Thursday, April 20, p.m. Blind River Community Centre

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1 NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE Copeland Cup McNamara Trophy Championship Game Notes Package Powassan Voodoos vs. Blind River Beavers Game No. 3 Voodoos lead best-of-seven series 2-0 Thursday, April 20, p.m. Blind River Community Centre Tonight s Officials Referees: Derek Shoppoff Max Kallio Linesmen: Josh Houslander Kyle Lekun facebook.com/nojhl

2 TONIGHT S GAME: This will be Game No. 3 of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League s Copeland Cup McNamara Trophy Championship Series between the Powassan Voodoos and the Blind River Beavers at the Blind River Community Centre. The Voodoos lead the best-of-seven set 2-0 heading into this evening s contest. Game 4 goes Friday back in Blind River and features another 7 p.m. start. TONIGHT S OFFICIALS: The officials for this evening s contest, as assigned by the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League, are referees Derek Shoppoff and Max Kallio, while the linesmen will be Josh Houslander and Kyle Lekun. GAME 2 RECAP: A Ryan Theriault goal from point-blank range with 6:07 remaining in regulation proved to be difference maker as the Powassan Voodoos edged the Blind River Beavers 3-2 Saturday in a well-played Game 2 of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League s Copeland Cup McNamara Trophy championship series at the Powassan Sportsplex. After being 7-0 when scoring first in the playoffs, the Voodoos added to that impressive stat by once again notching the opening tally as Brett Hahkala spun and fired a blast from the right face-off circle that slipped between the arm and body of Blind River starter Myles Hektor and rolled across the goal line 2:51 into the contest. A Powassan power play helped them go up by two near the midway point of the session when Andy Baker, the league s leading goal scorer in the regular season, wheeled out of the corner after accepting a pass from Gary Mantz and quickly darted in front and fired one low right side past a sprawling Hektor. The assist for Mantz helped him extend a consecutive game point streak to 10 in the process as he s etched his name on the score sheet in each of the Voodoos postseason contests in 2017 to date. Penalties came back to haunt the home side in the latter stages of the first as Blind River s Yianni Liarakos teed one up for Max Khull in the slot and he made no mistake wiring his attempt past Nate McDonald during a two-man advantage. While still shorthanded, but forcing a turnover late in the period, Powassan s Shane Beaulieu would be hauled down on a break and was awarded the initial penalty shot of the playoffs. He was however thwarted by Hektor after Beaulieu made a couple of quick stick dekes, but saw his snap shot denied by the Beavers netminder. A tight-checking second stanza saw neither side connect offensively with the Voodoos carrying their 2-1 cushion into the third. The visitors tied it in the first minute of the final frame thanks to Zak Lambrecht, who forced his way to the front of the net and chipped the equalizer past McDonald with the clubs skating four players aside for his sixth goal of the playoffs. Powassan regained the lead however at 13:53 capitalizing when a Blind River defender fanned on a clearing attempt, which allowed Hahkala and Tyson Gilmour to make a couple of quick passes that in turn found an open Theriault at the top of the crease, who quickly knocked in the game-winner to the right side of the net from close range. Blind River looked to force overtime by pulling their goaltender with a minute and a half remaining in an effort to tie it and force overtime. Despite the Beavers pressing to draw level, the Voodoos held firm to secure their 10th consecutive playoff triumph. Gilmour dished out two assists joining Hahkala with two-point nights. McDonald improved to 10-0 in the postseason making 28 saves in picking up the victory while Hektor was solid in defeat for Blind River stopping 29 of 32 along the way.

