The Mississauga St. Michael's Majors cruised their way into the second round of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs thanks largely to their stingy goaltending.
J.P. Anderson posted his third straight shutout as the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors completed a four-game sweep of the Belleville Bulls with a 4-0 win Tuesday night in Ontario Hockey League playoff action.
Anderson, who made 21 saves Tuesday, didn't allow a goal in the last 215 minutes 47 seconds of the series. He allowed just one goal over the series on 79 shots.
Michael D'Orazio, Devante Smith-Pelly, Chris DeSousa and Maxim Kitsyn all scored for the top-seeded Majors, who advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Elsewhere in the OHL it was: Sudbury 5 Oshawa 4 (OT); Niagara 5 Brampton 1; Kingston 7 Oshawa 4; and Owen Sound 5 London 3.
At Belleville, Bulls goalie Malcolm Subban finished the night with 22 saves.
Mississauga opened up the scoring on a power play when Rob Flick let a shot go that bounced off D'Orazio, giving the Majors defenceman his first goal of the playoffs.
Smith-Pelly made it 2-0 in the second period when he took a pass in front of the net and went forehand to backhand for his first of the post-season.
DeSousa put the game out of reach in the third when he scored on a wrist shot from the top of the faceoff circle. Kitsyn tipped in a shot on a power play to close out the scoring.
Belleville finished the series going 0-for-20 on the power play.
Wolves 5 67's 4 (OT)
At Sudbury,Ont., Josh McFadden scored a hat-trick, including a late third period goal to force overtime, and Mike Lomas scored the winner 33 seconds into the extra period as the Wolves sent favoured Ottawa to the brink of elimination.
Eric O'Dell also scored for the Wolves.
Marc Zanetti, Steven Janes, Sean Monahan and Ben Dubois scored for the 67's.
The Wolves, who entered the playoffs as the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference have a 3-0 stranglehold over No. 2 Ottawa in the first-round series. Sudbury can complete the sweep Thursday in Ottawa.
The 67's finished 31 points higher than Sudbury in the regular-season standings.
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IceDogs 5 Battalion 1
At St. Catharines, Ont., Mark Visentin made 35 saves as Niagara took a 3-0 lead over Brampton in their Eastern Conference quarter-final.
Jason Wilson, with a goal and an assist, Darren Archibald, Andrew Agozzino, Freddie Hamilton and David Pacan scored for the IceDogs.
Zach Bell replied for Brampton.
Niagara will look to complete the sweep Thursday night in Brampton, Ont.
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Frontenacs 7 Generals 4
At Kingston, Ont., Nathan Moon scored three goals as the Frontenacs stayed alive with a win over Oshawa.
Mitch Lebar and Ryan Spooner had a goal and an assist while Sean Jones and Michael Fine also scored for the Kingston.
Christian Thomas and Calivn de Haan had a goal and an assist while Boone Jenner and Lucas Lessio also scored for Oshawa.
Oshawa leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 3-1. Game 5 is Friday in Oshawa, Ont.
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Attack 5 Knights 3
At Owen Sound, Ont., Jesse Blacker scored a goal and two assists to lead the Attack over London.
The victory gives the Attack a 2-1 lead in their first-round best-of-seven series with Game 4 set for Thursday in London, Ont.
Joey Hishon, Brendan Childerley, Matt Stanisz and Liam Heelis each had a goal for the Attack.
Ryan Rupert scored twice and Seth Griffith had a goal for the Knights.
The game turned into a fight-filled affair with a combined 91 minutes in penalties handed out.
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