battalion 53 43 49 92 33
Matt Caria Sault Ste. Marie/Plymouth 67 34 58 92 91
Taylor Hall Windsor Spitfires 63 38 52 90 60
Ryan Ellis Windsor Spitfires 57 22 67 89 57
Eric Tangradi Belleville Bulls 55 38 50 88 61
Logan Couture Ottawa 67's 62 39 48 87 46
Chris MacKinnon London/Kitchener 67 26 59 85 56

Leading goaltenders

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Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals allowed; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

Player Team GP Mins W L OTL SL GA SO SV% GAA
Mike Murphy Belleville Bulls 54 3169 40 9 2 2 110 5 0.941 2.08
Tom McCollum Guelph/Brampton 54 3192 34 16 2 2 112 7 0.927 2.11
Andrew Engelage Windsor Spitfires 54 3086 46 4 0 1 121 5 0.914 2.35
Trevor Cann Peterborough/London 52 3027 35 15 0 1 132 6 0.919 2.62
Daniel Spence Sarnia Sting 54 3151 29 19 4 2 146 2 0.914 2.78

Playoffs

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Conference quarterfinals Conference Semifinals Conference finals Finals
            
1 Belleville 4
8 Sudbury 2
1 Belleville 4
6 Niagara 1
3 Ottawa 3
6 Niagara 4
1 Belleville 2
Eastern
2 Brampton 4
2 Brampton 4
7 Peterborough 0
2 Brampton 4
4 Mississauga 2
4 Mississauga 4
5 Barrie 1
E2 Brampton 1
W1 Windsor 4
1 Windsor 4
8 Owen Sound 0
1 Windsor 4
4 Plymouth 2
4 Plymouth 4
5 Sarnia 1
1 Windsor 4
Western
2 London 1
2 London 4
7 Erie 1
2 London 4
3 Saginaw 0
3 Saginaw 4
6 Guelph 0

Conference quarterfinals

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Eastern conference

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(1) Belleville Bulls vs. (8) Sudbury Wolves

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March 18 Belleville Bulls 3 – 1 Sudbury Wolves Yardmen Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
11:41 - Nick Palmieri (1) Second period Akim Aliu (1) - 11:18
9:55 - Matthew Tipoff (1)
19:55 - en - Eric Tangradi (1)
Third period No scoring
Mike Murphy (25 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Andrew Loverock (35 saves / 37 shots)
March 19 Belleville Bulls 1 – 2 Sudbury Wolves Yardmen Arena  
12:41 - Bryan Cameron (1) First period John Kurtz (1) - pp - 18:40
No scoring Second period John McFarland (1) - 12:04
No scoring Third period No scoring
Mike Murphy (26 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Andrew Loverock (31 saves / 32 shots)
March 22 Sudbury Wolves 1 – 3 Belleville Bulls Sudbury Community Arena  
No scoring First period Luke Pither (1) - 19:04
13:24 - pp - Daniel Maggio (1) Second period Eric Tangradi (2) - 19:07
No scoring Third period Eric Tangradi (3) - pp - 16:57
Andrew Loverock (26 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Mike Murphy (29 saves / 30 shots)
March 24 Sudbury Wolves 1 – 2 Belleville Bulls Sudbury Community Arena  
13:39 - pp - Frankie Santini (1) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Eric Tangradi (4) - pp - 0:33
Nick Palmieri (2) - pp - 6:51
No scoring Third period No scoring
Andrew Loverock (31 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Mike Murphy (27 saves / 28 shots)
March 25 Sudbury Wolves 6 – 2 Belleville Bulls Sudbury Community Arena  
Matt Dias (1) - 0:59
Matt Dias (2) - 3:39
Matt Dias (3) - pp - 12:37
First period No scoring
Matt Dias (4) - 19:08 Second period No scoring
Marcus Foligno (1) - 2:48
Gerome Giudice (1) - en - 19:23
Third period 1:26 - Brandon Mashinter (1)
12:30 - Nick Pageau (1)
Andrew Loverock (43 saves / 45 shots) Goalie stats Mike Murphy (21 saves / 26 shots)
March 30 Belleville Bulls 6 – 1 Sudbury Wolves Yardmen Arena  
Bryan Cameron (2) - 12:31
Brandon Mashinter (2) - 19:23
First period No scoring
Brandon Mashinter (3) - 2:05
Shawn Lalonde (1) - pp - 16:19
Second period No scoring
Bryan Cameron (3) - 0:46
Cody Alcock (1) - 7:30
Third period 19:37 - pp - Akim Aliu (2)
Mike Murphy (27 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Andrew Loverock (44 saves / 50 shots)
Belleville wins series 4 – 2


(2) Brampton Battalion vs. (7) Peterborough Petes

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March 20 Brampton Battalion 5 – 2 Peterborough Petes Powerade Centre  
2:36 - pp - Anthony Peluso (1)
9:34 - pp - Matt Duchene (1)
18:58 - pp - Matt Duchene (2)
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Zach Harnden (1) - sh - 1:51
9:14 - Evgeny Grachev (1)
16:11 - Evgeny Grachev (2)
Third period Sergey Korostin (1) - 18:42
Tom McCollum (25 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Jason Missiaen (34 saves / 39 shots)
March 22 Brampton Battalion 5 – 4 OT Peterborough Petes Powerade Centre  
14:36 - pp - Cody Hodgson (1) First period Brett Theberge (1) - pp - 2:51
9:14 - pp - Cody Hodgson (2)
10:57 - Cody Hodgson (3)
14:22 - sh - Evgeny Grachev (3)
Second period Patrick Daley (1) - 2:00
No scoring Third period Zach Harnden (2) - pp - 2:36
Zach Harnden (3) - 15:39
0:54 - Anthony Peluso (2) First overtime period No scoring
Tom McCollum (9 saves / 13 shots) Goalie stats Jason Missiaen (59 saves / 64 shots)
March 24 Peterborough Petes 2 – 4 Brampton Battalion Peterborough Memorial Centre  
4:16 - Brett Theberge (2) First period Anthony Peluso (3) - pp - 7:33
No scoring Second period Evgeny Grachev (4) - pp - 0:28
Matt Duchene (3) - 4:37
15:04 - Patrick Daley (2) Third period Matt Kang (1) - pp - 7:13
Jason Missiaen (37 saves / 41 shots) Goalie stats Tom McCollum (31 saves / 33 shots)
March 26 Peterborough Petes 2 – 3 Brampton Battalion Peterborough Memorial Centre  
No scoring First period Matt Duchene (4) - 1:34
Andrew Merrett (1) - 16:46
No scoring Second period No scoring
9:38 - Tony Romano (1)
12:45 - Tony Romano (2)
Third period Brad Albert (1) - 0:27
Jason Missiaen (30 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Tom McCollum (32 saves / 34 shots)
Brampton wins series 4 – 0


