OHL Barrie Colts

Barrie Colts vs. Brampton Battalion - Playoff Preview

Published on March 17, 2008 under Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Barrie Colts News Release


The seventh seeded Barrie Colts will face the second seeded Brampton Battalion in their best-of-seven first round Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Series. The Colts finished up the regular season with a 28-34-3-3 overall record and 62 points, meanwhile the Battalion finished with a 42-22-1-2 overall record with 88 points, securing the regular season Central Division title. The Colts and Battalion each posted three victories in their six regular season meetings, as the Battalion outscored the Colts 18-16. Each team gained two victories in their respective buildings. Overall, the Colts finished up the regular season 16-16-1-1 at home, and 12-18-2-2 on the road, meanwhile the Battalion finished 23-11-0-0 at home and 19-11-1-3 on the road. The Colts scored 185 goals and allowed 223, placing them 19th and tied for 8th overall for the regular season, meanwhile, the Battalion as a team tallied 259 goals and allowed 187, placing them in fifth and in a tie for fourth respectively in these categories.

SERIES SCHEDULE:

Thursday March 20-Barrie @ Brampton, 7:00 p.m.

Saturday March 22-Brampton @ Barrie, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday March 23-Barrie @ Brampton, 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday March 25-Brampton @ Barrie, 7:30 p.m.

*Thursday March 27-Barrie @ Brampton, 7:00 p.m.

*Saturday March 29-Brampton @ Barrie, 7:30 p.m.

*Monday March 31- Barrie @ Brampton, 7:00 p.m.

(* if necessary)

REGULAR SEASON SERIES:

September 29: Brampton 3 @ Barrie 4 (shootout)

November 18: Barrie 6 @ Brampton 2

January 13: Barrie 3 @ Brampton 4 (shootout)

January 26: Brampton 1 @ Barrie 2

March 1: Brampton 3 @ Barrie 1

March 14: Barrie 0 @ Brampton 5

COLTS REGULAR SEASON SCORING LEADERS:

Alex Hutchings 68GP-29G-25A-54PTS

Tomas Marcinko 48GP-19G-26A-45PTS

Daniel Michalsky 49GP-17G-24A-41PTS

Cory McGillis 48GP-18G-21A-39PTS

Stefan Della Rovere 68GP-13G-19A-32PTS

BATTALION REGULAR SEASON SCORING LEADERS:

John Hughes 68GP-28G-63A-91PTS

Cody Hodgson 68GP-40G-45A-85PTS

Bobby Sanguinetti 61GP-29G-41A-70PTS

Luke Lynes 68GP-21G-43A-64PTS

Cory Emmerton 54GP-25G-36A-61PTS

SPECIAL TEAMS OUTLOOK - BARRIE & BRAMPTON: Barrie's powerplay finished up the regular season 17th overall in the OHL with an efficiency rate of 16.5% with 64 goals on 388 man-advantage opportunities....On the other side, the penalty-kill finished tied for seventh overall at 82.5% having killed off 315 of the 382 shorthanded situations they have faced.... Brampton's powerplay finished up the regular season 4th overall in the OHL with an efficiency rate of 21.8% with 86 goals on 394 man-advantage opportunities....On the other side, the Battalion penalty-kill finished first in the OHL at 88.0%, having killed off 292 of the 332 shorthanded situations they have faced

A LOOK AT THE NETMINDERS:

BARRIE: Michael Hutchinson - 32GP-12W-15L-2OL-2SL-3.02GAA-.912SV%-1S0

Peter Di Salvo - 20GP-7W-10L-0OL-0SL-2.89GAA-.904SV%-0SO

BRAMPTON: Bryan Pitton - 39GP-22W-13L-1OL-1SL-2.54GAA-.911SV%-4SO

Patrick Killeen - 34GP-20W-9L-0OL-2SL-2.76GAA-.908SV%-1SO

NHL DRAFT-PICKS PLAYING IN THE SERIES:

Barrie: Tomas Marcinko, New York Islanders (4th Round, 2006)

Brampton: Bryan Pitton, Edmonton Oilers (5th Round, 2006)

John De Gray, Anaheim Mighty Ducks (3rd Round, 2006)

Luke Lynes, Washington Capitals (4th Round, 2006)

Bobby Sanguinetti, New York Rangers (1st Round, 2006)

Cory Emerton, Detroit Red Wings (2nd Round, 2006)

ROSTER UPDATE: The Barrie Colts do not have any significant injuries to report at this time...Defenseman Brett Halstead missed the club's last four regular season games with an upper body injury, but has been skating and is probable for the lineup for game one

PAST PLAYOFF HISTORY: This marks the third straight season where the Colts and Battalion meet in the post-season...The Colts defeated the Battalion in five games during the 2006 Eastern Conference Semi-Final Series, and put together a four game series victory in their first round Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Series meeting last season....The Colts and Battalion also faced each other in the 2003 post-season, where the Battalion as a #2 seed beat the Colts as a #7 four games to one in their first round Eastern Conference Quarterfinal

SERIES COVERAGE: Rogers Cable 10 will be covering all games in the series, although game four in Barrie will be joined in progress at 8:45 p.m.

PRACTICE SCHEDULE: The Colts practice this week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at the Molson Centre (3:15 - 4:45) in preparation for their first round series against the Battalion

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