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 expansion 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.

Teams

East Division Central Division Midwest Division West Division

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

RankTeamDIVGPWLTPTSGFGA
1z-Barrie ColtsCentral6849136104343192
2y-Ottawa 67'sEast6848137103305164
3x-Belleville BullsEast683922785334246
4x-Oshawa GeneralsEast683924583280217
5x-Peterborough PetesEast684026282266213
6x-Sudbury WolvesCentral682535858261288
7x-North Bay CentennialsCentral682240650215248
8x-Kingston FrontenacsEast682242448240320
9Toronto St. Michael's MajorsCentral682042646214316
10Mississauga IceDogsCentral68461311145426

Western conference

RankTeamDIVGPWLTPTSGFGA
1z-Plymouth WhalersWest6851134106313162
2x-Guelph StormMidwest684422290300218
3x-Owen Sound PlatersMidwest683924583312293
4x-Sarnia StingWest683725680279216
5x-London KnightsWest683430472260217
6x-Sault Ste. Marie GreyhoundsWest683129870244242
7x-Erie OttersMidwest683133466271297
8x-Windsor SpitfiresWest682339652203294
9Kitchener RangersMidwest682339652205257
10Brampton BattalionMidwest68857319198362

Scoring leaders

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

PlayerTeamGPGAPtsPIM
Peter SarnoSarnia Sting68379313049
Norm MilleySudbury Wolves68526812047
Sheldon KeefeToronto/Barrie665165116140
Adam ColagiacomoPlymouth Whalers67406810889
Mike FisherSudbury Wolves68416510655
Daniel TkaczukBarrie Colts58436210558
Harold DrukenPlymouth Whalers60584510334
Kevin ColleyOshawa Generals63396210168
Justin PapineauBelleville Bulls6852479928
Ivan NovoseltsevSarnia Sting6857399645

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]

PlayerTeamGPMinsWLTGASOSv%GAA
Robert HolsingerPlymouth Whalers402252281007850.9242.08
Levente SzuperOttawa 67's32180122637040.9202.33
Seamus KotykOttawa 67's41231426749250.9152.39
Brian FinleyBarrie Colts5230643610413630.9202.66
Rob ZeppPlymouth Whalers31166319347630.9072.74

Playoffs

Conference quarterfinalsConference semifinalsConference finalsFinals
            
E1Barrie4
E8Kingston1
E1Barrie3
E4Oshawa4
E4Oshawa4
E5Peterborough1
E4Oshawa1
E3Belleville4
E3Belleville4
E6Sudbury0
E3Belleville4
E2Ottawa1
E2Ottawa4
E7North Bay0
E3Belleville4
W5London3
W1Plymouth4
W8Windsor0
W1Plymouth3
W5London4
W4Sarnia2
W5London4
W5London4
W3Owen Sound1
W3Owen Sound4
W6S.S. Marie1
W3Owen Sound4
W2Guelph2
W2Guelph4
W7Erie1

Conference quarterfinals

Eastern conference quarterfinals

(1) Barrie Colts vs. (8) Kingston Frontenacs
March 21Kingston Frontenacs2 – 5Barrie ColtsBarrie Molson CentreRecap 
No scoringFirst period0:19 - Denis Shvidki (1)
10:13 - Daniel Tkaczuk (1)
12:11 - Jeff Tetzlaff (1)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Adam Ianiero (1) - 12:34
Matt Elich (1) - 17:10
Third period2:50 - Martin Skoula (1)
19:52 - en - Daniel Tkaczuk (2)
Patrick DesRochers (0 – 1, 36 saves / 40 shots)Goalie statsBrian Finley (1 – 0, 27 saves / 29 shots)
March 23Barrie Colts4 – 3Kingston FrontenacsKingston Memorial CentreRecap 
Sheldon Keefe (1) - 11:27
Mike Christian (1) - 12:29
First periodNo scoring
Andre Lakos (1) - 13:23Second period12:18 - Andrew Ianiero (2)
Nick Smith (1) - 18:18Third period0:37 - pp - Brett Cloutier (1)
7:08 - Andrew Ianiero (3)
Brian Finley (2 – 0, 47 saves / 50 shots)Goalie statsPatrick DesRochers (0 – 2, 42 saves / 46 shots)
March 24Barrie Colts3 – 42OTKingston FrontenacsKingston Memorial CentreRecap 
Denis Shvidki (2) - pp - 7:02First period12:40 - pp - Andrew Ianiero (4)
16:50 - pp - Kevin Grimes (1)
Andrew Lakos (2) - 15:21
Ryan Barnes (1) - 17:28
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period18:15 - Matt Elich (2)
No scoringSecond overtime period3:41 - Andrew Ianiero (5)
Brian Finley (2 – 1, 35 saves / 39 shots)Goalie statsPatrick DesRochers (1 – 2, 59 saves / 62 shots)
March 26Kingston Frontenacs2 – 5Barrie ColtsBarrie Molson CentreRecap 
Jonathan Schill (1) - 12:24First period1:41 - sh - Scott Cameron (1)
No scoringSecond period3:02 - Nick Smith (2)
11:58 - Jerry Connell (1)
Kevin Grimes (2) - 10:29Third period3:36 - Mike Jefferson (1)
4:31 - Daniel Tkaczuk (3)
Patrick DesRochers (1 – 3, 41 saves / 46 shots)Goalie statsBrian Finley (3 – 1, 30 saves / 32 shots)
March 28Kingston Frontenacs4 – 6Barrie ColtsBarrie Molson CentreRecap 
Michael Zigomanis (1) - 4:42First periodNo scoring
Matt Elich (3) - 7:27
Jonathan Schill (2) - 8:37
Second period3:40 - Tim Verbeek (1)
7:02 - Scott Cameron (2)
17:59 - Joel Dezainde (1)
Sean Avery (1) - pp - 2:09Third period6:29 - pp - Martin Skoula (2)
16:26 - Sheldon Keefe (2)
19:17 - en - Daniel Tkaczuk (4)
Patrick DesRochers (1 – 4, 50 saves / 55 shots)Goalie statsBrian Finley (4 – 1, 27 saves / 31 shots)
Barrie wins series 4 – 1


(2) Ottawa 67's vs. (7) North Bay Centennials
March 21North Bay Centennials1 – 4Ottawa 67'sOttawa Civic CentreRecap 
Lorne Misita (1) - 10:28First period17:55 - Brian Campbell (1)
No scoringSecond period1:06 - Mark Bell (1)
10:09 - Jeremy Van Hoof (1)
19:37 - Jonathan Zion (1)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Alex Auld (0 – 1, 43 saves / 47 shots)Goalie statsSeamus Kotyk (1 – 0, 17 saves / 18 shots)
March 23North Bay Centennials1 – 3Ottawa 67'sOttawa Civic CentreRecap 
No scoringFirst period5:58 - Justin Davis (1)
No scoringSecond period5:17 - pp - Justin Davis (2)
Brett Gibson (1) - 12:32Third period4:44 - Matt Zultek (1)
Shawn Degagne (0 – 1, 48 saves / 51 shots)Goalie statsSeamus Kotyk (2 – 0, 22 saves / 23 shots)
March 26Ottawa 67's3 – 0North Bay CentennialsNorth Bay Memorial GardensRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Dan Tudin (1) - 8:48Second periodNo scoring
Ben Gustavson (1) - 15:37
Matt Zultek (2) - en - 18:50
Third periodNo scoring
Levente Szuper (1 – 0, 31 saves / 31 shots)Goalie statsAlex Auld (0 – 2, 39 saves / 41 shots)
March 28Ottawa 67's4 – 1North Bay CentennialsNorth Bay Memorial GardensRecap 
Matt Zultek (3) - pp - 4:55
Miguel Delisle (1) - 13:59
First periodNo scoring
Mark Bell (2) - 0:56Second periodNo scoring
Ben Gustavson (2) - 6:36Third period19:43 - Chris Neil (1)
Levente Szuper (2 – 0, 29 saves / 30 shots)Goalie statsAlex Auld (0 – 3, 23 saves / 27 shots)
Shawn Degagne (3 saves / 3 shots)
Ottawa wins series 4 – 0