3 GAME 1 RECAP: In Friday s match-up, the two teams traded quality chances in the early going only to see the two starting goaltenders in Powassan s Nate McDonald and Blind River s Aidan Doak supply a couple of point-blank stops each. A fast-paced frame saw the Voodoos start to get the better chances outshooting the Beavers 14-4 overall, but remain scoreless. Picking up the first man advantage opportunity of the series, early in the middle stanza, Doak and the Blind River penalty killers were equal to the task to keep the game at 0-0. Continuing to press the pace, the Voodoos were rewarded with the night s opening tally near the midway mark of the second session following a Beavers turnover that was forced by a strong fore-check courtesy of Gabriel Rheault that allowed Cade Herd to wire one top shelf on Doak from the left face-off dot. Shots on goal after 40 minutes saw the home side hold a edge. Powassan added to their lead early in the final frame after breaking out of their own zone, as Tyler Gervais-Rolfe chipped it over to Bowman whose attempt from a very sharp angle near the left of the net found its way short side past Doak at 1:28. Blind River came right back however to cut the deficit in half a minute and a half later when Yianni Liarakos neatly redirected an Andrew Trowbridge left point blast that eluded McDonald. The visitors had a quality chance to tie things up later in the period, with a four-minute power play, but they could not solve the NOJHL most valuable player in the Voodoos net. Powassan s Brett Hahkala picked up some insurance at 13:29 as his harmless looking, rising wrist shot from the blue line bounced off Doak s catching glove and rolled into the open goal. After pulling their netminder with over two minutes to remaining in favour of an extra attacker, Blind River allowed an empty netter from Bowman, with Gervais-Rolfe supplying his second assist of the night, to round out the scoring. Final shots on goal in the contest were in Powassan s favour as the Voodoos skated to their ninth consecutive playoff victory to remain unbeaten in the postseason. THE SCHEDULE NOJHL Copeland Cup McNamara Trophy League Championship Series schedule Powassan Voodoos vs. Blind River Beavers Voodoos lead best-of-seven series 2-0 Game 1: Powassan 4 Blind River 1 Game 2: Powassan 3 Blind River 2 Game 3: Thursday, April Blind River 7 p.m. (Community Centre) Game 4: Friday, April Blind River 7 p.m. (Community Centre) Game 5*: Sunday, April Powassan 7 p.m. (Sportsplex) Game 6*: Tuesday, April Blind River 7 p.m. (Community Centre) Game 7*: Thursday, April Powassan 7 p.m. (Sportsplex) *-if necessary LEADERBOARD: Heading into Game 3 of the NOJHL final, the statistical leaderboard continues to see plenty of talent from both squads sitting at or near the top of the lists. POINTS: The top six and seven of the leading 10 playoff point leaders currently play for either Powassan or Blind River. The Beavers Yianni Liarakos still paces all league skaters in total offensive production with 21 points. He is followed by the Voodoos duo of Gary Mantz and Parker Bowman, who sit with 19 and 18 respectively. Powassan s Tyson Gilmour is fourth with 16 points while Blind River s Cole Peck and Max Khull share fifth with 15 points.

