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Standing in the way of Owen Sound's second straight OHL finals appearance are the Sarnia Sting. In the OHL power rankings, the Attack are #1 and the Sting are #2 so this should be a dandy of a series!
The Sting are a very well built team as they had struggled mightily for a couple of seasons. Therefore, they were able to get some high draft picks and really capitalize on that.
Their first line of Ryan Uminski, Aleksey Guzhvin and Timo Pfiefer carry a perfect blend of size, skill and grit. Their forwards are so deep that former #1 overall OHL pick, Nolan Sproule is featured as a 3rd line winger with his impeccable defensive game allowing him to slow down the opposition's top forwards.
Their defence is led by veterans 20 year old Ujjalroop Gill and 20 year old Matt Balness. Balness is huge, 6'5" 237 lbs. and a physical presence on the blueline. Opposition forwards will have to keep their heads up with him on patrol.
2023 OHL 1st overall pick Bradley Langrill is featured in net. Langrill has the ability to steal games by himself and it will be real interesting to see if Owen Sound's usually potent offence sparked by their mobile defencemen will be able to penetrate the Sting's defence and put pucks past Langrill.
This has the makings of a classic series that could go the distance. Sarnia and Owen Sound are both 8-1 in these playoffs, one of them is going home and the other is moving on.....can Sarnia end Owen Sound's reign of terror in the OHL?
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