(3) Belleville Bulls vs. (6) Sudbury Wolves
March 20Sudbury Wolves2 – 7Belleville BullsYardmen ArenaRecap 
No scoringFirst period3:13 - pp - Kevin Baker (1)
Brad Morgan (1) - pp - 4:34Second period0:34 - Ryan Ready (1)
7:23 - pp - Jason Lawmaster (1)
16:06 - Kevin Baker (2)
17:32 - pp - Jason Lawmaster (2)
Tom Kotsopoulos (1) - 15:02Third period3:33 - Kevin Baker (3)
7:47 - pp - Branko Radivojevic (1)
Mike Gorman (0 – 1, 54 saves / 61 shots)Goalie statsCory Campbell (1 – 0, 27 saves / 29 shots)
March 21Sudbury Wolves3 – 8Belleville BullsYardmen ArenaRecap 
Derek MacKenzie (1) - 15:38First period9:50 - sh - Randy Rowe (1)
19:59 - Jason Lawmaster (3)
Jason Jaspers (1) - 13:08Second period11:42 - pp - Jonathan Cheechoo (1)
12:33 - Jonathan Cheechoo (2)
13:40 - pp - Kevin Baker (4)
Mike Fisher (1) - pp - 7:16Third period2:40 - pp - Ryan Ready (2)
8:06 - Kevin Baker (5)
12:17 - Randy Rowe (2)
Andrew Raycroft (0 – 1, 15 saves / 19 shots)
Mike Gorman (25 saves / 29 shots)
Goalie statsCory Campbell (2 – 0, 29 saves / 32 shots)
March 23Belleville Bulls8 – 2Sudbury WolvesSudbury Community ArenaRecap 
Glenn Crawford (1) - 12:55First periodNo scoring
Justin Papineau (1) - 10:58
Justin Papineau (2) - 16:13
Second periodNo scoring
Glenn Crawford (2) - 1:45
Randy Rowe (3) - 14:08
Jonathan Cheechoo (3) - 15:55
Mark Chaplin (1) - 16:33
Glenn Crawford (3) - pp - 17:43
Third period0:52 - Brad Morgan (2)
8:37 - pp - Brad Morgan (3)
Cory Campbell (3 – 0, 64 saves / 66 shots)Goalie statsMike Gorman (0 – 2, 57 saves / 64 shots)
Andrew Raycroft (3 saves / 4 shots)
March 25Belleville Bulls8 – 5Sudbury WolvesSudbury Community ArenaRecap 
Jonathan Cheechoo (4) - 2:26
Kris Newbury (1) - 2:48
Glenn Crawford (4) - 7:59
Nathan Robinson (1) - 8:24
First period9:05 - Mike Fisher (1)
11:05 - Norm Milley (1)
Mark Chaplin (2) - 4:57
Glenn Crawford (5) - 6:21
Justin Papineau (3) - pp - 19:51
Second period14:01 - Norm Milley (2)
19:37 - sh - Jason Jaspers (2)
Ryan Ready (3) - 7:55Third period8:04 - Derek MacKenzie (2)
Chad Mehlenbacher (3 saves / 5 shots)
Cory Campbell (4 – 0, 33 saves / 36 shots)
Goalie statsAndrew Raycroft (0 – 2, 51 saves / 59 shots)
Belleville wins series 4 – 0


(4) Oshawa Generals vs. (5) Peterborough Petes
March 21Peterborough Petes1 – 2Oshawa GeneralsOshawa Civic AuditoriumRecap 
No scoringFirst period3:37 - pp - Jim Baxter (1)
14:10 - pp - Brad Ralph (1)
Scott Barney (1) - pp - 7:22Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Mike Pickard (0 – 1, 44 saves / 46 shots)Goalie statsTyrone Garner (1 – 0, 28 saves / 29 shots)
March 23Oshawa Generals2 – 4Peterborough PetesPeterborough Memorial CentreRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Brent Gauvreau (1) - pp - 12:40
John Kozoriz (1) - 14:43
Second period4:23 - Preston Mizzi (1)
5:29 - Jason Williams (1)
No scoringThird period1:05 - pp - Scott Barney (2)
12:54 - Scott Barney (3)
Tyrone Garner (1 – 1, 39 saves / 43 shots)Goalie statsMike Pickard (1 – 1, 31 saves / 33 shots)
March 24Peterborough Petes5 – 6Oshawa GeneralsOshawa Civic AuditoriumRecap 
Preston Mizzi (2) - pp - 11:24
John Brioux (1) - pp - 16:31
John Brioux (2) - pp - 17:10
First period3:58 - Jeff MacMillan (1)
No scoringSecond period13:04 - pp - Derrell Upton (1)
13:23 - pp - Brent Gauvreau (2)
Scott Barney (4) - pp - 2:28
Sergei Kuznetzov (1) - 8:42
Third period6:58 - Kevin Colley (1)
11:36 - Brad Ralph (2)
12:36 - pp - Brad Ralph (3)
Joey MacDonald (0 – 1, 47 saves / 53 shots)Goalie statsTyrone Garner (2 – 1, 33 saves / 38 shots)
March 25Oshawa Generals5 – 2Peterborough PetesPeterborough Memorial CentreRecap 
Brandon Coalter (1) - 1:07First periodNo scoring
Brad Ralph (4) - pp - 6:57
Derrell Upton (2) - pp - 7:48
Kevin Colley (2) - sh - 10:48
Second period3:51 - Sergei Kuznetzov (2)
17:06 - Derek McNamara (1)
Jeff MacMillan (2) - 1:50Third periodNo scoring
Tyrone Garner (3 – 1, 39 saves / 41 shots)Goalie statsJoey MacDonald (0 – 2, 29 saves / 34 shots)
March 28Peterborough Petes1 – 9Oshawa GeneralsOshawa Civic AuditoriumRecap 
Brad Self (1) - pp - 13:07First period2:25 - John Kozoriz (2)
16:07 - John Kozoriz (3)
No scoringSecond period1:37 - Derrell Upton (3)
4:01 - Ilya Demidov (1)
7:50 - Brandon Coalter (2)
13:34 - pp - Kevin Colley (3)
16:12 - Brian Passmore (1)
19:17 - Richard Scott (1)
No scoringThird period14:00 - Brandon Cullen (1)
Mike Pickard (1 – 2, 26 saves / 33 shots)
Joey MacDonald (12 saves / 14 shots)
Goalie statsTyrone Garner (4 – 1, 35 saves / 36 shots)
Oshawa wins series 4 – 1


