In the first of the two semi-final games, Ajax-Pickering Rock will face Ladner Pioneers and in the second game, Sherwood Park Outlaws will take on the host Owen Sound Woodsmen. Both games are rematches from earlier in the week. On Tuesday, the A-P Rock beat Ladner 12-6 while yesterday, Sherwood Park defeated Owen Sound 10-9.
Ladner, which had 121 minutes in penalties in the round robin will need to stay out fo the penalty box against the top scoring A-P Rock if they hope to win. As well, they will need to take advantage of all their scoring chances as they are facing the top defensive team in the tournament. In the other game, Sherwood Park is the only team to bring a perfect record into the playoffs. They beat their semi-final opponent in the last game of the round robin and as long as they do not get over-confident they have a good chance to win the game. They do need to stay out of penalty trouble as they had the second most penalty minutes during the round robin with 100. Owen Sound will have the home crowd on their side and should use that to add to their motivation. Owen Sound's goal-tending and defence need to be sharp and both teams will need to take advantage of their scoring chances as this will be a tough game.
The first semi-final game, at first glance, does not seem like it will be much of a contest as A-P Rock defeated Ladner handily in the round robin but playoffs have a way of allowing for the unexpected. The second the the two semi-final games, at least from the outset, looks to be the more entertaining of the two games and fans should not be disappointed. These games should be available on webcast.
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