So the teams went back at it again tonight but I am not die hard enough to have made the trip up to Barrie to watch. Maybe in good time. Anyway it sounded like a classic and the lowest scoring of the series so far even though five goals were scored in all. This one went all the way to overtime before Barrie grabbed the winner. It sets up a game five, again in Barrie, tomorrow night. Read More»

Following the enjoyment of Friday nights game I headed over to watch the Majors second home game of the playoffs and third in this first round series against Barrie. While the crowd turn out was poor for a playoff game the goals were a plenty and they came thick and fast from the Majors as we were treated to 10 games in total by the end of the sixty minutes. The next game is back in Barrie with the Colts requiring a win to stay alive. Should they get it they will have one more at home before a potential game six and seven in Mississauga. I would expect the series to be long done by then.

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Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors 7 at Barrie Colts 4 – Status: Final
Mar 21, 2009 – Barrie Molson Centre

Mississauga 1 2 4 – 7
Barrie 0 2 2 – 4

1st Period-1, Mississauga, Ekelman 2 (Flick, Gaunce), 11:40. Penalties-Bureau Miss (elbowing), 5:32; Cizikas Miss (instigator, fighting, 10-minute misconduct), 13:51; Stanisz Bar (fighting), 13:51; Hutchings Bar (high sticking), 14:39; Gaunce Miss (holding), 16:40; van de Bospoort Bar (holding), 19:33.

2nd Period-2, Mississauga, Smith-Pelly 1 (Gomes), 4:19. 3, Barrie, Carnevale 1 (Stanisz), 5:23. 4, Barrie, Archibald 1 (Gottschalk, Stanisz), 9:36. 5, Mississauga, Mayer 1 (Flemming), 19:26 (pp). Penalties-Wallén Miss (tripping), 9:16; Michalsky Bar (roughing), 10:27; Prout Bar (tripping), 17:40.

3rd Period-6, Mississauga, Cizikas 1 (Smith-Pelly, Gomes), 3:14. 7, Barrie, Brittain 1 (Archibald, Hutchings), 4:28. 8, Barrie, Behenna 1 (Michalsky), 5:32. 9, Mississauga, Cizikas 2 (Smith-Pelly, Corrente), 16:34. 10, Mississauga, Mayer 2 (Wallén, Bureau), 17:22. 11, Mississauga, Gomes 1 19:39 (en). Penalties-Prout Bar (elbowing), 10:25; Gaunce Miss (tripping), 11:33.

Shots on Goal-Mississauga 17-19-13-49. Barrie 10-11-12-33.
Power-play opportunities-Mississauga 1 of 5; Barrie 0 of 5.
Goalies-Mississauga, Anderson 2-0-0-0 (33 shots-29 saves). Barrie, Hutchinson 0-2-0-0 (48 shots-42 saves).
A-3,519
Referees-Matt Parlette (11), Darcy Burchell (17).
Linesmen-Matthew Traub (50), Jason Goldenberg (87).

Barrie Colts 3 at Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors 4 – Status: Final

Mar 20, 2009 – Hershey Centre

Barrie 3 0 0 – 3
Mississauga 3 1 0 – 4

1st Period-1, Mississauga, Ekelman 1 (Pelech), 4:32. 2, Barrie, Hutchings 1 (Sgarbossa, Archibald), 8:33. 3, Barrie, Della Rovere 1 (Hutchings, Sgarbossa), 11:35 (pp). 4, Barrie, Hutchings 2 (Stanisz), 12:35 (sh). 5, Mississauga, Flick 1 (Billingsley), 15:26. 6, Mississauga, Messier 1 (Gaunce, Gomes), 18:01 (pp). Penalties-Eastman Bar (hooking), 2:15; Wallén Miss (hooking), 9:35; Parlett Miss (cross checking), 11:20; Payerl Bar (holding), 12:09; Clouthier Bar (elbowing), 16:29; Prout Bar (checking to the head), 17:50; Della Rovere Bar (cross checking), 18:55.

2nd Period-7, Mississauga, Pelech 1 (Kerbashian), 16:15. Penalties-Carnevale Bar (holding), 1:16; Gaunce Miss (hooking), 3:40; Billingsley Miss (interference), 10:21; Stevens Bar (fighting), 13:43; Neuber Miss (fighting), 13:43; Brittain Bar (holding), 14:14; Daugavins Miss (hooking), 14:14.

3rd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Della Rovere Bar (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 4:30; Daugavins Miss (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 4:30; Clifford Bar (roughing), 7:29; Kerbashian Miss (hooking), 10:16; Prout Bar (tripping), 12:45; Daugavins Miss (cross checking), 18:47; Della Rovere Bar (roughing), 19:26; Gaunce Miss (roughing), 19:26.

Shots on Goal-Barrie 8-8-11-27. Mississauga 10-11-10-31.
Power-play opportunities-Barrie 1 of 6; Mississauga 1 of 8.
Goalies-Barrie, Di Salvo 0-0-0-0 (10 shots-7 saves); Hutchinson 0-2-0-0 (21 shots-20 saves). Mississauga, Carrozzi 0-0-0-0 (8 shots-5 saves); Anderson 2-0-0-0 (19 shots-19 saves).
A-2,661
Referees-Dave Lewis (16), Brent Holdsworth (22).
Linesmen-Brian Hoard (40), Dave Pfohl (96).

“There are seldom events better in sport than playoff hockey”.

You often here that said by many commentators prior to the start of the NHL playoffs but in reality the same can be applied for any level of hockey. From the British Elite Leagues were the final four playoff weekend is as much fun on and off the ice as you will find anywhere in the hockey world. Of that I am absolutely convinced. You will not drink more at any other hockey weekend. To the Ontario Hockey League playoffs of which I am about to get my first taste tonight.

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