16 of 20 OHL teams make the playoffs. This season anyway.. I'm giving 4 teams at least an outside chance at winning the title with one squad the clear favourite. If the Spitfires don't dominate their way into the final I'll be very surprised. Even if the Knights are peaking they won't offer enough to overcome to the OHL's top team. In the East, I expect the Bulls to outlast the Battalion earning a return date in the championship set. A Bulls/Spits finale should provide some excellent hockey, unfortunately for George Burnett's Eastern boys their result in 2009 will be the same as 2008: Runner-up. Poor Windsor has had it rough long enough. The city deserves something good and will finally get it in the form of a championship parade. Heck, it might even happen twice.
1st Round - East
Belleville/Sudbury - Bulls in 5
Brampton/Peterborough - Battalion in 4
Ottawa/Niagara - 67's in 6
Mississauga/Barrie - Majors in 6
1st Round - West
Windsor/Owen Sound - Spits in 5
London/Erie - Knights in 5
Saginaw/Guelph - Spirit in 6
Plymouth/Sarnia - Sting in 7
2nd Round - East
Belleville/Mississauga - Bulls in 5
Brampton/Ottawa - Battalion in 6
2nd Round - West
Windsor/Sarnia - Spits in 5
London/Saginaw - Knights in 7
East Final
Belleville/Brampton - Bulls in 7
West Final
Windsor/London - Spits in 6
OHL Final
Windsor/Belleville - Spits in 6
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