4 GOALS: Powassan s Parker Bowman remains the leader in NOJHL playoff goals with 10. That s one more than teammate Gary Mantz along with Yianni Liarakos of the Beavers. ASSISTS: Max Khull and Yianni Liarskos of Blind River pace the pack in postseason assists with 12. Cole Peck is knotted for third with 11 while Gary Mantz s 10 puts him fifth overall. GAME-WINNERS: Parker Bowman boasts a NOJHL-high four game-winning goals. Yianni Liarakos and Caleb Serre share the Beavers lead in this category with two each. D-MAN NUMBERS: Blind River s Cole Peck remains the NOJHL leader in points among defencemen with 15. Powassan s Bo Peltier and Eric Nagy are close by with seven apiece. Dayton Murray and Justin Schebel of the Voodoos are among a group supplying five playoff points each. STREAKS: There are three impressive streaks still intact heading into tonight s Game 3. Powassan has reeled off 10 consecutive victories in the playoffs and have yet to taste defeat and NOJHL MVP Nate McDonald boasts 10 straight wins in net for the Voodoos. Then there is Powassan s Gary Mantz, who is riding an impressive 10-game point streak entering play this evening as he has etched his name on the score sheet in every postseason contest in 2017 to date. Mantz has also supplied assists in his last four match-ups. FIRST TIME: Both Powassan and Blind River are making their first-ever appearance in the NOJHL s Copeland Cup McNamara Trophy league championship series. In fact, entering this year s playoffs, the Beavers had never won a playoff round in their history and now boast two series triumphs from their impressive postseason play in HEAD-TO-HEAD: Regular season games in between Powassan and Blind River. Saturday, Sept. Powassan: Voodoos 6 Beavers 0 Sunday, Jan. Blind River: Beavers 3 Voodoos 1 WHAT S NEXT: The NOJHL winner will advance to the Dudley-Hewitt Cup Central Canada Jr. A Championship, May 2-6, in Trenton, Ont. Whichever team prevails, it will mark their first time representing the league at the Dudley-Hewitt Cup. At that four-team event, the Copeland Cup - McNamara Trophy title holder will meet the champion of the Superior International Junior Hockey League as well as both the Trenton Golden Hawks and Georgetown Raiders from the Ontario Junior Hockey League. The Dryden GM Ice Dogs hold a commanding three games to none lead on the English River Miners and can claim the Bill Salonen Cup title with a victory in Game 4, which goes tonight in Red Lake, Ont. Meanwhile Game 4 of the OJHL s Buckland Trophy best-of-seven final goes tonight in Trenton and the hometown Golden Hawks host the Georgetown Raiders. Georgetown leads that best-of-seven 2-1 with the home team winning each of the first three contests. As the Golden Hawks are also hosting the Dudley-Hewitt Cup, Georgetown will be the second OJHL representative at the DHC, regardless of the outcome of that league championship series. The Dudley-Hewitt winner will then advance to represent the region at the RBC Cup Canadian Jr. A Championship, May 13-21, in Cobourg, Ont. The RBC Cup-host Cobourg Cougars were swept by the Golden Hawks in OJHL semifinal action and will have lengthy wait before returning to game action in mid-may. ONLINE VIEWING: All NOJHL Copeland Cup - McNamara Trophy league championship games will be streamed live online at HockeyTV.com.

5 THE TEAMS: POWASSAN VOODOOS (Record: Regular Season: Playoffs 10-0) POWASSAN POINTS: The Voodoos are tied for first in NOJHL playoff power play proficiency at a 29.4% clip. They ve scored 15 times in 51 man advantage opportunities. Powassan has been equally impressive while shorthanded. They ve only allowed four power play goals against in the 54 times they ve been down at least one man, which gives them a leaguebest P.K. rate of 92.6%. They ve also supplied three shorthanded goals in the playoffs, which also leads the league. Powassan is a perfect 8-0 when scoring first in these playoffs, including the first two games of the finals. The Voodoos are 2-0 when their opponent gets on the board first. Strong starts have aided Powassan so far in the 2017 playoffs as they ve outscored the opposition 19-3 in first period goals. They are even better in the middle stanza as they notched 20 tallies and have only allowed two. The Voodoos have scored 13 times in the third and given up 12, five of which were against Kirkland Lake on the road in the last game of the East Division semifinal. In 10 outings, Powassan is averaging 39.1 shots on net per game while allowing their opponents just an average of 27.7 on target. THE TEAMS: BLIND RIVER BEAVERS (Record: Regular Season: Playoffs 8-6) BLIND RIVER BITS: Blind River is tied for the league in power play succes. They ve scored 20 times while up a man in 68 chances, which gives them a 29.4 percentage rate. The Beavers are sixth however on the penalty kill at 76.8% allowing a 13 power play markers in the 56 times they ve been shorthanded. Their two man-down tallies tie them for second in the league. The Beavers are 1-1 in playoff games that have gone to overtime. Blind River has scored the first goal in nine of their 14 playoff contests in When doing so, they ve posted an 8-1 record. They are 0-5 however when the opposition notches the initial tally, including the first two games vs. the Voodoos. The Beavers have outscored their opponents 14-9 in the first period of games in the playoffs. In second period action, they ve connected 17 times and have given up 13. Third period play has them with nine goals for and 11 against. Through their first 14 postseason contests this year, Blind River is averaging 33.5 shots-per-game while giving up just over 42 against per contest. With files from NOJHL Statistician & Historian David Harrison

