Playoffs March 25th #2

London is a very good team.  They won on this night 10-2.  And this is against another playoff team.  With that being said this team has all the possibilities of making a run towards the finals.  That's why Anthony Stolarz made a stupid decision.  Check it.





No reason at all to do this unless you count the swing at an attempted rebound that caught a ton of goalie pad.  More amazingly he did it right in front of the ref and received a high sticking minor.  The league was not as lenient.  He is sitting 8 games.  Had he given the same whack to the back of the legs he probably would have walked with nothing.  Why swing at his head is anybody's guess. 

Stolarz is a second round pick of the Flyers so guess he will fit in with the Phantoms next season.

Playoffs March 25th

It's not playoff related but Syracuse and Adirondack of the great AHL hit 150 penalty minutes on Sunday.  Really not much of a surprise at this point for the Phantoms.  A story will follow later in the season about this team.

On to the OHL.

We begin with a video showing how you get suspended for a large chunk of the playoffs.  Watch Brock McGinn.




Good example of the type of hits hockey is trying to get rid of.  He comes from a blind side and targets the head.  Could have been a lot worse for the targeted player.  McGinn is a second round pick of Carolina and comes from a hockey family with both brothers in the NHL (Philadelphia and Colorado).  Sitting for 8.



Over 100 again.  This time it is Kingston and Peterborough.  Let's just say there were 18 penalty minutes going into the final minute of play.  The game ended with 123.

Playoffs March 22nd

It's time for the OHL and QMJHL to get going.

Windsor and London combined for 132 penalty minutes in their game highlighted by this fracas which resulted in 5 ejections.




Charlottetown and Halifax would not be outdone tonight.  These two teams piled up 174 penalty minutes featuring the scrum below which resulted in 4 ejections.

Playoffs March 21st

Lots of teams in action last Friday.  Not too much in the world of penalties and fighting.  I choose this solid bout as my video of the night.

Gabriel is a third round pick of Minnesota. He was tied for second on his team in points, fights and penalty minutes.  In other words, my kind of guy.  He didn't do too well in this one.

Playoff Time

The major junior league playoffs started last Thursday.  Videos have been slow to make their way online otherwise I would have been posting every day.  Regardless and not surprisingly the playoffs have resembled playoff hockey.  Let's dive in.

Kootenay and Calgary started off the WHL playoffs by totaling 111 penalty minutes.  Great way to start a series.

Here is a video of how the game ended.  Not too much action.  Just enough to show the other team what you got.