1999–2000 OHL season

The 1999–2000 OHL season was the 20th season of the Ontario Hockey League. The season was the first to award a point for an overtime loss. Twenty teams each played 68 games. The Barrie Colts won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the Plymouth Whalers.

Regular season

Final standings

Note: DIV = Division; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title

Eastern conference

Rank	Team	DIV	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
1	z-Barrie Colts	Central	68	43	18	6	1	93	306	212
2	y-Ottawa 67's	East	68	43	20	4	1	91	269	189
3	x-Belleville Bulls	East	68	44	22	2	0	90	319	227
4	x-Sudbury Wolves	Central	68	39	23	5	1	84	262	221
5	x-Kingston Frontenacs	East	68	38	22	5	3	84	258	245
6	x-Peterborough Petes	East	68	34	26	7	1	76	242	219
7	x-Oshawa Generals	East	68	32	30	4	2	70	227	224
8	x-North Bay Centennials	Central	68	24	35	6	3	57	214	253
9	Toronto St. Michael's Majors	Central	68	18	44	2	4	42	203	281
10	Mississauga IceDogs	Central	68	9	56	1	2	21	160	346

Western conference

Rank	Team	DIV	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
1	z-Plymouth Whalers	West	68	45	18	4	1	95	256	172
2	y-Erie Otters	Midwest	68	33	28	4	3	73	224	229
3	x-Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	West	68	37	20	6	5	85	270	217
4	x-Sarnia Sting	West	68	33	27	8	0	74	211	189
5	x-Windsor Spitfires	West	68	35	30	2	1	73	213	231
6	x-Kitchener Rangers	Midwest	68	28	30	6	4	66	229	256
7	x-Brampton Battalion	Midwest	68	25	28	11	4	65	213	226
8	x-Guelph Storm	Midwest	68	29	34	4	1	63	250	256
9	London Knights	West	68	22	36	7	3	54	186	250
10	Owen Sound Platers	Midwest	68	21	35	6	6	54	237	292

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes [1]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Sheldon Keefe	Barrie Colts	66	48	73	121	95
Norm Milley	Sudbury Wolves	68	52	60	112	47
Jason Jaspers	Sudbury Wolves	68	46	61	107	107
Denis Shvidki	Barrie Colts	61	41	65	106	55
Michael Zigomanis	Kingston Frontenacs	59	40	54	94	49
Jonathan Cheechoo	Belleville Bulls	66	45	46	91	102
Raffi Torres	Brampton Battalion	68	43	48	91	40
Taylor Pyatt	Sudbury Wolves	68	40	49	89	98
Jonathan Schill	Kingston Frontenacs	65	39	48	87	79
Mike Jefferson	Barrie Colts	58	34	53	87	203
Brent Gauvreau	Oshawa Generals	59	34	53	87	74
Derek Roy	Kitchener Rangers	66	34	53	87	44

Leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses;
SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average [2]

Player	Team	GP	Mins	W	L	T	OTL	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Rob Zepp	Plymouth Whalers	53	3006	36	11	3	0	119	3	0.912	2.38
Greg Hewitt	Sarnia Sting	52	3063	24	20	7	0	129	3	0.924	2.53
Levente Szuper	Ottawa 67's	53	2863	31	14	2	1	122	4	0.924	2.56
Joey MacDonald	Peterborough Petes	48	2641	20	14	6	1	125	2	0.918	2.84
Derek Dolson	Oshawa Generals	40	2259	19	18	2	0	111	2	0.917	2.95

Playoffs

Conference quarterfinals

Conference semifinals

Conference finals

Finals

E1

Barrie

4

E8

North Bay

2

E1

Barrie

4

E4

Sudbury

3

E4

Sudbury

4

E5

Kingston

1

E1

Barrie

4

E3

Belleville

1

E3

Belleville

4

E6

Peterborough

1

E3

Belleville

4

E2

Ottawa

2

E2

Ottawa

4

E7

Oshawa

1

E1

Barrie

4

W1

Plymouth

3

W1

Plymouth

4

W8

Guelph

2

W1

Plymouth

4

W5

Windsor

1

W4

Sarnia

3

W5

Windsor

4

W1

Plymouth

4

W3

S.S. Marie

1

W3

S.S. Marie

4

W6

Kitchener

1

W3

S.S. Marie

4

W2

Erie

3

W2

Erie

4

W7

Brampton

2

(1) Barrie Colts vs. (8) North Bay Centennials

March 26	North Bay Centennials		1 – 2	OT	Barrie Colts	Barrie Molson Centre	Recap
Mike Cirillo (1) - 8:57		First period			12:04 - pp - Michael Henrich (1)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			8:08 - Blaine Down (1)
Alex Auld (0 – 1, 52 saves / 54 shots)		Goalie stats			Brian Finley (1 – 0, 24 saves / 25 shots)

March 28	Barrie Colts		1 – 3		North Bay Centennials	North Bay Memorial Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Denis Shvidki (1) - 13:51		Second period			5:25 - pp - Scott Cameron (1) 11:36 - Jonas Andersson (1) 15:12 - Mike Cirillo (2)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Brian Finley (1 – 1, 25 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Alex Auld (1 – 1, 51 saves / 52 shots)

March 30	North Bay Centennials		2 – 3	OT	Barrie Colts	Barrie Molson Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			15:51 - pp - Michael Henrich (2)
Mike Cirillo (3) - 2:52 Scott Cameron (2) - pp - 6:33		Second period			8:35 - pp - Michael Henrich (3)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			4:12 - Michael Henrich (4)
Alex Auld (1 – 2, 41 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats			Brian Finley (6 saves / 8 shots) Mike D'Alessandro (1 – 0, 13 saves / 13 shots)

April 1	Barrie Colts		2 – 1	OT	North Bay Centennials	North Bay Memorial Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Matthew Dzieduszycki (1) - pp - 4:50		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			6:06 - pp - Jonas Andersson (2)
Mike Henderson (1) - 2:19		First overtime period			No scoring
Mike D'Alessandro (2 – 0, 26 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			Alex Auld (1 – 3, 34 saves / 36 shots)

April 2	North Bay Centennials		3 – 1		Barrie Colts	Barrie Molson Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Scott Cameron (3) - 10:38 Mike Cirillo (4) - 12:42		Second period			No scoring
Mike Cirillo (5) - en - 19:36		Third period			4:19 - Mike Henderson (2)
Alex Auld (2 – 3, 30 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Mike D'Alessandro (2 – 1, 32 saves / 34 shots)

April 4	Barrie Colts		3 – 2		North Bay Centennials	North Bay Memorial Gardens	Recap
Scott Cation (1) - pp - 4:42		First period			0:39 - pp - Peter Reynolds (1)
Tim Branham (1) - 1:28		Second period			No scoring
14:56 - Mike Dzieduszycki (2)		Third period			Mike Cirillo (6) - 4:46
Brian Finley (2 – 1, 34 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats			Alex Auld (2 – 4, 34 saves / 37 shots)

Barrie wins series 4 – 2

(2) Ottawa 67's vs. (7) Oshawa Generals

March 28	Oshawa Generals		2 – 3	2OT	Ottawa 67's	Ottawa Civic Centre	Recap
Greg Willers (1) - pp - 15:54		First period			13:52 - pp - Jonathan Zion (1)
Vladimir Repnev (1) - pp - 9:24		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			14:44 - Matt Zultek (1)
No scoring		Second overtime period			11:46 - Lance Galbraith (1)
Derek Dolson (0 – 1, 45 saves / 48 shots)		Goalie stats			Levente Szuper (1 – 0, 53 saves / 55 shots)

