Playoff Picture

[teamspirit08]

After a five-hour drive in a bus and a boring night in a hotel, I'd rather be in the Spirits' shoes than the Gens!

[aj0512]

Well after everything that went on tonight, everyone gains a point on Plymouth, who lost in a shootout to the Soo 2-1. Guelph beat Owen Sound 5-2 and Sarnia beat London 5-4 (I hear Sarnia is 7-0 against the Knights this year?!?). Anyways, here are the updated standings...

5) Plymouth: 69 points, 9 games left
6) Sarnia: 66 points, 10 games left
7) Guelph: 65 points, 10 games left
8) Saginaw: 64 points, 10 games left

Sunday's Key Game: Sarnia at Guelph 2pm (let's hope for a game that ends in regulation)

[aj0512]

Guelph defeats Sarnia today 4-3 (in regulation) so they move up to 6th in the conference.

5) Plymouth: 69 points, 9 games left
6) Guelph: 67 points, 9 games left
7) Sarnia: 66 points, 9 games left
8) Saginaw: 64 points, 10 games left

Wednesday's Key Games: Kingston at Saginaw, Kitchener at Guelph, Sarnia at Sault Ste. Marie

[aj0512]

Great night for Saginaw tonight as the Spirit win while Guelph and Sarnia both lose. According to OHL.com, the Spirit have moved up to 7th for the time being thanks to a higher win percentage than Sarnia.

5) Plymouth: 69 points, 9 games left
6) Guelph: 67 points, 8 games left
7) Saginaw: 66 points, 9 games left
8) Sarnia: 66 points, 8 games left

Friday's Key Games: Belleville at Saginaw, Mississauga at Guelph, Plymouth at Sarnia

[MidlandSpiritFan]

aj0512 said:

Great night for Saginaw tonight as the Spirit win while Guelph and Sarnia both lose. According to OHL.com, the Spirit have moved up to 7th for the time being thanks to a higher win percentage than Sarnia.

5) Plymouth: 69 points, 9 games left
6) Guelph: 67 points, 8 games left
7) Saginaw: 66 points, 9 games left
8) Sarnia: 66 points, 8 games left

Friday's Key Games: Belleville at Saginaw, Mississauga at Guelph, Plymouth at Sarnia

WOW!! Only 3 points separating the 5th through 8th seeds. It's going to be great ride down the stretch and into the playoffs. Enjoy it, wish I could be there in person.

[acin]

i know im excited!

[MidlandSpiritFan]

After tonight's action here is where things stand. With it being so tight and total wins being the 1st tie breaker I have listed the total wins as well. In terms of the 1st tie breaker Sarnia is in the best position at the moment.

5) Plymouth: 69 points, 8 games left, 32 wins (lost to Sarnia)
6) Guelph: 69 points, 7 games left, 30 wins (beat Missy)
7) Saginaw: 68 points, 8 games left, 31 wins (beat Belleville)
8) Sarnia: 68 points, 7 games left, 33 wins (beat Plymouth)

Who woulda thunk it!! Enjoy the ride Spirit fans, wish I could be there watching in person with my Lower Level Section 18 brethren.

[aj0512]

Only other game to look out for tonight other than our game is Belleville at Plymouth. Guelph and Sarnia both have the night off, so after tonight everyone will have 7 games left.

[spiritfan8]

I wish you could be here, too, SSF--we miss you (even though I am not in Section 18!!)

[MidlandSpiritFan]

aj0512 said:

Only other game to look out for tonight other than our game is Belleville at Plymouth. Guelph and Sarnia both have the night off, so after tonight everyone will have 7 games left.

Here are the standings after Saturday night's games:
5) Plymouth: 69 points, 7 games left, 32 wins (lost to Belleville)
6) Saginaw: 69 points, 7 games left, 31 wins (lost in OT to Windsor)
7) Guelph: 69 points, 7 games left, 30 wins (idle)
8) Sarnia: 68 points, 7 games left, 33 wins (idle)

Huge game tomorrow afternoon for the Spirit at Plymouth.

[teamspirit08]

[/quote]
Here are the standings after Saturday night's games:
5) Plymouth: 69 points, 7 games left, 32 wins (lost to Belleville)
6) Saginaw: 69 points, 7 games left, 31 wins (lost in OT to Windsor)
7) Guelph: 69 points, 7 games left, 30 wins (idle)
8) Sarnia: 68 points, 7 games left, 33 wins (idle)

Huge game tomorrow afternoon for the Spirit at Plymouth.[/quote]


This has applied to every Spirit game since about December 6th.......

[aj0512]

Updated standings after this weekend's games...

5) Plymouth: 71 points, 6 games left
6) Saginaw: 69 points, 6 games left
7) Guelph: 69 points, 6 games left
8) Sarnia: 68 points, 6 games left

Saginaw owns the tiebreaker at the moment over Guelph due to more victories on the season. Guelph and Sarnia both lost today on top of us losing, so we didn't take too much of a hit today. So we're hanging in there and it's nice to see us not in the #8 slot at the moment, but we need a win on Wednesday to put some distance between us and Sarnia. The Sting are struggling right now so hopefully we're catching them at a good time.

[SaginawGensFan]

I LOVE the prospect of playing London or Windsor MUCH more than the Soo or Kitchener! Anybody with me there? So let's hope we can keep the 5 or 6 slot!!! I honestly believe that if we play Windsor or London we stand a VERY good chance of advancing to the 2nd round!

[eric8199]

We seem to match up well against Windsor as evidenced this past weekend in the close game. Could be a good series.

As for London, I think they might be our best chance to get through to the next round.

Wouldn't that be something? Last year we had the team that was expected to win it all, and we didn't make it through the first round. This year, we have a team that wasn't expected to make the playoffs, and we have a chance.

I don't want to get ahead of myself though.

[aj0512]

admin said:

I LOVE the prospect of playing London or Windsor MUCH more than the Soo or Kitchener! Anybody with me there? So let's hope we can keep the 5 or 6 slot!!! I honestly believe that if we play Windsor or London we stand a VERY good chance of advancing to the 2nd round!

Agree 100%! I think we match up pretty good against both teams and a series between us and Windsor or London could easily go the distance. As long as we take care of business in the final week and a half we definitley have a shot.