Round One Preview: Bulls vs. Colts
March 26, 2015 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Belleville Bulls News Release
BULLS (27-33-3-5) COLTS (41-24-1-2)
PTS: 62 PTS: 85
GF: 203 GF: 278
GA: 246 GA: 227
PIM: 822 PIM: 1155
The Belleville Bulls (7) will take on the Barrie Colts (2) in the first round of the 2014/2015 OHL PLayoffs. The Bulls and the Colts only met twice this season with the Colts winning both contests. In those games, Barrie outscored Belleville 15-4.
Top Scorers:
Belleville
Jordan Subban: 63GP, 25G, 27A, 52PTS, -12, 62PIM
Brett Gustavsen: 67GP, 20G, 22A, 42PTS, -4, 108PIM
Michael Cramarossa: 65GP, 13G, 28A, 41PTS, +11, 20PIM
Niki Petti: 66GP, 18G, 21A, 39PTS, -11, 10PIM
Brett Welychka: 58GP, 17G, 22A, 39PTS, -12, 20PIM
Barrie
Joseph Blandisi: 68GP, 52G, 60A, 112PTS, +18, 126PIM
Kevin Labanc: 68GP, 31G, 76A, 107PTS, +13, 55PIM
Andrew Mangiapane: 68GP, 43G, 61A, 104PTS, +24, 54PIM
Rasmus Andersson: 67GP, 12G, 52A, 64PTS, +14, 88PIM
Brendan Lemieux: 57 GP, 41G, 19A, 60PTS, -9, 145PIM
The Bulls finished off the regular season fairly well, defeating the Conference leading Oshawa Generals 4-3 in a shootout, then downing the Sudbury Wolves 6-3.
Head Coach George Burnett talked about his teams preperation leading up to the series.
"We have tried to look at all areas of our game this week. The last time we saw Barrie was New Years Eve, we're a different club and they are a different club. There is no question we have struggled in special teams against them this year so that will be an area that we need to improve in significantly but we also want to put ourselves in a situation where we're not giving them a lot of opportunities to be on the power play. We have to make sure our discipline is strong yet our compete level is high. Our guys are determined and they are excited to get started."
Forward Maurizio Colella remains sidelined with an upper body injury.
"Mo is still a few days away. He has practiced hard and skated hard recently so we are hopeful that we will see him in the early part of the series." added Burnett.
Netminder Charlie Graham has played in 51 games this season and owns a 3.17 goals against average and a .914 save percentage. Rookie goaltender Connor Hicks made a career high 62 saves in the final game of the regular season. Hicks has a 3.91 goals against average and a .894 save percentage.
Games:
Game 1 - BELV @ BAR, Thursday March 26th, 7:30pm
Game 2 - BELV @ BAR, Monday March 30th, 7:30pm
Game 3 - BAR @ BELV, Wednesday April 1st, 7:05pm
Game 4 - BAR @ BELV, Thursday April 2nd, 7:05pm
Game 5 - BELV @ BAR, Saturday April 4th, 7:30pm *
Game 6 - BAR @ BELV, Monday April 6th, 7:05pm *
Game 7 - BELV @ BAR, Tuesday April 7th, 7:30pm *
* if necessary
-- Tickets for game three and four of the seires are selling quickly! Stop by the Bulls Box Office or call (613) 966-8338 to get yours today!
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