Peterborough Petes 3, North Bay Battalion 2
Peterborough leads series 1-0
- Peterborough controlled the first period, with goals from Jonathan Melee, Owen Beck and Connor Lockhart giving them a 3-0 lead
- Petes netminder Michael Simpson was the game’s first star, stopping 37 of 39 on the night
- Anthony Romani put the Battalion on the board with 2:44 left in the second before Pasquale Zito scored 1:11 into the third
- The Troops outshot the Petes 30-8 across the second and third periods
- Peterborough won Game 1 before a crowd of 3,844 at the Gardens
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Sarnia Sting 1, London Knights 4
London leads series 1-0
- Brett Brochu turned in a 32-save, first star performance as the Knights took Game 1 before a crowd of 9,036
- First-year defenceman Sam Dickinson scored the deciding goal on the power play 9:45 into the second period
- Knights overage centreman Sean McGurn scored and went 13-for-17 in the faceoff circle; the Knights won 62.5 percent of the game’s draws
- Columbus Blue Jackets prospect Luca Del Bel Belluz opened the scoring with 22 seconds left in the first period, scoring the first Conference Final goal in Sting franchise history
- Sarnia outshot London 14-6 and 13-7 in the first and third periods, but the Knights controlled the shot clock 12-6 in the second
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