(3) Ottawa 67's vs. (6) Niagara IceDogs

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March 20 Ottawa 67's 3 – 5 Niagara IceDogs Ottawa Civic Centre  
2:48 - Thomas Kiriakou (1)
15:28 - pp - Logan Couture (1)
First period Drew Schiestel (1) - 0:51
7:13 - pp - Corey Cowick (1) Second period Chris DeSousa (1) - pp - 4:52
Freddie Hamilton (1) - 8:46
Michael Hasson (1) - 15:53
No scoring Third period Andrew Agozzino (1) - sh - en - 19:18
Chris Perugini (31 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Jeremy Smith (41 saves / 44 shots)
March 22 Ottawa 67's 6 – 2 Niagara IceDogs Ottawa Civic Centre  
7:02 - pp - Corey Cowick (2)
10:42 - Tyler Toffoli (1)
First period Dylan MacEachern (1) - 3:53
7:43 - pp - Anthony Nigro (1)
9:34 - sh - Corey Cowick (3)
16:24 - Anthony Nigro (2)
Second period Alex Pietrangelo (1) - pp - 18:50
11:48 - Cody Lindsay (1) Third period No scoring
Chris Perugini (41 saves / 43 shots) Goalie stats Jeremy Smith (34 saves / 40 shots)
March 24 Niagara IceDogs 5 – 3 Ottawa 67's Gatorade Garden City Complex  
4:26 - pp - Alex Friesen (1)
9:58 - Marco Insam (1)
18:08 - Mathew Sisca (1)
First period No scoring
19:49 - pp - Marco Insam (2) Second period Thomas Kiriakou (2) - 1:11
15:16 - Freddie Hamilton (2) Third period Ryan Martindale (1) - 7:40
Tyler Toffoli (2) - pp - 19:02
Jeremy Smith (34 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Chris Perugini (10 saves / 13 shots)
Adam Courchaine (26 saves / 28 shots)
March 26 Niagara IceDogs 4 – 6 Ottawa 67's Gatorade Garden City Complex  
No scoring First period Logan Couture (2) - 0:16
7:55 - Mathew Sisca (2)
11:18 - pp - Drew Schiestel (2)
13:56 - Andrew Agozzino (2)
Second period Stephen Blunden (1) - 9:19
10:00 - Andrew Agozzino (3) Third period Cody Lindsay (2) - 9:03
Thomas Kiriakou (3) - pp - 12:05
Logan Couture (3) - 18:03
Thomas Kiriakou (4) - en - 19:29
Jeremy Smith (41 saves / 46 shots) Goalie stats Adam Courchaine (37 saves / 41 shots)
March 28 Niagara IceDogs 4 – 3 Ottawa 67's Gatorade Garden City Complex  
Alex Friesen (2) - 6:04
Mathew Sisca (3) - 13:10
First period 1:46 - Ryan Martindale (2)
Marco Insam (3) - pp - 13:32 Second period 15:05 - pp - Anthony Nigro (3)
Marco Insam (4) - 16:30 Third period 11:36 - Anthony Nigro (4)
Jeremy Smith (37 saves / 40 shots) Goalie stats Adam Courchaine (26 saves / 30 shots)
March 30 Ottawa 67's 4 – 0 Niagara IceDogs Ottawa Civic Centre  
No scoring First period No scoring
Thomas Kiriakou (5) - 13:15
Thomas Kiriakou (6) - 15:01
Second period No scoring
Corey Cowick (4) - pp - 15:48
Corey Cowick (5) - 18:28
Third period No scoring
Adam Courchaine (32 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Jeremy Smith (46 saves / 50 shots)
March 31 Ottawa 67's 3 – 4 OT Niagara IceDogs Ottawa Civic Centre  
16:50 - Jon Carnevale (1) First period Reggie Traccitto (1) - pp - 19:41
9:17 - pp - Corey Cowick (6)
19:33 - Corey Cowick (7)
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Dylan MacEachern (2) - 2:56
Reggie Traccitto (2) - 12:17
No scoring First overtime period Andrew Agozzino (4) - 0:13
Adam Courchaine (41 saves / 45 shots) Goalie stats Jeremy Smith (32 saves / 35 shots)
Niagara wins series 4 – 3


(4) Mississauga St. Michael's Majors vs. (5) Barrie Colts

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March 20 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors 4 – 3 Barrie Colts Hershey Centre  
4:32 - Dustin Ekelman (1)
15:26 - Rob Flick (1)
18:01 - pp - Jesse Messier (1)
First period Alex Hutchings (1) - 8:33
Stefan Della Rovere (1) - pp - 11:35
Alex Hutchings (2) - sh - 12:35
16:15 - Michael Pelech (1) Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Chris Carrozzi (5 saves / 8 shots)
J.P. Anderson (19 saves / 19 shots)
Goalie stats Peter Di Salvo (7 saves / 10 shots)
Michael Hutchinson (20 saves / 21 shots)
March 21 Barrie Colts 4 – 7 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors Barrie Molson Centre  
No scoring First period 11:40 - Dustin Ekelman (2)
Taylor Carnevale (1) - 5:23
Darren Archibald (1) - pp - 9:36
Second period 4:19 - Devante Smith-Pelly (1)
19:26 - pp - Jordan Mayer (1)
Josh Brittain (1) - 4:28
Colin Behenna (1) - 5:32
Third period 3:14 - Casey Cizikas (1)
17:22 - Jordan Mayer (2)
19:39 - en - Jared Gomes (1)
Michael Hutchinson (42 saves / 48 shots) Goalie stats J.P. Anderson (29 saves / 33 shots)
March 23 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors 7 – 3 Barrie Colts Hershey Centre  
Casey Cizikas (3) - 6:44
Cameron Gaunce (1) - 14:47
Michael Pelech (2) - 15:04
Jared Gomes (2) - pp - 19:55
First period No scoring
Jesse Messier (2) - pp - 0:44
Corey Bureau (1) - 8:05
Casey Cizikas (4) - sh - 17:06
Second period 11:41 - pp- Ryan Gottschalk (1)
No scoring Third period 1:16 - Darren Archibald (2)
5:31 - Darren Archibald (3)
J.P. Anderson (29 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Michael Hutchinson (6 saves / 9 shots)
Peter Di Salvo (20 saves / 24 shots)
March 26 Barrie Colts 3 – 2 OT Mississauga St. Michael's Majors Barrie Molson Centre  
11:45 - Michael Sgarbossa (1) First period Jared Gomes (3) - 0:36
Kaspars Daugaviņš - pp - 1:36
19:43 - Michael Sgarbossa (2) Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
5:47 - Darren Archibald (4) First overtime period No scoring
Peter Di Salvo (36 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats J.P. Anderson (39 saves / 42 shots)
March 28 Barrie Colts 3 – 4 3OT Mississauga St. Michael's Majors Barrie Molson Centre  
Stefan Della Rovere (2) - 10:40
Alex Hutchings (3) - 11:41
Michael Sgarbossa (3) - 17:54
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 6:06 - pp - Cameron Gaunce (2)
7:37 - pp - Kaspars Daugaviņš (2)
14:18 - pp - Cameron Gaunce
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring Third overtime period 18:05 - Devante Smith-Pelly (2)
Peter Di Salvo (84 saves / 88 shots) Goalie stats J.P. Anderson (68 saves / 71 shots)
Mississauga wins series 4 – 1


Western conference

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(1) Windsor Spitfires vs. (8) Owen Sound Attack

