History Is Repeating Itself

As bad as the Kingston Frontenacs are this year, sitting dead last in the league with a mere 29 points, they have picked up their game a lot in the past week. Last Friday they defeated a strong London Knights team (2nd in the Western Conference) 3-2 at home while last night they went into Brampton (now tied for first in the Eatern Conference) and forced overtime before suffering the 4-3 loss. Last year they were only a slightly better team but were one of the best teams in the last month or so of the season and made a real surge towards the playoffs.

If only they were a better team this year they could make the playoff situation more interesting. As it is, they will only be a thorn in the side of every team they play in the last few weeks of this season. Any team that doesn't bring their 'A' game will suffer what will be considered an embarrassing defeat.

Things of note:
1. Kingston is roughly ten games away from being eliminated from the playoffs.
2. The top three teams in the Western Conference has not lost in the 5-minute overtime period at all this year.
3. Windsor is the most penalized team so far this year (1115 mins), followed by the Soo (1004 mins) and then London (1002 mins).
4. Ottawa is the least penalized team so far this year (608 mins).
5. Brampton is on another long win streak, currently at 11 games.
6. John Tavares has opened up a 7 point lead in the league scoring race with 78 points, Taylor Hall is next with 71.
7. Brampton's Evgeni Grachev is leading rookie scoring with 53 points, three ahead of London's John Carlson.
8. John Tavares is also leading in goals scored with 41 in 42 games while Mike Murphy of the Bulls is the top goalie with a 2.00 GAA and 0.943 save percentage.