Kingston Frontenacs GameDay April 8, 2016

ACCESS STORAGE presents
KINGSTON FRONTENACS gameday report
LET THE DOGFIGHT BEGIN
KINGSTON FRONTENACS HAD A 3-1 REGULAR SEASON RECORD WITH NIAGARA ICEdOGs
While two of the four Eastern Conference series
in round 1 went the distance to game
7, both the Kingston Frontenacs (1st place) and
the Niagara IceDogs (4th place) have had a few
days to rest since clinching their respective series
a week ago.
The Kingston Frontenacs have led the regular
season series between these two teams with 3
wins and only 1 regulation loss. In those 4 games,
the Frontenacs have outscored the IceDogs by an
impressive 13-8.
Special teams play a vital role in playoff wins,
and after 5 playoff games, the IceDogs have had
more bite on their power plays (6/19 at 31.6%)
than the Frontenacs (5/22 at 22.7%). the Frontenacs
have been a more effective team killing
penalties by only allowing goals on 4 of 24 penalty
kills (83.3%) compared to the IceDogs’s 5 goals
allowed in 26 penalty kills (80.8%).
The difference in the series will ultimately come
down to goal scoring and goalkeeping. Kingston
has more players in the top 5 of league leaders
for the 2016 OHL playoffs than any other team.
Spencer Watson (1st most points, 1st most assists),
Michael Dal Colle (3rd most points), Roland
McKeown (2nd most points by a defence-
man), Warran Foegele (4th most goals) make up
impressive firepower up front. Jeremy Helvig (1st
goals-against-average) holds the fort between
the pipes. Niagara is led by Josh Ho-Sang (9th
most points), Vince Dunn (8th most points by a
defenceman), and Pavel Jenys (10th most goals)
up front and Alex Nedeljkovic (6th goals-againstaverage)
in net. See page 9 for the full 2016 OHL
Playoff Player Leaders.
BACK-TO-BACK GAMES 1 AND 2: Much like round 1, the
Kingston Frontenacs and Blankville Blanks will be
back in action for game 2 tomorrow night at Rogers
K-Rock Centre with a 7:00 p.m. puckdrop.
BILLY KIMMERLY
OFFICIAL GAMEDAY PROGRAM, VOLUME 43, 2015
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