OHL Finals Game 1 – North Bay vs Guelph

Guelph came out flying in this game. Kerby Rychel registered the first scoring chances not even ten seconds into the game. Guelph dominated the first period out-shooting the North Bay Battalion 16-6 in the first. Scoring chances were equally lopsided 10-3 for Guelph.  Despite all the Storm pressure, Battalion goalie Jake Smith stood tall making all the saves to keep the game scoreless.

The second period saw North Bay take over the shot count, as they out shot Guelph in the period 12-7. Guelph did a job of keeping those shots to the outside and the point as North Bay only generated four scoring chances with three at even strength. Guelph only had seven shots in the period but made the most of them recording six scoring chances. Ben Thompson scored the first goal of the game on the power play to give the Battalion the lead. The lead was short lived as Brock McGinn scored a minute later to tie the game up. McGinn the Carolina second rounder could be in for a big series as he is one of the more rested guys on the Storm. If you remember he was suspended 8 games for his hit on Conner Sills of Plymouth in round one.

The third saw more of the same for North Bay as they again dominated the shot count, 15-6 in the period. They also out chanced the Storm 7-6 in the period and 6-5 at even strength. The Storm again made the most of their shots. North Bay took the lead again when Jamie Lewis scored a fluke goal from the circle on a weak shot. Guleph again tied it up with a goal from overager Zach Mitchell. The game remained tied at the end of third and this game was off to OT.

OT did not last very long as Jason Dickenson scored 57 seconds in to give Guelph the victory in game one. Game two goes tonight at 7 pm.

Scoring Chances

Team	First Period	Second Period	Third Period	OT	Total
North Bay	3(3)	4(3)	7(6)	0(0)	14(12)
Guelph	10(9)	6(4)	6(5)	0(0)	22(18)