Metalfab MHL Cup Playoff Capsule: Summerside vs Campbellton

(Photo: Michael Levesque)

2023 Eastlink North Division Semi-Finals

(2) Summerside Western Capitals vs (3) Campbellton Tigers

    • Game 1 – Friday, March 17th, 8 p.m. – Credit Union Place
    • Game 2 – Saturday, March 18th, 8 p.m. – Credit Union Place
    • Game 3 – Thursday, March 23rd, 7 p.m. – Campbellton Memorial Civic Centre
    • Game 4 – Friday, March 24th, 7 p.m. – Campbellton Memorial Civic Centre
    • Game 5 – Monday, March 27th, 7 p.m. – Credit Union Place*
    • Game 6 – Wednesday, March 29th, 7 p.m. – Campbellton Memorial Civic Centre*
    • Game 7 – Friday, March 31st, 7 p.m. – Credit Union Place*

*if necessary

Summerside

Campbellton

35-14-3-0 (3rd)

Record (MHL Rank)

27-17-5-3 (5th)

8-0-2-0 (8-0-2-0)

Last 10 Games (current streak)

4-4-1-1 (0-1-0-0)

217 (5th)

Goals For (MHL Rank)

227 (4th)

167 (3rd)

Goals Against (MHL Rank)

201 (T-5th)

35.1% (1st)

Powerplay % (MHL Rank)

22.3% (7th)

75.6% (6th)

Penalty Kill % (MHL Rank)

75.5% (8th)

Trentyn Crane (3rd) – 33G, 60A

Top Scorer (MHL Rank)

Connor Richard (14th) – 28G, 41A

Ed McNeill – 16G, 61A

Top Scoring Defenseman

Ethan Dollemont – 10G, 26A
Jadon Reimer – 6G, 30A

Chad Arsenault – 18-6-2-0, 2.95 GAA, .912 SV%, 1 SO
Brandon Abbott – 12-7-1-0, 3.41 GAA, .895 SV%

Goaltenders

Jacob Carrier – 12-5-4-1, 3.60 GAA, .881 SV%
Xavier Farrah – 10-8-3-1, 4.23 GAA, .881 SV%, 1 SO

3-5-0-0

Head to Head Record

5-2-0-1

Trentyn Crane – 8G, 6A

Leading Scorer in Season Series

Dawson Stairs – 8G, 8A

Previous Meetings

    • October 14th – Summerside 2 Campbellton 4
    • November 4th – Summerside 6 Campbellton 5
    • November 12th – Campbellton 5 Summerside 2
    • November 25th – Summerside 4 Campbellton 6
    • December 3rd – Campbellton 5 Summerside 3
    • January 12th – Campbellton 4 Summerside 3
    • January 21st – Campbellton 4 Summerside 6
    • March 3rd – Summerside 2 Campbellton 1 (SO)

Notes

    • Summerside and Campbellton last met in the 2018-19 Eastlink North Final where the Tigers won the series in six games. Campbellton would go on to lose to Yarmouth in the league final. The Western Capitals had won the Semi-Final series between them the previous season.
    • Summerside enters the Metalfab MHL Cup Playoffs on a roll, having not lost in regulation in ten games with an 8-0-2-0 record. That includes a 2-1 shootout win in Campbellton on March 3rd.
    • The Western Capitals generated 216 points from defensemen this season compared to 179 for Campbellton. The McNeill brothers, Ed and Sid, finished 1st and 4th in scoring for defensemen with a combined 127 points; 79 of which came on the powerplay.
    • Summerside was 23-3-1-0 when they scored first in a game, while Campbellton was 22-5-2-0. 
    • Campbellton had the 8th-best penalty kill percentage in the MHL at 75.5%, but ranked 2nd on home ice at 84.0%.
    • Summerside was one of two teams to not score a shorthanded goal this season and the Western Capitals actually gave up the most shorthanded goals with eight.
    • Should the games require extra time, the numbers favour Summerside, who were 4-3 in overtime, compared to 1-5 in overtime for Campbellton.