| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | Total |
| Ottawa (Home) | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 5 |
| Sudbury (Visiting) | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 |
SCORING SUMMARY (BY TEAM)
| Ottawa | |
| 1 Wharton (Tsimikalis, Kaspar) | |
| 2 Tsimikalis (Joslin, Kaspar) | |
| 3 Petruzalek (Tsimikalis, Colbert) | |
| 3 Kaspar (Petruzalek, Joslin) PP | |
| 3 Kaspar (Petruzalek, Tsimikalis) | |
| Sudbury | |
| 1 Hastings (Lamb, Pouliot) PP | |
| 1 Blaho (Eaton, Dubbin) | |
| 2 Dubbin (Eaton) | |
NOTES
The ref was Joel Washkurak, the linesmen were Ryan Robinson, Eric Dagenais. The penalty calls in the first period were tedious! To be fair, they were deserved. However, Washkurak missed some calls on both sides. The most frustrating thing though, is he stopped calling any penalties in the last five minutes of the game. There were some very blatant penalties occuring that he ignored. This is what upsets fans. If you're going to call the game, call it. Don't change the tactic. Enough of that. On to the good stuff . . .
A SELL-OUT! The attendance was 9893. Technically, this is an over-sell. People walking up to the ticket booth are sold standing-room-only tickets.
The first period was penalty-ridden, and it was really awful to watch. Choppy. Sudbury is a good team. They have some speed, and their goalie (Ehelechner) was really good. The 67s played well, but then started getting penalities, which were deserved (tripping, holding, checking from behind . . .), and even though they were short-handed for most of the period they managed to keep with the Sudbury. In the second period, the 67s came out playing disorganized and sloppy. Battachio made some great saves, that were just jaw-dropping, to keep the 67s in the game. Sudbury kept up their speed and out-played the 67s. It wasn’t until the third period that the offense got their stuff together, and were flying. Kaspar's second goal was unbelievable. It was a classic tic-tac-toe play. The Sudbury players couldn't keep up with the passes, and when it was finally fired at the net, there were 4 Sudbury players just standing in front of the net. Oh, and Kaspar and Petruzalek kept their celebrations to a minimun tonight (Read = No waving to the crowd). Killer had commented yesterday (see post 'Killer Update' below) that there was a strong possibility that the centre-man on the Kaspar/Petruzalek line would become invisible. From last night, I don't think this is a problem. Tsimikalis shined. (StatsGuy said that maybe Tsimikalis will stand out now that he's playing with some talent --- last year he played with Albiani and Akeson, and even then he managed to get points.) Also, the two Czech players aren't puck hogs who only pass to each other. They pass to everyone. Kaspar made a sweet drop pass to Van Herpt last night. I think that the rest of the team will have to get used to receiving these awesome little passes in order to capitalize on them. Really looking forward to watching this line. As Schribes said on the broadcast last night, while Kaspar and Petruzalek are reminiscent of Locke and Foy, they might even be a little bit better!
The in-house three stars: (1) Battachio OTT, (2) Kaspar OTT, and (3) Petruzalek OTT. The TEAM 1200 three stars: (1) Kaspar OTT, (2) Petruzalek OTT, (3) Tsimikalis OTT, and Honourable Mention Battachio OTT.
The official OHL recap is available here.
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