{"id":580486,"date":"2026-04-03T23:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T23:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/580486\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T23:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T23:04:16","slug":"ottawa-67s-sweep-kingston-frontenacs-out-of-ohl-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/580486\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa 67&#8217;s sweep Kingston Frontenacs out of OHL playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/tag\/ottawa-67s\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ottawa 67\u2019s;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Ottawa 67\u2019s&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Ottawa 67\u2019s<\/a> are moving on up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Filip Ekberg scored with 30.5 seconds left in regulation time to snap a tie and give Ottawa a 3-2 victory over the Kingston Frontenacs on Thursday night at the Slush Puppie Centre, giving the 67\u2019s a sweep of the first-round, best-of-seven <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/tag\/ohl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ontario Hockey League;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Ontario Hockey League&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Ontario Hockey League<\/a> playoff series and moving them along the post-season ladder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The winning goal was a beauty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ekberg took a pass from Cooper Foster, who was located on the left-wing boards, and from the faceoff dot drove to the net, pulling the puck to his backhand and then his forehand for a wide-open shot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got a special group in there,\u201d 67\u2019s overager Nic Sima said during a post-game interview on Rogers cable. \u201cWe were happy to get that late one and get that win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Smelling blood, the 67\u2019s bolted from the gate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sam McCue scored his second goal of the playoffs just 41 seconds into the first period, and Sima added his third in four games at the 2:40 mark, putting Ottawa in full control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But, fighting for their lives, the Frontenacs rebounded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Matthew Frost notched his first goal of the postseason just past the midway mark of the opening period, and Robin Kuzma scored his first 67 seconds into the second.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Things could have been worse for Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bruising defenceman David Bedkowski received a game misconduct when he delivered a headshot to Kingston\u2019s Kieren Dervin early in the middle frame, but the 67\u2019s penalty-killing units again rose to the occasion during the five-minute disadvantage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The shot clock indicated how close the play was at that point, with the home team ahead 17-16 at the second intermission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Improving his playoff record to 4-0, Ottawa rookie goalie Ryan Fetterolf stopped 20 Kingston shots. The Frontenacs\u2019 duo of Gavin Betts and Matthew Minchak faced 24 shots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 67\u2019s will now have some time off to wait for their second-round opponent to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ottawa 67\u2019s are moving on up. 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