Game Recap at Brampton (30-Jan)

67s win, 6-4 over the Battalion! See OHL game summary here. The Battalion have a game summary posted here. Some good words from Coach Butler for Guadagnolo:

“We battled back to tie it, and we had some good chances but couldn’t bury them,” said Battalion coach Stan Butler.

“It was one of those games where you can’t blame the guys for not generating opportunities. You have to give their goalie credit. He stepped up and played an outstanding game.”

And more evidence of Killer’s “nice understanding” with the refs in the league:

Referee Scott Oakman, who seemed to wilt under the glare of veteran 67's coach Brian Kilrea, left some wondering whether his executive director's duties with the embattled Greater Toronto Hockey League have affected his officiating ...

(We weren’t able to catch this game on radio (TEAM 1200/Dave Schreiber and AJ Jakubec) until the third period.)

IN THE NEWS
From SLAM! Sports, 67's outscore Battalion. And from the Ottawa Sun, Lawrance beats back troops. A snippet:

At Brampton, Robbie Lawrance scored the winner at 14:32 of the third period as the 67's blew a three-goal lead before recovering to beat the Battalion in OHL action yesterday. The 67's (23-19-6-1) led 4-1 heading into the final period, but the Battalion (25-16-7-2) rallied to tie it on goals by Brock McPherson, John de Gray and Luke Lynes in the first 4:45 of the third.

[. . .]

Kilrea praised Guadagnolo for hanging tough after Brampton tied the game in the third period.

"He kept us in the game," said Kilrea, whose club widened its second-place lead to three point over Belleville in the East Division.

SCORING
OTTAWA
1, Staubitz, (4) (Talbot, Hulit), 08:53 (PP)
1, Hulit, (24) (VanderVeeken), 13:21
2, VanderVeeken, (6) (Colbert, Hulit), 04:56 (PP)
2, Talbot, (22) (Petruzalek, Kaspar), 15:20 (PP)
3, Lawrance, (2) (Bonello, Staubitz), 14:32
3, Bickell, (17) (Hulit), 19:02

BRAMPTON
1, Wolski, (22) , 02:50
3, McPherson, (8) (Harrison, Duff), 01:23
3, de Gray, (2) (Sweeney, Lynes), 02:34
3, Lynes, (9) (Sonnenburg, Martin), 04:45

THREE STARS
OHL three stars were: (1) Guadagnolo, (2) Lynes (BRA), and (3) Hulit.

TEAM 1200 three stars were: (1) Hulit (4 point game – 1G and 2A), (2) Guadagnolo (sensational in net), and (3) Lawrance (game-winning goal).

REFFING
Oakman.

ATTENDANCE
2697.

NEXT UP
This Friday at home vs Brampton. Then away on Sunday at Kingston.