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The opponent will be determined with Wednesdays round-robin finale between Vancouver and Medicine Hat. A Vancouver victory would catapulte the Giants into Sundays Memorial Cup Final and set a the tie-breaker game up as a Tiger vs. Whalers contest with the winner going on to face the Maineiacs in the semis on Friday. A Tigers victory in tomorrow nights tilt will set the tie-breaker game up as a Maineiacs vs. Whalers re-match with the winner going on to face the Giants in Fridays semi and the Tigers would be granted the pass to Sundays final.
Late Third Period...
Tonight the highly touted Plymouth Whalers of OHL Championship fame face elimination from the Memorial Cup Tournament. Entering the tournament with a line-up that included great goaltending, impressive size and a ton of offence the Whalers have struggled against the aggresive forecheck and solid defensive play that comes from the WHL teams.
Both Vancouver and Medicine Hat were able to exploite the weaknesses of the Whalers line-up. Vancouver matched the physical play that was dictated by the sizable Plymouth line-up and the Tigers were far too quick for the not so fleet-of-foot Whalers defense core.
It also seemed that both Vancouver and Medicine Hat were able to get the Whalers focus turned away from the hockey game as in both games I noticed the lack of success got to the Plymouth players which lead to some rather undisciplined play.
The game against Vancouver was a close one with the Giants needing overtime to complete their task while the Tigers really took it to Plymouth by scoring a couple of goals in the early going of the game.
Eliminating the Whalers early offensive attack appears to not be too difficult for the WHLs elite. The trick? Attack offensive with offense! Both Vancouver and Medicine Hat were able to outshoot the OHL Champions in the first period by 14-8 and 14-9 margins respectively.
With the three game round robin format the Whalers face a must win game this evening against Lewiston. The winner of Wednesdays Vancouver vs. Medicine Hat game will win the first seed in the standings thus be granted a bye into Sundays final. The semi-final will be played on Friday between the loser of Wednesdays tilt and the third place team which is currently Lewiston.
A victory by Plymouth this evening would guarantee a Tie-Breaking Game on Thursday evening. Plymouth would then be faced with the daunting task of winning three games in four days in order to become the 2007 Memorial Cup Champions. Yikes...
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I counted 141 "n"s in that text.
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