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March 18 Windsor Spitfires 7 – 4 Owen Sound Attack WFCU Centre  
7:33 - pp - Ryan Ellis (1)
9:57 - pp - Rob Kwiet (1)
15:21 - Greg Nemisz (1)
First period No scoring
3:21 - Eric Wellwood (1)
6:53 - Rob Kwiet (2)
Second period Joey Hishon (1) - pp - 14:01
16:03 - Ryan Ellis (2)
19:48 - en - Taylor Hall (1)
Third period David Kolomatis (1) - pp - 7:47
Mike Lomas (1) - pp - 17:57
Joe Vanni (1) - 18:42
Andrew Engelage (19 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Tyler Beskorowany (18 saves / 23 shots)
Scott Stajcer (29 saves / 30 shots)
March 20 Owen Sound Attack 5 – 7 Windsor Spitfires Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre  
Milan Dóczy (1) - pp - 2:22
Joey Hishon (2) - 2:57
Mike Lomas (2) - 5:08
Joey Hishon (3) - 19:31
First period 15:56 - Justin Shugg (1)
No scoring Second period 13:34 - Dale Mitchell (1)
17:48 - pp - Ryan Ellis (3)
19:29 - pp - Taylor Hall (2)
Garrett Wilson (1) - 19:02 Third period 0:06 - Ryan Ellis (4)
0:50 - Taylor Hall (3)
5:41 - pp - Rob Kwiet (3)
Scott Stajcer (64 saves / 71 shots) Goalie stats Andrew Engelage (0 saves / 3 shots)
Josh Unice (26 saves / 28 shots)
March 22 Windsor Spitfires 6 – 1 Owen Sound Attack WFCU Centre  
Eric Wellwood (2) - 1:36
Eric Wellwood (3) - 3:59
Dale Mitchell (2) - 19:47
First period 4:39 - Mike Lomas (3)
Lane MacDermid (1) - 11:37
Taylor Hall (4) - pp - 12:58
Taylor Hall (5) - 19:37
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Andrew Engelage (29 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Scott Stajcer (47 saves / 53 shots)
March 25 Owen Sound Attack 3 – 6 Windsor Spitfires Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre  
5:39 - pp - David Kolomatis (2)
12:54 - pp - Joey Hishon (4)
First period Dale Mitchell (3) - 18:50
15:00 - Grant McGee (1) Second period Taylor Hall (6) - 0:43
Dale Mitchell (4) - 15:09
Greg Nemisz (2) - 16:26
Eric Wellwood (4) - 19:59
No scoring Third period Taylor Hall (7) - 17:59
Scott Stajcer (51 saves / 57 shots) Goalie stats Andrew Engelage (13 saves / 16 shots)
Josh Unice (12 saves / 12 shots)
Windsor wins series 4 – 0

* Note: Game 1 was played at Windsor Arena.

(2) London Knights vs. (7) Erie Otters

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March 20 London Knights 5 – 2 Erie Otters John Labatt Centre  
9:57 - Philip McRae (1) First period Shawn Szydlowski (1) - 0:09
Greg McKegg (1) - 16:49
7:23 - Nazem Kadri (1) Second period No scoring
6:27 - Philip McRae (2)
9:50 - pp - Phil Varone (1)
19:02 - en - John Tavares (1)
Third period No scoring
Trevor Cann (45 saves / 47 shots) Goalie stats Jaroslav Janus (32 saves / 36 shots)
March 21 London Knights 8 – 1 Erie Otters John Labatt Centre  
10:34 - pp - Nazem Kadri (2) First period Shawn Szydlowski (2) - 18:21
1:55 - Nazem Kadri (3)
17:02 - Nazem Kadri (4)
Second period No scoring
1:31 - John Tavares (2)
3:07 - Dominic DeSando (1)
4:35 - sh - Scott Aarssen (1)
8:20 - Phil Varone (2)
12:02 - pp - Justin Taylor (1)
Third period No scoring
Trevor Cann (28 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Jaroslav Janus (40 saves / 47 shots)
Shane Owen (6 saves / 7 shots)
March 25 Erie Otters 4 – 0 London Knights Tullio Arena  
2:49 - pp - Zack Torquato (1)
18:23 - sh - Brandon Biggers (1)
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
15:58 - sh - Shawn Szydlowski (3)
17:58 - sh - en - Zack Torquato (2)
Third period No scoring
Jaroslav Janus (29 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Trevor Cann (26 saves / 29 shots)
Stephen Heming (0 saves / 0 shots)
March 26 Erie Otters 2 – 4 London Knights Tullio Arena  
11:17 - pp - Greg McKegg (2) First period Michael Del Zotto (1) - pp - 12:51
16:56 - Tyler Hostetter (1) Second period Phil Varone (3) - 6:37
Scott Aarssen (2) - 19:56
No scoring Third period Justin Taylor (2) - sh - en - 19:29
Jaroslav Janus (29 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Trevor Cann (23 saves / 25 shots)
March 28 London Knights 6 – 2 Erie Otters John Labatt Centre  
3:19 - pp - John Tavares (3)
17:05 - Phil Varone (4)
First period No scoring
10:15 - pp - Phil Varone (5)
13:03 - pp - Justin Taylor (3)
Second period Sean Jones (1) - 2:06
Mike Cazzola (1) - pp - 3:28
6:15 - pp - John Tavares (4)
16:40 - Leigh Salters (1)
Third period No scoring
Trevor Cann (36 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Jaroslav Janus (46 saves / 52 shots)
London wins series 4 – 1


(3) Saginaw Spirit vs. (6) Guelph Storm
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March 21 Saginaw Spirit 6 – 5 2OT Guelph Storm Dow Event Center  
4:06 - sh - Tyler Murovich (1)
9:24 - Jack Combs (1)
First period Matt Kennedy (1) - 3:04
Denis Hollenstein (1) - 14:06
Yves Bastien (1) - pp - 18:12
2:49 - Jordan Szwarz (1)
4:02 - Kyle Bochek (1)
8:21 - Jordan Skellett (1)
Second period Brandon Buck (1) - 19:57
No scoring Third period Matt Kennedy (2) - 4:15
18:01 - Jack Combs (2) Second overtime period No scoring
Edward Pasquale (69 saves / 74 shots) Goalie stats Brandon Foote (47 saves / 53 shots)
March 22 Guelph Storm 2 – 3 Saginaw Spirit Sleeman Centre  
No scoring First period 10:42 - pp - Jack Combs (3)
No scoring Second period 1:04 - pp - T.J. Brodie (1)
Brandon Buck (2) - 5:31
Tyler Melancon (1) - 12:44
Third period 11:41 - ps - Jack Combs (4)
Brandon Foote (38 saves / 41 shots) Goalie stats Edward Pasquale (42 saves / 44 shots)
March 24 Saginaw Spirit 7 – 6 2OT Guelph Storm Dow Event Center  
Kyle Bochek (2) - 5:32
Joe Pleckaitis (1) - 5:43
First period 9:29 - sh - Brandon Buck (3)
13:39 - Peter Holland (1)
Jack Combs (5) - 1:48
Jack Combs (6) - 4:00
Second period 14:55 - pp - Tyler Carroll (1)
Tyler Murovich (2) - pp - 4:24
Chris Chappell (1) - 11:16
Third period 8:25 - Peter Holland (2)
9:53 - Matt Kennedy (3)
15:26 - Peter Holland (3)
T.J. Brodie (2) - pp - 5:40 Second overtime period No scoring
Edward Pasquale (48 saves / 54 shots) Goalie stats Brandon Foote (46 saves / 53 shots)
March 26 Guelph Storm 1 – 4 Saginaw Spirit Sleeman Centre  
8:07 - Peter Holland (4) First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Richard Jarůšek (1) - 4:09
Chris Chappell (2) - 6:49
No scoring Third period Nick Crawford (1) - sh - en - 18:28
T.J. Brodie (3) - 19:30
Jake Fischer (44 saves / 47 shots) Goalie stats Edward Pasquale (20 saves / 21 shots)
Saginaw wins series 4 – 0