March 30	Ottawa 67's		3 – 2	OT	Oshawa Generals	Oshawa Civic Auditorium	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Kevin Malcolm (1) - 2:39		Second period			10:06 - Nick Lees (1)
Jonathan Zion (2) - pp - 11:09		Third period			13:10 - Nick Lees (2)
Miguel Delisle (1) - 0:16		First overtime period			No scoring
Levente Szuper (2 – 0, 41 saves / 43 shots)		Goalie stats			Derek Dolson (0 – 2, 27 saves / 30 shots)

March 31	Oshawa Generals		6 – 5		Ottawa 67's	Ottawa Civic Centre	Recap
Greg Willers (2) - pp' - 9:08 Brandon Cullen (1) - pp - 19:20		First period			17:20 - pp - Adam Chapman (1)
Brad Ralph (1) - pp - 5:47 John Kozoriz (1) - 12:12 Brent Gauvreau (1) - 12:36 Vladimir Repnev (2) - pp - 14:55		Second period			8:28 - pp - Joe Talbot (1) 11:10 - Matt Zultek (2) 18:58 - pp - Miguel Delisle (2)
No scoring		Third period			13:40 - pp - Luke Sellars (1)
T.J Aceti (1 – 0, 32 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			Levente Szuper (2 – 1, 29 saves / 35 shots)

April 2	Ottawa 67's		5 – 2		Oshawa Generals	Oshawa Civic Auditorium	Recap
Joe Talbot (2) - pp - 10:33 Jeremy Van Hoof (1) - 13:33 Lance Galbraith (2) - sh - 15:22 Russ Moyer (1) - 18:49		First period			12:56 - pp - Vladimir Repnev (3)
No scoring		Second period			12:20 - Richard Spence (1)
Zenon Konopka (1) - 8:43		Third period			No scoring
Levente Szuper (3 – 1, 45 saves / 47 shots)		Goalie stats			T.J. Aceti (1 – 1, 7 saves / 10 shots) Derek Dolson (16 saves / 18 shots)

April 4	Oshawa Generals		0 – 1		Ottawa 67's	Ottawa Civic Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			11:28 - pp - Ian Jacobs (1)
Derek Dolson (0 – 3, 31 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Levente Szuper (4 – 1, 38 saves / 38 shots)

Ottawa wins series 4 – 1

(3) Belleville Bulls vs. (6) Peterborough Petes

March 27	Peterborough Petes		2 – 4		Belleville Bulls	Yardmen Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			14:36 - Kyle Wellwood (1)
Jamie Chamberlain (1) - 5:08 Brad Self (1) - 5:37		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			7:20 - Mike Renzi (1) 11:27 - Kevin Baker (1) 19:52 - en - Mark Chaplin (1)
Joey MacDonald (0 – 1, 27 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Cory Campbell (1 – 0, 20 saves / 22 shots)

March 30	Belleville Bulls		8 – 3		Peterborough Petes	Peterborough Memorial Centre	Recap
Branko Radivojevic (1) - 18:56		First period			11:39 - T.J. Eason (1)
Kyle Wellwood (2) - 3:16 Mark Chaplin (2) - pp - 4:18 Mike Renzi (2) - 8:27		Second period			No scoring
Justin Papineau (1) - 4:28 Randy Rowe (1) - 7:00 Justin Papineau (2) - 10:01 Mike Renzi (3) - 18:17		Third period			14:45 - Jamie Chamberlain (2) 18:05 - pp - Jason Williams (1)
Cory Campbell (2 – 0, 32 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats			Joey MacDonald (0 – 2, 22 saves / 26 shots) Mike Pickard (13 saves / 17 shots)

April 1	Peterborough Petes		2 – 4		Belleville Bulls	Yardmen Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Marcel Rodman (1) - 6:46		Second period			2:46 - Jonathan Cheechoo (1) 11:27 - pp - Kevin Baker (2) 16:18 - Chris Stanley (1) 17:56 - Jonathan Cheechoo (2)
Jason Williams (2) - pp - 2:50		Third period			No scoring
Joey MacDonald (0 – 3, 29 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats			Corey Batten (1 – 0, 27 saves / 29 shots)

April 2	Belleville Bulls		0 – 3		Peterborough Petes	Peterborough Memorial Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			5:42 - Preston Mizzi (1) 8:00 - Adam Dewan (1) 19:06 - sh - Kurtis Foster (1)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Corey Batten (1 – 1, 23 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Joey MacDonald (1 – 3, 31 saves / 31 shots)

April 4	Peterborough Petes		2 – 6		Belleville Bulls	Yardmen Arena	Recap
Bob Crummer (1) - 1:32		First period			3:06 - pp - Mike Chaplin (3) 16:38 - pp - David Cornacchia (1)
No scoring		Second period			11:15 - Randy Rowe (2)
Brad Self (2) - pp - 12:33		Third period			11:33 - sh - Justin Papineau (3) 17:26 - Randy Rowe (3) 17:49 - en - Kevin Baker (3)
Joey MacDonald (1 – 4, 27 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Cory Campbell (3 – 0, 35 saves / 37 shots)

Belleville wins series 4 – 1

(4) Sudbury Wolves vs. (5) Kingston Frontenacs

March 26	Kingston Frontenacs		2 – 3		Sudbury Wolves	Sudbury Community Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			5:16 - Derek MacKenzie (1)
Andrew Ianiero (1) - pp - 18:01		Second period			1:16 - Jason Jaspers (1) 10:17 - pp - Norm Milley (1)
Andrew Ianiero (2) - 15:19		Third period			No scoring
Andrew Raycroft (0 – 1, 38 saves / 41 shots)		Goalie stats			Mike Gorman (1 – 0, 28 saves / 30 shots)

March 27	Kingston Frontenacs		2 – 6		Sudbury Wolves	Sudbury Community Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			13:59 - Dennis Wideman (1) 17:30 - pp - Taylor Pyatt (1) 18:15 - Tom Kostopoulos (1)
Travis Lisabeth (1) - 1:14 Travis Lisabeth (2) - 5:43		Second period			2:40 - Norm Milley (2) 12:23 - Jerry Connell (1)
No scoring		Third period			8:51 - sh - Jason Jaspers (2)
Andrew Raycroft (0 – 2, 38 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats			Mike Gorman (2 – 0, 42 saves / 44 shots)

March 30	Sudbury Wolves		3 – 6		Kingston Frontenacs	Kingston Memorial Centre	Recap
Norm Milley (3) - pp - 3:51		First period			9:50 - pp - Andrew Ianiero (3) 17:57 - Sean Avery (1)
Norm Milley (4) - 18:36		Second period			7:52 - pp - Brett Clouthier (1) 9:28 - pp - Brett Clouthier (2) 10:48 - Jonathan Schill (1)
Taylor Pyatt (2) - 3:37		Third period			18:54 - en - Andrew Ianiero (4)
Mike Gorman (2 – 1, 37 saves / 42 shots)		Goalie stats			Andrew Raycroft (1 – 2, 48 saves / 51 shots)

March 31	Sudbury Wolves		6 – 2		Kingston Frontenacs	Kingston Memorial Centre	Recap
Taylor Pyatt (3) - pp - 8:54 Alexei Semenov (1) - pp - 16:38		First period			7:11 - pp - Andrew Ianiero (5)
Taylor Pyatt (4) - pp - 13:22 Norm Milley (5) - 17:22		Second period			16:25 - pp - Sean Avery (2)
Jerry Connell (2) - 14:46 Norm Milley (6) - 15:38		Third period			No scoring
Mike Gorman (3 – 1, 39 saves / 41 shots)		Goalie stats			Andrew Raycroft (1 – 3, 37 saves / 43 shots)