Western conference quarterfinals

(1) Plymouth Whalers vs. (8) Windsor Spitfires
March 21Windsor Spitfires1 – 9Plymouth WhalersCompuware Sports ArenaRecap 
No scoringFirst period5:33 - Nikos Tselios (1)
17:52 - Harold Druken (1)
Michael Hanson (1) - 3:06Second period2:28 - Damian Surma (1)
14:03 - Adam Colagiacomo (1)
18:58 - pp - Harold Druken (2)
No scoringThird period2:17 - Harold Druken (3)
5:04 - Adam Colagiacomo (2)
9:23 - Jared Newman (1)
15:46 - pp - Eric Gooldy (1)
Michael Leighton (0 – 1, 63 saves / 72 shots)Goalie statsRobert Holsinger (1 – 0, 19 saves / 20 shots)
March 23Plymouth Whalers6 – 0Windsor SpitfiresWindsor ArenaRecap 
Shaun Fisher (1) - 4:52
Nikos Tselios (2) - pp - 5:38
First periodNo scoring
Adam Colagiacomo (3) - pp - 10:55
David Legwand (1) - sh - 15:00
Troy Smith (1) - 16:37
Second periodNo scoring
Nikos Tselios (3) - 4:25Third periodNo scoring
Robert Holsinger (2 – 0, 13 saves / 13 shots)Goalie statsRon Vogel (0 – 1, 31 saves / 36 shots)
Michael Leighton (13 saves / 14 shots)
March 25Plymouth Whalers4 – 3Windsor SpitfiresWindsor ArenaRecap 
No scoringFirst period8:50 - pp - Michael Hanson (2)
Randy Fitzgerald (1) - pp - 4:56
Harold Druken (4) - 19:36
Second period11:20 - Michael Hanson (3)
Troy Smith (2) - 8:44
Jason Ward (1) - 10:55
Third period11:34 - Jeff Martin (1)
Rob Zepp (1 – 0, 26 saves / 29 shots)Goalie statsRon Vogel (0 – 2, 44 saves / 48 shots)
March 26Windsor Spitfires2 – 8Plymouth WhalersCompuware Sports ArenaRecap 
No scoringFirst period2:09 - pp - Paul Mara (1)
10:20 - Troy Smith (3)
Michael Hanson (4) - pp - 12:32Second period5:41 - Randy Fitzgerald (2)
9:02 - Harold Druken (5)
13:47 - James Ramsay (1)
Jeff Martin (2) - 14:25Third period2:31 - Damian Surma (2)
11:01 - Harold Druken (6)
16:45 - Justin Williams (1)
Ron Vogel (0 – 3, 29 saves / 37 shots)
Michael Leighton (0 saves / 0 shots)
Goalie statsRobert Holsinger (3 – 0, 17 saves / 19 shots)
Plymouth wins series 4 – 0


(2) Guelph Storm vs. (7) Erie Otters
March 22Erie Otters0 – 1OTGuelph StormGuelph Memorial GardensRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period5:00 - Brent Kelly (1)
J.F. Perras (0 – 1, 42 saves / 43 shots)Goalie statsChris Madden (1 – 0, 33 saves / 33 shots)
March 23Erie Otters4 – 6Guelph StormGuelph Memorial GardensRecap 
Nikita Alexeev (1) - 2:07First period3:55 - pp - Bob Crummer (1)
11:06 - pp - Eric Beaudoin (1)
Arvid Rekis (1) - pp - 9:10Second period0:40 - Ryan Davis (1)
12:38 - Darryl Knight (1)
19:32 - Darryl McArthur (1)
Julius Halfkenny (1) - 7:13
Andrew Proskurnicki (1) - pp - 13:42
Third period13:57 - Bohuslav Subr (1)
J.F. Perras (0 – 2, 45 saves / 51 shots)Goalie statsChris Madden (2 – 0, 38 saves / 42 shots)
March 26Guelph Storm4 – 3Erie OttersErie Civic CenterRecap 
Lindsay Plunkett (1) - pp - 8:22First period6:32 - Tyler Rennette (1)
16:13 - Tyler Rennette (2)
Joe Gerbe (1) - 12:04Second period8:28 - pp - Tyler Rennette (3)
Brent Kelly (2) - sh - 4:18
Kevin Mitchell (1) - 11:16
Third periodNo scoring
Chris Madden (3 – 0, 31 saves / 34 shots)Goalie statsCorey Batten (0 – 1, 33 saves / 37 shots)
J.F. Perras (0 saves / 0 shots)
March 27Guelph Storm1 – 5Erie OttersErie Civic CenterRecap 
Lindsay Plunkett (2) - pp - 19:10First period12:31 - Andrew Proskurnicki (2)
17:12 - Brad Boyes (1)
No scoringSecond period0:09 - Tyler Rennette (4)
0:21 - Paul Harvey (1)
11:14 - pp - Tyler Rennette (5)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Chris Madden (3 – 1, 23 saves / 28 shots)
Craig Anderson (0 saves / 0 shots)
Goalie statsJ.F. Perras (1 – 2, 35 saves / 36 shots)
March 29Erie Otters2 – 3Guelph StormGuelph Memorial GardensRecap 
Brad Yeo (1) - 10:59First period17:29 - pp - Bob Crummer (2)
Tyler Rennette (6) - pp - 2:38Second period5:03 - pp - Bob Crummer (3)
No scoringThird period13:50 - Eric Beaudoin (2)
J.F. Perras (1 – 3, 42 saves / 45 shots)
Corey Batten (1 save / 1 shot)
Goalie statsChris Madden (4 – 1, 31 saves / 33 shots)
Guelph wins series 4 – 1