(4) Plymouth Whalers vs. (5) Sarina Sting
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March 21 Plymouth Whalers 0 – 2 Sarnia Sting Compuware Arena  
No scoring First period Jamie Arniel (1) - pp - 16:25
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Matt Martin (1) - en - 18:31
Matt Hackett (31 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Daniel Spence (52 saves / 52 shots)
March 22 Sarnia Sting 2 – 3 OT Plymouth Whalers Sarnia Sports and Entertainment Centre  
Marcus Pepe (1) - 2:02
Matt Martin (2) - 5:03
First period 12:35 - Matt Caria (1)
No scoring Second period 19:33 - pp - Matt Caria (2)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 5:20 - pp - Matt Caria (3)
Daniel Spence (46 saves / 49 shots) Goalie stats Matt Hackett (32 saves / 34 shots)
March 24 Plymouth Whalers 5 – 1 Sarnia Sting Compuware Arena  
Joe Gaynor (1) - 3:57
Tyler Seguin (1) - 5:57
Chris Terry (1) - 12:40
Chris Terry (2) - 16:59
First period 13:50 - pp - Matt Martin (3)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Ryan Hayes (1) - pp - 7:11 Third period No scoring
Matt Hackett (47 saves / 48 shots) Goalie stats Daniel Spence (43 saves / 48 shots)
March 26 Sarnia Sting 0 – 5 Plymouth Whalers Sarnia Sports and Entertainment Centre  
No scoring First period Tyler Brown (1) - 4:39
Tyler Seguin (2) - 19:11
No scoring Second period Matt Caria (4) - pp - 12:14
Matt Caria (4) - pp - 13:26
Ryan Hayes (2) - 15:27
No scorning Third period No scoring
Daniel Spence (27 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Matt Hackett (27 saves / 27 shots)
March 28 Plymouth Whalers 8 – 1 Sarnia Sting Compuware Arena  
17:08 - Ryan Hayes (3) First period No scoring
0:15 - Kaine Geldart (1)
1:07 - Chris Terry (3)
2:12 - A.J. Jenks (1)
6:46 - pp - Chris Terry (4)
7:25 - Joe Gaynor (2)
13:34 - Chris Terry (5)
Second period Mark Katic (1) - 18:31
12:49 - pp - Beau Schmitz (1) Third period No scoring
Matt Hackett (27 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Daniel Spence (16 saves / 22 shots)
Shayne Campbell (12 saves / 14 shots)
Plymouth wins series 4 – 1


Conference semifinals

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Eastern conference

[edit]

(1) Belleville Bulls vs. (6) Niagara IceDogs

[edit]
April 2 Belleville Bulls 4 – 3 OT Niagara IceDogs Yardmen Arena  
11:32 - pp - Bryan Cameron (4) First period Andrew Shaw (1) - 8:05
Mathew Sisca (4) - 14:27
9:58 - pp - Luke Pither (2)
16:25 - Brandon Mashinter (4)
Second period Andrew Agozzino (5) - 12:16
No scoring Third period No scoring
2:36 - Luke Pither (3) First overtime period No scoring
Mike Murphy (19 saves / 22 shots) Goalie stats Jeremy Smith (41 saves / 45 shots)
April 3 Niagara IceDogs 4 – 5 OT Belleville Bulls Gatorade Garden City Complex  
Andrew Agozzino (6) - pp - 9:21 First period 0:38 - Bryan Cameron (5)
1:11 - Brandon Mashinter (5)
2:49 - Scott Howe (1)
Andrew Shaw (2) - 18:53 Second period No scoring
Patrick Lee (1) - pp - 2:54
Alex Friesen (3) - pp - 3:26
Third period 17:33 - Cory Tanaka (1)
No scoring First overtime period 1:58 - pp - P.K. Subban (1)
Jeremy Smith (45 saves / 50 shots) Goalie stats Mike Murphy (38 saves / 42 shots)
April 5 Belleville Bulls 0 – 2 Niagara IceDogs Yardmen Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 14:15 - Chris DeSousa (2)
19:53 - en - Chris DeSousa (3)
Mike Murphy (22 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Jeremy Smith (50 saves / 50 shots)
April 7 Niagara IceDogs 2 – 5 Belleville Bulls Gatorade Garden City Complex  
No scoring First period Eric Tangradi (5) - 14:59
4:12 - Mathew Sisca (5) Second period Bryan Cameron (6) - pp - 1:14
Eric Tangradi (6) - 7:43
Eric Tangradi (7) - 9:37
17:06 - pp - Patrick Lee (2) Third period Eric Tangradi (8) - 17:28
Jeremy Smith (43 saves / 48 shots) Goalie stats Mike Murphy (30 saves / 32 shots)
April 9 Belleville Bulls 5 – 2 Niagara IceDogs Yardmen Arena  
6:32 - pp - Luke Pither (4) First period No scoring
8:46 - Luke Pither (5)
14:33 - Nick Palmieri (3)
Second period No scoring
14:33 - Nick Palmieri (4)
19:33 - en - Nick Palmieri (5)
Third period Mathew Sisca (6) - pp - 13:59
Mathew Sisca (7) - 16:12
Mike Murphy (39 saves / 41 shots) Goalie stats Jeremy Smith (38 saves / 42 shots)
Belleville wins series 4 – 1

* Note: Game 4 was played at Jack Gatecliff Arena.

(2) Brampton Battalion vs. (4) Mississauga St. Michael's Majors

[edit]
April 2 Brampton Battalion 3 – 0 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors Powerade Centre  
3:57 - Evgeny Grachev (5)
11:18 - Josh Day (1)
First period No scoring
19:10 - Thomas Stajan (1) Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Tom McCollum (21 saves / 21 shots) Goalie stats J.P. Anderson (41 saves / 44 shots)
April 3 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors 1 – 2 Brampton Battalion Hershey Centre  
No scoring First period No scoring
Jesse Messier (3) - 16:28 Second period 14:51 - Matt Kang (2)
No scoring Third period 12:05 - Matt Duchene (5)
J.P. Anderson (33 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Tom McCollum (29 saves / 30 shots)
April 5 Brampton Battalion 1 – 5 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors Powerade Centre  
No scoring First period 6:01 - Brett Flemming (1)
19:09 - Jordan Mayer (3)
Anthony Peluso (4) - pp - 9:56 Second period 0:15 - Kale Kerbashian (1)
4:59 - Michael Pelech (3)
No scoring Third period 11:08 - pp - William Wallén (1)
Tom McCollum (18 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats J.P. Anderson (35 saves / 36 shots)
April 7 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors 4 – 3 OT Brampton Battalion Hershey Centre  
13:56 - pp - Jordan Mayer (4) First period Matt Duchene (6) - pp - 19:55
8:48 - Scott Tanski (1) Second period Cameron Gaunce (4) - 3:56
2:25 - Casey Cizikas (5) Third period Evgeny Grachev (6) - 19:25
7:58 - pp - William Wallén (2) First overtime period No scoring
J.P. Anderson (33 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Tom McCollum (25 saves / 29 shots)
April 9 Brampton Battalion 4 – 2 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors Powerade Centre  
9:59 - pp - Anthony Peluso (5) First period
7:09 - pp - Cody Hodgson (4)
14:24 - Sam Carrick (1)
16:49 - Evgeny Grachev (7)
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Michael Pelech (4) - pp - 2:39
Josh McFadden (1) - 10:55
Tom McCollum (28 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats J.P. Anderson (26 saves / 30 shots)
Chris Carrozzi (11 saves / 11 shots)
April 10 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors 2 – 3 Brampton Battalion Hershey Centre  
9:51 - pp - Jared Gomes (4) First period Ken Peroff (1) - 2:35
Matt Duchene (7) - pp - 15:15
12:01 - sh - Jared Gomes (5) Second period Matt Kang (3) - 14:57
No scoring Third period No scoring
J.P. Anderson (24 saves / 27 shots) Goalie stats Tom McCollum (22 saves / 24 shots)
Brampton wins series 4 – 2