April 3	Kingston Frontenacs		1 – 3		Sudbury Wolves	Sudbury Community Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			8:31 - Taylor Pyatt (5) 13:31 - pp - Taylor Pyatt (6)
Darryl Knight (1) - pp - 12:14		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			14:58 - Derek MacKenzie (2)
Andrew Raycroft (1 – 4, 42 saves / 45 shots)		Goalie stats			Mike Gorman (4 – 1, 24 saves / 25 shots)

Sudbury wins series 4 – 1

(1) Plymouth Whalers vs. (8) Guelph Storm

March 25	Guelph Storm		5 – 2		Plymouth Whalers	Compuware Sports Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Eric Beaudoin (1) - 11:26 Kent McDonell (1) - 16:04		Second period			No scoring
Kevin Mitchell (1) - 3:32 Eric Beaudoin (2) - pp - 11:24 Eric Beaudoin (3) - 19:22		Third period			0:12 - pp - Randy Fitzgerald (1) 3:10 - pp - Stephen Weiss (1)
Chris Madden (1 – 0, 33 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats			Rob Zepp (0 – 1, 35 saves / 40 shots)

March 27	Plymouth Whalers		1 – 4		Guelph Storm	Guelph Memorial Gardens	Recap
Shaun Fisher (1) - 15:32		First period			2:07 - Brent Kelly (1) 14:11 - Lindsay Plunkett (1)
No scoring		Second period			18:01 - Matthew House (1)
No scoring		Third period			19:37 - en - Lindsay Plunkett (2)
Rob Zepp (0 – 2, 19 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats			Chris Madden (2 – 0, 40 saves / 41 shots)

March 29	Guelph Storm		0 – 8		Plymouth Whalers	Compuware Sports Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			7:25 - Stephen Weiss (2) 12:55 - pp - Justin Williams (1) 19:03 - Randy Fitzgerald (2)
No scoring		Second period			6:17 - Justin Williams (2) 8:16 - Justin Williams (3) 13:52 - Damian Surma (1) 17:44 - Stephen Weiss (3)
No scoring		Third period			0:52 - pp - Stephen Weiss (4)
Chris Madden (2 – 1, 27 saves / 32 shots) Craig Anderson (15 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats			Rob Zepp (1 – 2, 31 saves / 31 shots)

March 31	Plymouth Whalers		3 – 2		Guelph Storm	Guelph Memorial Gardens	Recap
Justin Williams (4) - sh - 19:59		First period			No scoring
Randy Fitzgerald (3) - pp - 4:11		Second period			1:38 - pp - Charlie Stephens (1) 14:47 - Bohuslav Subr (1)
Randy Fitzgerald (4) - 7:08		Third period			No scoring
Rob Zepp (2 – 2, 42 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats			Chris Madden (2 – 2, 33 saves / 36 shots)

April 1	Guelph Storm		3 – 5		Plymouth Whalers	Compuware Sports Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			0:50 - Justin Williams (5) 13:58 - pp - Justin Williams (6) 18:00 - Justin Williams (7)
Brent Kelly (2) - 13:37 Brent Kelly (3) - 16:27		Second period			4:21 - Shaun Fisher (2)
Brent Kelly (4) - 9:54		Third period			19:15 - en - Eric Gooldy (1)
Chris Madden (8 saves / 11 shots) Craig Anderson (0 – 1, 18 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats			Rob Zepp (3 – 2, 26 saves / 29 shots)

April 4	Plymouth Whalers		5 – 1		Guelph Storm	Guelph Memorial Gardens	Recap
Justin Williams (8) - 5:09 Kristopher Vernarsky (1) - 14:19 Stephen Weiss (5) - 16:03		First period			No scoring
Stephen Weiss (6) - 0:59		Second period			19:57 - Joe Gerbe (1)
Steven Morris (1) - 13:26		Third period			No scoring
Rob Zepp (4 – 2, 32 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats			Chris Madden (2 – 3, 12 saves / 16 shots) Craig Anderson (17 saves / 18 shots)

Plymouth wins series 4 – 2

(2) Erie Otters vs. (7) Brampton Battalion

March 25	Brampton Battalion		5 – 2		Erie Otters	Erie Civic Center	Recap
Raffi Torres (1) - 11:43 Chris Rowan (1) - 12:52		First period			No scoring
Rostislav Klesla (1) - pp - 14:34		Second period			4:09 - Mike Nelson (1)
Jeff Bateman (1) - 9:50 Raffi Torres (2) - en - 19:44		Third period			3:11 - Jason Baird (1)
David Chant (1 – 0, 35 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			J.F. Perras (0 – 1, 21 saves / 25 shots)

March 28	Erie Otters		2 – 0		Brampton Battalion	Brampton Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Brad Boyes (1) - 7:46 Nikita Alexeev (1) - 12:11		Third period			No scoring
J.F. Perras (1 – 1, 36 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats			David Chant (1 – 1, 32 saves / 34 shots)

March 30	Brampton Battalion		3 – 4		Erie Otters	Erie Civic Center	Recap
Adam Van Leusen (1) - pp - 15:49 Adam Van Leusen (2) - 18:52		First period			1:45 - Brad Boyes (2)
Raffi Torres (3) - 18:22		Second period			5:03 - Brad Boyes (3)
No scoring		Third period			6:24 - Riley Moher (1) 17:55 - pp - Carlo Colaiacovo (1)
Scott Della Vedova (0 – 1, 34 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats			J.F. Perras (2 – 1, 26 saves / 29 shots)

March 31	Erie Otters		0 – 3		Brampton Battalion	Brampton Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			5:37 - Lukas Havel (1)
No scoring		Second period			4:35 - Raffi Torres (4)
No scoring		Third period			5:14 - pp - Lukas Havel (2)
J.F. Perras (2 – 2, 27 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			David Chant (2 – 1, 32 saves / 32 shots)

April 2	Brampton Battalion		2 – 6		Erie Otters	Erie Civic Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			2:23 - pp - Jason Baird (2) 9:47 - sh - Brad Boyes (4)
Jeff Bateman (2) - pp - 6:46 Lukas Havel (3) - 13:15		Second period			4:27 - pp - Brad Boyes (5) 15:06 - Mike Nelson (2)
No scoring		Third period			2:48 - Jason Baird (3) 17:56 - pp - Nikita Alexeev (2)
David Chant (2 – 2, 32 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats			J.F. Perras (3 – 2, 32 saves / 34 shots)

April 4	Erie Otters		5 – 2		Brampton Battalion	Brampton Centre	Recap
Michael Rupp (1) - 13:13		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			1:07 - pp - Raffi Torres (5) 1:47 - Nathan Herrington (1)
Shane Nash (1) - 12:18 Brad Yeo (1) - 16:06 Jason Baird (4) - 18:31 Michael Rupp (2) - en - 19:06		Third period			No scoring
J.F. Perras (4 – 2, 26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			David Chant (2 – 3, 30 saves / 34 shots)

Erie wins series 4 – 2

(3) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds vs. (6) Kitchener Rangers

March 26	Kitchener Rangers		1 – 4		Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Sault Memorial Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period			11:43 - pp - Cory Pecker (1)
No scoring		Second period			9:34 - Paul Ballantyne (1)
Matt Armstrong (1) - pp - 19:15		Third period			7:19 - Ryan Jardine (1) 9:22 - Chad Spurr (1)
Reg Bourcier (0 – 1, 47 saves / 51 shots)		Goalie stats			Jason Flick (1 – 0, 24 saves / 25 shots)

