OHL Championship Series – Game 3 Preview: Ottawa 67’s at Guelph Storm
Game 3 of the OHL Championship goes Monday evening at 7:00pm at the Sleeman Centre as the Guelph Storm and the Ottawa 67’s face-off in Guelph.
Game 1 of the OHL Championship started with Ottawa jumping out to a 3-0 lead before the Storm were able to close the gap by scoring 2 consecutive goals. The 67’s would end up taking a 4-2 lead into the 3rd period before Ottawa scored 3 consecutive power play goals on a 5 minute boarding penalty by Fedor Gordeev to give Ottawa a 7-2 win.
Game 2 of the OHL Championship started with the Guelph Storm taking a 2-0 lead before Austen Keating scored a late power play goal to make the score 2-1 Guelph heading into the 2nd period. In the 2nd, Ottawa scored 3 straight goals to give them a 4-2 lead heading into the final period, where Alexei Toropchenko scored to bring Guelph within one. Ottawa would hold on to win game 2 and take a 2-0 series lead heading back to Guelph for games 3 and 4.
HEAD TO HEAD
| 2019 Playoffs | |
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| OTT 2-0-0-0 | GUE 0-2-0-0 |
| 2018 Playoffs | |
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| OTT 0-0-0-0 | GUE 0-0-0-0 |
| Last Five Years | |
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| OTT 2-0-0-0 | GUE 0-2-0-0 |
| Last Five Years At Ottawa | |
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| OTT 2-0-0-0 | GUE 0-2-0-0 |
| Last Five Years At Guelph | |
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| OTT 0-0-0-0 | GUE 0-0-0-0 |
| Previous Meetings This Season |
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Guelph 3 @ Ottawa 4 (2019-05-04)
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Guelph 2 @ Ottawa 7 (2019-05-02)
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TOP SCORERS
| Ottawa | Guelph |
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LAST 5 GAMES
| Ottawa | Guelph |
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4 – 3 W v. Guelph (2019-05-04)
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3 – 4 L @ Ottawa (2019-05-04)
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7 – 2 W v. Guelph (2019-05-02)
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2 – 7 L @ Ottawa (2019-05-02)
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2 – 1 W @ Oshawa (2019-04-24)
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3 – 2 W @ Saginaw (2019-04-29)
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5 – 1 W @ Oshawa (2019-04-21)
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5 – 1 W v. Saginaw (2019-04-28)
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7 – 3 W v. Oshawa (2019-04-20)
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4 – 0 W @ Saginaw (2019-04-26)
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MATCH UP
| Ottawa | Guelph | |
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| Season Record | 14-0-0-0 | 12-7-1-0 |
| Last 10 Games | 10-0-0 | 5-4-1 |
| Streak | 14-0-0 | 0-2-0 |
| Last Game | 4-3 W vs Guelph (2019-05-04) Final | 4-3 L @ Ottawa (2019-05-04) Final |
| Home Record | 8-0-0-0 | 6-2-0-0 |
| Away Record | 6-0-0-0 | 6-5-1-0 |
| Goals For | 78 | 74 |
| Goals Against | 34 | 64 |
| Power Plays | 26/65 (40%) | 18/79 (22.8%) |
| Power Plays – Home | 19/38 (50%) | 8/31 (25.8%) |
| Power Plays – Away | 7/27 (25.9%) | 10/48 (20.8%) |
| Penalty Killing | 11/57 (80.7%) | 16/68 (76.5%) |
| Penalty Killing – Home | 6/36 (83.3%) | 6/26 (76.9%) |
| Penalty Killing – Away | 5/21 (76.2%) | 10/42 (76.2%) |
| Leading Rookie | Rossi (6-12-18) | |
| Most Penalty Minutes | Kody Clark | Fedor Gordeev |
| Team PIM/GM | 12.8/14 | 9.5/20 |
Players to Watch
Guelph Storm
Liam Hawel had a great regular season for the Guelph Storm after scoring a career high 37 goals and 41 assists for 78 points. In the post-season, Liam scored 5 points in the opening 4 game series against the Kitchener Rangers, but has only scored 5 more points in the last 16 games.
Ottawa 67’s
Austen Keating had a fantastic regular season for the 67’s after scoring 22 goals and career high 67 assists for 89 points. In the post-season, Austen has 2 goals and 11 assists for 13 points in 14 playoff games for Ottawa.
Upcoming Games
Game 1: Guelph @ Ottawa – Thursday May 2nd at 7:00pm
Game 2: Guelph @ Ottawa – Saturday May 4th at 2:00pm
Game 3: Ottawa @ Guelph – Monday May 6th at 7:00pm
Game 4: Ottawa @ Guelph – Wednesday May 8th at 7:00pm
Game 5: Guelph @ Ottawa – Friday May 10th at 7:00pm *
Game 6: Ottawa @ Guelph – Sunday May 12th at 2:00pm *
Game 7: Guelph @ Ottawa – Monday May 13th at 7:00pm *
* If Neccessary