(3) Owen Sound Platers vs. (6) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
March 21Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds5 – 10Owen Sound PlatersBayshore Community CentreRecap 
No scoringFirst period4:11 - pp - Wes Goldie (1)
5:47 - sh - Dan Snyder (1)
15:42 - Aaron Fransen (1)
Daniel Passero (1) - 8:43
Chad Cavanagh (1) - pp - 15:49
Second period4:12 - Dave Stephenson (1)
5:48 - Nick Vukovic (1)
6:20 - Adam Mair (1)
16:13 - Peter Campbell (1)
18:18 - Jan Sulc (1)
Paul Ballantyne (1) - 5:38
Cory Pecker (1) - 13:16
Chad Cavanagh (2) - 13:48
Third period5:27 - pp - Adam Mair (2)
17:21 - pp - Mike Lankshear (1)
Jake McCracken (0 – 1, 35 saves / 42 shots)
Jeremy Elliott (6 saves / 9 shots)
Goalie statsCurtis Sanford (1 – 0, 36 saves / 41 shots)
March 22Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds2 – 3Owen Sound PlatersBayshore Community CentreRecap 
Chad Spurr (1) - pp - 15:41First period19:13 - pp - Mike Dombkiewicz (1)
No scoringSecond period6:48 - pp - Chad Woollard (1)
15:05 - pp - Aaron Fransen (2)
Josef Vasicek (1) - 12:45Third periodNo scoring
Jason Flick (0 – 1, 25 saves / 28 shots)Goalie statsCurtis Sanford (2 – 0, 37 saves / 39 shots)
March 25Owen Sound Platers2 – 6Sault Ste. Marie GreyhoundsSault Memorial GardensRecap 
Wes Goldie (2) - pp - 11:31First periodNo scoring
Joel Ward (1) - 0:26Second period6:37 - Chad Cavanagh (3)
8:15 - Chad Spurr (2)
14:23 - pp - Chad Cavanagh (4)
15:38 - Shawn Snider (1)
16:05 - Josef Vasicek (2)
17:11 - Adam Nittel (1)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Curtis Sanford (2 – 1, 41 saves / 47 shots)Goalie statsJason Flick (1 – 1, 27 saves / 29 shots)
March 26Owen Sound Platers3 – 2Sault Ste. Marie GreyhoundsSault Memorial GardensRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Aaron Fransen (3) - pp - 9:04
Dan Snyder (2) - pp - 17:17
Second periodNo scoring
Peter Campbell (2) - 17:49Third period8:43 - pp - Josef Vasicek (3)
15:04 - pp - Chad Spurr (3)
Curtis Sanford (3 – 1, 41 saves / 43 shots)Goalie statsJason Flick (1 – 2, 33 saves / 36 shots)
March 28Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds4 – 6Owen Sound PlatersBayshore Community CentreRecap 
No scoringFirst period8:51 - pp - Adam Mair (3)
No scoringSecond period19:45 - pp - Dan Snyder (3)
Tim Zafiris (1) - 9:21
Chad Spurr (4) - pp - 14:40
Chad Cavanagh (5) - pp - 15:03
Tim Zafiris (2) - 16:39
Third period2:49 - pp - Wes Goldie (3)
7:10 - pp - Dan Snyder (4)
18:22 - Adam Mair (4)
19:34 - en - Dan Snyder (5)
Jason Flick (1 – 3, 35 saves / 40 shots)Goalie statsCurtis Sanford (4 – 1, 26 saves / 30 shots)
Owen Sound wins series 4 – 1


(4) Sarnia Sting vs. (5) London Knights
March 21London Knights3 – 6Sarnia StingSarnia Sports & Entertainment CentreRecap 
No scoringFirst period2:25 - Kevin Malcolm (1)
5:53 - pp - Kevin Malcolm (2)
No scoringSecond period12:29 - Robb Palahnuk (1)
13:41 - pp - Ivan Novoseltsev (1)
19:07 - pp - Jeff Heerema (1)
Chris Kelly (1) - 4:05
John Erskine (1) - 9:55
Richard Pitirri (1) - 16:27
Third period19:32 - en - Ivan Novoseltsev (2)
Gene Chiarello (0 – 1, 25 saves / 30 shots)Goalie statsCurtis Cruickshank (1 – 0, 23 saves / 26 shots)
March 23Sarnia Sting4 – 5London KnightsLondon Ice HouseRecap 
Jeff Heerema (2) - pp - 8:49
Peter Sarno (1) - pp - 13:54
First period2:41 - pp - Richard Pitirri (2)
7:50 - pp - Chris Kelly (2)
10:59 - Alex Henry (1)
No scoringSecond period2:57 - John Erskine (2)
19:23 - pp - John Erskine (3)
David Cornacchia (1) - 11:44
Peter Cava (1) - 16:52
Third periodNo scoring
Curtis Cruickshank (7 saves / 10 shots)
Greg Hewitt (0 – 1, 33 saves / 35 shots)
Goalie statsGene Chiarello (1 – 1, 34 saves / 38 shots)
March 25London Knights2 – 32OTSarnia StingSarnia Sports & Entertainment CentreRecap 
Tom Kostopoulos (1) - sh - 5:57First period13:13 - pp - Greg Willers (1)
No scoringSecond period12:01 - Jeff Heerema (3)
Richard Pitirri (3) - 18:36Third periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond overtime period10:36 - Jeff Zehr (1)
Gene Chiarello (1 – 2, 48 saves / 51 shots)Goalie statsGreg Hewitt (1 – 1, 62 saves / 64 shots)
March 26Sarnia Sting3 – 4OTLondon KnightsLondon Ice HouseRecap 
Jeff Zehr (2) - 8:53First periodNo scoring
Dusty Jamieson (1) - 6:37
Ryan VanBuskirk (1) - 14:19
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period6:53 - Chris Kelly (3)
8:42 - Jay Legault (1)
15:59 - pp - Tom Kostopoulos (2)
No scoringFirst overtime period3:35 - Rico Fata (1)
Greg Hewitt (1 – 2, 63 saves / 67 shots)Goalie statsGene Chiarello (2 – 2, 35 saves / 38 shots)
March 28London Knights4 – 2Sarnia StingSarnia Sports & Entertainment CentreRecap 
Rico Fata (2) - 4:04
Richard Pitirri (4) - 12:53
First periodNo scoring
Rico Fata (3) - 4:03
Jay Legault (2) - pp - 17:39
Second period9:50 - pp - Jeff Zehr (3)
No scoringThird period4:28 - pp - Jeff Heerema (4)
Gene Chiarello (3 – 2, 40 saves / 42 shots)Goalie statsGreg Hewitt (1 – 3, 34 saves / 38 shots)
Curtis Cruickshank (0 saves / 0 shots)
March 30Sarnia Sting1 – 4London KnightsLondon Ice HouseRecap 
Jeff Heerema (5) - 7:49First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period16:19 - pp - Krys Barch (1)
No scoringThird period3:22 - pp - Jason Doyle (1)
3:33 - Tom Kostopoulos (3)
18:08 - en - Alex Henry (2)
Greg Hewitt (1 – 4, 39 saves / 42 shots)
Curtis Cruickshank (0 saves / 0 shots)
Goalie statsGene Chiarello (4 – 2, 30 saves / 31 shots)
London wins series 4 – 2


