Ottawa 67's vs Mississauga St. Michaels Majors - Round Two Preview

Round two will be a big test for the Ottawa 67's as they are set to face a stonger defensive team in the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors. If you look at the regular season head-to-head stats, it doesn't look to bright for Ottawa. The Majors have gone a perfect 4-0 against the 67's while outscoring them 24-8.

HOWEVER, all four games were played in the first half of the season with the last game being on January 3, 2010. From the beginning of the season (Sep 9/10) until Jan 3/10, the 67's had a winning percentage of only 0.575. Since Jan 3/10, the 67's have had a winning percentage of 0.722. You can easily argue that these are two different teams.

Interestingly enough, Corey Cowick - the hero in the Niagara series - returned from his long injury on Jan 9/10, only two games after that final loss vs the Majors.

Here's a quick run down on the stats (IN THE REGULAR SEASON)

Head To Head Stats

Head to Head Record 2009-10 Regular Season
Ottawa 0-4-0-0
Mississauga 4-0-0-0

Previous Meetings This Season
Ottawa 4 @ Mississauga 5 (Jan 3 2010) Final
Ottawa 0 @ Mississauga 8 (Dec 13 2009) Final
Mississauga 4 @ Ottawa 0 (Dec 6 2009) Final
Mississauga 7 @ Ottawa 4 (Oct 23 2009) Final

	Mississauga	Ottawa
Team Record	42-20-4-2 90 points	37-23-5-3 82 points
Division Ranking	2nd Central	1st East
Conference Ranking	3rd Eastern	2nd Eastern
League Ranking	6th	4th
Home Record	21-10-1-2	23-9-0-2
Away Record	21-10-3-0	14-14-5-1
GF	222	246
GA	175	219
PP%	(68/344) 19.8	(54/307) 17.6
PP (Home)%	(31/177) 17.5	(21/162) 13.0
PP (Away)%	(37/167) 22.2	(33/145) 22.8
PK%	(66/341) 80.6	(64/293) 78.2
PK (Home)%	(28/160) 82.5	(23/130) 82.3
PK (Away)%	(38/181) 79.0	(41/163) 74.8
Leading Rookie	Percy (3-15-18)	Ceci (4-8-12)
Most PIM	Flick - 157	Smith - 129
Team PIM/GM	17.2/game	14.9/game
Leading Scorers	Smith-Pelly (29-33-62)	Lindsay (39-43-82)
	Cizikas (25-37-62)	Toffoli (37-42-79)
	Mayer (31-19-50)	Nigro (16-46-62)
	Parlett (11-35-46)	Martindale (19-41-60)
	Wallen (14-27-41)	Nesbitt (33-24-57)

2010 NHL Top Prospects

Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors
Devante Smith-Pelly
Gregg Sutch
Alex Cord
JP Anderson

Ottawa 67's
Tyler Toffoli
Ryan Martindale
Dalton Smith
Petr Mrazek


NHL Picks

Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors
Cameron Gaunce – Colorado Avalanche, 2nd Round, 2008
Chris Carrozzi – Atlanta Thrashers, 6th Round, 2008
Tim Billingsley – Phoenix Coyotes, 7th Round, 2008
Casey Cizikas – New York Islanders, 4th Round, 2009

Ottawa 67’s
Tyler Cuma – Minnesota Wild, 1st Round, 2008
Julien Demers – San Jose Sharks, 5th Round, 2008
Anthony Nigro – St. Louis Blues, 6th Round, 2008
Corey Cowick – Ottawa Senators, 6th Round, 2009


Schedule

Game 1 - Thu Apr 1 7:30 PM - Mississauga at Ottawa
Game 2 - Fri Apr 2 7:30 PM - Mississauga at Ottawa
Game 3 - Sun Apr 4 4:00 PM - Ottawa at Mississauga
Game 4 - Tue Apr 6 7:00 PM - Ottawa at Mississauga
*Game 5 - Thu Apr 8 7:00 PM - Mississauga at Ottawa
*Game 6 - Sat Apr 10 4:00 PM - Ottawa at Mississauga
*Game 7 - Mon Apr 12 7:00 PM - Mississauga at Ottawa
*if neccessary