The Omegas took game 1 of the final series by beating the Flyers 9-6.
It looked like the Omegas were going to blow away the Flyers when they got off to a 3-0 lead in the first seven minutes of the game. The next seven minutes was all Flyers. They came storming back to tie it up at 3-3. In the second period, the Omegas took over again and held a 8-5 lead going into the third period. Half-way through the third, Ryan Cross scored his second goal of the game for the Flyers to once again, make it interesting. The Flyers put on some late game pressure to try to tie the game up, but when Zach VanReenen scored his second goal of the game into the empty net, it was game over.
With it being such a high scoring game, a number of players scored multiple points. Matt Kreeft had three assists for the Flyers. Kev Karelsen had a strong game with three goals and an assist. Chad VanReenen got a goal and two assists for the Omegas. The Player of the Game was Kalen Hellinga, who scored four goals and added an assist in the Omegas' win.

The Flyers will look to win tonight's game to keep their hopes alive of repeating as League Champions.
Tonight's (Saturday, March 17) game starts @ 6:45pm at the RBC Centre on Rink 2.

Here is a quick run-down of the finals schedule between the Omegas & Flyers:

Game 1: Friday, March 16 at 8:00pm @ the Point Edward Arena
Game 2: Saturday, March 17 at 6:45pm @ the RBC Centre (Rink 2)
Game 3: Friday, March 23 at 8:00pm @ the Point Edward Arena

Game 2 of the semi-final series between the IceDogs & Flyers was an awesome playoff game that went right down to the wire. The Flyers came out on top to sweep the series with a 5-4 overtime win.
The IceDogs opened up the scoring in the first period and carried a 1-0 lead into the second period. The second period was pretty much all Flyers. They scored three goals in the second and looked like they were going to walk away with it until the IceDogs scored late in the period to cut the Flyers lead to 3-2 going into the third period. The teams traded goals in the third period. With just under six minutes to go in regulation, Chris Pool scored to tie it up at 4-4 and sent the game into a ten minute sudden death overtime. Josh Tamminga & Rick Jones were solid in the nets all night long, but especially in overtime. I was just getting the "shoot-out" sheets ready when Matt VanMarum scored the series winning goal with only seven seconds to go in overtime. This was Matt's third goal of the game, so he earned the Player of the Game honours for the second straight game.

In Game 2 of the series between the Omegas & Hawks, the Hawks came storming out of the gates. With their season on the line, they scored two early goals and looked like they were serious about taking the series to a third and deciding game. However, the lead was short lived. By the end of the period the Omegas had the game tied up at 2-2. The Hawks stayed in the game for the most part, but the Omegas proved to be too powerful and skated away with another 5-2 win. In doing so, the Omegas have advanced to the finals to play the Flyers. With two goals each, Jeff VanderSlagt & Ian VanReenen will share the Player of the Game honours.

Brett DeBoer of the IceDogs received a "game misconduct" in the first semi-finals game against the Flyers. Brett has been suspended from playing in the second game of the series tonight (Saturday, March 10). This is his first "game misconduct" this season, so he is only suspended for one game. If he receives another "game misconduct" this season, then he will be suspended for a minimum of five games upon league review.

The Omegas were able to win the first game of their semi-finals series with a 5-2 win over the Hawks. It was actually a much closer game than the score reflects. The Omegas got off to a good start by scoring two quick goals in the first period. The Hawks scored two quick goals of their own in the second period to tie it up at 2-2. That was as close as the Hawks were able to come before the Omegas took the lead again and never looked back. Karsten Berg led the offense for the Omegas by scoring twice and adding two assists. He earns the Player of the Game.
The Hawks will look to tie the series up tonight (Saturday, March 10) and avoid being eliminated.

The other semi-finals series between the IceDogs & Flyers ended with a 5-2 win for the Flyers. After the Flyers got off to a 3-0 lead, the IceDogs made a game of it by coming back with two goals to make it 3-2. This was as close as the IceDogs would come as they spent eight minutes of the third period killing off a major penalty. Matt VanMarum gets the nod for Player of the Game for scoring two pretty goals in the Flyers' win.
The IceDogs will need to win tonight's game to move on to a third and deciding game in the series.