Conference semifinals

Eastern conference semifinals

(1) Barrie Colts vs. (4) Oshawa Generals
April 4Oshawa Generals5 – 4Barrie ColtsBarrie Molson CentreRecap 
Drew Bucktooth (1) - 13:08First period1:09 - Mike Christian (2)
4:11 - pp - Mike Christian (3)
Brad Ralph (5) - pp - 7:43
Brian Passmore (2) - 11:52
Second period14:16 - pp - Daniel Tkaczuk (5)
17:48 - pp - Ryan Barnes (2)
Kevin Colley (4) - 13:04
Kevin Colley (5) - 19:50
Third periodNo scoring
Tyrone Garner (5 – 1, 38 saves / 42 shots)Goalie statsBen Vanderklok (0 – 1, 26 saves / 31 shots)
April 6Barrie Colts5 – 2Oshawa GeneralsOshawa Civic AuditoriumRecap 
Andre Lakos (3) - 14:47
Denis Shvidki (3) - 19:33
First period3:20 - Brent Gauvreau (3)
Mike Christian (4) - pp - 3:37Second periodNo scoring
Sheldon Keefe (3) - 4:19
Denis Shvidki (4) - 15:14
Third period9:08 - pp - Brad Ralph (6)
Ben Vanderklok (1 – 1, 26 saves / 28 shots)Goalie statsTyrone Garner (5 – 2, 42 saves / 47 shots)
April 8Oshawa Generals1 – 8Barrie ColtsBarrie Molson CentreRecap 
Brent Gauvreau (4) - pp - 13:47First period11:18 - pp - Denis Shvidki (5)
11:41 - pp - Martin Skoula (3)
12:54 - pp - Sheldon Keefe (4)
No scoringSecond period8:45 - pp - Denis Shvidki (6)
No scoringThird period6:32 - Tim Verbeek (2)
13:21 - pp - Sheldon Keefe (5)
15:51 - pp - Mike Jefferson (2)
19:27 - Tim Verbeek (3)
Tyrone Garner (5 – 3, 40 saves / 46 shots)
Derek Dolson (3 saves / 5 shots)
Goalie statsBen Vanderklok (2 – 1, 19 saves / 20 shots)
April 9Barrie Colts4 – 1Oshawa GeneralsOshawa Civic AuditoriumRecap 
Mike Jefferson (3) - pp - 14:10First period11:26 - pp - Brent Gauvreau (5)
Denis Shvidki (7) - pp - 13:05Second periodNo scoring
Chris Feil (1) - 3:59
Daniel Tkaczuk (6) - 4:36
Third periodNo scoring
Ben Vanderklok (3 – 1, 27 saves / 28 shots)Goalie statsTyrone Garner (5 – 4, 42 saves / 46 shots)
April 11Oshawa Generals5 – 4OTBarrie ColtsBarrie Molson CentreRecap 
Brandon Cullen (2) - 5:36
Jim Baxter (2) - pp - 13:28
First period15:53 - pp - Mike Jefferson (4)
Brian Passmore (3) - 10:40Second period18:52 - pp - Joel Dezainde (2)
19:05 - Daniel Tkaczuk (7)
Kevin Colley (6) - 17:20Third period11:35 - Nick Smith (3)
Jim Baxter (3) - 8:29First overtime periodNo scoring
Tyrone Garner (6 – 4, 48 saves / 52 shots)Goalie statsBen Vanderklok (3 – 2, 34 saves / 39 shots)
April 13Barrie Colts2 – 4Oshawa GeneralsOshawa Civic AuditoriumRecap 
No scoringFirst period4:35 - pp - Brent Gauvreau (6)
15:12 - sh - Brad Ralph (7)
Mike Jefferson (5) - pp - 8:05
Shawn Cation (1) - pp - 11:19
Second period1:54 - Andrew Peters (1)
8:18 - pp - Derrell Upton (4)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Ben Vanderklok (3 – 3, 38 saves / 42 shots)Goalie statsTyrone Garner (7 – 4, 36 saves / 38 shots)
April 15Oshawa Generals5 – 3Barrie ColtsBarrie Molson CentreRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Brent Gauvreau (7) - pp - 2:45
Brent Gauvreau (8) - 10:21
Kevin Colley (7) - pp - 15:20
Ilya Demidov (2) - 16:13
Second periodNo scoring
Brian Passmore (4) - sh - 5:31Third period0:42 - Mike Christian (5)
11:22 - Tim Verbeek (4)
12:29 - Mike Jefferson (6)
Tyrone Garner (8 – 4, 33 saves / 36 shots)Goalie statsBen Vanderklok (3 – 4, 23 saves / 28 shots)
Oshawa wins series 4 – 3


(2) Ottawa 67's vs. (3) Belleville Bulls
April 2Belleville Bulls5 – 62OTOttawa 67'sOttawa Civic CentreRecap 
Kris Newbury (2) - 11:40First period3:39 - Mark Bell (3)
7:21 - pp - Matt Zultek (4)
Kevin Baker (6) - pp - 13:49
Glenn Crawford (6) - 16:10
Second period18:53 - pp - Matt Zultek (5)
Ryan Ready (4) - 18:03
Kevin Baker (7) - 18:59
Third period5:56 - Mark Bell (4)
8:30 - Joe Talbot (1)
No scoringSecond overtime period16:00 - Mark Bell (5)
Cory Campbell (4 – 1, 51 saves / 57 shots)Goalie statsSeamus Kotyk (3 – 0, 45 saves / 50 shots)
April 3Ottawa 67's2 – 5Belleville BullsYardmen ArenaRecap 
No scoringFirst period3:14 - Justin Papineau (4)
3:35 - Jason Lawmaster (4)
13:31 - Mike Renzi (1)
Jonathan Zion (2) - 13:28
Matt Zultek (6) - pp - 15:58
Second period17:39 - Jonathan Cheechoo (5)
No scoringThird period10:38 - Derek Campbell (1)
Levente Szuper (2 – 1, 42 saves / 47 shots)Goalie statsCory Campbell (5 – 1, 32 saves / 34 shots)
April 6Belleville Bulls3 – 1Ottawa 67'sOttawa Civic CentreRecap 
Kevin Baker (8) - pp - 19:00First periodNo scoring
Mike Renzi (2) - 14:01Second period19:52 - pp - Mark Bell (6)
Randy Rowe (4) - 17:34Third periodNo scoring
Cory Campbell (6 – 1, 37 saves / 38 shots)Goalie statsSeamus Kotyk (3 – 1, 23 saves / 26 shots)
April 7Ottawa 67's4 – 5OTBelleville BullsYardmen ArenaRecap 
Dan Tudin (2) - 13:28First period14:01 - Jason Lawmaster (5)
No scoringSecond period5:21 - Branko Radivojevic (2)
Nick Boynton (1) - pp - 1:17
Joe Talbot (2) - 10:53
Ian Jacobs (1) - 11:07
Third period9:49 - Ryan Ready (5)
19:52 - Kevin Baker (9)
No scoringFirst overtime period1:19 - Glenn Crawford (7)
Levente Szuper (2 – 2, 31 saves / 36 shots)Goalie statsCory Campbell (7 – 1, 28 saves / 32 shots)
April 9Belleville Bulls3 – 2OTOttawa 67'sOttawa Civic CentreRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period11:34 - sh - Brian Campbell (2)
Randy Rowe (5) - 11:21
Ryan Ready (6) - pp - 15:42
Third period1:16 - pp - Dan Tudin (3)
Ryan Ready (7) - 2:03First overtime periodNo scoring
Cory Campbell (8 – 1, 26 saves / 28 shots)Goalie statsSeamus Kotyk (3 – 2, 27 saves / 30 shots)
Belleville wins series 4 – 1


