1998–99 OHL season

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The 1998–99 OHL season was the 19th season of the Ontario Hockey League. The Brampton Battalion and the Mississauga IceDogs were added as expansion teams. The league realigned from three divisions into two conferences and four divisions. Brampton were placed in the Midwest division of the Western conference, and Mississauga were placed in the Central division of the Eastern conference. The OHL inaugurated four new trophies this season. The Holody Trophy was created for the regular season champion of the Midwest division. Two conference playoffs champions were created; the Bobby Orr Trophy for the Eastern conference, and the Wayne Gretzky Trophy for the Western conference. The fourth new trophy was the Wayne Gretzky 99 Award, to be awarded to the MVP of the playoffs. Twenty teams each played sixty-eight games. The Belleville Bulls won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the London Knights.

Expansion[]

Brampton Battalion[]

On December 3, 1996, the Brampton Battalion was granted an expansion franchise owned by Scott Abbott. The team began play in the 1998–99 season, playing in the Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The Battalion's arena was the newly constructed Brampton Centre.

Brampton played in their first game on September 24, 1998, losing 5–1 to the Peterborough Petes on the road. Their first home game was on October 9, as the Battalion dropped a 5-1 decision to the Kitchener Rangers in front of a sold-out crowd of 4,800 at the Brampton Centre. After beginning the season with six losses, Brampton won their first game, defeating the Sudbury Wolves 5–4 on October 18.

Mississauga IceDogs[]

On January 21, 1997, the Mississauga IceDogs was granted an expansion franchise which included former Boston Bruins head coach Don Cherry in their ownership group. The IceDogs began play in the 1998–99 season, playing in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The IceDogs arena was the newly constructed Hershey Centre.

The IceDogs played in their first game on September 25, 1998, losing a road game to the Kingston Frontenacs by a score of 10–0. Mississauga began the season with an 11-game road trip, as the club lost each game. In their home opener on October 30, Mississauga recorded their first win in franchise history, defeating the Toronto St. Michael's Majors 4–3 in front of a sold out of 6,000 fans at the Hershey Centre.

Realignment[]

With the Brampton Battalion and Mississauga IceDogs joining the Ontario Hockey League for the 1998–99 season, the league underwent a massive realignment in which two new conferences, the Eastern Conference and Western Conference, were created. Within each conference was two five-team divisions. The playoff format changed that the top eight teams in each conference made the post-season.

Eastern Conference[]

East Division[]

The East Division consisted of five teams that played in the division during the 1997-98 season. The teams were the Belleville Bulls, Kingston Frontenacs, Oshawa Generals, Ottawa 67's, and Peterborough Petes. The Toronto St. Michael's Majors left the division, joining the Central Division.

Central Division[]

The Central Division underwent some major changes following the 1997-98 division. The Barrie Colts, North Bay Centennials and Sudbury Wolves remained in the division, however, the Guelph Storm, Kitchener Rangers, and Owen Sound Platers all left the division, joining the newly formed Midwest Division in the Western Conference. Joining the Central were the Toronto St. Michael's Majors from the East Division, and the expansion Mississauga IceDogs.

Western Conference[]

Midwest Division[]

The Midwest Division was a newly created division in the Western Conference. Joining the division were the Guelph Storm, Kitchener Rangers and Owen Sound Platers from the Central Division, while the Erie Otters joined from the West Division. The expanion Brampton Battalion also joined the division.

West Division[]

The West Division consisted of five teams that played in the division during the 1997-98 season. The teams were the London Knights, Plymouth Whalers, Sarnia Sting, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds and Windsor Spitfires. The Erie Otters left the division, joining the newly formed Midwest Division.

New Arena[]

Sarnia Sports & Entertainment Centre[]

The Sarnia Sting moved from the Sarnia Arena to their new home, the Sarnia Sports & Entertainment Centre. The Sting defeated the Kitchener Rangers 5–2 in their first game at their new home on September 25, 1998, in front of a sold-out crowd of 4,635 fans.

Regular season[]

Final standings[]

Note: DIV = Division; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title

Eastern conference[]

Rank Team DIV GP W L T PTS GF GA
1 z-Barrie Colts Central 68 49 13 6 104 343 192
2 y-Ottawa 67's East 68 48 13 7 103 305 164
3 x-Belleville Bulls East 68 39 22 7 85 334 246
4 x-Oshawa Generals East 68 39 24 5 83 280 217
5 x-Peterborough Petes East 68 40 26 2 82 266 213
6 x-Sudbury Wolves Central 68 25 35 8 58 261 288
7 x-North Bay Centennials Central 68 22 40 6 50 215 248
8 x-Kingston Frontenacs East 68 22 42 4 48 240 320
9 Toronto St. Michael's Majors Central 68 20 42 6 46 214 316
10 Mississauga IceDogs Central 68 4 61 3 11 145 426

Western conference[]

Rank Team DIV GP W L T PTS GF GA
1 z-Plymouth Whalers West 68 51 13 4 106 313 162
2 x-Guelph Storm Midwest 68 44 22 2 90 300 218
3 x-Owen Sound Platers Midwest 68 39 24 5 83 312 293
4 x-Sarnia Sting West 68 37 25 6 80 279 216
5 x-London Knights West 68 34 30 4 72 260 217
6 x-Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds West 68 31 29 8 70 244 242
7 x-Erie Otters Midwest 68 31 33 4 66 271 297
8 x-Windsor Spitfires West 68 23 39 6 52 203 294
9 Kitchener Rangers Midwest 68 23 39 6 52 205 257
10 Brampton Battalion Midwest 68 8 57 3 19 198 362

Scoring leaders[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes [1]

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Peter Sarno Sarnia Sting 68 37 93 130 49
Norm Milley Sudbury Wolves 68 52 68 120 47
Sheldon Keefe Toronto/Barrie 66 51 65 116 140
Plymouth Whalers 67 40 68 108 89
Mike Fisher Sudbury Wolves 68 41 65 106 55
Daniel Tkaczuk Barrie Colts 58 43 62 105 58
Harold Druken Plymouth Whalers 60 58 45 103 34
Kevin Colley Oshawa Generals 63 39 62 101 68
Justin Papineau Belleville Bulls 68 52 47 99 28
Ivan Novoseltsev Sarnia Sting 68 57 39 96 45

Leading goaltenders[]

Note: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses;
SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average [2]

Player Team GP Mins W L T GA SO Sv% GAA
Plymouth Whalers 40 2252 28 10 0 78 5 0.924 2.08
Levente Szuper Ottawa 67's 32 1801 22 6 3 70 4 0.920 2.33
Seamus Kotyk Ottawa 67's 41 2314 26 7 4 92 5 0.915 2.39
Brian Finley Barrie Colts 52 3064 36 10 4 136 3 0.920 2.66
Rob Zepp Plymouth Whalers 31 1663 19 3 4 76 3 0.907 2.74

Playoffs[]

Conference quarterfinals Conference semifinals Conference finals Finals
            
E1 Barrie 4
E8 Kingston 1
E1 Barrie 3
E4 Oshawa 4
E4 Oshawa 4
E5 Peterborough 1
E4 Oshawa 1
E3 Belleville 4
E3 Belleville 4
E6 Sudbury 0
E3 Belleville 4
E2 Ottawa 1
E2 Ottawa 4
E7 North Bay 0
E3 Belleville 4
W5 London 3
W1 Plymouth 4
W8 Windsor 0
W1 Plymouth 3
W5 London 4
W4 Sarnia 2
W5 London 4
W5 London 4
W3 Owen Sound 1
W3 Owen Sound 4
W6 S.S. Marie 1
W3 Owen Sound 4
W2 Guelph 2
W2 Guelph 4
W7 Erie 1