Western conference

[edit]
(1) Windsor Spitfires vs. (4) Plymouth Whalers
[edit]
April 2 Windsor Spitfires 3 – 6 Plymouth Whalers WFCU Centre  
3:11 - pp - Dale Mitchell (5) First period Chris Terry (6) - 3:31
Tyler Seguin (3) - pp - 9:59
3:21 - Dale Mitchell (6)
19:11 - sh - Scott Timmins (1)
Second period Joe Gaynor (3) - 10:32
Brett Bellemore (1) - sh - 14:18
No scoring Third period Matt Caria (6) - 2:39
Tyler Seguin (4) - 8:51
Josh Unice (13 saves / 17 shots)
Andrew Engelage (11 saves / 13 shots)
Goalie stats Matt Hackett (46 saves / 49 shots)
April 4 Plymouth Whalers 2 – 8 Windsor Spitfires Compuware Arena  
Tyler Brown (1) - sh - 4:04 First period 0:55 - Ryan Ellis (5)
2:45 - pp - Adam Henrique (1)
Tyler Seguin (5) - 4:54 Second period 0:38 - pp - Greg Nemisz (3)
1:48 - Andrei Loktionov (1)
9:03 - pp - Ryan Ellis (6)
12:51 - pp - Greg Nemisz (4)
19:17 - pp - Dale Mitchell (7)
No scoring Third period 2:08 - pp - Andrei Loktionov (2)
Matt Hackett (44 saves / 51 shots)
Scott Wedgewood (20 saves / 21 shots)
Goalie stats Andrew Engelage (19 saves / 21 shots)
April 5 Windsor Spitfires 8 – 1 Plymouth Whalers WFCU Centre  
No scoring First period No scoring
Adam Henrique (2) - 1:46
Andrei Loktionov (3) - 5:00
Andrei Loktionov (4) - 10:46
Dale Mitchell (8) - 16:54
Second period No scoring
Greg Nemisz (5) - pp - 6:51
Taylor Hall (8) - pp - 10:57
Dale Mitchell (9) - pp - 14:36
Adam Henrique (3) - pp - 16:42
Third period 9:50 - pp - Beau Schmitz (2)
Andrew Engelage (29 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Matt Hackett (36 saves / 43 shots)
Scott Wedgewood (6 saves / 7 shots)
April 7 Plymouth Whalers 3 – 2 Windsor Spitfires Compuware Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
0:53 - pp - Chris Terry (7)
6:51 - Matt Caria (7)
Second period Dale Mitchell (10) - 19:58
15:34 - Ryan Hayes (4) Third period Eric Wellwood (5) - 13:16
Matt Hackett (37 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Andrew Engelage (28 saves / 31 shots)
April 9 Windsor Spitfires 5 – 2 Plymouth Whalers WFCU Centre  
No scoring First period R.J. Mahalak (1) - 8:16
3:27 - Taylor Hall (9)
8:12 - pp - Rob Kwiet (4)
16:06 - pp - Scott Timmins (2)
Second period No scoring
17:37 - Greg Nemisz (6)
18:28 - Justin Shugg (2)
Third period Matt Caria (8) - pp - 17:15
Andrew Engelage (20 saves / 22 shots) Goalie stats Matt Hackett (55 saves / 60 shots)
Scott Wedgewood (1 save / 1 shot)
April 11 Plymouth Whalers 2 – 4 Windsor Spitfires Compuware Arena  
No scoring First period Dale Mitchell (11) - 5:54
Adam Henrique (4) - 6:53
10:23 - Ryan Hayes (5) Second period No scoring
6:01 - Matt Caria (9) Third period Adam Henrique (5) - 1:02
Adam Henrique (6) - en - 19:17
Matt Hackett (40 saves / 43 shots) Goalie stats Andrew Engelage (32 saves / 34 shots)
Windsor wins series 4 – 2


(2) London Knights vs. (3) Saginaw Spirit
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April 2 London Knights 7 – 3 Saginaw Spirit John Labatt Centre  
10:37 - Jared Knight (1)
12:29 - pp - Nazem Kadri (5)
15:36 - pp - Philip McRae (3)
First period No scoring
5:13 - John Carlson (1)
14:50 - Nazem Kadri (6)
Second period Tyler Murovich (3) - pp - 6:38
3:03 - Philip McRae (4)
3:44 - Phil Varone (6)
Third period Mitch Fillman (1) - 2:35
Jack Combs (7) - 10:06
Trevor Cann (32 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Edward Pasquale (25 saves / 32 shots)
Anthony Peters (3 saves / 3 shots)
April 4 Saginaw Spirit 3 – 4 London Knights Dow Event Center  
Tyler Murovich (4) - 2:46 First period 6:51 - pp - Michael Del Zotto (2)
7:10 - Jared Knight (2)
No scoring Second period 12:39 - pp - John Tavares (5)
13:23 - pp - Phil Varone (7)
Jack Combs (8) - pp - 2:26
Joe Pleckaitis (2) - 6:22
Third period No scoring
Edward Pasquale (30 saves / 34 shots) Goalie stats Trevor Cann (27 saves / 30 shots)
April 5 London Knights 4 – 1 Saginaw Spirit John Labatt Centre  
Phil Varone (8) - 19:28 First period No scoring
Nazem Kadri (7) - pp - 9:15
Matt Clarke (1) - pp - 12:56
Second period 1:58 - Joe Underwood (1)
Daniel Erlich (1) - 2:49 Third period No scoring
Trevor Cann (21 saves / 22 shots) Goalie stats Edward Pasquale (28 saves / 32 shots)
April 7 Saginaw Spirit 3 – 5 London Knights Dow Event Center  
13:29 - pp - Joe Pleckaitis (3) First period Nazem Kadri (8) - pp - 6:37
Daniel Erlich (2) - pp - 11:12
1:38 - pp - Jack Combs Second period John Carlson (2) - 18:40
19:25 - Kyle Bochek (3) Third period Jared Knight (3) - 3:24
John Tavares (6) - 15:40
Edward Pasquale (29 saves / 34 shots) Goalie stats Trevor Cann (15 saves / 18 shots)
London wins series 4 – 0


Conference finals

[edit]

Eastern Conference

[edit]

(1) Belleville Bulls vs. (2) Brampton Battalion

[edit]
April 15 Belleville Bulls 2 – 4 Brampton Battalion Yardmen Arena  
6:27 - P.K. Subban (2) First period Cody Hodgson (5) - pp - 8:51
No scoring Second period Matt Kang (4) - 1:52
Matt Duchene (8) - 5:03
Matt Kang (5) - 13:23
7:12 - P.K. Subban (3) Third period No scoring
Mike Murphy (33 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Tom McCollum (28 saves / 30 shots)
April 17 Brampton Battalion 7 – 2 Belleville Bulls Powerade Centre  
Cody Hodgson (6) - 0:10
Matt Duchene (9) - 0:42
Jason Dale (1) - 3:38
Ken Peroff (2) - 7:51
First period 3:05 - pp - Nick Pageau (2)
13:45 - Luke Pither (6)
Evgeny Grachev (8) - 6:36 Second period No scoring
Thomas Stajan (2) - 10:10
Evgeny Grachev (9) - 14:19
Third period No scoring
Tom McCollum (20 saves / 22 shots) Goalie stats Mike Murphy (4 saves / 7 shots)
Philipp Grubauer (37 saves / 41 shots)
April 19 Belleville Bulls 6 – 2 Brampton Battalion Yardmen Arena  
Nick Palmieri (6) - 12:57 First period 10:02 - Anthony Peluso (6)
17:08 - Anthony Peluso (7)
Nick Palmieri (7) - 7:43
Brandon Mashinter (6) - pp - 16:14
Shawn Lalonde (2) - 17:53
Nick Palmieri (8) - 18:56
Second period No scoring
Shawn Lalonde (3) - pp - 19:42 Third period No scoring
Mike Murphy (27 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Tom McCollum (27 saves / 33 shots)
April 21 Brampton Battalion 4 – 3 Belleville Bulls Powerade Centre  
No scoring First period Nick Palmieri (9) - 4:03
17:54 - Matt Duchene (10) Second period Bryan Cameron (7) - pp - 3:04
2:00 - Thomas Stajan (3)
3:25 - Scott Tanski (2)
13:47 - Scott Tanski (3)
Third period Nick Palmieri (10) - 19:06
Tom McCollum (17 saves / 20 shots) Goalie stats Mike Murphy (21 saves / 25 shots)
April 23 Belleville Bulls 2 – 3 2OT Brampton Battalion Yardmen Arena  
0:51 - Nick Palmieri (11) First period No scoring
13:30 - pp - Matthew Tipoff (2) Second period Cody Hodgson (7) - 0:53
Evgeny Grachev (10) - 19:50
No scoring Third period No scoring
18:44 - pp - Nick Palmieri (12) Second overtime period No scoring
Mike Murphy (54 saves / 56 shots) Goalie stats Tom McCollum (34 saves / 37 shots)
April 24 Brampton Battalion 7 – 4 Belleville Bulls Powerade Centre  
3:55 - Jason Dale (2)
14:47 - pp - Matt Duchene (11)
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period Brandon Mashinter (7) - 1:15
Nick Palmieri (13) - pp - 9:34
Nick Palmieri (14) - 14:14
2:03 - pp - Matt Duchene (12)
6:49 - Cody Hodgson (8)
7:26 - Matt Duchene (13)
18:54 - en - Evgeny Grachev (11)
19:57 - en - Cody Hodgson (9)
Third period Brandon Mashinter (8) - 9:21
Tom McCollum (26 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Mike Murphy (25 saves / 30 shots)
Brampton wins series 4 – 2


