Oshawa Generals advance to OHL Final

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The Oshawa Generals are off to the OHL final.

They beat the North Bay Battalion in Game 7 Monday night 6-1.

The Gens got out to a 4-0 lead in the game with goals from David Bedkowski, Rasmus Kumpulainen, Connor Lockhart and Dylan Roobroeck.

“The kids were incredible tonight, starting with Jacob Oster,” said Generals head coach Derek Laxdal. “He set the tone right off the hop. We got that first goal and I thought our guys did an incredible job of checking and shutting down North Bay.”

North Bay got on the board in the third before Roobroeck and Ethan Toms each added empty net goals to help secure the win.

Oster finished the game with 24 saves in net for the Gens.

Oshawa led the series 3-0, but the Battalion then won three straight, including a big 8-1 Game 6 win.

“You got to give the kids a lot of credit,” Laxdal said. “They believed that they could win Game 7 at home today. It was a tough game getting beat 8-1, but for them to respond that way today, I’m very proud of them as a coach. In all my years coaching that was one of the best efforts I’ve seen in a Game 7 to shut down the other team.”

Generals Captain Stuart Rolofs was presented with the Bobby Orr Trophy by OHL Vice President Cole Butterworth. The Generals won a previous Eastern Conference title in 2015 en route to their 13th OHL championship, the most by any of the league’s 20 teams.

With the win, Oshawa sets up the OHL Final against the London Knights.

Here’s the schedule;

Game 1 – Thursday, May 9th at London, 7:00pm
Game 2 – Saturday, May 11th at London, 7:00pm
Game 3 – Monday, May 13th at Oshawa, 7:00pm
Game 4 – Wednesday, May 15th at Oshawa, 7:00pm
Game 5 – Friday, May 17th at London, 7:00pm*
Game 6 – Sunday, May 19th at Oshawa, Time To Be Confirmed*
Game 7 – Monday, May 20th at London, Time To Be Confirmed*

Tickets for the games in Oshawa went on sale at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Photo courtesy OHL / Goodall Media

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