Conference quarterfinals[]

Eastern conference quarterfinals[]

(1) Barrie Colts vs. (8) Kingston Frontenacs[]
March 21 Kingston Frontenacs 2 – 5 Barrie Colts Barrie Molson Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 0:19 - Denis Shvidki (1)
10:13 - Daniel Tkaczuk (1)
12:11 - (1)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(1) - 12:34
Matt Elich (1) - 17:10 		Third period 2:50 - Martin Skoula (1)
19:52 - en - Daniel Tkaczuk (2)
Patrick DesRochers (0 – 1, 36 saves / 40 shots) Goalie stats Brian Finley (1 – 0, 27 saves / 29 shots)
March 23 Barrie Colts 4 – 3 Kingston Frontenacs Kingston Memorial Centre Recap  
Sheldon Keefe (1) - 11:27
(1) - 12:29 		First period No scoring
Andre Lakos (1) - 13:23 Second period 12:18 - (2)
Nick Smith (1) - 18:18 Third period 0:37 - pp - (1)
7:08 - (3)
Brian Finley (2 – 0, 47 saves / 50 shots) Goalie stats Patrick DesRochers (0 – 2, 42 saves / 46 shots)
March 24 Barrie Colts 3 – 4 2OT Kingston Frontenacs Kingston Memorial Centre Recap  
Denis Shvidki (2) - pp - 7:02 First period 12:40 - pp - (4)
16:50 - pp - Kevin Grimes (1)
(2) - 15:21
Ryan Barnes (1) - 17:28 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 18:15 - Matt Elich (2)
No scoring Second overtime period 3:41 - (5)
Brian Finley (2 – 1, 35 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Patrick DesRochers (1 – 2, 59 saves / 62 shots)
March 26 Kingston Frontenacs 2 – 5 Barrie Colts Barrie Molson Centre Recap  
(1) - 12:24 First period 1:41 - sh - (1)
No scoring Second period 3:02 - Nick Smith (2)
11:58 - (1)
Kevin Grimes (2) - 10:29 Third period 3:36 - Mike Jefferson (1)
4:31 - Daniel Tkaczuk (3)
Patrick DesRochers (1 – 3, 41 saves / 46 shots) Goalie stats Brian Finley (3 – 1, 30 saves / 32 shots)
March 28 Kingston Frontenacs 4 – 6 Barrie Colts Barrie Molson Centre Recap  
Michael Zigomanis (1) - 4:42 First period No scoring
Matt Elich (3) - 7:27
(2) - 8:37 		Second period 3:40 - (1)
7:02 - (2)
17:59 - (1)
Sean Avery (1) - pp - 2:09 Third period 6:29 - pp - Martin Skoula (2)
16:26 - Sheldon Keefe (2)
19:17 - en - Daniel Tkaczuk (4)
Patrick DesRochers (1 – 4, 50 saves / 55 shots) Goalie stats Brian Finley (4 – 1, 27 saves / 31 shots)
Barrie wins series 4 – 1


(2) Ottawa 67's vs. (7) North Bay Centennials[]
March 21 North Bay Centennials 1 – 4 Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre Recap  
(1) - 10:28 First period 17:55 - Brian Campbell (1)
No scoring Second period 1:06 - Mark Bell (1)
10:09 - Jeremy Van Hoof (1)
19:37 - Jonathan Zion (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Alex Auld (0 – 1, 43 saves / 47 shots) Goalie stats Seamus Kotyk (1 – 0, 17 saves / 18 shots)
March 23 North Bay Centennials 1 – 3 Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 5:58 - (1)
No scoring Second period 5:17 - pp - (2)
(1) - 12:32 Third period 4:44 - Matt Zultek (1)
(0 – 1, 48 saves / 51 shots) Goalie stats Seamus Kotyk (2 – 0, 22 saves / 23 shots)
March 26 Ottawa 67's 3 – 0 North Bay Centennials North Bay Memorial Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Dan Tudin (1) - 8:48 Second period No scoring
(1) - 15:37
Matt Zultek (2) - en - 18:50 		Third period No scoring
Levente Szuper (1 – 0, 31 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Alex Auld (0 – 2, 39 saves / 41 shots)
March 28 Ottawa 67's 4 – 1 North Bay Centennials North Bay Memorial Gardens Recap  
Matt Zultek (3) - pp - 4:55
(1) - 13:59 		First period No scoring
Mark Bell (2) - 0:56 Second period No scoring
(2) - 6:36 Third period 19:43 - Chris Neil (1)
Levente Szuper (2 – 0, 29 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats Alex Auld (0 – 3, 23 saves / 27 shots)
(3 saves / 3 shots)
Ottawa wins series 4 – 0


(3) Belleville Bulls vs. (6) Sudbury Wolves[]
March 20 Sudbury Wolves 2 – 7 Belleville Bulls Yardmen Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 3:13 - pp - Kevin Baker (1)
(1) - pp - 4:34 Second period 0:34 - Ryan Ready (1)
7:23 - pp - (1)
16:06 - Kevin Baker (2)
17:32 - pp - (2)
(1) - 15:02 Third period 3:33 - Kevin Baker (3)
7:47 - pp - Branko Radivojevic (1)
(0 – 1, 54 saves / 61 shots) Goalie stats (1 – 0, 27 saves / 29 shots)
March 21 Sudbury Wolves 3 – 8 Belleville Bulls Yardmen Arena Recap  
Derek MacKenzie (1) - 15:38 First period 9:50 - sh - Randy Rowe (1)
19:59 - (3)
Jason Jaspers (1) - 13:08 Second period 11:42 - pp - Jonathan Cheechoo (1)
12:33 - Jonathan Cheechoo (2)
13:40 - pp - Kevin Baker (4)
Mike Fisher (1) - pp - 7:16 Third period 2:40 - pp - Ryan Ready (2)
8:06 - Kevin Baker (5)
12:17 - Randy Rowe (2)
Andrew Raycroft (0 – 1, 15 saves / 19 shots)
(25 saves / 29 shots) 		Goalie stats (2 – 0, 29 saves / 32 shots)
March 23 Belleville Bulls 8 – 2 Sudbury Wolves Sudbury Community Arena Recap  
(1) - 12:55 First period No scoring
Justin Papineau (1) - 10:58
Justin Papineau (2) - 16:13 		Second period No scoring
(2) - 1:45
Randy Rowe (3) - 14:08
Jonathan Cheechoo (3) - 15:55
(1) - 16:33
(3) - pp - 17:43 		Third period 0:52 - (2)
8:37 - pp - (3)
(3 – 0, 64 saves / 66 shots) Goalie stats (0 – 2, 57 saves / 64 shots)
Andrew Raycroft (3 saves / 4 shots)
March 25 Belleville Bulls 8 – 5 Sudbury Wolves Sudbury Community Arena Recap  
Jonathan Cheechoo (4) - 2:26
Kris Newbury (1) - 2:48
(4) - 7:59
Nathan Robinson (1) - 8:24 		First period 9:05 - Mike Fisher (1)
11:05 - Norm Milley (1)
(2) - 4:57
(5) - 6:21
Justin Papineau (3) - pp - 19:51 		Second period 14:01 - Norm Milley (2)
19:37 - sh - Jason Jaspers (2)
Ryan Ready (3) - 7:55 Third period 8:04 - Derek MacKenzie (2)
(3 saves / 5 shots)
(4 – 0, 33 saves / 36 shots) 		Goalie stats Andrew Raycroft (0 – 2, 51 saves / 59 shots)
Belleville wins series 4 – 0