Western conference

[edit]
(1) Windsor Spitfires vs. (2) London Knights
[edit]
April 15 Windsor Spitfires 4 – 3 OT London Knights WFCU Centre  
No scoring First period No scoring
3:54 - pp - Scott Timmins (3) Second period Nazem Kadri (9) - sh - 3:40
Justin Taylor (4) - pp - 7:19
John Carlson (3) - 13:30
9:11 - pp - Ryan Ellis (7)
10:10 - pp - Andrei Loktionov (5)
Third period No scoring
4:30 - pp - Ryan Ellis (8) First overtime period No scoring
Andrew Engelage (31 saves / 34 shots) Goalie stats Trevor Cann (30 saves / 34 shots)
April 17 London Knights 6 – 5 OT Windsor Spitfires John Labatt Centre  
John Carlson (4) - pp - 12:33 First period 4:51 - pp - Scott Timmins (4)
5:47 - Eric Wellwood (6)
John Carlson (5) - pp - 7:57
Philip McRae (5) - 16:41
John Tavares (7) - 18:33
Second period 9:01 - Taylor Hall (10)
13:38 - pp - Rob Kwiet (5)
18:17 - Greg Nemisz (7)
John Tavares (8) - pp - 6:07 Third period No scoring
Phil Varone (9) - 2:25 First overtime period No scoring
Trevor Cann (27 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Andrew Engelage (38 saves / 44 shots)
April 19 Windsor Spitfires 5 – 4 OT London Knights WFCU Centre  
Scott Timmins (5) - 4:40 First period 17:04 - pp - John Tavares (9)
Conor O'Donnell (1) - 18:16 Second period No scoring
Adam Henrique (7) - 14:11
Ben Shutron (1) - 18:09
Third period 4:02 - Dominic DeSando (2)
4:31 - Phil Varone (10)
12:41 - Justin Taylor (5)
Eric Wellwood (7) - 8:52 First overtime period No scoring
Andrew Engelage (27 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Trevor Cann (35 saves / 40 shots)
April 20 London Knights 4 – 5 OT Windsor Spitfires John Labatt Centre  
4:51 - sh - Justin Taylor (6) First period Dale Mitchell (12) - 4:02
Lane MacDermid (2) - 6:42
No scoring Second period Greg Nemisz (8) - pp - 2:23
Eric Wellwood (8) - 15:53
4:35 - John Carlson (6)
14:28 - Michael Del Zotto (3)
15:55 - John Carlson (7)
Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period Andrei Loktionov (6) - 0:59
Trevor Cann (25 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Andrew Engelage (39 saves / 43 shots)
April 22 Windsor Spitfires 4 – 3 OT London Knights WFCU Centre  
No scoring First period John Tavares (10) - pp - 19:12
12:03 - pp - Taylor Hall (11)
12:38 - Lane MacDermid (3)
Second period Leigh Salters (2) - pp - 0:24
Zac Rinaldo (1) - 16:30
9:00 - Harry Young (1) Third period No scoring
10:14 - Eric Wellwood (9) First overtime period No scoring
Andrew Engelage (41 saves / 44 shots) Goalie stats Trevor Cann (49 saves / 53 shots)
Windsor wins series 4 – 1


J. Ross Robertson Cup

[edit]

(W1) Windsor Spitfires vs. (E2) Brampton Battalion

[edit]
April 29 Windsor Spitfires 10 – 1 Brampton Battalion WFCU Centre  
6:22 - Andrei Loktionov (7)
17:12 - Andrei Loktionov (8)
19:16 - pp - Taylor Hall (12)
19:33 - Adam Henrique (8)
First period Josh Day (2) - pp - 11:48
9:24 - Lane MacDermid (4)
17:03 - Eric Wellwood (10)
Second period No scoring
1:20 - Justin Shugg (3)
7:35 - Conor O'Donnell (2)
12:04 - pp - Justin Shugg (4)
16:45 - pp - Justin Shugg (5)
Third period No scoring
Andrew Engelage (22 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Tom McCollum (19 saves / 25 shots)
Patrick Killeen (15 saves / 19 shots)
May 1 Brampton Battalion 3 – 5 Windsor Spitfires Powerade Centre  
No scoring First period 10:51 - Dale Mitchell (13)
18:15 - sh - Mark Cundari (1)
18:40 - Ben Shutron (2)
Jason Dale (3) - 4:00
Matt Kang (6) - 14:30
Second period 13:50 - Andrei Loktionov (9)
Matt Kang (7) - 7:41 Third period 19:23 - en - Taylor Hall (13)
Tom McCollum (37 saves / 41 shots) Goalie stats Andrew Engelage (25 saves / 28 shots)
May 4 Windsor Spitfires 2 – 4 Brampton Battalion WFCU Centre  
No scoring First period 2:23 - Anthony Peluso (8)
10:35 - Cody Hodgson (10)
Taylor Hall (14) - 17:56 Second period 12:24 - Matt Duchene (14)
15:57 - Jason Dale (4)
Taylor Hall (15) - 9:48 Third period No scoring
Andrew Engelage (25 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Tom McCollum (32 saves / 34 shots)
May 6 Brampton Battalion 1 – 4 Windsor Spitfires Powerade Centre  
No scoring First period Ben Shutron (3) - 9:17
18:21 - Cody Hodgson (11) Second period Scott Timmins (6) - 15:45
No scoring Third period Andrei Loktionov (10) - 7:04
Andrei Loktionov (11) - 12:56
Tom McCollum (32 saves / 36 shots)
Patrick Killeen (2 saves / 2 shots)
Goalie stats Andrew Engelage (40 saves / 41 shots)
May 8 Windsor Spitfires 2 – 1 OT Brampton Battalion WFCU Centre  
No scoring First period No scoring
13:06 - pp - Dale Mitchell (14) Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Matt Kang (8) - 16:14
2:09 - pp - Taylor Hall (16) First overtime period No scoring
Andrew Engelage (37 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Tom McCollum (34 saves / 36 shots)
Windsor wins series 4 – 1