March 27	Kitchener Rangers		5 – 6	OT	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Sault Memorial Gardens	Recap
Brandon Merli (1) - pp - 3:27 Derek Roy (1) - 6:52		First period			0:57 - sh - Chad Spurr (2) 3:06 - pp - Chad Spurr (3)
Brandon Merli (2) - pp - 4:31 Mike Wehrstedt (1) - 5:19		Second period			7:37 - pp - Josef Vasicek (1)
Mike Wehrstedt (2) - 6:05		Third period			8:49 - pp - Paul Ballantyne (2) 15:32 - sh - Ryan Jardine (2)
No scoring		First overtime period			15:11 - Cory Pecker (2)
Reg Bourcier (0 – 2, 42 saves / 48 shots)		Goalie stats			Jason Flick (19 saves / 23 shots) Ray Emery (1 – 0, 19 saves / 20 shots)

March 30	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds		6 – 3		Kitchener Rangers	Kitchener Memorial Auditorium	Recap
John Osborne (1) - 4:41 Rob Chapman (1) - 8:16 Ryan Healy (1) - pp - 18:29		First period			2:30 - pp - Derek Roy (2) 12:09 - pp - Derek Roy (3)
Josef Vasicek (2) - sh - 6:39 Daniel Passero (1) - pp - 18:03		Second period			14:41 - pp - Ryan Held (1)
Chad Spurr (4) - en - 19:52		Third period			No scoring
Ray Emery (2 – 0, 31 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats			Reg Bourcier (16 saves / 19 shots) Scott Dickie (0 – 1, 30 saves / 32 shots)

March 31	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds		2 – 5		Kitchener Rangers	Kitchener Memorial Auditorium	Recap
No scoring		First period			19:04 - Matt Armstrong (2)
No scoring		Second period			12:23 - pp - Ryan Held (2)
Ryan Jardine (3) - 0:43 John Osborne (2) - pp - 16:52		Third period			6:38 - pp - Brandon Merli (3) 11:24 - sh - Brandon Merli (4) 16:01 - Ryan Held (3)
Ray Emery (2 – 1, 32 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			Reg Bourcier (1 – 2, 52 saves / 54 shots)

April 4	Kitchener Rangers		4 – 5		Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Sault Memorial Gardens	Recap
John Eminger (1) - 9:54		First period			No scoring
Derek Roy (4) - 0:22 Bobby Naylor (1) - 1:37 Ryan Held (4) - 8:39		Second period			2:53 - Ryan Healy (2) 3:41 - Josef Vasicek (3) 4:20 - Chad Spurr (5) 10:48 - Cleon Smith (1)
No scoring		Third period			9:17 - pp - Cory Pecker (3)
Reg Bourcier (1 – 3, 26 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Jason Flick (7 saves / 9 shots) Ray Emery (3 – 1, 16 saves / 18 shots)

Sault Ste. Marie wins series 4 – 1

(4) Sarnia Sting vs. (5) Windsor Spitfires

March 26	Windsor Spitfires		1 – 6		Sarnia Sting	Sarnia Sports & Entertainment Centre	Recap
Robin Boucher (1) - 0:44		First period			11:01 - sh - Maxim Rybin (1) 12:50 - Jason Penner (1)
No scoring		Second period			7:55 - Jeff Heerema (1) 19:37 - Jeff Heerema (2)
No scoring		Third period			10:24 - Maxim Rybin (2) 12:31 - Alexander Buturlin (1)
Ryan Aschaber (0 – 1, 18 saves / 22 shots) Michael Leighton (21 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats			Greg Hewitt (1 – 0, 30 saves / 31 shots)

March 28	Sarnia Sting		3 – 4		Windsor Spitfires	Windsor Arena	Recap
Ryan VanBuskirk (1) - pp - 7:28		First period			2:46 - pp - Steve Ott (1) 15:31 - pp - Robin Boucher (2) 18:42 - pp - Vince Grant (1)
No scoring		Second period			1:20 - Robin Boucher (3)
Jeff Heerema (3) - pp - 7:21 Robb Palahnuk (1) - pp - 7:40		Third period			No scoring
Greg Hewitt (1 – 1, 34 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats			Michael Leighton (1 – 0, 28 saves / 31 shots)

March 30	Windsor Spitfires		2 – 1	OT	Sarnia Sting	Sarnia Sports & Entertainment Centre	Recap
Craig Kennedy (1) - 6:54		First period			10:01 - Dusty Jamieson (1)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Shawn Mather (1) - 14:52		First overtime period			No scoring
Michael Leighton (2 – 0, 58 saves / 59 shots)		Goalie stats			Greg Hewitt (1 – 2, 24 saves / 26 shots)

March 31	Sarnia Sting		2 – 5		Windsor Spitfires	Windsor Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			4:44 - Steve Ott (2)
Alexander Buturlin (1) - pp - 18:56		Second period			2:03 - Vince Grant (2) 6:38 - Mark Ridout (1) 14:26 - Mark Ridout (2) 14:59 - Mark Ridout (3)
Maxim Rybin (3) - 14:11		Third period			No scoring
Greg Hewitt (1 – 3, 19 saves / 24 shots) Andrew Sim (8 saves / 8 shots)		Goalie stats			Michael Leighton (3 – 0, 23 saves / 25 shots)

April 2	Windsor Spitfires		1 – 2		Sarnia Sting	Sarnia Sports & Entertainment Centre	Recap
Blair Stayzer (1) - pp - 13:24		First period			11:23 - pp - Dusty Jamieson (2)
No scoring		Second period			11:47 - Dusty Jamieson (3)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Michael Leighton (3 – 1, 41 saves / 43 shots)		Goalie stats			Greg Hewitt (2 – 3, 27 saves / 28 shots)

April 4	Sarnia Sting		5 – 3		Windsor Spitfires	Windsor Arena	Recap
Andy Burnham (1) - 19:07		First period			No scoring
Alexander Buturlin (3) - pp - 7:15		Second period			4:49 - Vince Grant (3)
Alexander Buturlin (4) - 5:57 Chris Berti (1) - 15:59 Maxim Rybin (4) - en - 18:39		Third period			0:36 - Tim Gleason (1)
Greg Hewitt (3 – 3, 30 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats			Michael Leighton (3 – 2, 36 saves / 40 shots)

April 6	Windsor Spitfires		4 – 3	OT	Sarnia Sting	Sarnia Sports & Entertainment Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Robin Boucher (4) - 7:49 Shawn Mather (2) - 10:28		Second period			7:14 - Eric Himelfarb (1) 12:28 - Jeff Heerema (4)
Mark Ridout (4) - 10:21		Third period			3:53 - pp - Robb Palahnuk (2)
Jeff Martin (1) - 5:15		First overtime period			No scoring
Michael Leighton (4 – 2, 39 saves / 42 shots)		Goalie stats			Greg Hewitt (3 – 4, 35 saves / 39 shots)

Windsor wins series 4 – 3

(1) Barrie Colts vs. (4) Sudbury Wolves

April 8	Sudbury Wolves		1 – 3		Barrie Colts	Barrie Molson Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			14:57 - Sheldon Keefe (1)
Kip Brennan (1) - pp - 12:09		Second period			3:15 - Nick Robinson (1) 17:20 - pp - Sheldon Keefe (2)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Mike Gorman (4 – 2, 34 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			Brian Finley (3 – 1, 35 saves / 36 shots)

April 10	Barrie Colts		0 – 3		Sudbury Wolves	Sudbury Community Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			14:10 - pp - Taylor Pyatt (7) 18:14 - sh - Derek MacKenzie (3)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			12:37 - pp - Kip Brennan (2)
Brian Finley (3 – 2, 33 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats			Mike Gorman (5 – 2, 22 saves / 22 shots)

