The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, the Ontario Hockey League and the Western Hockey League all announced their conference championship schedules today. The full schedules are listed below for all three leagues.
Among the teams still alive for a MasterCard Memorial Cup berth are the defending champion Red Deer Rebels (1) of the WHL, the No. 2 ranked Acadie-Bathurst Titan of the QMJHL and the Toronto St. Michael’s Majors (6), the highest ranked team remaining from the OHL.
Four top 10 teams have already been eliminated – the Plymouth Whalers (3) of the OHL, the Swift Current Broncos (4) of the WHL, the Regina Pats (9) of the WHL and the Halifax Mooseheads (10) of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
In each edition of the CHL Daily News (Monday through Friday) right up until the conclusion of the CHL playoffs, the playoff results of all three CHL leagues will be included.
Wrap-ups from all of the games are included daily, along with that day’s schedule of games.
Starting April 18, a special MasterCard Memorial Cup section will also be available at the official website of the CHL, www.chl.ca.
The complete playoff schedules of the three leagues are listed below. Be sure and follow all of the CHL playoff action at the official website of the CHL, www.chl.ca, daily right up until the 2002 MasterCard Memorial Cup.
WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE
There are no games in the WHL playoffs Monday night. WHL semi-final action begins Friday night.see the schedules below.
Also below are the complete second round and first round results for the WHL
WESTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE – CONFERENCE FINALS
EASTERN CONFERENCE (1) Red Deer Rebels vs. (7) Brandon Wheat Kings
Fri., April 19 at Red Deer 7:30
Sat., April 20 at Red Deer 7:30
Tues., April 23 at Brandon 7:00
Wed., April 24 at Brandon 7:00
Fri., April 26 at Red Deer 7:30*
Sun., April 28 at Brandon 6:00*
Tues., April 30 at Red Deer 7:00*
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Kootenay Ice vs. Kelowna Rockets
Fri., April 19 at Kootenay 7:00
Sat., April 20 at Kootenay 7:00
Tues., April 23 at Kelowna 7:00
Wed., April 24 Kelowna 7:00
Fri., April 26 at Kootenay 7:00*
Sun., April 28 at Kelowna 5:00*
Tues., April 30 at Kootenay 7:00*
* – If Necessary
All times local
ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
There was one game in the OHL playoffs Monday night as the Barrie Colts defeated the Belleville Bulls 3-2 in overtime to win that best-of-seven second round series 4-2.
At Barrie, Erik Reitz scored at 2:19 of overtime to give the Colts the series win. Reitz also had one assist, while Blaine Down and Mark Langdon also had one goal and one assist as the Colts came back from a 2-0 deficit again to win the game.
Matthew Stajan had one goal and one assist for the Bulls, who were out-shot 38-28. Michael Mole made 35 saves in goal for the Bulls, while David Chant stopped 26 shots form the winners.
The OHL semi-final playoff schedule is listed below. Also below is the entire OHL second round schedule and results along with complete first round results.
ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE – CONFERENCE FINALS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
(6) Toronto St. Michael’s Majors vs. Barrie Colts
Fri., April 19 at Toronto 7:30
Sun., April 21 at Barrie 6:00
Mon., April 22 at Toronto 7:00
Wed., April 24 at Barrie 7:30
Thur. , April 25 at Toronto 7:00*
Sat., April 27 at Barrie 6:00*
Sun., April 28 at Toronto 7:00*
WESTERN CONFERENCE
(8) Erie Otters vs. Windsor Spitfires
Fri., April 19 at Erie, 7:30
Sun., April 21 at Windsor, 6:00
Tues., April 23 at Erie, 7:30
Thurs., April 25 at Windsor, 7:30
Sat., April 27 at Erie, 7:30*
Sun., April 28 at Windsor, 6:00*
Tues., April 30 at Erie, 7:30*
* – If Necessary
All times local
QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
There was one playoff game in the QMJHL Monday night as the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles defeated the Halifax Moosheads 6-4 to win that series four games to two.
At Cape Breton, Dominic Noel had two goals and one assist to lead the winners to victory. Pierre-Luc Laprise added one goal and two assists for Cape breton, while Robbie Sutherland scored once and added one assist for Halifax.
For full QMJHL statistics, check the official QMJHL web site. Here are the QMJHL schedules.
QUEBEC MAJOR JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE – CONFERENCE FINALS
Victoriaville vs. (5) Shawinigan
Fri., April 19 at Shawinigan, 20h00
Sat., April 20 at Shawinigan, 16h00
Mon., April 22 at Victoriaville, 19h00
Tues., April 23 at Victoriaville, 19h00
Fri., April 26 at Shawinigan, 20h00*
Sun., April 28 at Victoriaville, 16h00*
Tues., April 30 at Shawinigan, 19h00*
Cape Breton vs. (2) Acadie-Bathurst
Fri., April 19 at Acadie-Bathurst, TBA
Sat., April 20 at Acadie-Bathurst, TBA
Tues., April 23 at Cape Breton, TBA
Wed., April 24 at Cape Breton, TBA
Fri., April 26 at Acadie-Bathurst, TBA*
Sun., April 28 at Cape Breton, TBA*
Tues., April 30 at Acadie-Bathurst, TBA*
* = si nécessaire / if necessary