J. Ross Robertson Cup Champions Roster

[edit]
2008-09 Windsor Spitfires[1]
Goaltenders

Defencemen

Wingers

Centres

Playoff scoring leaders

[edit]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Taylor Hall Windsor Spitfires 20 16 20 36 12
Andrei Loktionov Windsor Spitfires 20 11 22 33 2
Cody Hodgson Brampton Battalion 21 11 20 31 18
Ryan Ellis Windsor Spitfires 20 8 23 31 20
Dale Mitchell Windsor Spitfires 20 14 15 29 24
Matt Duchene Brampton Battalion 14 12 26 21
Evgeny Grachev Brampton Battalion 19 11 14 25 4
John Carlson London Knights 14 7 15 22 16
John Tavares London Knights 14 10 11 21 8
Eric Wellwood Windsor Spitfires 20 10 11 21 12

Playoff leading goaltenders

[edit]

Note: GP = Games played; Mins = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player Team GP Mins W L GA SO Sv% GAA
J. P. Anderson Mississauga St. Michael's Majors 11 697 6 5 29 0 0.928 2.50
Mike Murphy Belleville Bulls 17 1007 10 7 43 0 0.916 2.56
Andrew Loverock Sudbury Wolves 6 360 2 4 16 0 0.929 2.67
Trevor Cann London Knights 13 805 9 4 38 0 0.912 2.83
Andrew Engelage Windsor Spitfires 20 1112 14 3 53 0 0.908 2.86

All-Star teams

[edit]

First team

[edit]

Second team

[edit]

Third team

[edit]

All-Star Classic

[edit]

The 2009 Subway OHL All-Star Classic[2] was played February 4, 2009 at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, won 11–6 by the Eastern Conference. Cody Hodgson of the Brampton Battalion won the player of the game award, as he scored three goals and added two assists. The skills competition was held the previous night on February 3, with the Western Conference winning. Honorary captains for the event were former Peterborough Petes player Steve Yzerman for the Eastern Conference, while former Windsor Spitfires player Adam Graves represented the Western Conference.

Awards

[edit]
J. Ross Robertson Cup: Windsor Spitfires
Hamilton Spectator Trophy: Windsor Spitfires
Bobby Orr Trophy: Brampton Battalion
Wayne Gretzky Trophy: Windsor Spitfires
Emms Trophy: Brampton Battalion
Leyden Trophy: Belleville Bulls
Holody Trophy: London Knights
Bumbacco Trophy: Windsor Spitfires
Red Tilson Trophy: Cody Hodgson, Brampton Battalion
Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy: John Tavares, London Knights
Matt Leyden Trophy: Bob Boughner, Windsor Spitfires
Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy: Justin DiBenedetto, Sarnia Sting
Max Kaminsky Trophy: Ryan Ellis, Windsor Spitfires
OHL Goaltender of the Year: Mike Murphy, Belleville Bulls
Jack Ferguson Award: Daniel Catenacci, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Dave Pinkney Trophy: Mike Murphy, Belleville Bulls
OHL Executive of the Year: Warren Rychel, Windsor Spitfires
Emms Family Award: Evgeny Grachev, Brampton Battalion
F. W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy: J. P. Anderson, Mississauga St. Michael's Majors
Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy: Chris Terry, Plymouth Whalers
William Hanley Trophy: Cody Hodgson, Brampton Battalion
Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy: Justin DiBenedetto, Sarnia Sting
Bobby Smith Trophy: Matt Duchene, Brampton Battalion
Roger Neilson Memorial Award: Tim Priamo, Guelph Storm
Ivan Tennant Memorial Award: Freddie Hamilton, Niagara IceDogs
Mickey Renaud Captain's Trophy: Chris Terry, Plymouth Whalers
Tim Adams Memorial Trophy: Lucas Lessio, Toronto Marlboros
Bill Long Award: Bert O'Brien, Ottawa 67's & Sam Sisco, Ontario Hockey League
Wayne Gretzky 99 Award: Taylor Hall, Windsor Spitfires

2009 OHL Priority Selection

[edit]

On May 2, 2009, the OHL conducted the 2009 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection. The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds held the first overall pick in the draft, and selected Daniel Catenacci from the York-Simcoe Express. Catenacci was awarded the Jack Ferguson Award, awarded to the top pick in the draft.

Below are the players who were selected in the first round of the 2009 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection.[3]

# Player Nationality OHL team Hometown Minor team
1 Daniel Catenacci (LW) Canada Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Newmarket, Ontario York-Simcoe Express
2 Alan Quine (C) Canada Canada Kingston Frontenacs Orleans, Ontario Toronto Jr. Canadiens
3 Ryan Murphy (D) Canada Canada Kitchener Rangers Aurora, Ontario York-Simcoe Express
4 Boone Jenner (LW) Canada Canada Oshawa Generals Dorchester, Ontario Elgin-Middlesex Chiefs
5 Justin Sefton (D) Canada Canada Sudbury Wolves Thunder Bay, Ontario Notre Dame Hounds
6 Matt Puempel (LW) Canada Canada Peterborough Petes Essex, Ontario Sun County Panthers
7 Lucas Lessio (LW) Canada Canada Niagara IceDogs Maple, Ontario Toronto Marlboros
8 Ryan Strome (C) Canada Canada Barrie Colts Mississauga, Ontario Toronto Marlboros
9 Curtis Crombeen (D) Canada Canada Owen Sound Attack Sarnia, Ontario Lambton Jr. Sting
10 David Broll (LW) Canada Canada Erie Otters Mississauga, Ontario Toronto Nationals
11 Carter Sandlak (LW) Canada Canada Guelph Storm London, Ontario London Jr. Knights
12 Brett Ritchie (RW) Canada Canada Sarnia Sting Orangeville, Ontario Toronto Marlboros
13 Garrett Meurs (C) Canada Canada Plymouth Whalers Ripley, Ontario Huron Perth Lakers
14 Anthony Camara (LW) Canada Canada Saginaw Spirit Toronto, Ontario Mississauga Senators
15 Stuart Percy (D) Canada Canada Mississauga St. Michael's Majors Oakville, Ontario Toronto Marlboros
16 Cody Ceci (D) Canada Canada Ottawa 67's Orleans, Ontario Peterborough Jr. Petes
17 Barclay Goodrow (RW) Canada Canada Brampton Battalion Aurora, Ontario York-Simcoe Express
18 Tyson Teichmann (G) Canada Canada Belleville Bulls Belleville, Ontario Quinte Red Devils
19 Scott Harrington (D) Canada Canada London Knights Kingston, Ontario Kingston Jr. Frontenacs
20 Austen Brassard (RW) Canada Canada Windsor Spitfires Windsor, Ontario Windsor AAA Zone

2009 CHL Import Draft

[edit]

On June 30, 2009, the Canadian Hockey League conducted the 2009 CHL Import Draft, in which teams in all three CHL leagues participate in. The Plymouth Whalers held the first pick in the draft by a team in the OHL, and selected Gabriel Landeskog from Sweden with their selection.

