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It's been an exciting race to the playoffs in Great
Lakes Junior C action, as Mooretown and Alvinston
battled for home advantage, while Blenheim edged out
Dresden for the final spot against the number one
Wallaceburg Lakers. And now with the regular season
over the playoffs are set and the second half of the
year begins.
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(4) Blenheim Blades |
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(1) Wallaceburg Lakers |
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14-25-0 |
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40-8-2 |
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Wallaceburg was the first team to clinch a
playoff spot well before the playoffs were even
in the thoughts of most teams. With the best
record in all of the GLJHL, the Lakers have got
to be a favourite heading into the post-season.
The Lakers are a tough home team to beat
(16-4-0), going well into December before their
hometown crowd had to go home unhappy. And their
168 goals are tops amongst the North Division.
But so are their 1091 penalty minutes. The
Lakers will be looking towards Tyson Isaac to
lead the way in scoring as he has done all year,
scoring 38 goals, 35 assists and 60 points, good
for fourth in the league. They'll also look
towards Matt Berglund who started 32 games
throughout the season and sports an impressive
25-6-1 record, good for first in the league in
wins, as well as a 2.58 GAA (2nd) and .914 SV%
(2nd).
Blenheim will be in tough against the high
powered offence of Wallaceburg, as the Blades
have given up 187 goals this season, the most in
the GLJHL. But the Blades are capable of scoring
as well, as Thomas Innes sits 9th in the league
with 51 points. Their two goals sport the
highest GAA in the league, so they will need a
defensive effort to stop the Lakers. Dylan
Vanderpol and Brandon Cowell split the games
throughout the regular season, so don't
surprised to see each goalie get a chances
against the Lakers during the best of seven
series.
Wallaceburg won the season series 5-1.
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(3)
Alvinston Flyers |
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(2)
Mooretown Flags |
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16-21-3 |
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19-19-2 |
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Mooretown and Alvinston battled most of the
season for second place and home ice advantage,
and by seasons end the Flags .500 record was
good enough to take the second place honours.
The Flags are lead by the Teschke brothers who
combines for 135 points throughout the season.
Jason lead the league in points with 35 goals
and 37 assists, while Josh had 24 goals and 39
assists. Also amongst the top ten is points is
Mike Burns with 23 goals and 28 assists, giving
the Flags 3 players in the top 10 of scoring. In
goal the Flags have Jordan Gladwish who went
14-12-1 throughout the season, but allowed 117
goals, second most of all goalies.
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Alvinston Brandon Campbell will again go between
the pipes, as the young goalie has 36 starts,
the most of any goalie in the GLJHL, and sports
a 15-16-2 record. His 3.78 GAA is 7th among
goalies, good for a goalie who has faced 1258
shots this season, 369 more then what Gladwish
faced. Alvinston also has their own scoring
touch as Chris Edwards trailed Jason Teschke by
only 3 points with 69 points on the season,
scoring 29 goals and 30 assists. Dan Warner also
made the top 10 with 51 points himself.
Mooretown won the season series 4-2, but expect
a close series and don't be surprised if it goes
to seven games.
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