April 12	Sudbury Wolves		1 – 4		Barrie Colts	Barrie Molson Centre	Recap
Norm Milley (7) - pp - 16:47		First period			4:15 - Michael Henrich (5) 11:18 - pp - Blaine Down (2)
No scoring		Second period			4:44 - Michael Henrich (6)
No scoring		Third period			19:19 - en - Ed Hill (1)
Mike Gorman (5 – 3, 23 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Brian Finley (4 – 2, 33 saves / 34 shots)

April 14	Barrie Colts		4 – 5		Sudbury Wolves	Sudbury Community Arena	Recap
Blaine Down (3) - pp - 17:52		First period			No scoring
Mike Henderson (3) - sh - 6:26 Sheldon Keefe (3) - 10:15		Second period			18:34 - Jason Jaspers (3)
Blaine Down (4) - pp - 19:01		Third period			7:54 - pp - Brad Morgan (1) 11:10 - Derek MacKenzie (4) 12:40 - Kyle Dafoe (1) 16:48 - Sebastien Savage (1)
Brian Finley (4 – 3, 32 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			Mike Gorman (6 – 3, 34 saves / 38 shots)

April 17	Sudbury Wolves		3 – 4		Barrie Colts	Barrie Molson Centre	Recap
Jason Jaspers (4) - pp - 12:15		First period			No scoring
Brad Morgan (2) - pp - 9:23 Steven Ellis (1) - pp - 16:23		Second period			1:48 - Tim Branham (2) 5:05 - Tim Branham (3) 14:04 - pp - Blaine Down (5)
No scoring		Third period			11:40 - Sheldon Keefe (4)
Mike Gorman (6 – 4, 34 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats			Brian Finley (5 – 3, 39 saves / 42 shots)

April 19	Barrie Colts		1 – 4		Sudbury Wolves	Sudbury Community Arena	Recap
Michael Henrich (7) - 6:03		First period			6:22 - Sebastien Savage (2) 15:42 - Derek MacKenzie (5)
No scoring		Second period			13:33 - Taylor Pyatt (8)
No scoring		Third period			8:29 - pp - Norm Milley (8)
Brian Finley (5 – 4, 33 saves / 37 shots) Mike D'Alessandro (1 save / 1 shot)		Goalie stats			Mike Gorman (7 – 4, 34 saves / 35 shots)

April 20	Sudbury Wolves		1 – 2		Barrie Colts	Barrie Molson Centre	Recap
Kip Brennan (3) - 16:16		First period			16:34 - Blaine Down (6)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			18:35 - pp - Ryan Barnes (1)
Mike Gorman (7 – 5, 34 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats			Brian Finley (6 – 4, 30 saves / 31 shots)

Barrie wins series 4 – 3

(2) Ottawa 67's vs. (3) Belleville Bulls

April 9	Belleville Bulls		2 – 3		Ottawa 67's	Ottawa Civic Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			3:49 - pp - Miguel Delisle (3)
No scoring		Second period			10:16 - Miguel Delisle (4)
Michael Jacobsen (1) - 6:44 Mark Chaplin (4) - 8:24		Third period			3:16 - pp - Luke Sellars (2)
Cory Campbell (3 – 1, 20 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats			Levente Szuper (5 – 1, 43 saves / 45 shots)

April 11	Ottawa 67's		1 – 4		Belleville Bulls	Yardmen Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			1:59 - pp - Branko Radivojevic (2)
Randy Davidson (1) - sh - 1:07		Second period			5:20 - Nathan Robinson (1) 15:46 - Kevin Baker (4)
No scoring		Third period			2:33 - Randy Rowe (4)
Levente Szuper (5 – 2, 27 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Corey Batten (2 – 1, 25 saves / 26 shots)

April 14	Belleville Bulls		2 – 3		Ottawa 67's	Ottawa Civic Centre	Recap
Kevin Baker (5) - pp - 3:38 Nathan Robinson (2) - 9:23		First period			11:49 - pp - Dan Tessier (1) 17:38 - pp - Luke Sellars (3)
No scoring		Second period			1:04 - pp - Kevin Holdridge (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Corey Batten (2 – 2, 16 saves / 19 shots) Cory Campbell (8 saves / 8 shots)		Goalie stats			Levente Szuper (6 – 2, 26 saves / 28 shots)

April 15	Ottawa 67's		3 – 5		Belleville Bulls	Yardmen Arena	Recap
Lance Galbraith (3) - 5:48		First period			4:05 - Nick Policelli (1) 10:27 - Adam Paiement (1)
No scoring		Second period			10:07 - Mark Chaplin (5) 14:40 - Jonathan Cheechoo (3)
Joe Talbot (3) - 19:09 Adam Chapman (2) - pp - 19:57		Third period			8:35 - pp - Jonathan Cheechoo (4)
Levente Szuper (6 – 3, 32 saves / 37 shots) Paul Schonfelder (8 saves / 8 shots)		Goalie stats			Cory Campbell (4 – 1, 25 saves / 28 shots)

April 17	Belleville Bulls		5 – 3		Ottawa 67's	Ottawa Civic Centre	Recap
Malcolm Hutt (1) - 3:34 Randy Rowe (5) - 10:07		First period			0:50 - pp - Luke Sellars (4) 18:37 - pp - Jonathan Zion (3)
Kevin Baker (6) - 10:44 Branko Radivojevic (3) - 18:46		Second period			No scoring
Mark Chaplin (6) - en - 19:56		Third period			2:48 - Matt Zultek (3)
Cory Campbell (4 – 2, 40 saves / 43 shots)		Goalie stats			Levente Szuper (6 – 4, 30 saves / 34 shots)

April 19	Ottawa 67's		3 – 6		Belleville Bulls	Yardmen Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			11:14 - pp - Kevin Baker (7)
Lance Galbraith (4) - 10:19 Randy Davidson (2) - 11:40		Second period			9:33 - Malcolm Hutt (2) 17:33 - Chris Stanley (2)
Dan Tessier (2) - pp - 15:57		Third period			0:45 - Justin Papineau (4) 3:24 - Randy Rowe (6) 19:40 - Kevin Baker (8)
Levente Szuper (6 – 5, 34 saves / 40 shots)		Goalie stats			Cory Campbell (5 – 2, 32 saves / 35 shots)

Belleville wins series 4 – 2

(1) Plymouth Whalers vs. (5) Windsor Spitfires

April 8	Windsor Spitfires		0 – 6		Plymouth Whalers	Compuware Sports Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			5:12 - pp - Shaun Fisher (3) 8:50 - Tomas Kurka (1) 13:40 - Damian Surma (2) 16:39 - Steven Morris (2)
No scoring		Second period			14:18 - pp - George Nistas (1)
No scoring		Third period			13:41 - Cole Jarrett (1)
Michael Leighton (4 – 3, 14 saves / 18 shots) Ryan Aschaber (22 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats			Rob Zepp (5 – 2, 25 saves / 25 shots)

April 10	Plymouth Whalers		1 – 2		Windsor Spitfires	Windsor Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Kristopher Vernarsky (2) - sh - 15:49		Second period			3:49 - Curtis Watson (1) 4:53 - Vince Grant (4)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Rob Zepp (5 – 3, 18 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats			Michael Leighton (5 – 3, 27 saves / 28 shots)

April 12	Windsor Spitfires		1 – 2		Plymouth Whalers	Compuware Sports Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			6:04 - Nate Kiser (1)
No scoring		Second period			2:14 - Damian Surma (3)
Robert Boucher (5) - pp - 2:53		Third period			No scoring
Michael Leighton (5 – 4, 39 saves / 41 shots)		Goalie stats			Rob Zepp (6 – 3, 23 saves / 24 shots)