Below are the players who were selected in the first round by Ontario Hockey League teams in the 2009 CHL Import Draft.[4]

# Player Nationality OHL team Hometown Minor team
3 Gabriel Landeskog (RW) Sweden Sweden Plymouth Whalers Stockholm, Sweden Djurgården IF Jr.
6 Tomas Tatar (LW) Slovakia Slovakia Kitchener Rangers Trenčín, Slovakia Zvolen HKM
9 Robin Lehner (G) Sweden Sweden Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Gothenburg, Sweden Västra Frölunda HC Jr.
12 Alexander Burmistrov (C) Russia Russia Barrie Colts Kazan, Russia Kazan AK Bars-2
15 Roman Berdnikov (RW) Russia Russia Owen Sound Attack Omsk, Russia Omsk Avangard-VDV
18 Jiri Sekac (LW) Czech Republic Czech Republic Peterborough Petes Kladno, Czech Republic Kladno Jr. B
21 Petteri Simila (G) Finland Finland Niagara IceDogs Oulu, Finland Karpat Oulu Jr.
24 Tom Kuhnhackl (LW) Germany Germany Windsor Spitfires Landshut, Germany Landshut EV Jr.
27 Alain Berger (RW) Switzerland Switzerland Oshawa Generals Burgsdorf, Switzerland Bern SCB Eishockey AG
30 Petr Mrazek (G) Czech Republic Czech Republic Ottawa 67's Vitkovice, Czech Republic Vitkovice Ostrave Jr. B
33 Tadeas Galansky (G) Czech Republic Czech Republic Saginaw Spirit Brno, Czech Republic Havirov Jr. B
36 Ramis Sadikov (G) Russia Russia Erie Otters Moscow, Russia Russia
39 Stefan Stepanov (D) Russia Russia Sudbury Wolves Moscow, Russia Moscow Krylia Sovetov
42 Ivan Telegin (C/LW) Russia Russia Saginaw Spirit Novokuznetsk, Russia Novokuznetsk Metallurg-2
45 Patrik Andersson (D) Sweden Sweden Kitchener Rangers Norrtälje, Sweden Brynäs IF Jr.
48 Matias Sointu (RW) Finland Finland Ottawa 67's Tampere, Finland Ilves Tampere Jr.
51 Valery Knyazev (LW) Czech Republic Czech Republic Brampton Battalion Prague, Czech Republic Sparta Praha Jr. B
54 Eddy Rinke-Leitans (RW) Latvia Latvia Sudbury Wolves Riga, Latvia Iserlohn EC Jr.
56 No selection made Sudbury Wolves
58 Anton Klementyev (D) Russia Russia London Knights Togliatti, Russia Yaroslavl Lokomotiv-2

2009 NHL Entry Draft

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On June 26–27, 2009, the National Hockey League conducted the 2009 NHL Entry Draft held at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec. In total, 45 players from the Ontario Hockey League were selected in the draft. John Tavares of the London Knights was the first player from the OHL to be selected, as he was taken with the first overall pick by the New York Islanders.

Below are the players selected from OHL teams at the NHL Entry Draft.[5]

Round # Player Nationality NHL team Hometown OHL team
1 1 John Tavares (C) Canada Canada New York Islanders Oakville, Ontario London Knights
1 3 Matt Duchene (C) Canada Canada Colorado Avalanche Haliburton, Ontario Brampton Battalion
1 7 Nazem Kadri (C) Canada Canada Toronto Maple Leafs London, Ontario London Knights
1 11 Ryan Ellis (D) Canada Canada Nashville Predators Freelton, Ontario Windsor Spitfires
1 12 Calvin de Haan (D) Canada Canada New York Islanders Carp, Ontario Oshawa Generals
1 13 Zack Kassian (RW) Canada Canada Buffalo Sabres LaSalle, Ontario Peterborough Petes
1 15 Peter Holland (C) Canada Canada Anaheim Ducks Caledon, Ontario Guelph Storm
2 33 Ryan O'Reilly (C) Canada Canada Colorado Avalanche Varna, Ontario Erie Otters
2 35 Kyle Clifford (LW) Canada Canada Los Angeles Kings Ayr, Ontario Barrie Colts
2 37 Mat Clark (D) Canada Canada Anaheim Ducks Campbellville, Ontario Brampton Battalion
2 47 Ethan Werek (C) Canada Canada New York Rangers Goodwood, Ontario Kingston Frontenacs
2 57 Taylor Doherty (D) Canada Canada San Jose Sharks Cambridge, Ontario Kingston Frontenacs
2 58 Jesse Blacker (D) Canada Canada Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto, Ontario Windsor Spitfires
3 68 Jamie Devane (LW) Canada Canada Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto, Ontario Plymouth Whalers
3 70 Taylor Beck (RW) Canada Canada Nashville Predators Niagara Falls, Ontario Guelph Storm
3 72 Michael Latta (C) Canada Canada Nashville Predators St. Clements, Ontario Guelph Storm
3 77 Matt Hackett (G) Canada Canada Minnesota Wild London, Ontario Plymouth Whalers
4 92 Casey Cizikas (C) Canada Canada New York Islanders Mississauga, Ontario Mississauga St. Michael's Majors
4 93 Alex Hutchings (C) Canada Canada Tampa Bay Lightning Burlington, Ontario Barrie Colts
4 97 Jordan Szwarz (RW) Canada Canada Phoenix Coyotes Burlington, Ontario Saginaw Spirit
4 104 Marcus Foligno (LW) Canada Canada Buffalo Sabres Sudbury, Ontario Sudbury Wolves
4 107 Garrett Wilson (LW) Canada Canada Florida Panthers Elmvale, Ontario Owen Sound Attack
4 112 Lane MacDermid (LW) Canada Canada Boston Bruins Sauble Beach, Ontario Windsor Spitfires
4 117 Edward Pasquale (G) Canada Canada Atlanta Thrashers Toronto, Ontario Saginaw Spirit
4 120 Ben Chiarot (D) Canada Canada Atlanta Thrashers Hamilton, Ontario Guelph Storm
5 125 Cody Sol (D) Canada Canada Atlanta Thrashers Woodstock, Ontario Saginaw Spirit
5 126 David Kolomatis (D) United States United States Los Angeles Kings Basking Ridge, New Jersey Owen Sound Attack
5 131 Matt Kennedy (RW) Canada Canada Carolina Hurricanes Shanty Bay, Ontario Guelph Storm
5 140 Scott Stajcer (G) Canada Canada New York Rangers Cambridge, Ontario Owen Sound Attack
5 145 Brett Flemming (D) Canada Canada Washington Capitals Burlington, Ontario Mississauga St. Michael's Majors
5 147 Phil Varone (C) Canada Canada San Jose Sharks Vaughan, Ontario London Knights
5 148 Michael Zador (G) Canada Canada Tampa Bay Lightning Toronto, Ontario Oshawa Generals
5 151 Andy Bathgate (C) Canada Canada Pittsburgh Penguins Brampton, Ontario Belleville Bulls
6 156 Michael Pelech (C) Canada Canada Los Angeles Kings Toronto, Ontario Mississauga St. Michael's Majors
6 160 Corey Cowick (LW) Canada Canada Ottawa Senators Gloucester, Ontario Ottawa 67's
6 162 Jaroslav Janus (G) Slovakia Slovakia Tampa Bay Lightning Prešov, Slovakia Erie Otters
6 165 Scott Timmins (C) Canada Canada Florida Panthers Hamilton, Ontario Windsor Spitfires
6 168 David Shields (D) United States United States St. Louis Blues Rochester, New York Erie Otters
6 170 Daniel Maggio (D) Canada Canada New York Rangers LaSalle, Ontario Sudbury Wolves
6 172 Eric Wellwood (LW) Canada Canada Philadelphia Flyers Oldcastle, Ontario Windsor Spitfires
6 176 Tyler Randell (RW) Canada Canada Boston Bruins Brampton, Ontario Kitchener Rangers
7 186 Jordan Nolan (LW) Canada Canada Los Angeles Kings Garden River, Ontario Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
7 188 Barron Smith (D) United States United States Toronto Maple Leafs Hinsdale, Illinois Peterborough Petes
7 197 Kyle Neuber (RW) Canada Canada Columbus Blue Jackets Sarnia, Ontario Mississauga St. Michael's Majors

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ontario Hockey League – Official Site of the Ontario Hockey League".
  2. ^ OHL All Star Team Pegs Chappell and Pasquale - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News
  3. ^ "Ontario Hockey League – Official Site of the Ontario Hockey League".
  4. ^ "CHL".
  5. ^ "45 OHL Players Selected at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft – Ontario Hockey League".
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