SSM/SAG - Some of the Series Numbers
April 1, 2015 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Soo Greyhounds News Release
With a 3-games-to-none advantage in their best-of-seven Western Conference Quarter-Final Series, the Soo Greyhounds have the Saginaw Spirit on the brink of elimination.
After winning the opening two games on home ice (last Friday/Saturday) the Greyhounds ended the month of March, and extended their series lead, with a 4-0 shutout at Saginaw on Tuesday Night.
(read the complete game story HERE).
Defenceman TYLER GANLY paced the Hounds in their most recent contest with a goal and an assist in the first period Tuesday Night as the club built a 2-0 lead they would never look back from.
Now with an off day today (Wednesday), the team prepares for action tomorrow night - Thursday, April 2nd @ 7:11 p.m.
Fans can hear the call of the game on the Official Voice of the Greyhounds, Rock 101 (101.3 FM, www.rock101.net) beginning with the Bay Mills Resort and Casinos pre-game show starting at 6:40 p.m.
And with a day to ponder, we look at some of the numbers so far in the series.
Goals for: 17
Goals against: 3
Shots for: 128
Shots against: 68
Powerplay: 6/15 (40.0%)
Penalty kill: 14/16 (87.5%)
Penalty Minutes
Sault Ste. Marie - 41
Saginaw - 39
SSM Scoring Leaders:
Nick Ritchie - 2g, 5a, 7pts
Michael Bunting - 4g, 2a, 6pts
Jared McCann - 1g, 5a, 6pts
Bryan Moore - 3g, 2a, 5pts
Sergey Tolchinsky - 0g, 4a, 4pts
SAG Scoring Leaders:
Artem Artemov - 1g, 1a, 2pts
Six players tied with 1 pt each; Connor Brown, Michael Holmes, Blake Clarke, Tye Felhaber, Vladislav Kodola
SERIES NOTES:
*The Greyhounds have scored the opening goal in all three games of the series, and have never trailed the Spirit
*Brandon Halversons shutout streak is at 65:43 combining the final minutes of the second period in Game 2 (Joseph Raaymakers played the third period in that game), followed up by his Game 3 shutout (24 saves)
Tuesday's shutout was Halverson's 7th this year (6 in regular season, 1 in playoffs)
*Michael Bunting has goals in all three games of the series
*With the regular season and playoffs combined, the Hounds are 8-2-0-1 against the Spirit this 2014-15 season
*Saginaw's lone multi-point producer in the series, Artem Artemov, missed Game 3 due to the flu
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