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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Sunday, March 14, 2010
WHALERS LOSE REGULAR SEASON FINALE, 4-1; PLAYOFFS START FRIDAY
Tyler Seguin scores 48th goal, ties Windsor’s Taylor Hall with 106 points for OHL scoring lead
PLYMOUTH, MI — Saginaw’s top scoring line of Ivan Telegin, Josh Shalla and Jordan Skellett teamed up for three goals and five assists as the Spirit defeated the Plymouth Whalers, 4-1, in the Ontario Hockey League regular season finale for both teams. A near-sellout crowd of 3,427 watched at Compuware Arena.
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(Above) Joe Gaynor battles in front of the net against Saginaw. Sunday's regular season finale marked Gaynor's 279th career regular season game, the franchise's all-time record. (Below) Tyler Seguin, center, is congratulated by AJ Jenks and Robbie Czarnik after his goal and league-leading 106th point. |
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Plymouth finishes 38-27-1-2 and fourth in the Western Conference race. The Whalers start the OHL playoffs against the fifth-seeded Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Friday night at Compuware Arena at 7:05pm.
Saginaw finishes 34-27-4-3 and sixth in the Western Conference race. Saginaw takes on third seed Kitchener in the OHL playoffs, with the series opener Friday night in Kitchener.
Vincent Trocheck (15) scored the other Saginaw goal. Tyler Seguin (48) scored the lone Plymouth goal and finishes the season tied with Windsor’s Taylor Hall for the OHL scoring title with 106 points. Seguin scored 48 goals with 58 assists for 106 points in 63 games; Hall scored 40 goals with 66 assists for 106 points in 57 games.
The OHL has had co-leaders in league scoring on two other occasions. In 1973-74, Sault Ste. Marie’s Jack Valiquette (63 goals and 72 assists) and St. Catharines’ Rick Adduono (51-84) tied with 135 points each; in 1971-72, Toronto’s Dave Gardner (53-76) and teammate Bill Harris (57-72) tied with 129 points.
Seguin is the first Whaler in the team’s 20-year history to qualify for an OHL scoring title.
Saginaw led 1-0 after one period and 3-0 after forty minutes. Telegin scored his 25th goal of the season at 8:54 of the first period, tapping home a second rebound at the side of the Plymouth goal past Whalers goaltender Scott Wedgewood. In the second period, Trocheck intercepted a clearing pass in the Plymouth slot and wristed a shot past Wedgewood at 14:44. Telegin scored again at 18:00, roofing a shot from the right goal line into the top of the Plymouth net.
After Skellett scored at 13:59 of the third period to give Saginaw a 4-0 lead, Seguin scored a power play goal with a shot from the top of the left circle that caromed off the shoulder of Saginaw goaltender Edward Pasquale at 19:34.
Plymouth outshot Saginaw, 35-20.
The Whalers meet Sault Ste. Marie in the best-four-of-seven OHL Western Conference quarterfinal series, starting Friday:
Game 1 – Friday, March 19, 7:05pm – Sault Ste. Marie at Plymouth
Game 2 – Saturday, March 20, 7:05pm – Sault Ste. Marie at Plymouth
Game 3 – Tuesday, March 23, 7:05pm – Plymouth at Sault Ste. Marie
Game 4 – Wednesday, March 24, 7:05pm – Plymouth at Sault Ste. Marie
Game 5 – Friday, March 26, 7:05pm – Sault Ste. Marie at Plymouth (*)
Game 6 – Sunday, March 28, 7:05pm – Plymouth at Sault Ste. Marie (*)
Game 7 – Tuesday, March 30, 7:05pm – Sault Ste. Marie at Plymouth (*)
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