Western conference semifinals

(1) Plymouth Whalers vs. (5) London Knights
April 3London Knights3 – 2OTPlymouth WhalersCompuware Sports ArenaRecap 
Jason Doyle (2) - pp - 3:04
Richard Pitirri (5) - sh - 3:46
First period7:13 - Harold Druken (7)
No scoringSecond period6:58 - Adam Colagiacomo (4)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Krys Barch (2) - 0:34First overtime periodNo scoring
Gene Chiarello (5 – 2, 37 saves / 39 shots)Goalie statsRobert Holsinger (3 – 1, 27 saves / 30 shots)
April 5Plymouth Whalers2 – 3OTLondon KnightsLondon Ice HouseRecap 
No scoringFirst period0:44 - pp - Tom Kostopoulos (4)
8:27 - pp - Tom Kostopoulos (5)
Eric Gooldy (2) - pp - 12:01Second periodNo scoring
Damian Surma (3) - 14:06Third periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period0:53 - Tom Kostopoulos (6)
Robert Holsinger (3 – 2, 35 saves / 38 shots)Goalie statsGene Chiarello (6 – 2, 41 saves / 43 shots)
April 7London Knights3 – 7Plymouth WhalersCompuware Sports ArenaRecap 
No scoringFirst period12:23 - Randy Fitzgerald (3)
13:07 - Harold Druken (8)
Krys Barch (3) - 2:38
Joel Scherban (1) - 11:34
Second period3:08 - Harold Druken (9)
5:33 - Julian Smith (1)
Richard Pitirri (6) - 5:22Third period16:39 - Adam Colagiacomo (5)
19:06 - en - Adam Colagiacomo (6)
19:41 - Jason Ward (2)
Gene Chiarello (6 – 3, 41 saves / 47 shots)Goalie statsRobert Holsinger (4 – 2, 25 saves / 28 shots)
April 9Plymouth Whalers5 – 4OTLondon KnightsLondon Ice HouseRecap 
Jason Ward (3) - pp - 14:21First period16:57 - Rico Fata (4)
Eric Gooldy (3) - 6:39
Julian Smith (2) - 7:09
David Legwand (2) - 18:56
Second period1:55 - Tom Kostopoulos (7)
No scoringThird period5:25 - Jay Legault (3)
10:43 - Tom Kostopoulos (8)
Nikos Tselios (4) - pp - 6:05First overtime periodNo scoring
Robert Holsinger (5 – 2, 45 saves / 49 shots)Goalie statsGene Chiarello (6 – 4, 43 saves / 48 shots)
April 10London Knights4 – 5Plymouth WhalersCompuware Sports ArenaRecap 
Krys Barch (4) - 11:01First period8:24 - pp - Paul Mara (2)
8:48 - Jason Ward (4)
Krys Barch (5) - 4:35
Jason Doyle (3) - pp - 19:57
Second period1:39 - Paul Mara (3)
3:32 - pp - David Legwand (3)
17:39 - pp - Jason Ward (5)
Rico Fata (5) - pp - 11:47Third periodNo scoring
Gene Chiarello (6 – 5, 41 saves / 46 shots)Goalie statsRobert Holsinger (6 – 2, 28 saves / 32 shots)
April 13Plymouth Whalers2 – 8London KnightsLondon Ice HouseRecap 
No scoringFirst period3:08 - pp - Chris Kelly (4)
Paul Mara (4) - 8:37Second period3:58 - Jason Metcalfe (1)
5:45 - pp - Rico Fata (6)
14:50 - pp - John Erskine (4)
Tomek Valtonen (1) - 17:40Third period8:02 - pp - Mike Mazzuca (1)
9:55 - Tom Kostopoulos (9)
10:20 - Peter Reynolds (1)
16:12 - Mike Mazzuca (2)
Robert Holsinger (6 – 3, 22 saves / 26 shots)
Rob Zepp (12 saves / 16 shots)
Goalie statsGene Chiarello (7 – 5, 24 saves / 26 shots)
April 15London Knights10 – 3Plymouth WhalersCompuware Sports ArenaRecap 
Tom Kostopoulos (10) - 0:29
Jay Legault (4) - 5:18
Richard Pitirri (7) - 6:12
First period1:07 - Paul Mara (5)
Krys Barch (6) - 1:23
Adam Saffer (1) - 3:32
Joel Scherban (2) - 9:53
Dan Jancevski (1) - 18:38
Second period4:36 - Jamie Lalonde (1)
Richard Pitirri (8) - 1:53
Tom Kostopoulos (11) - 7:08
Rico Fata (7) - 14:44
Third period4:01 - Jason Ward (6)
Gene Chiarello (8 – 5, 42 saves / 45 shots)Goalie statsRobert Holsinger (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 1Owen Sound Platers5 – 6Guelph StormGuelph Memorial GardensRecap 
Peter Campbell (3) - pp - 4:10
Wes Goldie (4) - sh - 9:25
Jan Sulc (2) - 19:18
First period12:14 - Brent Kelly (3)
Chad Woollard (2) - pp - 12:30Second period3:55 - pp - Bob Crummer (4)
9:43 - Kent McDonell (1)
Adam Campbell (1) - 2:17Third period1:33 - pp - Eric Beaudoin (3)
14:26 - Kevin Dallman (1)
16:47 - Kent McDonell (2)
Curtis Sanford (4 – 2, 35 saves / 41 shots)Goalie statsChris Madden (5 – 1, 38 saves / 43 shots)
April 3Guelph Storm4 – 8Owen Sound PlatersBayshore Community CentreRecap 
No scoringFirst period2:58 - pp - Aaron Fransen (4)
5:54 - Mike Lankshear (2)
6:12 - Peter Campbell (4)
Kevin Mitchell (2) - 5:16
Joe Gerbe (2) - 15:01
Lindsay Plunkett (3) - 17:28
Second period6:49 - Adam Campbell (2)
13:34 - Wes Goldie (5)
15:52 - Adam Mair (5)
Kevin Mitchell (3) - pp - 3:56Third period12:49 - pp - Peter Campbell (5)
13:45 - D.J. Maracle (1)
Chris Madden (6 saves / 9 shots)
Craig Anderson (0 – 1, 32 saves / 37 shots)
Goalie statsCurtis Sanford (5 – 2, 34 saves / 38 shots)
April 5Owen Sound Platers4 – 3Guelph StormGuelph Memorial GardensRecap 
Wes Goldie (6) - 5:06
Adam Mair (6) - pp - 10:45
First period3:05 - Charlie Stephens (1)
No scoringSecond period4:20 - Bob Crummer (5)
12:08 - pp - Lindsay Plunkett (4)
Peter Campbell (6) - 7:27
Dave Stephenson (2) - 8:49
Third periodNo scoring
Curtis Sanford (6 – 2, 42 saves / 45 shots)Goalie statsChris Madden (5 – 2, 36 saves / 40 shots)
April 7Guelph Storm3 – 4Owen Sound PlatersBayshore Community CentreRecap 
No scoringFirst period6:47 - pp - Peter Campbell (7)
Kent McDonell (3) - 8:57
Kent McDonell (4) - pp - 10:34
Joe Gerbe (3) - 11:49
Second period13:07 - pp - Dan Snyder (6)
17:50 - Mike Lankshear (3)
18:22 - Jan Sulc (3)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Craig Anderson (0 – 2, 40 saves / 44 shots)Goalie statsCurtis Sanford (7 – 2, 32 saves / 35 shots)
April 9Owen Sound Platers1 – 4Guelph StormGuelph Memorial GardensRecap 
No scoringFirst period10:03 - Eric Beaudoin (4)
15:26 - Darryl Knight (2)
No scoringSecond period4:32 - pp - Charlie Stephens (2)
Adam Mair (7) - pp - 4:53Third period12:36 - Joe Gerbe (4)
Curtis Sanford (7 – 3, 33 saves / 37 shots)Goalie statsChris Madden (6 – 2, 40 saves / 41 shots)
April 11Guelph Storm3 – 6Owen Sound PlatersBayshore Community CentreRecap 
Charlie Stephens (3) - 7:32First periodNo scoring
Eric Beaudoin (5) - 4:03
Joe Gerbe (5) - 13:24
Second period9:07 - Randy Davidson (1)
14:35 - Mike Dombkiewicz (2)
17:01 - Dan Snyder (7)
No scoringThird period1:54 - Joel Ward (2)
8:30 - Adan Mair (8)
19:36 - en - sh - Jan Sulc (4)
Chris Madden (6 – 3, 45 saves / 50 shots)Goalie statsCurtis 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 16Oshawa Generals1 – 8Belleville BullsYardmen ArenaRecap 
No scoringFirst period4:36 - Justin Papineau (5)
14:37 - sh - Justin Papineau (6)
19:31 - Kevin Baker (10)
Jim Baxter (4) - pp - 14:49Second period18:53 - Justin Papineau (7)
No scoringThird period13:04 - pp - Derek Campbell (2)
15:38 - Branko Radivojevic (3)
16:43 - Glenn Crawford (8)
18:13 - Kevin Baker (11)
Tyrone Garner (8 – 5, 36 saves / 44 shots)Goalie statsCory Campbell (9 – 1, 23 saves / 24 shots)
April 18Belleville Bulls4 – 6Oshawa GeneralsOshawa Civic AuditoriumRecap 
Nathan Robinson (2) - 5:01
Justin Papineau (8) - pp - 13:07
First period16:48 - pp - Andrew Peters (2)
Kris Newbury (3) - 15:38Second period1:29 - Jeff MacMillan (3)
6:04 - pp - Brian Passmore (5)
6:13 - Brian Passmore (6)
Kelly Paddon (1) - pp - 13:28Third period9:57 - pp - Brandon Coalter (3)
15:28 - pp - Brent Gauvreau (9)
Cory Campbell (9 – 2, 34 saves / 40 shots)Goalie statsTyrone Garner (9 – 5, 36 saves / 40 shots)
April 20Oshawa Generals2 – 4Belleville BullsYardmen ArenaRecap 
John Kozoriz (4) - 11:06First period2:06 - Kris Newbury (4)
11:40 - pp - Ryan Ready (8)
Derrell Upton (5) - 19:11Second period1:46 - Nathan Robinson (3)
No scoringThird period8:57 - Glenn Crawford (9)
Tyrone Garner (9 – 6, 43 saves / 47 shots)Goalie statsCory Campbell (10 – 2, 23 saves / 25 shots)
April 21Belleville Bulls6 – 4Oshawa GeneralsOshawa Civic AuditoriumRecap 
Derek Campbell (3) - 7:50
Branko Radivojevic (4) - 19:14
First period0:49 - Brandon Coalter (4)
Justin Papineau (9) - pp - 8:29Second period9:43 - Kevin Colley (8)
17:43 - John Kozoriz (5)
Derek Campbell (4) - 0:37
Derek Campbell (5) - 12:51
Justin Papineau (10) - en - 19:22
Third period19:05 - Brad Ralph (8)
Cory Campbell (11 – 2, 33 saves / 37 shots)Goalie statsTyrone Garner (9 – 7, 26 saves / 31 shots)
April 23Oshawa Generals2 – 8Belleville BullsYardmen ArenaRecap 
Derrell Upton (6) - sh - 10:13First period9:11 - pp - Justin Papineau (11)
Brent Gauvreau (10) - 15:42Second period4:48 - pp - Mike Renzi (3)
7:37 - Justin Papineau (12)
11:29 - pp - Jonathan Cheechoo (6)
No scoringThird period3:34 - pp - Branko Radivojevic (5)
6:49 - pp - Justin Papineau (13)
19:10 - pp - Mike Renzi (4)
19:57 - Kelly Paddon (2)
Tyrone Garner (9 – 8, 39 saves / 47 shots)Goalie statsCory Campbell (12 – 2, 30 saves / 32 shots)
Belleville wins series 4 – 1