6 NOJHL PLAYOFF LEADERS NO. POINTS TEAM GP G A PTS NO. GOALS 1 Yianni Liarakos BLI Gary Mantz POW Parker Bowman POW Tyson Gilmour POW T-5 Cole Peck BLI T-5 Max Khull BLI T-7 Alex Storjohann KIR T-7 Zak Lambrecht BLI T-8 Bain Cunningham TIM T-8 Nick Trecroce SMI DEFENCEMEN SCORING NO. POINTS TEAM GP G A PTS 1 Cole Peck BLI Nick Trecroce SMI Bo Peltier POW Eric Nagy POW Adam Ostrowski SMI Dayton Murray POW Joseph Thielen CC Justin Schebel POW NO. GAME-WINNING GOALS TEAM GWG 1 Parker Bowman POW 4 2 Cayse Ton RBC 2 3 Jacob Palmerio SMI 2 4 Yianni Liarakos BLI 2 5 Caleb Serre BLI 2 TEAM GP G 1 Parker Bowman POW Yianni Liarakos BLI Gary Mantz POW Tyson Gilmour POW Alex Storjohann KIR 7 7 NO. ASSISTS TEAM GP A 1 Max Khull BLI Yianni Liarakos BLI Nick Trecroce SMI Cole Peck BLI Gary Mantz POW POWER PLAY NO. TEAM GP ADV PPGF PCT 1 BLI POW RBC CC SMI KIR ELL IRO TIM SOO PENALTY KILL NO. TEAM GP TSH PPGA PCT 1 POW SOO CC SMI IRO BLI KIR TIM ELL RBC GOALTENDER LEADERS NO. GOALTENDER TEAM GP MINS W L OTL EN SO GA GAA SA SVS SV% 1 Nate McDonald POW Myles Hektor BLI Aidan Doak BLI Kade Phipps SMI Owen Johansson RBC

7 Powassan Voodoos Playoff Statistics No. PLAYER POS GP G A PTS PIM PP PPA SHG SHA GW OT UA EN 9 Gary Mantz F Parker Bowman F Tyson Gilmour F Andy Baker F Tyler Gervais-Rolfe F Brett Hahkala F Bo Peltier D Eric Nagy D Shane Beaulieu F Ryan Theriault F Dayton Murray D Rhys Brown F Justin Schebel D Gabriel Rheault F Ryan Bazzana D Cameron Moore D Cade Herd F Tye Lindeman D Nate McDonald G Dylan D'Agostino F Kyle Challis F Andrew Suriano G Austin Ramirez F BENCH TOTALS GOALTENDERS NO. GOALIE GP MINS W L OTL SO EN GA GAA SA SVS SV% 31 Andrew Suriano Nate McDonald Empty Net Totals Shared shutout: Apr 4, 2017 at Timmins: Nate McDonald and Andrew Suriano

8 Blind River Beavers Playoff Statistics No. PLAYER POS GP G A PTS PIM PP PPA SHG SHA GW OT EN 16 Yianni Liarakos F Cole Peck D Max Khull F Zak Lambrecht F Caleb Serre F Mark Bastianello F Dylan McMahon F Anthony Pullicino F Brock Brown F Steven Khull F Anthony Bastianello F Noah Medalsy D Rockford Copiskey F Andrew Trowbridge F Jordan Kreller D Mark Khull F Jacob Papesh D Patrick Schellekens D Ryder Prue F Tristen Bernard D Clifford Brock F Kayne Mortimore D Myles Hektor G Aidan Doak G Jacob Elrod D BENCH TOTALS GOALTENDERS NO. GOALIE GP MINS W L OTL SO EN GA GAA SA SVS SV% 30 Myles Hektor Aidan Doak Empty Net Totals