Blizzard to Meet Blues in First Round of Playoffs

Round one of the MJHL Playoffs begin this weekend for the OCN Blizzard. After a big road weekend for the Blizzard they have climbed into 3rd place and will meet the 6th placed Winnipeg Blues in the round 1, Best of 7 Series. (Read more…)

The two clubs played 6 outstanding regular season meetings, to match up in the first round should make for a great series. Head to Head, OCN won 4 of 6 meetings but were outscored by the Blues 21 to 20.

Head to Head Matchups:

Fri Oct 7th Winnipeg Blues-3 @ OCN Blizzard-4

Sat Oct 8th Winnipeg Blues-2 @ OCN Blizzard-3

Sat Dec 17th OCN Blizzard-2 @ Winnipeg Blues-5

Sun Dec 18th OCN Blizzard-5 @ Winnipeg Blues-7

Sun Jan 15th Winnipeg Blues-2 @ OCN Blizzard-3

Wed Feb 22nd OCN Blizzard-3 @ Winnipeg Blues-2

MJHL Bracket:

SERIES A – 8. NEEPAWA NATIVES vs 1. STEINBACH PISTONS
Mar 10	Neepawa Natives	at	Steinbach Pistons	7:30 pm
Mar 12	Steinbach Pistons	at	Neepawa Natives	6:30 pm
Mar 14	Neepawa Natives	at	Steinbach Pistons	7:30 pm
Mar 17	Steinbach Pistons	at	Neepawa Natives	7:30 pm
Mar 18	Neepawa Natives	at	Steinbach Pistons (if necess)	7:30 pm
Mar 20	Steinbach Pistons	at	Neepawa Natives (if necess)	7:30 pm
Mar 22	Neepawa Natives	at	Steinbach Pistons (if necess)	7:30 pm

SERIES B – 7. VIRDEN OIL CAPITALS vs 2. WINKLER FLYERS
Mar 10	Virden Oil Capitals	at	Winkler Flyers	7:30 pm
Mar 12	Winkler Flyers	at	Virden Oil Capitals	7:00 pm
Mar 14	Virden Oil Capitals	at	Winkler Flyers	7:30 pm
Mar 16	Winkler Flyers	at	Virden Oil Capitals	7:30 pm
Mar 17	Virden Oil Capitals	at	Winkler Flyers (if necess)	7:30 pm
Mar 19	Winkler Flyers	at	Virden Oil Capitals (if necess)	7:00 pm
Mar 21	Virden Oil Capitals	at	Winkler Flyers (if necess)	7:30 pm

SERIES C – 6. WINNIPEG BLUES vs 3. OCN BLIZZARD

Mar 10	Winnipeg Blues	at	OCN Blizzard	7:00 pm
Mar 11	Winnipeg Blues	at	OCN Blizzard	7:00 pm
Mar	OCN Blizzard	at	Winnipeg Blues
Mar	OCN Blizzard	at	Winnipeg Blues
Mar	Winnipeg Blues	at	OCN Blizzard (if necess)
Mar	OCN Blizzard	at	Winnipeg Blues (if necess)
Mar	Winnipeg Blues	at	OCN Blizzard (if necess)

SERIES D – 5. PORTAGE TERRIERS vs 4. SELKIRK STEELERS

Mar 10	Portage Terriers	at	Selkirk Steelers	7:30 pm
Mar 12	Selkirk Steelers	at	Portage Terriers	6:30 pm
Mar 14	Portage Terriers	at	Selkirk Steelers	7:30 pm
Mar 15	Selkirk Steelers	at	Portage Terriers	7:30 pm
Mar 17	Portage Terriers	at	Selkirk Steelers (if necess)	7:30 pm
Mar 20	Selkirk Steelers	at	Portage Terriers (if necess)	7:30 pm
Mar 21	Portage Terriers	at	Selkirk Steelers (if necess)	7:30 pm

As OCN Blizzard fans will note, dates of games 3 through 7 of the Blizzard and Blues series have yet to be finalized. Locations have been decided but dates and times are still to be determined.

Leading Scorers:

OCN:

#	PLAYER NAME	BY	P	GP	G	A	PTS
14	George King	’98	F	55	36	18	54
7	Jeremy Dumont	’96	F	60	19	35	54
24	Brady Keeper	’96	D	48	23	25	48
10	Anthony Keeper	’97	F	54	14	29	43
37	Justin Nachbaur	’00	F	55	11	20	31
12	Brady Valiquette	’97	F	56	17	13	30
20	Jordan Valentino	’96	D	57	7	23	30
17	Maverick Rafter	’96	D	57	7	22	29
4	Tavis Roch	’97	D	59	6	23	29
11	Tristan Elie	’96	F	18	7	18	25

Winnipeg:

#	PLAYER NAME	BY	P	GP	G	A	PTS
21	Dexter Kuczek	’97	F	59	30	37	67
19	Rhett Lough	’96	F	54	16	29	45
17	Levi Cudmore	’97	F	51	23	20	43
18	Adam Wowryk	’96	F	57	18	23	41
20	Dallas Tulik	’98	F	49	15	23	38
22	Matt LeBlanc	’97	F	56	11	23	34
14	Geordie Keane	’96	F	49	11	17	28
11	Joel MacGillivray	’97	F	52	13	10	23
10	Dale Goodbrandson	’97	F	54	11	11	22
24	Nick Prouty	’96	F	39	9	12	21

Every OCN Blizzard playoff game will be broadcasted on 102.9 CJAR and thepasonline.com. Pre game shows start 15 minutes prior to puck drop!

Heading into the playoffs the OCN Blizzard have been playing great hockey since the calendar flipped from 2016 to 2017. The OCN Blizzard are 13-2-1 in their last 16 games. Since New Year’s Day, OCN went 8-4 in January, 8-2 in February, and 1-0-1 in March.

For the Winnipeg Blues, they’ve been struggling as of late as they’ve dropped their last 4 games and barely hung onto 6th in the MJHL. They roll into the playoffs with a 27-27-6 record on the season. Winnipeg went 4-7 in February, and 0-1-1 in March.