A fresh Attack squad took full advantage of the Spitfires on Tuesday night, as the Western Conference’s top ranked team routed Windsor 8-1 in the opening game of the Rogers Western Conference Championship series in Owen Sound.
Both teams were getting a feel for things in the early going and few chances were had in the game’s first ten minutes. The Attack eventually opened the scoring, after Jarrod Maidens converted a Bobby Mignardi rebound into an empty cage at 14:17. With 19 seconds left in the opening stanza, Joey Hishon increased Owen Sound’s lead to 2-0 on a shorthanded marker, beating Campbell with a wrist shot from the slot on a two-on-two counter attack.
Windsor opened the second frame on a positive note, with Adrian Robertson continued his hot post-season run, scoring a power play goal on a blast from the point to make it a 2-1 contest at the 6:49 mark.
Just 22 seconds later, Andrew Shaw restored the Attack’s two goal on an odd man rush lead to make it 3-1. Midway through the frame, the Attack capitalized again on the special teams, as Hishon roofed a wrist shot on the power play for his second goal of the game and a 4-1 lead.
Owen Sound’s onslaught continued, with captain Garrett Wilson banging in a rebound on the power play at 14:47 to make it 5-1 and Brandon Childerley scored one minute later to make it 6-1. Andrew Shaw of the Attack made it 7-1 with 21 seconds left in the second period, converting a bad bounce off the back board to end a nightmarish 20 minutes for Windsor.
With the outcome already decided, Owen Sound made it 8-1 on the power play midway through the third period on a Roman Berdnikov marker.
Game two of the Rogers Western Conference Championship Series between the Spits and Attack will be played on Thursday (April 21) at the WFCU Centre.
Fans are encouraged to wear red for each Spitfire home game as part of the Spits “Mission 9-10-11” theme for the 2011 OHL Playoffs.
SCORING
FIRST PERIOD
OS Maidens, (2) (Mignardi, Gilbert), 14:17
OS Hishon, (2) (Wilson), 19:41 (SH)
SECOND PERIOD
WSR Robertson, (3) (Khokhlachev, Kuhnhackl), 6:39 (PP)
OS Shaw, (4) (Brace), 7:01
OS Hishon, (3) (Wilson, Stanisz), 10:24 (PP)
OS Wilson, (5) (Stanisz, Mignardi), 14:47 (PP)
OS Childerley, (4) (Gilbert, Maidens), 15:49
OS Shaw, (5) (Petgrave, Schemitsch), 19:39
THIRD PERIOD
OS Berdnikov, (5) (Shaw, Halmo) 10:36 (PP)
SHOTS
WINDSOR 10 – 19 – 10 = 39
OWEN SOUND 10 – 15 – 8 = 33
PPS
WINDSOR 1-FOR-6
OWEN SOUND 3-FOR-8
#1 Owen Sound vs. #4 Windsor – Rogers Western Conference Championship Series Schedule (Round Three)
2011 OHL Playoffs
Game 1 – Tuesday April 19 at 7:00 pm at Owen Sound (Owen Sound 8-1)
Game 2 – Thursday April 21 at 7:05 pm at Windsor
Game 3 – Saturday April 23 at 7:30 pm at Owen Sound
Game 4 – Monday April 25 at 7:05 pm at Windsor
Game 5 – Wednesday April 27 at 7:00 pm at Owen Sound*
Game 6 – Friday April 29 at 7:05 pm at Windsor*
Game 7 – Sunday May 1 at 2:00 pm at Owen Sound*
*if necessary
