Visors and Risers

2016 OHL Champion London Knights Credit London Free Press  I'd like to start off this post by apologizing for not fully covering all of the first round matchup in their entirety, I haven't had the time to finish them off so I will briefly go over all of them right now: The Erie Otters were the first team to advance to the second round by sweeping the Sarnia Sting in four straight games. Peterborough was the next to advance to the second round with their four game sweep of the Niagara Ice Dogs. Sault St. Marie was the next team moving on to the second round of the playoffs with a four games to one victory over the Flint Firebirds. Owen Sound defeated the Kitchener Rangers in their first series four games to one. The Mississauga Steelheads doubled up the Ottawa 67's four games to two in order to move on to the next round of the playoffs. Oshawa won their first round matchup against Sudbury four games to two. Kingston  came away with a four to thre

Credit Kingston Times The Kingston Frontenacs came away with a 4-3 series victory with a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory in game seven. Game scores can be seen below, home team will be first and the series record will follow each game score. Game #1: Kingston (0) Vs. Hamilton (2) 1-0 Hamilton  The Hamilton Bulldogs spoiled Kingston's home playoff opener, blanking the Frontenacs 2-0 in front of 2,866 disappointed fans. Bulldog's Center Will Bitten scored both goals and goaltender Dawson Carty posted a shutout stopping all 19 Kingston shots for the victory. Kingston goaltender Jeremy Helvig stopped 27 of 29 shots in the loss. Game #2: Kingston (4) VS. Hamilton (5) 2-0 Hamilton  Once again the Hamilton Bulldogs spoiled Kingston's home ice advantage, beating them 5-4 in front of 2,375 fans at the Rogers K-Rock Center. Kingston finally solved the stingy Hamilton defense when they scored at 7:00 minutes of the first period and later at 16:00 minutes as well. Hamilto

Credit Boston.com  Round #1:  #3 Harvard (3) Vs. Providence (0) The third ranked Harvard Crimson beat up on the Providence Friars 3-0 in their first game of the tournament. Forward Tyler Moy led the Crimson with 2 goals and goaltender Merrick Madsen made 41 saves for the shutout victory. Friars goalie Hayden Hawkey stopped 26 of 28 shots in the losing effort. Air Force (5) Vs. Western Michigan (4)  In one of the biggest upsets of the first round, The Falcons of Air Force upended the Western Michigan Broncos by a score of 5-4. The Falcons were led offensively by forwards Kyle Haak (2 goals) and Jordan Himley (1 goal, 2 assists). Broncos goaltender Ben Blacker stopped 25 of the 30 shots he faced in the loss. #2 Minnesota Duluth (3) Vs. Ohio State (2) OT  The second ranked Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs barely escaped the first round with the win, beating the Ohio State Buckeyes in overtime. The scoring started off in the second period when the Bulldogs scored two unanswered

Credit Centre Daily Times Round #1:   #1 Denver (5) Vs. Michigan Tech (2)  The number one seeded Denver Pioneers's four goal first period proved to be too much for Michigan Tech as Denver would go on to win the game 5-2. The Pioneers were led offensively by Colin Staub (2 goals) and Liam Finlay (2 assists) and Goaltender Tanner Jaillet made 16 saves on 18 shots for the victory. Michigan Tech's Gavin Gould had one goal for the Huskies. Penn State (10) Vs. Union (3)  An Impressive outing for the Nittany Lions as they used a five goal third period to blow past Union in their first ever NCAA tournament game. The Lions balanced attack was lead by forwards Nate Sucese and Chase Berger who each had 2 goals and one assist in the game. Goaltender Peyton Jones was impressive for the Lions, making 22 saves on 25 shots. Spencer Foo was the lone bright spot for Union with 2 goals. #4 Minnesota (2) Vs. Notre Dame (3)  The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame used a late 3rd peri