Breaking Down the Final 20 Games

• 9 road games; 8 of them in February
  
• 11 home games including the last 6 games of the regular season
  
• 15 of the remaining games are against conference rivals:
  
  • 3 against Kingston
    
  • 4 against Peterborough
    
  • 2 against Niagara
    
  • 1 each against Belleville and Brampton
  
  
• 3 3-in-3 weekends left:
  • Brampton (home), Oshawa (road), Kingston (home) 1st weekend in February
    
  • Peterborough (home), Brampton (road), Owen Sound (road) the following weekend
    
  • Guelph (road), Erie (road), Niagara (road) last weekend in February
  
  

This time last year:

• Ottawa's record was 22-21-2-2 for 49 points
  
• GF 149 and GA 172
  
• Top scorers were Couture (17 goals/45 points); McGinn (20 goals/43 points) and Kiriakou (12 goals/31 points).
  
• Couture was out with a concussion, Lahey with his shoulder, Latta with mono and Bailey with a broken nose and orbital bone.
  

This year:

• Their record is 28-16-2-2 for 60 points
  
• GF 185 and GA 151
  
• Top scorers are Logan Couture (18 goals/48 points); Corey Cowick (29 goals/46 points) and Ryan Martindale (20 goals/43 points)
  
• best PP in the league; 3rd best PK in the league; least penalized team in the league
  
• 3rd best road team in the league (behind Windsor and London); 8th best home record
  
• The injuries are Cuma (knee - should be ready to skate soon), Hanes (ankle - at least a couple of weeks away), Toffoli (concussion - not before the weekend), and Courchaine (concussion-like symptoms, not before the weekend).
  

What a difference a year makes.