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The Kingston Frontenacs closed out their regular season with a 6-1 loss to the Ottawa 67\u2019s at TD Place Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
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The two teams will meet next on Friday in Game 1 of their opening-round playoff series.<\/p>\n
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With Saturday\u2019s contest meaning nothing in the Ontario Hockey League standings with Kingston sewing up sixth place with a 4-2 win over Barrie on Wednesday, coach Troy Mann scratched defenceman Maleek McGowan and forwards Tomas Pobezal and Alex Misiak. Black aces Adam Kelly and Niko Krmpotik drew into the line-up, as did Camden McCuaig, who skated for most of the season with the Cornwall Colts.<\/p>\n
After playing well in the Frontenacs\u2019 4-2 loss to Peterborough on Friday night, goaltender Gavin Betts travelled with the team to Ottawa, but didn\u2019t dress to back up Matt Minchak who drew the start in net against the 67\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Mann described Betts\u2019s attendance as first-hand scouting. \u201cHe just wanted to watch the game and see if he spotted anything in the bounces off the boards,\u201d the coach said.<\/p>\n
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For their part the 67\u2019s went with their regular line-up. Ottawa coach Dave Cameron could have rested regulars like the Frontenacs did and avoided any risk of injury, but the 67\u2019s lost to the bottom-place Generals 4-3 in Oshawa Friday night, so management might not have been considered such a perk unearned.<\/p>\n
Neither team looked particularly interested in the first period, which was not only scoreless, but also as listless and action-free as anything you\u2019d see between two major junior-teams. Kingston didn\u2019t even manage a shot on the Ottawa net until the ten-minute mark.<\/p>\n
The game picked up the pace in a more competitive second period, particularly when Frontenacs defenceman Matthew Henderson opened the scoring with a powerplay goal midway through the frame. For Henderson, a first-round pick in last year\u2019s Priority Selection, his second goal of the season was both a belated birthday gift (his 17th birthday falling on Friday) and a glimpse of the future for the Frontenacs\u2019 powerplay for the next two or three seasons.<\/p>\n
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That, however, was all the good news for the visitors. Ottawa centre Thomas Vandenberg and defenceman David Bedkowski scored on consecutive shifts three minutes later and the game started to get away from the Frontenacs with their scrambled line-up.<\/p>\n
The rout was on in the third period with Ottawa pouring in four goals. Cooper Foster, Teddy Spitznagel, Jasper Kuhta and Sam McCue all lit the lamp to fatten their season stats.<\/p>\n
Through the onslaught, Kingston netminder Matt Minchak didn\u2019t have much in the way of support, the 67\u2019s being credited with 48 shots, 25 in the last 20 minutes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s never fun losing but we knew it was a nothing game,\u201d Mann said. \u201cWhy they played all their regulars I don\u2019t know. Losing back-to-back games isn\u2019t a great way to end the season, but we played well against Peterborough. We can just put this one behind us.<\/p>\n
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