April 14	Plymouth Whalers		8 – 3		Windsor Spitfires	Windsor Arena	Recap
Randy Fitzgerald (5) - 3:02 Andre Robichaud (1) - 11:23 Damian Surma (4) - pp - 12:14 Eric Gooldy (2) - 17:41 Tomas Kurka (2) - 19:27		First period			8:23 - pp - Patrick Finnegan (1) 14:07 - pp - Tim Gleason (2)
Randy Fitzgerald (6) - 13:05		Second period			No scoring
George Nistas (2) - 11:02 Randy Fitzgerald (7) - 15:34		Third period			5:43 - pp - Steve Ott (3)
Rob Zepp (7 – 3, 29 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats			Michael Leighton (5 – 5, 13 saves / 18 shots) Ryan Aschaber (14 saves / 17 shots)

April 15	Windsor Spitfires		1 – 4		Plymouth Whalers	Compuware Sports Arena	Recap
Vince Grant (5) - pp - 14:21		First period			6:01 - Damian Surma (5) 10:42 - Justin Williams (9)
No scoring		Second period			2:53 - pp - Randy Fitzgerald (8)
No scoring		Third period			18:46 - en - Tomas Kurka (3)
Michael Leighton (5 – 6, 38 saves / 41 shots)		Goalie stats			Rob Zepp (8 – 3, 21 saves / 22 shots)

Plymouth wins series 4 – 1

(2) Erie Otters vs. (3) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds

April 10	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds		3 – 4	OT	Erie Otters	Erie Civic Center	Recap
Ryan Jardine (4) - pp - 8:04		First period			8:39 - pp - Brad Boyes (6)
Ryan Jardine (5) - sh - 10:33 John Osborne (3) - 17:51		Second period			11:11 - pp - Michael Rupp (3)
No scoring		Third period			7:01 - pp - Arvid Rekis (1)
No scoring		First overtime period			19:47 - Brad Yeo (2)
Ray Emery (3 – 2, 39 saves / 43 shots)		Goalie stats			J.F. Serras (5 – 2, 43 saves / 46 shots)

April 11	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds		4 – 5	OT	Erie Otters	Erie Civic Center	Recap
Ryan Jardine (6) - 0:43 Chad Spurr (6) - pp - 6:10		First period			7:18 - Scott Rozendal (1) 11:27 - pp - Nikita Alexeev (3)
Daniel Passero (2) - pp - 1:23		Second period			3:43 - pp - Shane Nash (2) 6:15 - pp - Jason Baird (5)
Cory Pecker (4) - pp - 7:33		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			7:09 - Troy Ilijow (1) - 7:09
Jeremy Day (23 saves / 27 shots) Ray Emery (3 – 3, 20 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats			J.F. Serras (6 – 2, 45 saves / 49 shots)

April 13	Erie Otters		1 – 3		Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Sault Memorial Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			18:05 - Trevor Daley (1)
Nikita Alexeev (4) - 4:37		Third period			13:13 - John Osborne (4) 19:34 - en - Josef Vasicek (4)
J.F. Serras (6 – 3, 27 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			Ray Emery (4 – 3, 26 saves / 27 shots)

April 14	Erie Otters		0 – 2		Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Sault Memorial Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			2:24 - John Osborne (5)
No scoring		Third period			1:28 - pp - Ryan Jardine (7)
J.F. Serras (6 – 4, 29 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Ray Emery (5 – 3, 31 saves / 31 shots)

April 16	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds		1 – 3		Erie Otters	Erie Civic Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			4:53 - pp - Jason Baird (6) 11:10 - Jason Baird (7)
Ryan Healy (3) - pp - 9:59		Third period			2:34 - Peter Campbell (1)
Ray Emery (5 – 4, 23 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			J.F. Serras (7 – 4, 34 saves / 35 shots)

April 18	Erie Otters		4 – 8		Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Sault Memorial Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period			7:13 - pp - Ryan Jardine (8) 9:10 - pp - Cleon Smith (2)
Michael Rupp (4) - 12:26 Carlo Colaiacovo (2) - pp - 16:50		Second period			14:26 - Ryan Jardine (9) 19:50 - Josef Vasicek (5)
Michael Rupp (5) - pp - 3:47 Mike Nelson (3) - pp - 13:15		Third period			6:07 - pp - Ryan Jardine (10) 11:10 - Ryan Milanovic (1) 14:15 - pp - Daniel Passero (3) 18:45 - pp - Josh Bennett (1)
J.F. Serras (7 – 5, 42 saves / 49 shots) Adam Munro (6 saves / 7 shots)		Goalie stats			Ray Emery (6 – 4, 40 saves / 44 shots)

April 20	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds		4 – 0		Erie Otters	Erie Civic Center	Recap
Ryan Jardine (11) - 7:16		First period			No scoring
Ryan Milanovic (2) - 4:23		Second period			No scoring
Ryan Milanovic (3) - 0:35 Cory Pecker (5) - en - 18:39		Third period			No scoring
Ray Emery (7 – 4, 40 saves / 40 shots)		Goalie stats			J.F. Serras (7 – 6, 26 saves / 29 shots)

Sault Ste. Marie wins series 4 – 3

(1) Barrie Colts vs. (3) Belleville Bulls

April 22	Belleville Bulls		2 – 5		Barrie Colts	Barrie Molson Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			4:28 - Sheldon Keefe (5)
Branko Radivojevic (4) - pp - 6:50 Randy Rowe (7) - sh - 17:58		Second period			1:51 - Mike Christian (1) 11:26 - pp - Ryan Barnes (2)
No scoring		Third period			14:56 - Sheldon Keefe (6) 15:50 - Mike Christian (2)
Cory Campbell (5 – 3, 35 saves / 40 shots)		Goalie stats			Brian Finley (7 – 4, 36 saves / 38 shots)

April 24	Barrie Colts		6 – 2		Belleville Bulls	Yardmen Arena	Recap
Blaine Down (7) - 2:22 Michael Henrich (8) - 8:16		First period			No scoring
Mike Christian (3) - 15:52		Second period			0:59 - pp - Jonathan Cheechoo (5)
Ryan Barnes (3) - 3:25 Shawn Cation (2) - pp - 15:54 Tim Verbeek (1) - 17:05		Third period			17:33 - Kevin Baker (9)
Brian Finley (8 – 4, 29 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Cory Campbell (5 – 4, 19 saves / 23 shots) Corey Batten (9 saves / 11 shots)

April 26	Belleville Bulls		6 – 5	OT	Barrie Colts	Barrie Molson Centre	Recap
Kevin Baker (10) - pp - 10:52		First period			7:36 - Matthew Dzieduszycki (3)
Michael Jacobsen (2) - 3:03 Chris Stanley (3) - pp - 6:59 Mike Renzi (4) - 9:41		Second period			2:29 - Blaine Down (8) 12:15 - pp Shawn Cation (3) 17:24 - Mike Jefferson (1)
Kevin Baker (11) - pp - 16:00		Third period			1:38 - Mike Jefferson (2)
Chris Stanley (4) - 3:49		First overtime period			No scoring
Corey Batten (24 saves / 29 shots) Cory Campbell (6 – 4, 9 saves / 9 shots)		Goalie stats			Brian Finley (8 – 5, 37 saves / 43 shots)