Western conference finals

(3) Owen Sound Platers vs. (5) London Knights
April 18Owen Sound Platers0 – 3London KnightsLondon Ice HouseRecap 
No scoringFirst period6:06 - Tom Kostopoulos (12)
9:59 - Peter Reynolds (2)
No scoringSecond period2:16 - Krys Barch (7)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Curtis Sanford (8 – 4, 47 saves / 50 shots)Goalie statsGene Chiarello (9 – 5, 33 saves / 33 shots)
April 20London Knights2 – 3Owen Sound PlatersBayshore Community CentreRecap 
Joel Scherban (3) - 2:04First period8:12 - pp - Wes Goldie (7)
Richard Pitirri (9) - 10:41Second period4:29 - pp - Wes Goldie (8)
No scoringThird period6:17 - pp - Wes Goldie (9)
Gene Chiarello (9 – 6, 51 saves / 54 shots)Goalie statsCurtis Sanford (9 – 4, 44 saves / 46 shots)
April 22London Knights3 – 1Owen Sound PlatersBayshore Community CentreRecap 
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Rico Fata (8) - pp - 14:32
Jason Doyle (4) - pp - 18:00
Second period10:21 - pp - Adam Mair (9)
Richard Pitirri (10) - 3:29Third periodNo scoring
Gene Chiarello (10 – 6, 40 saves / 41 shots)Goalie statsCurtis Sanford (9 – 5, 34 saves / 37 shots)
April 23Owen Sound Platers3 – 4London KnightsLondon Ice HouseRecap 
No scoringFirst period9:47 - Jay Legault (5)
Adam Mair (10) - pp - 2:05
Wes Goldie (10) - 3:00
Peter Campbell (8) - 4:16
Second period13:02 - pp - Alex Henry (3)
16:30 - Chris Kelly (5)
No scoringThird period5:36 - Jason Doyle (5)
Curtis Sanford (9 – 6, 50 saves / 54 shots)Goalie statsGene Chiarello (11 – 6, 38 saves / 41 shots)
April 25London Knights4 – 3Owen Sound PlatersBayshore Community CentreRecap 
Mike Mazzuca (3) - 1:14
Tom Kostopoulos (13) - 3:45
First periodNo scoring
Joel Scherban (4) - 1:39Second period5:02 - Mike Dombkiewicz (3)
11:43 - Dan Snyder (8)
Joel Scherban (5) - 1:14Third period8:08 - pp - Wes Goldie (11)
Gene Chiarello (12 – 6, 26 saves / 29 shots)Goalie statsCurtis 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 29London Knights5 – 4OTBelleville BullsYardmen ArenaRecap 
Krys Barch (8) - pp - 12:21First period9:38 - Justin Papineau (14)
17:16 - Glenn Crawford (10)
Tom Kostopoulos (14) - 3:08Second period9:47 - pp - Kevin Baker (12)
Tyler Durham (1) - 5:58
Krys Barch (9) - 11:49
Third period7:13 - Kelly Paddon (3)
Adam Saffer (2) - 8:17First overtime periodNo scoring
Gene Chiarello (13 – 6, 44 saves / 48 shots)Goalie statsCory Campbell (12 – 3, 35 saves / 40 shots)
May 1Belleville Bulls6 – 3London KnightsLondon Ice HouseRecap 
Ryan Ready (9) - pp - 4:26
Justin Papineau (15) - pp - 9:13
First periodNo scoring
Randy Rowe (6) - pp - 0:47
Nathan Robinson (4) - 15:54
Second periodNo scoring
Glenn Crawford (11) - 1:01
Justin Papineau (16) - 2:27
Third period0:30 - pp - Jay Legault (6)
8:18 - pp - Jason Doyle (6)
11:10 - Chris Kelly (6)
Cory Campbell (13 – 3, 36 saves / 39 shots)Goalie statsGene Chiarello (13 – 7, 44 saves / 50 shots)
May 3London Knights3 – 5Belleville BullsYardmen ArenaRecap 
No scoringFirst period17:46 - Mike Renzi (5)
John Erskine (5) - 17:33Second periodNo scoring
Richard Pitirri (11) - 17:59
Tom Kostopoulos (15) - sh - 19:30
Third period4:56 - Jonathan Cheechoo (7)
7:04 - pp - Jonathan Cheechoo (8)
9:37 - pp - Randy Rowe (7)
19:59 - Justin Papineau (17)
Gene Chiarello (13 – 8, 43 saves / 48 shots)Goalie statsCory Campbell (14 – 3, 30 saves / 33 shots)
May 5Belleville Bulls6 – 1London KnightsLondon Ice HouseRecap 
Branko Radivojevic (6) - 1:25
Derek Campbell (6) - 3:00
Justin Papineau (18) - 8:21
Chris Stanley (1) - pp - 11:28
First period15:42 - pp - Tom Kostopoulos (16)
Justin Papineau (19) - sh - 12:44
Randy Rowe (8) - 16:38
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Cory Campbell (15 – 3, 32 saves / 33 shots)Goalie statsGene Chiarello (13 – 9, 38 saves / 44 shots)
May 7London Knights6 – 4Belleville BullsYardmen ArenaRecap 
Tom Kostopoulos (17) - 18:55First period3:54 - sh - Randy Rowe (9)
Richard Pitirri (12) - 7:05Second period19:34 - pp - Jonathan Cheechoo (9)
Tom Kostopoulos (18) - pp - 6:59
Jason Doyle (7) - 7:35
Chris Kelly (7) - pp - 9:24
Rico Fata (9) - 9:32
Third period11:32 - pp - Jonathan Cheechoo (10)
16:25 - Glenn Crawford (12)
Gene Chiarello (14 – 9, 26 saves / 30 shots)Goalie statsCory Campbell (15 – 4, 29 saves / 35 shots)
May 9Belleville Bulls1 – 5London KnightsLondon Ice HouseRecap 
No scoringFirst period5:27 - Tom Kostopoulos (19)
Justin Papineau (20) - pp - 16:22Second period9:58 - pp - Rico Fata (10)
18:09 - pp - Jay Legault (7)
No scoringThird period14:16 - Jay Legault (8)
16:11 - pp - Chris Kelly (8)
Cory Campbell (15 – 5, 37 saves / 42 shots)Goalie statsGene Chiarello (15 – 9, 29 saves / 30 shots)
May 11London Knights2 – 9Belleville BullsYardmen ArenaRecap 
Chris Kelly (9) - 17:40First period7:47 - Glenn Crawford (13)
10:23 - pp - Branko Radivojevic (7)
12:28 - Jonathan Cheechoo (11)
16:02 - Justin Papineau (21)
Mike Mazzuca (4) - 13:28Second period0:23 - Jonathan Cheechoo (12)
12:20 - Jonathan Cheechoo (13)
14:45 - Jonathan Cheechoo (14)
No scoringThird period3:49 - pp - Ryan Ready (10)
10:12 - Jonathan Cheechoo (15)
Gene Chiarello (15 – 10, 48 saves / 57 shots)Goalie statsCory Campbell (16 – 5, 30 saves / 32 shots)
Belleville wins series 4 – 3