(4) Oshawa Generals vs. (5) Peterborough Petes[]
March 21 Peterborough Petes 1 – 2 Oshawa Generals Oshawa Civic Auditorium Recap  
No scoring First period 3:37 - pp - (1)
14:10 - pp - Brad Ralph (1)
Scott Barney (1) - pp - 7:22 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
(0 – 1, 44 saves / 46 shots) Goalie stats Tyrone Garner (1 – 0, 28 saves / 29 shots)
March 23 Oshawa Generals 2 – 4 Peterborough Petes Peterborough Memorial Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(1) - pp - 12:40
(1) - 14:43 		Second period 4:23 - (1)
5:29 - Jason Williams (1)
No scoring Third period 1:05 - pp - Scott Barney (2)
12:54 - Scott Barney (3)
Tyrone Garner (1 – 1, 39 saves / 43 shots) Goalie stats (1 – 1, 31 saves / 33 shots)
March 24 Peterborough Petes 5 – 6 Oshawa Generals Oshawa Civic Auditorium Recap  
(2) - pp - 11:24
(1) - pp - 16:31
(2) - pp - 17:10 		First period 3:58 - Jeff MacMillan (1)
No scoring Second period 13:04 - pp - (1)
13:23 - pp - (2)
Scott Barney (4) - pp - 2:28
(1) - 8:42 		Third period 6:58 - Kevin Colley (1)
11:36 - Brad Ralph (2)
12:36 - pp - Brad Ralph (3)
Joey MacDonald (0 – 1, 47 saves / 53 shots) Goalie stats Tyrone Garner (2 – 1, 33 saves / 38 shots)
March 25 Oshawa Generals 5 – 2 Peterborough Petes Peterborough Memorial Centre Recap  
(1) - 1:07 First period No scoring
Brad Ralph (4) - pp - 6:57
(2) - pp - 7:48
Kevin Colley (2) - sh - 10:48 		Second period 3:51 - (2)
17:06 - (1)
Jeff MacMillan (2) - 1:50 Third period No scoring
Tyrone Garner (3 – 1, 39 saves / 41 shots) Goalie stats Joey MacDonald (0 – 2, 29 saves / 34 shots)
March 28 Peterborough Petes 1 – 9 Oshawa Generals Oshawa Civic Auditorium Recap  
Brad Self (1) - pp - 13:07 First period 2:25 - (2)
16:07 - (3)
No scoring Second period 1:37 - (3)
4:01 - (1)
7:50 - (2)
13:34 - pp - Kevin Colley (3)
16:12 - (1)
19:17 - Richard Scott (1)
No scoring Third period 14:00 - (1)
(1 – 2, 26 saves / 33 shots)
Joey MacDonald (12 saves / 14 shots) 		Goalie stats Tyrone Garner (4 – 1, 35 saves / 36 shots)
Oshawa wins series 4 – 1


Western conference quarterfinals[]

(1) Plymouth Whalers vs. (8) Windsor Spitfires[]
March 21 Windsor Spitfires 1 – 9 Plymouth Whalers Compuware Sports Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 5:33 - Nikos Tselios (1)
17:52 - Harold Druken (1)
(1) - 3:06 Second period 2:28 - Damian Surma (1)
14:03 - (1)
18:58 - pp - Harold Druken (2)
No scoring Third period 2:17 - Harold Druken (3)
5:04 - (2)
9:23 - (1)
15:46 - pp - (1)
Michael Leighton (0 – 1, 63 saves / 72 shots) Goalie stats (1 – 0, 19 saves / 20 shots)
March 23 Plymouth Whalers 6 – 0 Windsor Spitfires Windsor Arena Recap  
(1) - 4:52
Nikos Tselios (2) - pp - 5:38 		First period No scoring
(3) - pp - 10:55
David Legwand (1) - sh - 15:00
(1) - 16:37 		Second period No scoring
Nikos Tselios (3) - 4:25 Third period No scoring
(2 – 0, 13 saves / 13 shots) Goalie stats (0 – 1, 31 saves / 36 shots)
Michael Leighton (13 saves / 14 shots)
March 25 Plymouth Whalers 4 – 3 Windsor Spitfires Windsor Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 8:50 - pp - (2)
(1) - pp - 4:56
Harold Druken (4) - 19:36 		Second period 11:20 - (3)
Troy Smith (2) - 8:44
Jason Ward (1) - 10:55 		Third period 11:34 - (1)
Rob Zepp (1 – 0, 26 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats (0 – 2, 44 saves / 48 shots)
March 26 Windsor Spitfires 2 – 8 Plymouth Whalers Compuware Sports Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 2:09 - pp - Paul Mara (1)
10:20 - (3)
(4) - pp - 12:32 Second period 5:41 - (2)
9:02 - Harold Druken (5)
13:47 - (1)
(2) - 14:25 Third period 2:31 - Damian Surma (2)
11:01 - Harold Druken (6)
16:45 - Justin Williams (1)
(0 – 3, 29 saves / 37 shots)
Michael Leighton (0 saves / 0 shots) 		Goalie stats (3 – 0, 17 saves / 19 shots)
Plymouth wins series 4 – 0


(2) Guelph Storm vs. (7) Erie Otters[]
March 22 Erie Otters 0 – 1 OT Guelph Storm Guelph Memorial Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 5:00 - (1)
(0 – 1, 42 saves / 43 shots) Goalie stats Chris Madden (1 – 0, 33 saves / 33 shots)
March 23 Erie Otters 4 – 6 Guelph Storm Guelph Memorial Gardens Recap  
Nikita Alexeev (1) - 2:07 First period 3:55 - pp - (1)
11:06 - pp - Eric Beaudoin (1)
(1) - pp - 9:10 Second period 0:40 - (1)
12:38 - (1)
19:32 - (1)
(1) - 7:13
(1) - pp - 13:42 		Third period 13:57 - (1)
(0 – 2, 45 saves / 51 shots) Goalie stats Chris Madden (2 – 0, 38 saves / 42 shots)
March 26 Guelph Storm 4 – 3 Erie Otters Erie Civic Center Recap  
(1) - pp - 8:22 First period 6:32 - (1)
16:13 - (2)
(1) - 12:04 Second period 8:28 - pp - (3)
(2) - sh - 4:18
Kevin Mitchell (1) - 11:16 		Third period No scoring
Chris Madden (3 – 0, 31 saves / 34 shots) Goalie stats (0 – 1, 33 saves / 37 shots)
(0 saves / 0 shots)
March 27 Guelph Storm 1 – 5 Erie Otters Erie Civic Center Recap  
(2) - pp - 19:10 First period 12:31 - (2)
17:12 - Brad Boyes (1)
No scoring Second period 0:09 - (4)
0:21 - (1)
11:14 - pp - (5)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Chris Madden (3 – 1, 23 saves / 28 shots)
Craig Anderson (0 saves / 0 shots) 		Goalie stats (1 – 2, 35 saves / 36 shots)
March 29 Erie Otters 2 – 3 Guelph Storm Guelph Memorial Gardens Recap  
(1) - 10:59 First period 17:29 - pp - (2)
(6) - pp - 2:38 Second period 5:03 - pp - (3)
No scoring Third period 13:50 - Eric Beaudoin (2)
(1 – 3, 42 saves / 45 shots)
(1 save / 1 shot) 		Goalie stats Chris Madden (4 – 1, 31 saves / 33 shots)
Guelph wins series 4 – 1


