News Release
Contact: Pete Krupsky FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Phone: (734) 453-8400 Friday, February 1, 2008
OTTAWA’S FOUR-GOAL THIRD PERIOD DEFEATS WHALERS, 7-3
PLYMOUTH – Jason Bailey’s power play goal snapped a 3-3 tie and the Ottawa 67’s defeated the Plymouth Whalers, 7-3, in an Ontario Hockey League game played Friday night at Compuware Arena.
Plymouth is now 26-19-2-2, good for 56 points and fourth place in the OHL West. Ottawa improves to 23-23-2-2, good for 50 points and third place in the OHL’s East Division.
The Whalers battled back from deficits of 2-0 and 3-2, but Ottawa scored the game’s final four goals, including the final three in a span of 1:40 late in the third period to pull away.
Ottawa got goals from seven different players – Ryan Martindale (6), Mike Latta (10), Julian Demers (5), Bailey (8) Thomas Kiriakou (14), Jamie McGinn (22) and Adam Zamec (13). Ottawa rookie goaltender Chris Perugini emerged as the first star of the game in stopping 39-of-42 Plymouth shots. Ryan Hayes scored twice for Plymouth and now has six goals in 10 games since coming over from Boston College. Whalers rookie Tyler J. Brown (Westland) added his fourth goal of the year for Plymouth.
After Ottawa led 2-0 on first period goals by Martindale at 5:04 and Latta at 11:35, the Whalers tied the game at 2-2 in the second period on goals by Hayes at 3:10 (one-timer from the lower rim of the left circle) and Brown at 6:02 (rebound through traffic on the right side of the Ottawa goal). Demers gave Ottawa a 3-2 lead at 19:06 of when he scored from the left boards.
But Hayes tied the game for Plymouth at 3-3 at 1:38 of the third period with a shot from the hashmarks past Perugini. Bailey scored the game-winner when Demers’ point shot caromed off the back board behind the Plymouth goal and bounced to Bailey on the left lip of the crease at 6:42. Kiriakou (18:16), McGinn (empty net at 18:45) and Zamec (power play at 19:56) salted the game away for Ottawa.
Plymouth outshot Ottawa, 42-33.
Plymouth is home on Saturday against Sault Ste. Marie at 7:05 p.m. and on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. against Kingston. Tickets can be purchased for all Plymouth games by calling the Compuware Arena at (734) 453-8400 or by going to Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com.
About the Plymouth Whalers
The Plymouth Whalers are the only Metro Detroit team in the Ontario Hockey League, a developmental league for National Hockey League players. The Whalers all range in age from 15-21 years-old and are consistently one of the top teams in the OHL. In 2006-07, the Whalers won the OHL Championship.
About Compuware Arena
Compuware Arena is home to the 2007 Ontario Hockey League Champion Plymouth Whalers, the Major Indoor Soccer League’s Detroit Ignition, the Compuware Arena Drive-In Theatres, the MHSAA Boys State Hockey Championships and eight AAA Compuware Hockey youth teams. Compuware Arena serves more than one million patrons each year, and is located in Plymouth, Michigan.
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