J. Ross Robertson Cup Champions Roster

1998-99 Belleville Bulls[3]
Goaltenders
  • 1 – Cory Campbell 
  • 30 – Chad Mehlenbacher 

Defencemen

  • 2 – Nick Policelli 
  • 4 – Jason Lawmaker 
  • 5 – Michael Jacobsen 
  • 14 – Kelly Paddon 
  • 24 – Branislav Mezei 
  • 25 – Rick Bertran 
  • 44 – Adam Collins 

Wingers

Centres

Playoff scoring leaders

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

PlayerTeamGPGAPtsPIM
Justin PapineauBelleville Bulls2121305120
Ryan ReadyBelleville Bulls2110283822
Tom KostopoulosLondon Knights2519163532
Richard PitirriLondon Knights2512223424
Jonathan CheechooBelleville Bulls2115153027
Krys BarchLondon Knights259172615
Chris KellyLondon Knights259172622
Jay LegaultLondon Knights258182640
Mike DombkiewiczOwen Sound Platers163222522
Glenn CrawfordBelleville Bulls2113112422

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]

PlayerTeamGPMinsWLGASOSv%GAA
Seamus KotykOttawa 67's5338321300.9122.31
J.F. PerrasErie Otters5245131100.9372.69
Levente SzuperOttawa 67's4241221110.9242.73
Brian FinleyBarrie Colts5324411500.9172.78
Greg HewittSarnia Sting5323141500.9392.79

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:Robert Holsinger 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:Ryan McKie, 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]

#PlayerNationalityOHL TeamHometownMinor Team
1Jason Spezza (C) CanadaMississauga IceDogsBrampton, OntarioBrampton Battalion
2Jay McClement (C) CanadaBrampton BattalionKingston, OntarioKingston Voyageurs
3Jeffrey Doyle (RW) CanadaToronto St. Michael's MajorsKing City, OntarioVaughan Kings
4Steve Eminger (D) CanadaKitchener RangersWoodbridge, OntarioBramalea Blues
5Cory Stillman (C) CanadaKingston FrontenacsLindsay, OntarioLindsay Muskies
6Chris Thorburn (RW) CanadaNorth Bay CentennialsSault Ste. Marie, OntarioElliot Lake Ice
7Tim Gleason (D) United StatesWindsor SpitfiresClawson, MichiganLeamington Flyers
8Miguel Beaudry (G) CanadaSudbury WolvesVerner, OntarioCollingwood Blackhawks
9Scott Rozendal (LW) CanadaErie OttersListowel, OntarioCollingwood Blackhawks
10Trevor Daley (D) CanadaSault Ste. Marie GreyhoundsToronto, OntarioVaughan Vipers
11Matthew Albiani (C) CanadaLondon KnightsSudbury, OntarioSudbury Wolves Bantam
12Jason Penner (LW) CanadaSarnia StingLeamington, OntarioLeamington Flyers
13Ryan Ramsay (C) CanadaPeterborough PetesAjax, OntarioAjax Attack
14Greg Jacina (LW) CanadaOwen Sound PlatersGuelph, OntarioOrangeville Crushers
15Nick Lees (C) CanadaOshawa GeneralsPeterborough, OntarioPeterborough Petes Bantam
16Kyle Wellwood (C/RW) CanadaBelleville BullsWindsor, OntarioTecumseh Chiefs
17Colt King (LW) CanadaGuelph StormThunder Bay, OntarioSt. Thomas Stars
18Brendan Bell (D) CanadaOttawa 67'sOttawa, OntarioOttawa Jr. Senators
19Erik Reitz (D) United StatesBarrie ColtsPlymouth, MichiganLeamington Flyers
20Stephen Weiss (C) CanadaPlymouth WhalersMarkham, OntarioNorth York Rangers

See also

References

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