(3) Owen Sound Platers vs. (6) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds[]
March 21 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 5 – 10 Owen Sound Platers Bayshore Community Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 4:11 - pp - Wes Goldie (1)
5:47 - sh - Dan Snyder (1)
15:42 - (1)
(1) - 8:43
(1) - pp - 15:49 		Second period 4:12 - (1)
5:48 - (1)
6:20 - Adam Mair (1)
16:13 - (1)
18:18 - Jan Sulc (1)
Paul Ballantyne (1) - 5:38
Cory Pecker (1) - 13:16
(2) - 13:48 		Third period 5:27 - pp - Adam Mair (2)
17:21 - pp - (1)
(0 – 1, 35 saves / 42 shots)
(6 saves / 9 shots) 		Goalie stats Curtis Sanford (1 – 0, 36 saves / 41 shots)
March 22 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 2 – 3 Owen Sound Platers Bayshore Community Centre Recap  
(1) - pp - 15:41 First period 19:13 - pp - (1)
No scoring Second period 6:48 - pp - Chad Woollard (1)
15:05 - pp - (2)
Josef Vasicek (1) - 12:45 Third period No scoring
(0 – 1, 25 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Curtis Sanford (2 – 0, 37 saves / 39 shots)
March 25 Owen Sound Platers 2 – 6 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Sault Memorial Gardens Recap  
Wes Goldie (2) - pp - 11:31 First period No scoring
Joel Ward (1) - 0:26 Second period 6:37 - (3)
8:15 - (2)
14:23 - pp - (4)
15:38 - (1)
16:05 - Josef Vasicek (2)
17:11 - (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Curtis Sanford (2 – 1, 41 saves / 47 shots) Goalie stats (1 – 1, 27 saves / 29 shots)
March 26 Owen Sound Platers 3 – 2 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Sault Memorial Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(3) - pp - 9:04
Dan Snyder (2) - pp - 17:17 		Second period No scoring
(2) - 17:49 Third period 8:43 - pp - Josef Vasicek (3)
15:04 - pp - (3)
Curtis Sanford (3 – 1, 41 saves / 43 shots) Goalie stats (1 – 2, 33 saves / 36 shots)
March 28 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 4 – 6 Owen Sound Platers Bayshore Community Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 8:51 - pp - Adam Mair (3)
No scoring Second period 19:45 - pp - Dan Snyder (3)
(1) - 9:21
(4) - pp - 14:40
(5) - pp - 15:03
(2) - 16:39 		Third period 2:49 - pp - Wes Goldie (3)
7:10 - pp - Dan Snyder (4)
18:22 - Adam Mair (4)
19:34 - en - Dan Snyder (5)
(1 – 3, 35 saves / 40 shots) Goalie stats Curtis Sanford (4 – 1, 26 saves / 30 shots)
Owen Sound wins series 4 – 1


(4) Sarnia Sting vs. (5) London Knights[]
March 21 London Knights 3 – 6 Sarnia Sting Sarnia Sports & Entertainment Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 2:25 - (1)
5:53 - pp - (2)
No scoring Second period 12:29 - (1)
13:41 - pp - Ivan Novoseltsev (1)
19:07 - pp - Jeff Heerema (1)
Chris Kelly (1) - 4:05
John Erskine (1) - 9:55
(1) - 16:27 		Third period 19:32 - en - Ivan Novoseltsev (2)
(0 – 1, 25 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats (1 – 0, 23 saves / 26 shots)
March 23 Sarnia Sting 4 – 5 London Knights London Ice House Recap  
Jeff Heerema (2) - pp - 8:49
Peter Sarno (1) - pp - 13:54 		First period 2:41 - pp - (2)
7:50 - pp - Chris Kelly (2)
10:59 - Alex Henry (1)
No scoring Second period 2:57 - John Erskine (2)
19:23 - pp - John Erskine (3)
(1) - 11:44
(1) - 16:52 		Third period No scoring
(7 saves / 10 shots)
Greg Hewitt (0 – 1, 33 saves / 35 shots) 		Goalie stats (1 – 1, 34 saves / 38 shots)
March 25 London Knights 2 – 3 2OT Sarnia Sting Sarnia Sports & Entertainment Centre Recap  
Tom Kostopoulos (1) - sh - 5:57 First period 13:13 - pp - (1)
No scoring Second period 12:01 - Jeff Heerema (3)
(3) - 18:36 Third period No scoring
No scoring Second overtime period 10:36 - Jeff Zehr (1)
(1 – 2, 48 saves / 51 shots) Goalie stats Greg Hewitt (1 – 1, 62 saves / 64 shots)
March 26 Sarnia Sting 3 – 4 OT London Knights London Ice House Recap  
Jeff Zehr (2) - 8:53 First period No scoring
(1) - 6:37
(1) - 14:19 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 6:53 - Chris Kelly (3)
8:42 - (1)
15:59 - pp - Tom Kostopoulos (2)
No scoring First overtime period 3:35 - Rico Fata (1)
Greg Hewitt (1 – 2, 63 saves / 67 shots) Goalie stats (2 – 2, 35 saves / 38 shots)
March 28 London Knights 4 – 2 Sarnia Sting Sarnia Sports & Entertainment Centre Recap  
Rico Fata (2) - 4:04
(4) - 12:53 		First period No scoring
Rico Fata (3) - 4:03
(2) - pp - 17:39 		Second period 9:50 - pp - Jeff Zehr (3)
No scoring Third period 4:28 - pp - Jeff Heerema (4)
(3 – 2, 40 saves / 42 shots) Goalie stats Greg Hewitt (1 – 3, 34 saves / 38 shots)
(0 saves / 0 shots)
March 30 Sarnia Sting 1 – 4 London Knights London Ice House Recap  
Jeff Heerema (5) - 7:49 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 16:19 - pp - Krys Barch (1)
No scoring Third period 3:22 - pp - (1)
3:33 - Tom Kostopoulos (3)
18:08 - en - Alex Henry (2)
Greg Hewitt (1 – 4, 39 saves / 42 shots)
(0 saves / 0 shots) 		Goalie stats (4 – 2, 30 saves / 31 shots)
London wins series 4 – 2


Conference semifinals[]

Eastern conference semifinals[]

