4-3, Missisauga Advances.Game 2457515-Game 1:
Belleville Bulls d Missisauga St. Michael's Majors in 12 The Puck drops in Belleville, with Belleville winning the initial draw and pressure slowly mounting against Missisauga...In the Third Period now, Belleville is leading by two, but Missisauga just pulled their goaltender... anything could still happen here. LATE-BREAKING NEWS: Belleville steals the puck at their own blue line and flips it back into Missisauga's zone... hitting the empty net for a 3-goal lead. The majors put their goaltender back out for the face-off and just grind the last minute and twenty-seven out... Belleville opens the series with a win at home.
Game 2457516-Game 2:
Missisauga St. Michael's Majors d Belleville Bulls in 10 Still in Belleville, the bulls again win the initial face-off, but go down early on the power play. the Bulls fight back to knot it at the end of two, but the Majors came out swinging in the third... This one is all but over, folks. The Bulls are playing with an empty net, trying desperately to send it to overtime. LATE-BREAKING NEWS: Belleville gets called for tripping with 1:03 to go, killing their chance of a comeback (3 cards, no set), and Missisauga steals the second game of the series.
Game 2457538-Game 3:
Belleville Bulls d Missisauga St. Michael's Majors in 9 This best-of-seven series moves Missisauga, brought to you tonight by Tim Horton's... Belleville continues their dominance in the face-off circle, winning the initial draw and quickly taking command. The Majors, spurred by the home crowd, try and make a fight of it, but they were down too much, too early. The Bulls take this one.
Game 2457542-Game 4:
Missisauga St. Michael's Majors d Belleville Bulls in 5 For the first time this series, the Majors win the initial draw and quickly strike, and strike hard. Buoyed by the rabid home crowd, the Majors took control of this game at the get-go and never let up on the Bulls.
Game 2488959-Game 5:
Missisauga St. Michael's Majors d Belleville Bulls in 5 The series moves back to Belleville, knotted at two. The Majors win the initial draw, and come out on a tear. Obviously still pumped from the home win, they're full of fire tonight, and the Bulls are just caught flat-footed. The Majors do surrender one goal at the end after the Bulls pull their netminder, but return the favor on an empty net to seal the deal. 3-1 for the night, and a 3-2 lead for Missisauga in the series. Can the Majors oust the #1 seed in the East at home, or will they have to return here to Belleville to settle it all?
Game 2519817-Game 6:
Belleville Bulls d Missisauga St. Michael's Majors in 7 The puck drops in Missisauga, with the Majors looking to close it out here in front of the home crowd. The Bulls take the draw, and the first period is underway. UPDATE: Well, the Bulls came out facing elimination tonight, and they decided to take it straight at the Majors' netminder... with good results. He proved to be ...porous tonight, giving up 4 in the first before being pulled in the intermission. The score is 5-1 now, awaiting the start of the third period, but frankly, I think the Bulls have this one all but locked up. LATE UPDATE: Belleville takes this game in their most convincing win of the series, forcing a Game Seven back in Belleville. Win or go home, that's what both teams will be facing in this last game of the first round!
Game 2551142-Game 7:
Missisauga St. Michael's Majors d Belleville Bulls in 5 The Puck dropped in Belleville for Game Seven of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. Missisauga had pulled ahead of the top-seeded Bulls, but the Belleville Bulls dug deep and forced a Home Game Seven in the Series... But with each team being 1-2 at home to this point, is 'home ice advantage' an oxymoron in this series? The initial draw seems a better metric, with the Bulls taking 3 -of-4 when starting with the puck, and the Majors' winning both decisions with the first chance to strike so far... And after Geddy Lee finishes the National Anthem, the game is on! Missisauga wins the puck, but takes it straight back into their own zone, and seems to be sitting on their heels, waiting for something in this game... Start of the Second period, the Majors get a break and score off a quick one-timer that snaps one of the skate blades of the Bulls' netminder! He heads off for a new skate, and doesn't return, the fall to the ice apparently having injured his ankle. His backup proves to unequal to the task, and the Bulls can't recover from the hole. Missisauga St. Michael's Majors take their first-round opponents, the top-seeded Belleville Bulls, in Seven games to advance to the Conference Semifinals!