Ontario Hockey League playoff update

Sergei Kostitsyn's two goals helped the London Knights to a 5-1 win over the Owen Sound Attack on Wednesday night.

The victory evened up their western conference semi-final series at 2-2.

The Plymouth Whalers avoided an early second round exit with a 4-3 overtime win against the Guelph Storm, who now lead the series 3-1. Dan Collins scored a natural hat trick that included the OT winner.

In the eastern conference, the Peterborough Petes, who eliminated the Sudbury Wolves in four straight games, are awaiting the winner of the Brampton Battalion and Barrie Colts series. Brampton leads the series 3-1.

*** OHL PLAYOFF TRACKER:

CONFERENCE SEMI-FINALS

EASTERN CONFERENCE

PETERBOROUGH vs. SUDBURY (Peterborough wins series 4-0)

Game 1 - PETERBOROUGH 3, Sudbury 1 Game 2 - PETERBOROUGH 6, Sudbury 1 Game 3 - Peterborugh 4, SUDBURY 2 Game 4 - Peterborough 4, SUDBURY 3 (OT)

BRAMPTON vs. BARRIE (Barrie leads series 3-1)

Game 1 - BRAMPTON 4, Barrie 1 Game 2 - BARRIE 4, Brampton 1 Game 3 - Barrie 6, BRAMPTON 1 Game 4 - BARRIE 11, Brampton 2 Thurs., April 13 at Brampton 7:30 Sat., April 15 at Barrie 7:30 * Mon., April 17 at Brampton 7:30 *

WESTERN CONFERENCE

LONDON vs. OWEN SOUND (Series tied 2-2)

Game 1 - LONDON 6, Owen Sound 3 Game 2 - OWEN SOUND 5, London 3 Game 3 - Owen Sound 4, LONDON 2 Game 4 - London 5, OWEN SOUND 1 Fri., April 14 at London 7:30 Sat., April 15 at Owen Sound 7:30 Mon., April 17 at London 7:00 *

PLYMOUTH vs. GUELPH (Guelph leads series 3-1)

Game 1 - Guelph 4, PLYMOUTH 1 Game 2 - GUELPH 3, Plymouth 2 (OT) Game 3 - Guelph 8, PLYMOUTH 0 Game 4 - Plymouth 4, Guelph 3 (OT) Fri., April 14 at Plymouth 7:30 Sat., April 15 at Guelph 7:30 * Mon., April 17 at Plymouth 7:30 *

* Denotes if necessary games. Home Team in CAPS

First Round

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Series "A" - PETERBOROUGH vs. OTTAWA (Peterborough wins series 4-2)

Game 1 - PETERBOROUGH 3, Ottawa 2 (2OT) Game 2 - OTTAWA 8, Peterborough 4 Game 3 - PETERBOROUGH 3, Ottawa 1 Game 4 - OTTAWA 4, Peterborough 3 Game 5 - PETERBOROUGH 4, Ottawa 3 (OT) Game 6 - Peterborough 3, OTTAWA 2

Series "B" - Brampton vs. Belleville (Brampton wins series 4-2)

Game 1 - BRAMPTON 3, Belleville 2 (OT) Game 2 - Belleville 3, BRAMPTON 2 (OT) Game 3 - Brampton 3, BELLEVILLE 1 Game 4 - Brampton 4, BELLEVILLE 3 (OT) Game 5 - Belleville 3, BRAMPTON 2 Game 6 - Brampton 5, BELLEVILLE 2

Series "C" - BARRIE vs. TORONTO (Barrie wins series 4-0)

Game 1 - BARRIE 5, Toronto 4 (OT) Game 2 - Barrie 6, TORONTO 5 Game 3 - BARRIE 7, Toronto 5 Game 4 - Barrie 4, TORONTO 1

Series "D" - KINGSTON vs. SUDBURY (Sudbury wins series 4-2)

Game 1 - KINGSTON 5, Sudbury 3 Game 2 - Sudbury 4, KINGSTON 1 Game 3 - SUDBURY 2, Kingston 0 Game 4 - SUDBURY 5, Kingston 2 Game 5 - KINGSTON 3, Sudbury 0 Game 6 - SUDBURY 4, Kingston 0

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Series "A" - LONDON vs. SAULT STE. MARIE (London wins series 4-0)

Game 1 - LONDON 6, Sault Ste. Marie 1 Game 2 - LONDON 6, Sault Ste. Marie 3 Game 3 - London 6, SAULT STE. MARIE 5 (OT) Game 4 - London 5, SAULT STE. MARIE 4 (OT)

Series "B" - PLYMOUTH vs. WINDSOR (Plymouth wins series 4-3)

Game 1 - PLYMOUTH 7, Windsor 4 Game 2 - Plymouth 4, WINDSOR 2 Game 3 - Windsor 2, PLYMOUTH 1 Game 4 - WINDSOR 4, Plymouth 3 Game 5 - PLYMOUTH 3, Windsor 2 Game 6 - WINDSOR 7, Plymouth 4 Game 7 - PLYMOUTH 6, Windsor 2

Series "C" - KITCHENER vs. OWEN SOUND (Owen Sound wins series 4-1)

Game 1 - Owen Sound 3, KITCHENER 2 Game 2 - OWEN SOUND 3, Kitchener 2 Game 3 - KITCHENER 4, Owen Sound 3 (2OT) Game 4 - OWEN SOUND 7, Kitchener 2 Game 5 - Owen Sound 4, KITCHENER 3 (OT)

Series "D" - GUELPH vs. SAGINAW (Guelph wins series 4-0)

Game 1 - GUELPH 3, Saginaw 2 Game 2 - Guelph 4, SAGINAW 1 Game 3 - GUELPH 4, Saginaw 1 Game 4 - Guelph 4, SAGINAW 2

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