(1) Barrie Colts vs. (4) Oshawa Generals[]
April 4 Oshawa Generals 5 – 4 Barrie Colts Barrie Molson Centre Recap  
(1) - 13:08 First period 1:09 - (2)
4:11 - pp - (3)
Brad Ralph (5) - pp - 7:43
(2) - 11:52 		Second period 14:16 - pp - Daniel Tkaczuk (5)
17:48 - pp - Ryan Barnes (2)
Kevin Colley (4) - 13:04
Kevin Colley (5) - 19:50 		Third period No scoring
Tyrone Garner (5 – 1, 38 saves / 42 shots) Goalie stats (0 – 1, 26 saves / 31 shots)
April 6 Barrie Colts 5 – 2 Oshawa Generals Oshawa Civic Auditorium Recap  
Andre Lakos (3) - 14:47
Denis Shvidki (3) - 19:33 		First period 3:20 - (3)
(4) - pp - 3:37 Second period No scoring
Sheldon Keefe (3) - 4:19
Denis Shvidki (4) - 15:14 		Third period 9:08 - pp - Brad Ralph (6)
(1 – 1, 26 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Tyrone Garner (5 – 2, 42 saves / 47 shots)
April 8 Oshawa Generals 1 – 8 Barrie Colts Barrie Molson Centre Recap  
(4) - pp - 13:47 First period 11:18 - pp - Denis Shvidki (5)
11:41 - pp - Martin Skoula (3)
12:54 - pp - Sheldon Keefe (4)
No scoring Second period 8:45 - pp - Denis Shvidki (6)
No scoring Third period 6:32 - (2)
13:21 - pp - Sheldon Keefe (5)
15:51 - pp - Mike Jefferson (2)
19:27 - (3)
Tyrone Garner (5 – 3, 40 saves / 46 shots)
(3 saves / 5 shots) 		Goalie stats (2 – 1, 19 saves / 20 shots)
April 9 Barrie Colts 4 – 1 Oshawa Generals Oshawa Civic Auditorium Recap  
Mike Jefferson (3) - pp - 14:10 First period 11:26 - pp - (5)
Denis Shvidki (7) - pp - 13:05 Second period No scoring
(1) - 3:59
Daniel Tkaczuk (6) - 4:36 		Third period No scoring
(3 – 1, 27 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Tyrone Garner (5 – 4, 42 saves / 46 shots)
April 11 Oshawa Generals 5 – 4 OT Barrie Colts Barrie Molson Centre Recap  
(2) - 5:36
(2) - pp - 13:28 		First period 15:53 - pp - Mike Jefferson (4)
(3) - 10:40 Second period 18:52 - pp - (2)
19:05 - Daniel Tkaczuk (7)
Kevin Colley (6) - 17:20 Third period 11:35 - Nick Smith (3)
(3) - 8:29 First overtime period No scoring
Tyrone Garner (6 – 4, 48 saves / 52 shots) Goalie stats (3 – 2, 34 saves / 39 shots)
April 13 Barrie Colts 2 – 4 Oshawa Generals Oshawa Civic Auditorium Recap  
No scoring First period 4:35 - pp - (6)
15:12 - sh - Brad Ralph (7)
Mike Jefferson (5) - pp - 8:05
(1) - pp - 11:19 		Second period 1:54 - Andrew Peters (1)
8:18 - pp - (4)
No scoring Third period No scoring
(3 – 3, 38 saves / 42 shots) Goalie stats Tyrone Garner (7 – 4, 36 saves / 38 shots)
April 15 Oshawa Generals 5 – 3 Barrie Colts Barrie Molson Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
(7) - pp - 2:45
(8) - 10:21
Kevin Colley (7) - pp - 15:20
(2) - 16:13 		Second period No scoring
(4) - sh - 5:31 Third period 0:42 - (5)
11:22 - (4)
12:29 - Mike Jefferson (6)
Tyrone Garner (8 – 4, 33 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats (3 – 4, 23 saves / 28 shots)
Oshawa wins series 4 – 3


(2) Ottawa 67's vs. (3) Belleville Bulls[]
April 2 Belleville Bulls 5 – 6 2OT Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre Recap  
Kris Newbury (2) - 11:40 First period 3:39 - Mark Bell (3)
7:21 - pp - Matt Zultek (4)
Kevin Baker (6) - pp - 13:49
(6) - 16:10 		Second period 18:53 - pp - Matt Zultek (5)
Ryan Ready (4) - 18:03
Kevin Baker (7) - 18:59 		Third period 5:56 - Mark Bell (4)
8:30 - (1)
No scoring Second overtime period 16:00 - Mark Bell (5)
(4 – 1, 51 saves / 57 shots) Goalie stats Seamus Kotyk (3 – 0, 45 saves / 50 shots)
April 3 Ottawa 67's 2 – 5 Belleville Bulls Yardmen Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 3:14 - Justin Papineau (4)
3:35 - (4)
13:31 - Mike Renzi (1)
Jonathan Zion (2) - 13:28
Matt Zultek (6) - pp - 15:58 		Second period 17:39 - Jonathan Cheechoo (5)
No scoring Third period 10:38 - Derek Campbell (1)
Levente Szuper (2 – 1, 42 saves / 47 shots) Goalie stats (5 – 1, 32 saves / 34 shots)
April 6 Belleville Bulls 3 – 1 Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre Recap  
Kevin Baker (8) - pp - 19:00 First period No scoring
Mike Renzi (2) - 14:01 Second period 19:52 - pp - Mark Bell (6)
Randy Rowe (4) - 17:34 Third period No scoring
(6 – 1, 37 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Seamus Kotyk (3 – 1, 23 saves / 26 shots)
April 7 Ottawa 67's 4 – 5 OT Belleville Bulls Yardmen Arena Recap  
Dan Tudin (2) - 13:28 First period 14:01 - (5)
No scoring Second period 5:21 - Branko Radivojevic (2)
Nick Boynton (1) - pp - 1:17
(2) - 10:53
(1) - 11:07 		Third period 9:49 - Ryan Ready (5)
19:52 - Kevin Baker (9)
No scoring First overtime period 1:19 - (7)
Levente Szuper (2 – 2, 31 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats (7 – 1, 28 saves / 32 shots)
April 9 Belleville Bulls 3 – 2 OT Ottawa 67's Ottawa Civic Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 11:34 - sh - Brian Campbell (2)
Randy Rowe (5) - 11:21
Ryan Ready (6) - pp - 15:42 		Third period 1:16 - pp - Dan Tudin (3)
Ryan Ready (7) - 2:03 First overtime period No scoring
(8 – 1, 26 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Seamus Kotyk (3 – 2, 27 saves / 30 shots)
Belleville wins series 4 – 1


Western conference semifinals[]

