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Erie Otters Advance to Memorial Cup Final
26
May

Photo: Julien Gauthier scores for the Saint John Sea Dogs to tie the game 2-2 in the second period. Photo Tim Jarrold – In Play! magazine

Erie Otters Advance to Memorial Cup Final

Darren Raddysh scored two goals and Troy Timpano made 20 saves as the Erie Otters doubled-up the Saint John Sea Dogs 6-3 in the semi-final of the 2017 Memorial Cup tournament.

With the win, the Otters (3-1) have advanced  to the 2017 Memorial Cup championship game on Sunday night against the host team Windsor Spitfires (3-0)

Taylor Raddysh, German Poddubnyi, Dylan Strome and Warren Foegele had the other goals for the Ontario Hockey League champions, who will be looking to avenge their only loss of the tournament to the Spitfires.

German Poddubnyi, Dylan Strome and Warren Foegele had the other goals for the Ontario Hockey League champions, who will be looking to avenge their only loss of the tournament to the Spitfires.

Joe Veleno, Julien Gauthier and Thomas Chabot replied for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League champion Sea Dogs (1-3) while Callum Booth made 31 saves.

The Erie Otters and Windsor Spitfires face-off at 7 p.m. Sunday to decide the 2017 Memorial Cup champion.

Check out game photos by Tim Jarrold – In Play! magazine

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John Humphrey

John Humphrey loves to write about any hockey team or player with particular interest in the OHL. He brings you a no holds barred view of the OHL and Windsor Spitfires. John Humphrey is a Windsor-born, raised and educated freelance writer whose career has spanned three decades. In addition to being a contributing writer for OHL Classics, a book published by the Ontario Hockey League, he has contributed to such publications as Hockey Weekly, The OHL News and The Hockey News. He also continues to serve as as a stringer for the Canadian Press, covering the OHL and the Windsor Spitfires.