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Legionnaires battle Nationals in potential playoff preview
dan mccaffery February 3rd, 2011


In what could be a playoff preview, the Sarnia Legionnaires will face off against the London Nationals tonight at the Brock Street Barn.

Currently, the Nationals are in a tough fight with Strathroy for first place in the Western Ontario Hockey Conference.

Sarnia is in eighth place, but it has three games in hand on the Chatham Maroons, which should give it a decent chance of climbing into seventh before the regular schedule ends later this month.

The first place club will play the eighth ranked squad in the first round, while the second will face the seventh.

With Sarnia likely to finish seventh or eighth and London appearing destined for first or second, a playoff clash is a very real possibility.

In three regular season games with London to date, the Legionnaires have won two and lost one in overtime, picking up five of a possible six points.

All three contests have been decided by one goal. The Legionnaires won 1-0 in September, lost 2-1 in overtime in October and won 5-4 in a shootout earlier this month.

Sarnia has an overall record of 19-21-3 while London is 30-10-2.

The Legionnaires are coming off a 3-2 win over St. Thomas while the Nationals lost their last outing to St. Thomas by a 4-3 count.

Coach Dan Rose says he will start Kyle Washer in net for the Legionnaires.

Three Sarnians will miss the tilt. Owen Rogers and Tanner Ferguson are injured and Jeff Paulley is serving the second game of a two-game suspension.

Game time is set for 7:10 p.m.


 




 

 

 

 

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