(1) Plymouth Whalers vs. (5) London Knights[]
April 3 London Knights 3 – 2 OT Plymouth Whalers Compuware Sports Arena Recap  
(2) - pp - 3:04
(5) - sh - 3:46 		First period 7:13 - Harold Druken (7)
No scoring Second period 6:58 - (4)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Krys Barch (2) - 0:34 First overtime period No scoring
(5 – 2, 37 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats (3 – 1, 27 saves / 30 shots)
April 5 Plymouth Whalers 2 – 3 OT London Knights London Ice House Recap  
No scoring First period 0:44 - pp - Tom Kostopoulos (4)
8:27 - pp - Tom Kostopoulos (5)
(2) - pp - 12:01 Second period No scoring
Damian Surma (3) - 14:06 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 0:53 - Tom Kostopoulos (6)
(3 – 2, 35 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats (6 – 2, 41 saves / 43 shots)
April 7 London Knights 3 – 7 Plymouth Whalers Compuware Sports Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 12:23 - (3)
13:07 - Harold Druken (8)
Krys Barch (3) - 2:38
Joel Scherban (1) - 11:34 		Second period 3:08 - Harold Druken (9)
5:33 - (1)
(6) - 5:22 Third period 16:39 - (5)
19:06 - en - (6)
19:41 - Jason Ward (2)
(6 – 3, 41 saves / 47 shots) Goalie stats (4 – 2, 25 saves / 28 shots)
April 9 Plymouth Whalers 5 – 4 OT London Knights London Ice House Recap  
Jason Ward (3) - pp - 14:21 First period 16:57 - Rico Fata (4)
(3) - 6:39
(2) - 7:09
David Legwand (2) - 18:56 		Second period 1:55 - Tom Kostopoulos (7)
No scoring Third period 5:25 - (3)
10:43 - Tom Kostopoulos (8)
Nikos Tselios (4) - pp - 6:05 First overtime period No scoring
(5 – 2, 45 saves / 49 shots) Goalie stats (6 – 4, 43 saves / 48 shots)
April 10 London Knights 4 – 5 Plymouth Whalers Compuware Sports Arena Recap  
Krys Barch (4) - 11:01 First period 8:24 - pp - Paul Mara (2)
8:48 - Jason Ward (4)
Krys Barch (5) - 4:35
(3) - pp - 19:57 		Second period 1:39 - Paul Mara (3)
3:32 - pp - David Legwand (3)
17:39 - pp - Jason Ward (5)
Rico Fata (5) - pp - 11:47 Third period No scoring
(6 – 5, 41 saves / 46 shots) Goalie stats (6 – 2, 28 saves / 32 shots)
April 13 Plymouth Whalers 2 – 8 London Knights London Ice House Recap  
No scoring First period 3:08 - pp - Chris Kelly (4)
Paul Mara (4) - 8:37 Second period 3:58 - (1)
5:45 - pp - Rico Fata (6)
14:50 - pp - John Erskine (4)
Tomek Valtonen (1) - 17:40 Third period 8:02 - pp - (1)
9:55 - Tom Kostopoulos (9)
10:20 - (1)
16:12 - (2)
(6 – 3, 22 saves / 26 shots)
Rob Zepp (12 saves / 16 shots) 		Goalie stats (7 – 5, 24 saves / 26 shots)
April 15 London Knights 10 – 3 Plymouth Whalers Compuware Sports Arena Recap  
Tom Kostopoulos (10) - 0:29
(4) - 5:18
(7) - 6:12 		First period 1:07 - Paul Mara (5)
Krys Barch (6) - 1:23
(1) - 3:32
Joel Scherban (2) - 9:53
Dan Jancevski (1) - 18:38 		Second period 4:36 - (1)
(8) - 1:53
Tom Kostopoulos (11) - 7:08
Rico Fata (7) - 14:44 		Third period 4:01 - Jason Ward (6)
(8 – 5, 42 saves / 45 shots) Goalie stats (6 – 4, 24 saves / 31 shots)
Rob Zepp (6 saves / 9 shots)
London wins series 4 – 3


(2) Guelph Storm vs. (3) Owen Sound Platers[]
April 1 Owen Sound Platers 5 – 6 Guelph Storm Guelph Memorial Gardens Recap  
(3) - pp - 4:10
Wes Goldie (4) - sh - 9:25
Jan Sulc (2) - 19:18 		First period 12:14 - (3)
Chad Woollard (2) - pp - 12:30 Second period 3:55 - pp - (4)
9:43 - Kent McDonell (1)
(1) - 2:17 Third period 1:33 - pp - Eric Beaudoin (3)
14:26 - Kevin Dallman (1)
16:47 - Kent McDonell (2)
Curtis Sanford (4 – 2, 35 saves / 41 shots) Goalie stats Chris Madden (5 – 1, 38 saves / 43 shots)
April 3 Guelph Storm 4 – 8 Owen Sound Platers Bayshore Community Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 2:58 - pp - (4)
5:54 - (2)
6:12 - (4)
Kevin Mitchell (2) - 5:16
(2) - 15:01
(3) - 17:28 		Second period 6:49 - (2)
13:34 - Wes Goldie (5)
15:52 - Adam Mair (5)
Kevin Mitchell (3) - pp - 3:56 Third period 12:49 - pp - (5)
13:45 - (1)
Chris Madden (6 saves / 9 shots)
Craig Anderson (0 – 1, 32 saves / 37 shots) 		Goalie stats Curtis Sanford (5 – 2, 34 saves / 38 shots)
April 5 Owen Sound Platers 4 – 3 Guelph Storm Guelph Memorial Gardens Recap  
Wes Goldie (6) - 5:06
Adam Mair (6) - pp - 10:45 		First period 3:05 - Charlie Stephens (1)
No scoring Second period 4:20 - (5)
12:08 - pp - (4)
(6) - 7:27
(2) - 8:49 		Third period No scoring
Curtis Sanford (6 – 2, 42 saves / 45 shots) Goalie stats Chris Madden (5 – 2, 36 saves / 40 shots)
April 7 Guelph Storm 3 – 4 Owen Sound Platers Bayshore Community Centre Recap  
No scoring First period 6:47 - pp - (7)
Kent McDonell (3) - 8:57
Kent McDonell (4) - pp - 10:34
(3) - 11:49 		Second period 13:07 - pp - Dan Snyder (6)
17:50 - (3)
18:22 - Jan Sulc (3)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Craig Anderson (0 – 2, 40 saves / 44 shots) Goalie stats Curtis Sanford (7 – 2, 32 saves / 35 shots)
April 9 Owen Sound Platers 1 – 4 Guelph Storm Guelph Memorial Gardens Recap  
No scoring First period 10:03 - Eric Beaudoin (4)
15:26 - (2)
No scoring Second period 4:32 - pp - Charlie Stephens (2)
Adam Mair (7) - pp - 4:53 Third period 12:36 - (4)
Curtis Sanford (7 – 3, 33 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Chris Madden (6 – 2, 40 saves / 41 shots)
April 11 Guelph Storm 3 – 6 Owen Sound Platers Bayshore Community Centre Recap  
Charlie Stephens (3) - 7:32 First period No scoring
Eric Beaudoin (5) - 4:03
(5) - 13:24 		Second period 9:07 - (1)
14:35 - (2)
17:01 - Dan Snyder (7)
No scoring Third period 1:54 - Joel Ward (2)
8:30 - (8)
19:36 - en - sh - Jan Sulc (4)
Chris Madden (6 – 3, 45 saves / 50 shots) Goalie stats Curtis Sanford (8 – 3, 44 saves / 47 shots)
Owen Sound wins series 4 – 2


Conference finals[]

Eastern conference finals[]

