OHL Ottawa 67's

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Published on March 10, 2011 under Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Ottawa 67's News Release


Friday, March 11th vs. Niagara @ 7:30 PM

Event/Promo

Chuck-A-Puck (2nd Intermission) ... somebody's going to win $250! Maybe you.

Head to Head

- The home team has won each of the first 3 match ups, 2 for Niagara 1 for Ottawa

- Marc Zanetti has assists in all 3 games

-Andrew Agozzino has led the Ice Dogs with 6 goals in the 3 games

Players to Watch

-Tyler Toffoli has 18 points in a 8 game scoring streak. His next put will give him an even 100 for the season. Tyler currently sits 2nd in OHL points

-64 GP, 52 G, 47 A, 99 PTS

-Ryan Strome is one point behind Toffoli in OHL points. He is projected to be a top 10 pick in this year's NHL Entry Draft

-59 GP, 30 G, 68 A, 98 PTS

Rookie Watch

-67's Forward Brett Gustavsen played last season with the Pickering Panthers in the OJHL, where Toffoli's father Robert is the General Manager.

-Ice Dogs Defenceman Jesse Graham leads all OHL rookie's in plus/minus at +23

Notes

-Ottawa's Ryan Shipley will be facing off against his older brother Stephen

-The 67's and Ice Dogs have developed quite a rivalry over the past couple years, have met in the playoffs last season and the season before. The Ice Dogs won the first time around (Killer's last game as coach) and the 67's came out victorious last year.

-This game features 3 potential 2011 NHL first round Entre Draft picks. For the 67's, slick forward Shane Prince, and for the Ice Dogs defenceman Dougie Hamilton and forward Ryan Strome

- Niagara goalie Mark Visentin won a silver medal with Team Canada at the 2011 World Junior Hockey Championships. This week, the 67's will shoot on him like Russians this Friday!

Sunday, March 13th vs. Mississauga @ 2:00 PM

Event/Promo

Mortgage Broker's Ottawa Million Dollar Shootout!

Head to head:

-Ottawa leads season series 2-1

-Scoring leaders are Tyler Graovac for Ottawa with 4 goals and Justin Shugg for Mississauga with 3 goals

Players to Watch

-2 time Memorial Cup winner Justin Shugg leads the Majors with 76 points in 60 games and is a plus 42

-Ottawa defenceman Codi Ceci has 2 goals in 3 games against the Majors and scored the O.T winner with less than a minute to go against Kitchener last Sunday

Rookie Watch

- Sean Monahan has 7 points, 6 of them goals, in his last 4 games and is 12th in rookie scoring with 40 points on the season.

Notes

-Ottawa looks to exact revenge on the team that ousted them in 7 games in the 2nd playoff round last spring

- Memorial Cup host Mississauga automatically gets a berth in the tournament and leads the Eastern Conference with 96 points. Ottawa has to win the OHL championship, not just the East, to advance to the Cup.

-Two of the top five goalies in the league could see action. Last week's OHL Player of the Week, J.P. Anderson, will be between the pipes for Mississauga and Ottawa's Petr Mrazek could be back after missing 3 games with a strained groin.

- It will be Russian World Junior star Maxim Kitsyn's first visit to the nation's capital since joining the Majors in January following his gold medal performance in Buffalo

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