PJHL: YECK DIVISION SEMIFINALS PREVIEW
The first place Lambeth Lancers entered the Yeck Division playoffs as the top seed and quickly dispatched the Aylmer Spitfires in four games in the Quarterfinals. The Lancers will now face the North Middlesex Stars in the Semifinals after the fourth seed Stars took out the Thamesford Trojans in six games. Game one of the series between the Lambeth Lancers and North Middlesex Stars is set for Friday, Feb. 23 at 7:30 PM at the Western Fair Arena in London (note: the rest of Lambeth’s home games will return to Lambeth Arena).
The number two seed Exeter Hawks had a tough battle in the first round with the Port Stanley Sailors but the Hawks prevailed in six games. Exeter will now face the defending Yeck Division Champion Dorchester Dolphins, who as the number three seed, knocked off the Mt. Brydges Bulldogs in five games in the Quarterfinals. Game one of this series is Friday, Feb. 23 at 8:00 PM at the South Huron Rec Centre in Exeter.
Let's take a look at both series in the Yeck Division Semifinals below, including head-to-head results and top scorers and goaltenders in the games between the two teams during the regular season.
(1) Lambeth Lancers (34-5-0-0) vs (4) North Middlesex Stars (24-14-0-2)
Lambeth won the season series 5-0
09/16/17 North Middlesex 2 at Lambeth 8
09/24/17 North Middlesex 5 at Lambeth 10
10/14/17 Lambeth 6 at North Middlesex 5
12/09/17 Lambeth 6 at North Middlesex 1
01/14/18 North Middlesex 1 at Lambeth 4
Leading Scorers (head-to-head)
Lambeth: Carson Esipu 11 PTS (6G, 5A) - 5 GP
North Middlesex: Sam Baker 8 PTS (6G, 2A) - 5 GP
Leading Scorers (regular season)
Lambeth: Carson Esipu 65 PTS (32G, 33A) - 38 GP
North Middlesex: Taylor Helesic 51 PTS (20G, 31A) - 39 GP
Top Goaltender (head-to-head)
Lambeth: Matt Waller (2 GP, 2-0-0, 1.50 GAA, .956 SV%)
North Middlesex: Mathew Boere (1 GP, 0-1-0, 3.44 GAA, .935 SV%)
Top Goaltender (regular season)
Lambeth: Brock MacDonald (21 GP, 20-0-0, 7 SO, 1.49 GAA, .956 SV%)
North Middlesex: Liam McCarthy (31 GP, 18-12-0, 1 SO, 3.67 GAA, .907 SV%
Special Teams (head-to-head)
Lambeth: PP - 24.0%, PK - 94.7%
North Middlesex: PP - 5.3%, PK - 76.0%
Special Teams (regular season)
Lambeth: PP - 21.0%, PK - 88.3%
North Middlesex: PP - 17.4%, PK - 84.4%
How they got here:
Lambeth: beat Aylmer 4 games to 0
North Middlesex: beat Thamesford 4 games to 2
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Lambeth stats
North Middlesex stats
(2) Exeter Hawks (29-8-0-2) vs (3) Dorchester Dolphins (27-11-0-2)
Exeter won the season series 3-2
10/06/17 Dorchester 2 at Exeter 3 OT
11/04/17 Exeter 1 at Dorchester 4
12/22/17 Exeter 0 at Dorchester 3
01/06/18 Exeter 2 at Dorchester 1
02/02/18 Dorchester 1 at Exeter 2
Leading Scorers (head-to-head)
Exeter: Christian Petrozza 4 PTS (3G, 1A) - 3 GP
Dorchester: Dylan Buckholz 3 PTS (3G) - 5 GP
Leading Scorers (regular season)
Exeter: Christian Petrozza 39 PTS (24G, 15A) - 21 GP
Dorchester: Dylan Buckholz 76 PTS (37G, 39A) - 40 GP
Top Goaltender (head-to-head)
Exeter: Dane Gubbels (4 GP, 2-2-0, 2.25 GAA, .939 SV%)
Dorchester: Ryan Murray (2 GP, 1-1-0, 1.52 GAA, .951 SV%)
Top Goaltender (regular season)
Exeter: Dane Gubbels (24 GP, 17-7-0, 3 SO, 2.05 GAA, .938 SV%)
Dorchester: Riley Brown (21 GP, 14-7-0, 4 SO, 2.49 GAA, .930 SV%)
Special Teams (head-to-head)
Exeter: PP - 13.0%, PK - 95.5%
Dorchester: PP - 4.5%, PK - 87.0%
Special Teams (regular season)
Exeter: PP - 17.2%, PK - 90.7%
Dorchester: PP - 26.6%, PK - 82.9%
How they got here:
Exeter: beat Port Stanley 4 games to 2
Dorchester: beat Mt. Brydges 4 games to 1
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Exeter stats
Dorchester stats
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