(3) Belleville Bulls vs. (4) Oshawa Generals[]
April 16 Oshawa Generals 1 – 8 Belleville Bulls Yardmen Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 4:36 - Justin Papineau (5)
14:37 - sh - Justin Papineau (6)
19:31 - Kevin Baker (10)
(4) - pp - 14:49 Second period 18:53 - Justin Papineau (7)
No scoring Third period 13:04 - pp - Derek Campbell (2)
15:38 - Branko Radivojevic (3)
16:43 - (8)
18:13 - Kevin Baker (11)
Tyrone Garner (8 – 5, 36 saves / 44 shots) Goalie stats (9 – 1, 23 saves / 24 shots)
April 18 Belleville Bulls 4 – 6 Oshawa Generals Oshawa Civic Auditorium Recap  
Nathan Robinson (2) - 5:01
Justin Papineau (8) - pp - 13:07 		First period 16:48 - pp - Andrew Peters (2)
Kris Newbury (3) - 15:38 Second period 1:29 - Jeff MacMillan (3)
6:04 - pp - (5)
6:13 - (6)
(1) - pp - 13:28 Third period 9:57 - pp - (3)
15:28 - pp - (9)
(9 – 2, 34 saves / 40 shots) Goalie stats Tyrone Garner (9 – 5, 36 saves / 40 shots)
April 20 Oshawa Generals 2 – 4 Belleville Bulls Yardmen Arena Recap  
(4) - 11:06 First period 2:06 - Kris Newbury (4)
11:40 - pp - Ryan Ready (8)
(5) - 19:11 Second period 1:46 - Nathan Robinson (3)
No scoring Third period 8:57 - (9)
Tyrone Garner (9 – 6, 43 saves / 47 shots) Goalie stats (10 – 2, 23 saves / 25 shots)
April 21 Belleville Bulls 6 – 4 Oshawa Generals Oshawa Civic Auditorium Recap  
Derek Campbell (3) - 7:50
Branko Radivojevic (4) - 19:14 		First period 0:49 - (4)
Justin Papineau (9) - pp - 8:29 Second period 9:43 - Kevin Colley (8)
17:43 - (5)
Derek Campbell (4) - 0:37
Derek Campbell (5) - 12:51
Justin Papineau (10) - en - 19:22 		Third period 19:05 - Brad Ralph (8)
(11 – 2, 33 saves / 37 shots) Goalie stats Tyrone Garner (9 – 7, 26 saves / 31 shots)
April 23 Oshawa Generals 2 – 8 Belleville Bulls Yardmen Arena Recap  
(6) - sh - 10:13 First period 9:11 - pp - Justin Papineau (11)
(10) - 15:42 Second period 4:48 - pp - Mike Renzi (3)
7:37 - Justin Papineau (12)
11:29 - pp - Jonathan Cheechoo (6)
No scoring Third period 3:34 - pp - Branko Radivojevic (5)
6:49 - pp - Justin Papineau (13)
19:10 - pp - Mike Renzi (4)
19:57 - (2)
Tyrone Garner (9 – 8, 39 saves / 47 shots) Goalie stats (12 – 2, 30 saves / 32 shots)
Belleville wins series 4 – 1


Western conference finals[]

(3) Owen Sound Platers vs. (5) London Knights[]
April 18 Owen Sound Platers 0 – 3 London Knights London Ice House Recap  
No scoring First period 6:06 - Tom Kostopoulos (12)
9:59 - (2)
No scoring Second period 2:16 - Krys Barch (7)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Curtis Sanford (8 – 4, 47 saves / 50 shots) Goalie stats (9 – 5, 33 saves / 33 shots)
April 20 London Knights 2 – 3 Owen Sound Platers Bayshore Community Centre Recap  
Joel Scherban (3) - 2:04 First period 8:12 - pp - Wes Goldie (7)
(9) - 10:41 Second period 4:29 - pp - Wes Goldie (8)
No scoring Third period 6:17 - pp - Wes Goldie (9)
(9 – 6, 51 saves / 54 shots) Goalie stats Curtis Sanford (9 – 4, 44 saves / 46 shots)
April 22 London Knights 3 – 1 Owen Sound Platers Bayshore Community Centre Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Rico Fata (8) - pp - 14:32
(4) - pp - 18:00 		Second period 10:21 - pp - Adam Mair (9)
(10) - 3:29 Third period No scoring
(10 – 6, 40 saves / 41 shots) Goalie stats Curtis Sanford (9 – 5, 34 saves / 37 shots)
April 23 Owen Sound Platers 3 – 4 London Knights London Ice House Recap  
No scoring First period 9:47 - (5)
Adam Mair (10) - pp - 2:05
Wes Goldie (10) - 3:00
(8) - 4:16 		Second period 13:02 - pp - Alex Henry (3)
16:30 - Chris Kelly (5)
No scoring Third period 5:36 - (5)
Curtis Sanford (9 – 6, 50 saves / 54 shots) Goalie stats (11 – 6, 38 saves / 41 shots)
April 25 London Knights 4 – 3 Owen Sound Platers Bayshore Community Centre Recap  
(3) - 1:14
Tom Kostopoulos (13) - 3:45 		First period No scoring
Joel Scherban (4) - 1:39 Second period 5:02 - (3)
11:43 - Dan Snyder (8)
Joel Scherban (5) - 1:14 Third period 8:08 - pp - Wes Goldie (11)
(12 – 6, 26 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Curtis Sanford (9 – 7, 43 saves / 47 shots)
London wins series 4 – 1


OHL finals[]

J. Ross Robertson cup finals[]

(E3) Belleville Bulls vs. (W5) London Knights[]
April 29 London Knights 5 – 4 OT Belleville Bulls Yardmen Arena Recap  
Krys Barch (8) - pp - 12:21 First period 9:38 - Justin Papineau (14)
17:16 - (10)
Tom Kostopoulos (14) - 3:08 Second period 9:47 - pp - Kevin Baker (12)
(1) - 5:58
Krys Barch (9) - 11:49 		Third period 7:13 - (3)
(2) - 8:17 First overtime period No scoring
(13 – 6, 44 saves / 48 shots) Goalie stats (12 – 3, 35 saves / 40 shots)
May 1 Belleville Bulls 6 – 3 London Knights London Ice House Recap  
Ryan Ready (9) - pp - 4:26
Justin Papineau (15) - pp - 9:13 		First period No scoring
Randy Rowe (6) - pp - 0:47
Nathan Robinson (4) - 15:54 		Second period No scoring
(11) - 1:01
Justin Papineau (16) - 2:27 		Third period 0:30 - pp - (6)
8:18 - pp - (6)
11:10 - Chris Kelly (6)
(13 – 3, 36 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats (13 – 7, 44 saves / 50 shots)
May 3 London Knights 3 – 5 Belleville Bulls Yardmen Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 17:46 - Mike Renzi (5)
John Erskine (5) - 17:33 Second period No scoring
(11) - 17:59
Tom Kostopoulos (15) - sh - 19:30 		Third period 4:56 - Jonathan Cheechoo (7)
7:04 - pp - Jonathan Cheechoo (8)
9:37 - pp - Randy Rowe (7)
19:59 - Justin Papineau (17)
(13 – 8, 43 saves / 48 shots) Goalie stats (14 – 3, 30 saves / 33 shots)
May 5 Belleville Bulls 6 – 1 London Knights London Ice House Recap  
Branko Radivojevic (6) - 1:25
Derek Campbell (6) - 3:00
Justin Papineau (18) - 8:21
Chris Stanley (1) - pp - 11:28 		First period 15:42 - pp - Tom Kostopoulos (16)
Justin Papineau (19) - sh - 12:44
Randy Rowe (8) - 16:38 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
(15 – 3, 32 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats (13 – 9, 38 saves / 44 shots)
May 7 London Knights 6 – 4 Belleville Bulls Yardmen Arena Recap  
Tom Kostopoulos (17) - 18:55 First period 3:54 - sh - Randy Rowe (9)
(12) - 7:05 Second period 19:34 - pp - Jonathan Cheechoo (9)
Tom Kostopoulos (18) - pp - 6:59
(7) - 7:35
Chris Kelly (7) - pp - 9:24
Rico Fata (9) - 9:32 		Third period 11:32 - pp - Jonathan Cheechoo (10)
16:25 - (12)
(14 – 9, 26 saves / 30 shots) Goalie stats (15 – 4, 29 saves / 35 shots)
May 9 Belleville Bulls 1 – 5 London Knights London Ice House Recap  
No scoring First period 5:27 - Tom Kostopoulos (19)
Justin Papineau (20) - pp - 16:22 Second period 9:58 - pp - Rico Fata (10)
18:09 - pp - (7)
No scoring Third period 14:16 - (8)
16:11 - pp - Chris Kelly (8)
(15 – 5, 37 saves / 42 shots) Goalie stats (15 – 9, 29 saves / 30 shots)
May 11 London Knights 2 – 9 Belleville Bulls Yardmen Arena Recap  
Chris Kelly (9) - 17:40 First period 7:47 - (13)
10:23 - pp - Branko Radivojevic (7)
12:28 - Jonathan Cheechoo (11)
16:02 - Justin Papineau (21)
(4) - 13:28 Second period 0:23 - Jonathan Cheechoo (12)
12:20 - Jonathan Cheechoo (13)
14:45 - Jonathan Cheechoo (14)
No scoring Third period 3:49 - pp - Ryan Ready (10)
10:12 - Jonathan Cheechoo (15)
(15 – 10, 48 saves / 57 shots) Goalie stats (16 – 5, 30 saves / 32 shots)
Belleville wins series 4 – 3


