GAME DAY
2011 MasterCard Memorial Cup – Tiebreaker
Kootenay Ice vs Owen Sound Attack
Tonight, May 26, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Hershey Centre
The Ice forced a tiebreaker after defeating the Saint John Sea Dogs in overtime on Tuesday night. Kootenay had lost their previous games and would have been knocked out of the Memorial Cup if they had lost.
They will continue their quest to replicate what the Windsor Spitfires did in 2009 when they lost their first two games but battled back to win it all.
Owen Sound’s loss to the Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors last night in the final round-robin game pushed them into the tiebreaker. The 1-2 Attack beat the Ice 5-0 last Saturday in the second game of the tournament.
The Attack will be without two of their best players with Joey Hishon and Garrett Wilson both missing tonight’s contest with concussion like symptoms. Hishon was elbowed in the head by Kootenay’s Brayden McNabb on Saturday and Wilson was hurt last night on a check by Mississauga’s Chris DaSousa.
Could the Attack be looking for some payback on the McNabb elbow? We’ll find out tonight at 8:00 pm on Rogers Sportsnet/RDS.
The winner of this game will play in tomorrow’s semifinal against the Majors. The winner of the semifinal will than advance to Sunday’s championship game against Saint John.
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