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67′s 4, Bulls 1
Don Campbell
If it seems like it had been a while since the Ottawa 67′s played a home game at TD Place arena, try 26 days, or virtually an entire month, which is an eternity in a five-and-a-half-month season.
But that’s nothing in comparison to how long it had been since the 67′s were a .500 team. That hadn’t been the case since Oct. 13, 2013.
So despite a faulty ice plant that forced the postponement of two home games last weekend and meant no home games since back on Oct. 19, the 67′s are a flawless 5-0 on TD Place ice and have a .500 record for the first time since they went 5-5 to open the 2013-14 campaign.
The 67′s had almost an opening night excitement when they took to the new — and players say improved — ice surface Friday night at TD Place. Super rookie Travis Barron, captain Travis Konecny and Carp’s Evan de Haan scored third-periods goals to topple the vastly-improved Belleville Bulls 4-1 and vault the club’s record to 8-8-0-1.
Barron made a play few players can, reeling back toward the blue-line, then turning to blast a shot past Bulls netminder Charlie Graham early in the third to break a 1-1 tie.
Konecny followed with his third of the season on a blast from the point on the power play and de Haan iced it at 14:18 as the 67′s outshot the visitors 27-15 over the final two periods and 36-23 on the night.
But to get the win the 67′s needed ice, and it was left to TD Place ice plant and facilities conversion expert Victor Cornfoot to star in a pre-game video to explain to fans just what went wrong and give some never before seen close-ups of some rusting pipes that even CNN didn’t have access to.
The cancellations also meant the 67′s had to delay celebrating Remembrance Day as they always do by wearing their special commemorative jerseys that are worn annually, then auctioned off to assist veterans groups.
And new ice-making pipes and equipment-willing, the 67′s will be right back at it on Bank Street Sunday when the Guelph Storm visit.
The 67′s were partway home on Highway 401 after a big 3-2 road win in Guelph on Nov. 2 when word started to trickle to the back of the bus that a scheduled run of nine home dates in November might be in jeopardy due to ice troubles at their home rink.
“It didn’t have to be announced … word spreads pretty quick on the bus, and I knew by the time the news reached the back of the bus it wasn’t any joke,” said veteran defenceman Jacob Middleton, who thought he had seen everything in almost two seasons as a 67 since arriving in a trade from Owen Sound. “There was a lot of moans and groans, and the news spread back fast.
“I’d say a lot of angry players, in fact. The guys didn’t like the fact that we were facing another week’s ‘vacation’ of sorts back at the old Fred Barrett Arena. We had thought we were done there for good.
“It wasn’t the best news we could have had, but you have to work with it, and we did. The (Fred Barrett) is like changing every day in a storage closet but we were all optimistic that this was just short-term and we’d be back here quickly. And here we are.”
The 67′s even got to try out the new ice Thursday, and a few veterans skated again Friday morning and reported the new ice seemed harder and faster.
As for their road warrior status, around the league, some teams had played three times the number of home games the 67′s had prior to Friday and only the Sarnia Sting, with just six home games to date, are even close.
By this date last season, the 67′s had already played 14 home games, albeit at the Canadian Tire Centre, and had a home record of just 5-9 to go with an overall mark of 7-12-1. That means this year’s edition has a chance to make the dreadful start to the ’13-14 season but a distant memory.
The Bulls game began a stretch of six straight on home ice for the 67′s, part of a run of 11 home games around just day trips to Peterborough and Belleville through to Dec. 12.
By then, the 67′s will know just where they stand, and the lineup should get even stronger by the time they ring in the new year, with injured 19-year-old defenceman Mike Vlajkov expected to return to the lineup. Vlajkov, who missed all but three games last year before undergoing hip surgery, needed more minor surgery on his hip last week. He is currently getting around on crutches but hopes to resume skating next month.
As for Belleville, this is not the same team that joined the 67′s on the outside looking in at the Eastern Conference playoffs last spring.
Not even a third of the way into the current campaign, the Bulls are just 10 wins off their total for all of 2013-14 and already have 28 points when 53 is what they totalled a season ago.
And the air is a lot better to breathe when they hold the second-best record in the conference and not the ninth-best as they finished with last March.
Jordan Subban opened the game’s scoring for the Bulls seven minutes in.
That goal stood up until 67′s newcomer Jeremy Addison roofed one six minutes into the middle frame to cap a 67′s power play in a period dominated by the home side.
That set up the third-period heroics.
The 67′s and OHL finally got the two postponed games re-scheduled, and they will play both on Tuesday nights in January with the North Bay Battalion visiting Jan. 6 and the Oshawa Generals Jan. 27.
doncampbell.ottawa@gmail.com
Twitter.com/ottawa-dc
The Ottawa 67's hosted the Belleville Bulls in OHL action at TD Place Arena on Friday, November 14, 2014.
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Don Campbell
If it seems like it had been a while since the Ottawa 67′s played a home game at TD Place arena, try 26 days, or virtually an entire month, which is an eternity in a five-and-a-half-month season.
But that’s nothing in comparison to how long it had been since the 67′s were a .500 team. That hadn’t been the case since Oct. 13, 2013.
So despite a faulty ice plant that forced the postponement of two home games last weekend and meant no home games since back on Oct. 19, the 67′s are a flawless 5-0 on TD Place ice and have a .500 record for the first time since they went 5-5 to open the 2013-14 campaign.
