OHL Cup Results for Championship Sunday

Toronto Marlboros 4, Whitby Wildcats 1

The final day of the 2007 Ontario Hockey League Showcase Tournament began with a spirited semi-final between the Toronto Marlboros taking on the OMHA champion, Whitby Wildcats.

Daniel Erlich took advantage of an odd man rush on the power play to give the Marlies a 1-0 lead half way through the first period. Ethan Werek and Jordan Mustard assisted on the play. Late in the period, Erlich took advantage of another Wildcats penalty scoring his second goal of the contest from Marc Anthony Zanetti and Massimo Lamacchia. Whitby goalie, Brandon Foote kept the game close stopping multiple breakaways and quality scoring opportunities in the second period. However, the Marlies were able to find the back of the net once again before the end of the period as Ethan Werek scored from Erlich and Daniel Hnatko.

Whitby utilized a two-man advantage by pulling their goalie to go three men up. At 11:53 of the third period the gamble paid off as Anton Zupanic scored with assists going to Brett Mackie and Daniel Pachis. However, that was as close as Whitby would get. They once again pulled their goalie late in the game while on the power play and Ethan Werek hit Massimo Lamacchia with a pass at centre ice as Lamacchia was coming out of the penalty box. Lamacchia broke in uncontested and slid the puck into the empty Wildcats net, to clinch Toronto's birth in the final later this afternoon.

Michael Zador picked up the victory between the pipes for the Marlboros.

Game Summary

Mississauga IceDogs 6, Rochester Americans 5 (OT)

The second semi-final of the day began with a flurry of action early on in the contest. Both teams came out flying but the GTHL Champion Mississauga IceDogs got on the score sheet first as Michael Fine scored from David Corrente and Brett Appio.

Rochester had an answer though as just over two minutes later Zack Marginsky fed Michael Conderman in the slot, Conderman made no mistake beating the IceDogs goaltender, to tie the game at one goal apiece. Joe Zarbo put the American team up by a goal at 9:38 of the first from kyle Quick and Conner Stokes.

The IceDogs evened the score early in the second period as Ben Chiarot blasted a shot from the point that took a lively bounce off of the end boards and was buried by Tyler Karius. Mississauga continued to apply pressure and were rewarded when Michael Santini put home a rebound for his sixth goal of the tournament to give Mississauga a 3-2 lead from. Appio picked up his second assist of the game on the play.

Brandon Komm stopped a penalty shot at 10:12 of the second period to keep the Americans within one. Just over a minute later Stokes fed Kevin Cole a breakaway pass which Stokes put behind the Mississauga goaltender. Tyler Matecki also assisted on the play. Just over a minute later the IceDogs regained the lead once when Sanitini scored his second goal of the game from Fine and Appio.

The back and forth action continued as the Americans once again tied the game as Conderman scored his second goal of the contest from Joe Rogalski with forty-five seconds remaining in the second period.

Rochester took the lead at 2:18 of the third period when Matecki scored, with assists going to Remy Cholhan and John Sucese. Once again, the lead was short lived as Appio, Sanitini and Fine combined once again for Mississauga with Appio finding the back of the net. The game remained tied through regulation time. The action was intense throughout overtime until Santini scored to complete his hat trick at the 3:23 mark to send Mississauga to the final.

Christopher Perugini earned the victory in net for the IceDogs.

Game Summary

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