J. Ross Robertson Cup Champions Roster[]

1998-99 Belleville Bulls[3]
Goaltenders
  • Canada 1 –  
  • Canada 30 –  

Defencemen

  • Canada 2 –  
  • United States 4 –  
  • Canada 5 –  
  • Canada 14 –  
  • Czech Republic 24 – Branislav Mezei 
  • Canada 25 –  
  • Canada 44 – Adam Collins 

Wingers

Centres

Playoff scoring leaders[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes [4]

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Justin Papineau Belleville Bulls 21 21 30 51 20
Ryan Ready Belleville Bulls 21 10 28 38 22
Tom Kostopoulos London Knights 25 19 16 35 32
London Knights 25 12 22 34 24
Jonathan Cheechoo Belleville Bulls 21 15 15 30 27
Krys Barch London Knights 25 9 17 26 15
Chris Kelly London Knights 25 9 17 26 22
London Knights 25 8 18 26 40
Owen Sound Platers 16 3 22 25 22
Belleville Bulls 21 13 11 24 22

Playoff leading goaltenders[]

Note: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average [5]

Player Team GP Mins W L GA SO Sv% GAA
Seamus Kotyk Ottawa 67's 5 338 3 2 13 0 0.912 2.31
Erie Otters 5 245 1 3 11 0 0.937 2.69
Levente Szuper Ottawa 67's 4 241 2 2 11 1 0.924 2.73
Brian Finley Barrie Colts 5 324 4 1 15 0 0.917 2.78
Greg Hewitt Sarnia Sting 5 323 1 4 15 0 0.939 2.79

All-Star teams[]

First team[]

Second team[]

Third team[]

Awards[]

J. Ross Robertson Cup: Belleville Bulls
Hamilton Spectator Trophy: Plymouth Whalers
Bobby Orr Trophy: Belleville Bulls
Wayne Gretzky Trophy: London Knights
Leyden Trophy: Ottawa 67's
Emms Trophy: Barrie Colts
Holody Trophy: Guelph Storm
Bumbacco Trophy: Plymouth Whalers
Red Tilson Trophy: Brian Campbell, Ottawa 67's
Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy: Peter Sarno, Sarnia Sting
Matt Leyden Trophy: Peter DeBoer, Plymouth Whalers
Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy: Norm Milley, Sudbury Wolves
Max Kaminsky Trophy: Brian Campbell, Ottawa 67's
OHL Goaltender of the Year: Brian Finley, Barrie Colts
Jack Ferguson Award: Jason Spezza, Mississauga IceDogs
Dave Pinkney Trophy: and Rob Zepp, Plymouth Whalers
OHL Executive of the Year: Jeff Hunt, Ottawa 67's
Emms Family Award: Sheldon Keefe, Barrie Colts
F.W. 'Dinty' Moore Trophy: Levente Szuper, Ottawa 67's
OHL Humanitarian of the Year: , Sudbury Wolves
William Hanley Trophy: Brian Campbell, Ottawa 67's
Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy: Ryan Ready, Belleville Bulls
Bobby Smith Trophy: Rob Zepp, Plymouth Whalers
Wayne Gretzky 99 Award: Justin Papineau, Belleville Bulls

1999 OHL Priority Selection[]

On June 5, 1999, the OHL conducted the 1999 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection at the Brampton Centre for Sports & Entertainment in Brampton, Ontario. The Mississauga IceDogs held the first overall pick in the draft, and selected Jason Spezza from the Brampton Battalion. Spezza was awarded the Jack Ferguson Award, awarded to the top pick in the draft.

Below are the players who were selected in the first round of the 1999 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection.[6]

# Player Nationality OHL Team Hometown Minor Team
1 Jason Spezza (C) Canada Canada Mississauga IceDogs Brampton, Ontario Brampton Battalion
2 Jay McClement (C) Canada Canada Brampton Battalion Kingston, Ontario Kingston Voyageurs
3 (RW) Canada Canada Toronto St. Michael's Majors King City, Ontario Vaughan Kings
4 Steve Eminger (D) Canada Canada Kitchener Rangers Woodbridge, Ontario Bramalea Blues
5 (C) Canada Canada Kingston Frontenacs Lindsay, Ontario Lindsay Muskies
6 Chris Thorburn (RW) Canada Canada North Bay Centennials Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Elliot Lake Ice
7 Tim Gleason (D) United States United States Windsor Spitfires Clawson, Michigan Leamington Flyers
8 (G) Canada Canada Sudbury Wolves Verner, Ontario Collingwood Blackhawks
9 (LW) Canada Canada Erie Otters Listowel, Ontario Collingwood Blackhawks
10 Trevor Daley (D) Canada Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Toronto, Ontario Vaughan Vipers
11 (C) Canada Canada London Knights Sudbury, Ontario Sudbury Wolves Bantam
12 (LW) Canada Canada Sarnia Sting Leamington, Ontario Leamington Flyers
13 Ryan Ramsay (C) Canada Canada Peterborough Petes Ajax, Ontario Ajax Attack
14 Greg Jacina (LW) Canada Canada Owen Sound Platers Guelph, Ontario Orangeville Crushers
15 (C) Canada Canada Oshawa Generals Peterborough, Ontario Peterborough Petes Bantam
16 Kyle Wellwood (C/RW) Canada Canada Belleville Bulls Windsor, Ontario Tecumseh Chiefs
17 (LW) Canada Canada Guelph Storm Thunder Bay, Ontario St. Thomas Stars
18 Brendan Bell (D) Canada Canada Ottawa 67's Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa Jr. Senators
19 Erik Reitz (D) United States United States Barrie Colts Plymouth, Michigan Leamington Flyers
20 Stephen Weiss (C) Canada Canada Plymouth Whalers Markham, Ontario North York Rangers

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ https://ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/players/6
  2. ^ https://ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/goalies/6
  3. ^ https://ontariohockeyleague.com/roster/1/7
  4. ^ https://ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/players/7
  5. ^ https://ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/goalies/7
  6. ^ https://ontariohockeyleague.com/draft/1999
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