The 67′s had almost an opening night excitement when they took to the new — and players say improved — ice surface Friday night at TD Place. Super rookie Travis Barron, captain Travis Konecny and Carp’s Evan de Haan scored third-periods goals to topple the vastly-improved Belleville Bulls 4-1 and vault the club’s record to 8-8-0-1.
Barron made a play few players can, reeling back toward the blue-line, then turning to blast a shot past Bulls netminder Charlie Graham early in the third to break a 1-1 tie.
Konecny followed with his third of the season on a blast from the point on the power play and de Haan iced it at 14:18 as the 67′s outshot the visitors 27-15 over the final two periods and 36-23 on the night.
But to get the win the 67′s needed ice, and it was left to TD Place ice plant and facilities conversion expert Victor Cornfoot to star in a pre-game video to explain to fans just what went wrong and give some never before seen close-ups of some rusting pipes that even CNN didn’t have access to.
The cancellations also meant the 67′s had to delay celebrating Remembrance Day as they always do by wearing their special commemorative jerseys that are worn annually, then auctioned off to assist veterans groups.
And new ice-making pipes and equipment-willing, the 67′s will be right back at it on Bank Street Sunday when the Guelph Storm visit.
The 67′s were partway home on Highway 401 after a big 3-2 road win in Guelph on Nov. 2 when word started to trickle to the back of the bus that a scheduled run of nine home dates in November might be in jeopardy due to ice troubles at their home rink.
“It didn’t have to be announced … word spreads pretty quick on the bus, and I knew by the time the news reached the back of the bus it wasn’t any joke,” said veteran defenceman Jacob Middleton, who thought he had seen everything in almost two seasons as a 67 since arriving in a trade from Owen Sound. “There was a lot of moans and groans, and the news spread back fast.
“I’d say a lot of angry players, in fact. The guys didn’t like the fact that we were facing another week’s ‘vacation’ of sorts back at the old Fred Barrett Arena. We had thought we were done there for good.
“It wasn’t the best news we could have had, but you have to work with it, and we did. The (Fred Barrett) is like changing every day in a storage closet but we were all optimistic that this was just short-term and we’d be back here quickly. And here we are.”
The 67′s even got to try out the new ice Thursday, and a few veterans skated again Friday morning and reported the new ice seemed harder and faster.
As for their road warrior status, around the league, some teams had played three times the number of home games the 67′s had prior to Friday and only the Sarnia Sting, with just six home games to date, are even close.
By this date last season, the 67′s had already played 14 home games, albeit at the Canadian Tire Centre, and had a home record of just 5-9 to go with an overall mark of 7-12-1. That means this year’s edition has a chance to make the dreadful start to the ’13-14 season but a distant memory.
The Bulls game began a stretch of six straight on home ice for the 67′s, part of a run of 11 home games around just day trips to Peterborough and Belleville through to Dec. 12.
By then, the 67′s will know just where they stand, and the lineup should get even stronger by the time they ring in the new year, with injured 19-year-old defenceman Mike Vlajkov expected to return to the lineup. Vlajkov, who missed all but three games last year before undergoing hip surgery, needed more minor surgery on his hip last week. He is currently getting around on crutches but hopes to resume skating next month.
As for Belleville, this is not the same team that joined the 67′s on the outside looking in at the Eastern Conference playoffs last spring.
Not even a third of the way into the current campaign, the Bulls are just 10 wins off their total for all of 2013-14 and already have 28 points when 53 is what they totalled a season ago.
And the air is a lot better to breathe when they hold the second-best record in the conference and not the ninth-best as they finished with last March.
Jordan Subban opened the game’s scoring for the Bulls seven minutes in.
That goal stood up until 67′s newcomer Jeremy Addison roofed one six minutes into the middle frame to cap a 67′s power play in a period dominated by the home side.
That set up the third-period heroics.
The 67′s and OHL finally got the two postponed games re-scheduled, and they will play both on Tuesday nights in January with the North Bay Battalion visiting Jan. 6 and the Oshawa Generals Jan. 27.
doncampbell.ottawa@gmail.com
Twitter.com/ottawa-dc
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Belleville Bulls defenceman #5 Justin Lemcke skates away from two Ottawa 67's players.
James Park / Ottawa Citizen 
Bulls goalie Charlie Graham blocks a shot.
James Park / Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa 67's #23 Sam Studnicka and Bulls #13 Stephen Harper go for the puck.
James Park / Ottawa Citizen
Bulls goalie Charlie Graham blocks a shot.
James Park / Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa 67's #23 Sam Studnicka and Bulls #13 Stephen Harper go for the puck.
James Park / Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa 67's #17 Travis Konecny chases after Bulls #14 Jordan Subban.
James Park / Ottawa Citizen
The Ottawa 67's Dylan McDonald (No. 9) and Nathan Todd go for a loose puck.
James Park / Ottawa Citizen
Bulls #14 Jordan Subban.
James Park / Ottawa Citizen
The Ottawa 67's Alex Lintuniemi goes for the puck against the Bulls' Jordan Subban.
James Park / Ottawa Citizen
The Ottawa 67's hosted the Belleville Bulls in OHL action at TD Place Arena on Friday, November 14, 2014.
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