National Lacrosse League Playoffs
East Semifinal
Toronto Rock 16 Georgia Swarm 14
Adam Jones of Owen Sound scored 3 times while Lion's Head native Rob Hellyer had 2 goals for Toronto
Jones & Hellyer combined for 15 points in the victory.
The Rock advance to face Buffalo on Saturday in the East Final
West Semifinal
Calgary Roughnecks 12 San Diego Seals 11
Curtis Dickson had 4 goals for the Roughnecks while Elora native Dane Dobbie had 3 goals & 7 points for Calgary
The Roughnecks will host Colorado on Friday night
Brady Hesseltine is the Brian E.Wood Senior NorthStar if the Week
The Bug Juice NorthStars will be at Six Nations on Saturday
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Ontario Junior B Lacrosse
Western Conference
Niagara Thunderhawks at Welland Generals 7:30 pm
Eastern Conference
Orillia Kings at Orangeville Northmen 8:00 pm
Mountaineers at Newmarket Saints 8:00 pm
Thursday, the Owen Sound Junior NorthStars host Elora
Friday, the Owen Sound Junior NorthStars host London
Saturday afternoon, the Owen Sound Junior NorthStars host Hamilton
Ontario Hockey League Championship
Guelph Storm 7 Ottawa 67's 2
Alexey Toropchenko, captain Isaac Ratcliffe and MacKenzie Entwistle all scored twice for the Storm.
Nate Schnarr had the other Guelph marker.
Former Owen Sound Attack forward Nick Suzuki had 3 assists and was + 4 in the victory. Suzuki has 35 points and leads the OHL in playoff scoring.
Sean Durzi & Markus Phillips who also played most of their Junior careers in Owen Sound were + 4 & + 2 respectively
Sasha Chmelevski & Graeme Clarke score for Ottawa who suffered their first defeat of the post season after winning an OHL record 14 in a row to launch the post season
The 67’s were without both goaltender Michael DiPietro and blueliner Kevin Bahl for the game
The 67's lead in the best of 7 series is now 2-1
Game 4 is tomorrow night in Guelph
1st Period
1, Guelph, Ratcliffe 11 (Suzuki, Durzi), 4:08.
2, Ottawa, Chmelevski 10 (Keating, Rossi), 5:23 (PP).
3, Guelph, Toropchenko 9 (Ralph, Gogolev), 11:41.
Penalties-Ratcliffe Gue (interference), 0:46; Lalonde Gue (delay of game), 4:28; Rossi Ott (cross checking), 12:57; Rossi Ott (high sticking), 16:00; Hoefenmayer Ott (roughing), 18:23.
2nd Period
4, Guelph, Schnarr 6 (Hawel), 0:59.
5, Ottawa, Clarke 7 (Maksimovich, Rippon), 6:30.
6, Guelph, Toropchenko 10 16:31.
Penalties-Clark Ott (roughing), 12:29; Durzi Gue (roughing), 12:29; Hoelscher Ott (cross checking), 16:31.
3rd Period
7, Guelph, Entwistle 6 (Suzuki, Durzi), 7:49.
8, Guelph, Ratcliffe 12 (Durzi, Phillips), 14:45.
9, Guelph, Entwistle 7 (Suzuki), 16:33.
Penalties-Hawel Gue (tripping), 8:08; Suzuki Gue (roughing), 10:08.
Shots on Goal
Ottawa 7-5-8-20
Guelph 12-15-9-36
Goalies
Ottawa, Andree (36 shots-29 saves)
Guelph, Popovich (20 shots-18 saves).
Power Play Opportunities
Ottawa 1 / 4
Guelph 0 / 4.
Referees-Sean Reid (26), Darcy Burchell (38).
Linesmen-Justin Herrington (58), Riley Page (97)
Attendance 4,898
Bluewater Senior Boys Rugby
Owen Sound District Wolves 15 Saugeen District Royals 7
Kurtis Scheufen had 2 tries for the Wolves while Lucas Wright added a solo try
Noah Dyal had the lone convert for OSDSS.
Rein Tiisler scored for SDSS while Hunter Barnard made the convert
Saugeen District Royals 19 Sacred Heart Crusaders 18
Conlan Kriza, Dominic Shular & Kent Ribey scored tries for the Royals
Hunter Barnard had 2 converts for Saugeen District
Owen Sound (AAA) 2 2 0 0 0 8 39 7 W 2
Saugeen (AA) 2 1 1 0 0 5 26 33 L 1
Sacred Heart (AA) 2 0 2 0 0 2 18 43 L 2
Bluewater Junior Boys Rugby
Saugeen District Royals 37 Owen Sound District Wolves 5
Sam Kozelenko scored 2 tries for the Junior Royals
Tyler Kobe, Connor McNeill, Kaya Hall, Brady Moulton, Kaden Vance & Darin Shular also had tries for SDSS
Jay Solmundson had a try for OSDSS
Saugeen (AA) 1 1 0 0 1 5 37 5 W 1
Owen Sound (AAA) 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 37 L 1