April 28	Barrie Colts		3 – 2		Belleville Bulls	Yardmen Arena	Recap
Shawn Cation (4) - pp - 11:40 Mike Jefferson (3) - pp - 19:12		First period			6:03 - pp - Nathan Robinson (3)
Shawn Cation (5) - 5:01		Second period			7:28 - Kyle Wellwood (3)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Brian Finley (9 – 5, 37 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats			Cory Campbell (6 – 5, 28 saves / 31 shots)

April 30	Belleville Bulls		1 – 7		Barrie Colts	Barrie Molson Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			5:05 - Mike Christian (4) 13:01 - Sheldon Keefe (7)
Branco Radivojevic (5) - 5:16		Second period			1:47 - pp - Sheldon Keefe (8) 13:34 - Ryan Barnes (4) 16:35 - Matthew Dzieduszycki (4)
No scoring		Third period			15:07 - Ryan Barnes (5) 17:49 - pp - Shawn Cation (6)
Cory Campbell (6 – 6, 17 saves / 22 shots) Corey Batten (7 saves / 9 shots)		Goalie stats			Brian Finley (10 – 5, 30 saves / 31 shots)

Barrie wins series 4 – 1

(1) Plymouth Whalers vs. (3) Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds

April 22	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds		1 – 4		Plymouth Whalers	Compuware Sports Arena	Recap
Chad Spurr (7) - 13:58		First period			19:37 - Justin Williams (10)
No scoring		Second period			8:44 - George Nistas (3) 9:40 - pp - Tomas Kurka (4) 16:44 - pp - Damian Surma (6)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Jason Flick (1 – 1, 27 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Rob Zepp (9 – 3, 22 saves / 23 shots)

April 25	Plymouth Whalers		0 – 2		Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Sault Memorial Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			6:02 - Ryan Milanovic (4) 14:37 - Jeff Richards (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Rob Zepp (9 – 4, 24 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Ray Emery (8 – 4, 40 saves / 40 shots)

April 26	Plymouth Whalers		4 – 3		Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Sault Memorial Gardens	Recap
No scoring		First period			9:11 - Rob Chapman (2)
Stephen Weiss (7) - 8:36 Shaun Fisher (4) - pp - 12:43 Justin Williams (11) - 19:50		Second period			No scoring
Cole Jarrett (2) - pp - 17:14		Third period			4:06 - Trevor Daley (2) 16:04 - pp - John Osborne (6)
Rob Zepp (10 – 4, 31 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats			Ray Emery (8 – 5, 33 saves / 37 shots)

April 28	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds		1 – 2	OT	Plymouth Whalers	Compuware Sports Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Trevor Daley (3) - 19:11		Second period			15:19 - pp - Cole Jarrett (3)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			13:20 - sh - Justin Williams (12)
Ray Emery (8 – 6, 23 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Rob Zepp (11 – 4, 33 saves / 34 shots)

April 29	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds		1 – 3		Plymouth Whalers	Compuware Sports Arena	Recap
Cory Pecker (6) - 6:02		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			3:38 - Eric Gooldy (3) 4:23 - Randy Fitzgerald (9)
No scoring		Third period			9:04 - Eric Gooldy (4)
Ray Emery (8 – 7, 32 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats			Rob Zepp (12 – 4, 32 saves / 33 shots)

Plymouth wins series 4 – 1

(W1) Plymouth Whalers vs. (E1) Barrie Colts

May 4	Plymouth Whalers		5 – 4	OT	Barrie Colts	Barrie Molson Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Eric Gooldy (5) - 7:11 Jamie Lalonde (1) - 8:19 Randy Fitzgerald (10) - 13:06		Second period			9:41 - Blaine Down (9)
Eric Gooldy (6) - pp - 5:53		Third period			2:27 - Mike Jefferson (4) 7:27 - pp - Mike Jefferson (5) 13:20 - Mike Christian (5)
Randy Fitzgerald (11) - 0:59		First overtime period			No scoring
Rob Zepp (13 – 4, 33 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats			Brian Finley (10 – 6, 30 saves / 35 shots)

May 7	Barrie Colts		4 – 3		Plymouth Whalers	Compuware Sports Arena	Recap
Rick Hwodeky (1) - 11:45		First period			19:27 - pp - Eric Gooldy (7)
Denis Shvidki (2) - 2:12		Second period			No scoring
Tim Branham (4) - 5:09 Matthew Dzieduszycki (5) - 12:59		Third period			16:22 - George Nistas (4) 18:08 - Justin Williams (13)
Brian Finley (11 – 6, 38 saves / 41 shots)		Goalie stats			Rob Zepp (13 – 5, 27 saves / 31 shots)

May 8	Barrie Colts		3 – 5		Plymouth Whalers	Compuware Sports Arena	Recap
Tim Verbeek (2) - 2:14 Tim Verbeek (3) - 18:19		First period			12:11 - sh - Stephen Weiss (8) 19:16 - Kristopher Vernarsky (3)
Mike Jefferson (6) - pp - 16:47		Second period			0:44 - pp - Justin Williams (14) 2:15 - Tomas Kurka (5)
No scoring		Third period			19:46 - en - Randy Fitzgerald (12)
Brian Finley (11 – 7, 27 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Rob Zepp (14 – 5, 30 saves / 33 shots)

May 10	Plymouth Whalers		3 – 6		Barrie Colts	Barrie Molson Centre	Recap
Tomas Kurka (6) - pp - 8:20		First period			3:55 - pp - Denis Shvidki (3) 5:25 - sh - Ryan Barnes (6)
No scoring		Second period			0:25 - pp - Ryan Barnes (7) 9:53 - Mike Henderson (4)
Damian Surma (7) - 7:57 Damian Surma (8) - pp - 12:02		Third period			12:42 - Mike Christian (6) 19:04 - en - Sheldon Keefe (9)
Rob Zepp (14 – 6, 23 saves / 27 shots) Bill Ruggiero (9 saves / 10 shots)		Goalie stats			Brian Finley (12 – 7, 30 saves / 33 shots)

May 12	Barrie Colts		1 – 3		Plymouth Whalers	Compuware Sports Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			16:05 - George Nistas (5)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Blaine Down (10) - 11:04		Third period			11:35 - Randy Fitzgerald (13) 19:11 - en - Tomas Kurka (7)
Brian Finley (12 – 8, 26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Rob Zepp (15 – 6, 28 saves / 29 shots)

May 14	Plymouth Whalers		0 – 3		Barrie Colts	Barrie Molson Centre	Recap
No scoring		First period			6:13 - Mike Jefferson (7)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			7:05 - Michael Henrich (9) 18:21 - Michael Henrich (10)
Rob Zepp (15 – 7, 32 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats			Brian Finley (13 – 8, 26 saves / 26 shots)

May 16	Barrie Colts		4 – 2		Plymouth Whalers	Compuware Sports Arena	Recap
Sheldon Keefe (10) - pp - 6:36		First period			10:16 - pp - Damiam Surma (9)
Mike Henderson (5) - 4:40		Second period			No scoring
Tim Verbeek (4) - 7:02 Tim Verbeek (5) - 18:29		Third period			10:32 - George Nistas (6)
Brian Finley (14 – 8, 27 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			Rob Zepp (15 – 8, 24 saves / 28 shots)

Barrie wins series 4 – 3

J. Ross Robertson Cup Champions Roster

1999-00 Barrie Colts[3]
Goaltenders 1 – Brian Finley  30 – Dana Bannerman  30 – Mike D'Alessandro		Defencemen 2 – Ryan O'Keefe  4 – Nick Robinson  5 – Erik Reitz  6 – Aaron Power  7 – Ed Hill  15 – Tim Branham  18 – Rick Hwodeky  26 – Shawn Cation		Wingers 9 – Blaine Down  10 – Ryan Barnes  14 – Matt Passfield  20 – Kyle Wailes  23 – Mike Christian  27 – Michael Henrich  28 – Sheldon Keefe  - C 32 – Mike Henderson  34 – Mike Jefferson  35 – Denis Shvidki		Centres 16 – Tim Verbeek  19 – Matthew Dzieduszycki  Coach: Bill Stewart General Manager: Bill Stewart

Playoff scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes [4]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Justin Williams	Plymouth Whalers	23	14	16	30	10
Michael Henrich	Barrie Colts	25	10	18	28	30
Stephen Weiss	Plymouth Whalers	23	8	18	26	18
Shaun Fisher	Plymouth Whalers	23	4	21	25	24
Randy Fitzgerald	Plymouth Whalers	23	13	10	23	47
Sheldon Keefe	Barrie Colts	25	10	13	23	41
Mike Jefferson	Barrie Colts	25	7	16	23	107
Mike Christian	Barrie Colts	25	6	15	21	37
Randy Rowe	Belleville Bulls	16	7	13	20	6
Josef Vasicek	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	17	5	15	20	8

Playoff leading goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average [5]

Player	Team	GP	Mins	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Alex Auld	North Bay Centennials	6	375	2	4	12	0	0.953	1.92
Derek Dolson	Oshawa Generals	4	257	0	3	9	0	0.930	2.10
Ray Emery	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	15	884	8	7	33	3	0.931	2.24
Rob Zepp	Plymouth Whalers	23	1374	15	8	52	2	0.925	2.27
Mike Gorman	Sudbury Wolves	12	720	7	5	29	1	0.930	2.42

All-Star teams

First team

• Dan Tessier, Centre, Ottawa 67's
• Taylor Pyatt, Left Wing, Sudbury Wolves
• Norm Milley, Right Wing, Sudbury Wolves
• John Erskine, Defence, London Knights
• Branislav Mezei, Defence, Belleville Bulls
• Andrew Raycroft, Goaltender, Kingston Frontenacs
• Peter DeBoer, Coach, Plymouth Whalers

Second team

• Jason Jaspers, Centre, Sudbury Wolves
• Raffi Torres, Left Wing, Brampton Battalion
• Sheldon Keefe, Right Wing, Barrie Colts
• Allan Rourke, Defence, Kitchener Rangers
• Kevin Mitchell, Defence, Guelph Storm
• Rob Zepp, Goaltender, Plymouth Whalers
• Tom Webster, Coach, Windsor Spitfires

Third team

• Josef Vasicek, Centre, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
• Johnathan Schill, Left Wing, Kingston Frontenacs
• Denis Shvidki, Right Wing, Barrie Colts
• Alexei Semenov, Defence, Sudbury Wolves
• Mike Van Ryn, Defence, Sarnia Sting
• Levente Szuper, Goaltender, Ottawa 67's
• Stan Butler, Coach, Brampton Battalion

Awards

J. Ross Robertson Cup:	Barrie Colts
Hamilton Spectator Trophy:	Plymouth Whalers
Bobby Orr Trophy:	Barrie Colts
Wayne Gretzky Trophy:	Plymouth Whalers
Leyden Trophy:	Ottawa 67's
Emms Trophy:	Barrie Colts
Holody Trophy:	Erie Otters
Bumbacco Trophy:	Plymouth Whalers
Red Tilson Trophy:	Andrew Raycroft, Kingston Frontenacs
Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy:	Sheldon Keefe, Barrie Colts
Matt Leyden Trophy:	Peter DeBoer, Plymouth Whalers
Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy:	Sheldon Keefe, Barrie Colts
Max Kaminsky Trophy:	John Erskine, London Knights
OHL Goaltender of the Year:	Andrew Raycroft, Kingston Frontenacs
Jack Ferguson Award:	Patrick Jarrett, Mississauga IceDogs
Dave Pinkney Trophy:	Rob Zepp and Bill Ruggiero, Plymouth Whalers
OHL Executive of the Year:	Robert Ciccarelli, Sarnia Sting
Emms Family Award:	Derek Roy, Kitchener Rangers
F.W. 'Dinty' Moore Trophy:	Andrew Sim, Sarnia Sting
OHL Humanitarian of the Year:	Dan Tessier, Ottawa 67's
William Hanley Trophy:	Mike Zigomanis, Kingston Frontenacs
Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy:	Dan Tessier, Ottawa 67's
Bobby Smith Trophy:	Brad Boyes, Erie Otters
Wayne Gretzky 99 Award:	Brian Finley, Barrie Colts

2000 OHL Priority Selection

On June 3, 2000, the OHL conducted the 2000 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. The Mississauga IceDogs held the first overall pick in the draft, and selected Patrick Jarrett from the Soo Thunderbirds. Jarrett was awarded the Jack Ferguson Award, awarded to the top pick in the draft.

Below are the players who were selected in the first round of the 2000 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection. [6]

#	Player	Nationality	OHL Team	Hometown	Minor Team
1	Patrick Jarrett (C)	Canada	Mississauga IceDogs	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	Soo Thunderbirds
2	Tim Brent (C/RW)	Canada	Toronto St. Michael's Majors	Cambridge, Ontario	Cambridge Winter Hawks
3	Richard Power (D)	Canada	Owen Sound Attack	Welland, Ontario	Toronto Marlboros
4	Rick Nash (LW)	Canada	London Knights	Brampton, Ontario	Toronto Marlboros
5	Craig Foster (C)	Canada	North Bay Centennials	Carp, Ontario	Ottawa Valley Titans
6	Daniel Paille (LW)	Canada	Guelph Storm	Welland, Ontario	Welland Jr. Canadians
7	Adam Henrich (LW)	Canada	Brampton Battalion	Thornhill, Ontario	Don Mills Flyers
8	Andre Benoit (D)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers	Barrie, Ontario	Penetang Kings
9	Ben Eager (LW)	Canada	Oshawa Generals	Ottawa, Ontario	Ottawa Jr. Senators
10	Brian Lee (D)	United States	Erie Otters	Berrien Springs, Michigan	Detroit Honeybaked
11	Matt Maccarone (LW)	Canada	Windsor Spitfires	Whitby, Ontario	Whitby Wildcats
12	John Hecimovic (RW)	Canada	Sarnia Sting	Waterloo, Ontario	Kitchener Jr. Rangers
13	Eric Staal (C)	Canada	Peterborough Petes	Thunder Bay, Ontario	Thunder Bay Kings
14	Justin McCutcheon (RW)	United States	Kingston Frontenacs	Ithaca, New York	Brampton Capitals
15	Adam Sturgeon (D)	Canada	Sudbury Wolves	Erin, Ontario	Milton IceHawks
16	Jeremy Swanson (D)	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Thunder Bay, Ontario	Thunder Bay Kings
17	Andre Deveaux (RW)	Canada	Belleville Bulls	Welland, Ontario	Fort Erie Meteors
18	Bryan Rodney (D)	Canada	Ottawa 67's	London, Ontario	St. Mary's Lincolns
19	Dean Byvelds (LW)	Canada	Barrie Colts	Chesterville, Ontario	Wellington Dukes
20	James Wisniewski (D)	United States	Plymouth Whalers	Canton, Michigan	Plymouth Compuware

See also

• List of OHA Junior A standings
• List of OHL seasons
• 2000 Memorial Cup
• 2000 NHL Entry Draft
• 1999 in sports
• 2000 in sports

References

1. https://ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/players/9
2. https://ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/goalies/9
3. https://ontariohockeyleague.com/roster/7/10
4. https://ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/players/10
5. https://ontariohockeyleague.com/stats/goalies/10
6. https://ontariohockeyleague.com/draft/2000

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