GAME ONE – April 2 @ BELLEVILLE: The Barrie Colts couldn't really get their legs going in game one of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference Semifinal series as they dropped a 7-2 decision Wednesday night at the Yardmen Arena against the Belleville Bulls.....The Colts sticked to a simple gameplan early and took few chances against a potent Bulls squad, but the Bulls opened things up and went ahead 2-0 with a pair of goals in the latter half of the first period...They extended that to 3-0 as Matt Beleskey scored a powerplay marker late in the second, and they added insurance and made the game 5-0 just 4:03 into the third period....Ryan Gottschalk made the game 5-1, and then the Bulls countered again before the final result of 7-2....Michael Hutchinson faced an abundance of work once again and was taken out of the game and replaced by Peter Di Salvo after 6-1 as he made 50 saves on the 56 shots that he faced.....Tomas Marcinko scored Barrie's other goal, his third of the post-season....Stefan Della Rovere, Alex Hutchings and Daniel Michalsky each added assists on the Colts' goals

Shots: BAR:30                         BLV: 62

Powerplays: BAR:0/3              BLV: 3/9

Attendance: 2,893  

GAME TWO – April 3 @ BARRIE: The Barrie Colts find themselves playing catchup in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference Semifinal Series as the Belleville Bulls took a 5-1 decision Thursday night at the Barrie Molson Centre to extend their series lead to 2-0... The Colts had a difficult time Thursday keeping one of the OHL's most complete offense's in check...The Bulls went up 2-0 through one period, before Tomas Marcinko cut the lead in half with his 4th of the post-season at 15:35 of the second....The Colts controlled the play through much of the second, but the Bulls regained the advantage as Cory Tanaka (3), Jan Mursak (5), while shorthanded, and P.K. Subban (5) all scored to put the Bulls ahead by four at the 13:07 mark of the final frame....Michael Hutchinson faced a lot of quality shots, especially on special teams play, as the Bulls scored two on the powerplay, including a 5-on-3 marker.....Defenseman Matt Stanisz did not play as a result of a shot of his foot in game one

Shots: BAR:31                         BLV: 37

Powerplays: BAR:0/6             BLV: 2/7

Attendance: 3,242

GAME THREE – April 5 @ BELLEVILLE: The Barrie Colts find themselves in difficult territory in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference Semifinal series as the Bulls gained a 2-1 decision in game three at the Yardmen Arena Saturday night to establish a 3-0 series lead.....In what might be their most complete game of the series, the Colts established a 1-0 lead in game three, sparked by Cory McGillis' first of the playoffs on a powerplay just 2:28 in.....The Bulls tied things up in the first on a 5-on-3 advantage as Matt Beleskey (4) scored at 10:02, and Eric Tangradi (2) put them ahead with the game-winner at 16:53 of the second...The Colts had several quality chances to tie the game and outshot the Bulls 12-8 in the third period but could not get anything else by goaltender Mike Murphy....Murphy made 26 saves on the 27 shots that he faced throughout the game...On the other end, Head Coach Marty Williamson elected to go to his other 18-year potential standout in Peter Di Salvo, and Di Salvo was solid as he kicked aside 32 Belleville shots

Shots: BAR:27                         BLV: 34

Powerplays: BAR:1/4              BLV: 1/6

Attendance: 3,423

Wednesday April 2-Barrie 2 @ Belleville 7

Thursday April 3-Belleville 5 @ Barrie 1

Saturday April 5-Barrie 1 @ Belleville 2

Tuesday April 8-Belleville @ Barrie, 7:30 p.m.

*Thursday April 10–Barrie @ Belleville, 7:15 p.m.

*Saturday April 12- Belleville @ Barrie, 7:30 p.m.

*Monday April 14- Barrie @ Belleville, 7:15 p.m.

(* if necessary)

Belleville- Jan Mursak                           2G-4A-6PTS

Belleville- Cory Tanaka                        2G-2A-4PTS

Belleville- Matt Beleskey                      2G-2A-4PTS
Belleville- Nigel Williams                      1G-3A-4PTS

Barrie- Tomas Marcinko                      2G-1A-3PTS

Belleville- P.K. Subban                        2G-1A-3PTS

Belleville- Keaton Turkiewicz               2G-1A-3PTS

Belleville- Eric Tangradi                        2G-1A-3PTS

Belleville- Andy Self                             0G-3A-3PTS

Belleville- Adam Perry                          0G-3A-3PTS

SERIES POWERPLAY: Barrie – 1/13         Belleville – 6/22

PLAYOFF POWERPLAY: Barrie – 2/40     Belleville – 12/50

BARRIE: Michael Hutchinson – 2GP-0W-2L-6.15GAA-.882SV%-0SO

                  Peter Di Salvo – 2GP-0W-1L-2.48GAA-.925SV%-0SO

BELLEVILLE: Mike Murphy– 3GP-3W-0L-1.33GAA-.955SV%-0SO

Barrie: Tomas Marcinko, New York Islanders (4^th Round, 2006)

Belleville: Shawn Matthias, Florida Panthers (2^nd Round, 2006)

                  Nigel Williams, Colorado Avalanche (2^nd Round, 2006)

                  P.K. Subban, Montreal Canadiens (2^nd Round, 2007)

                  Jan Mursak, Detroit Red Wings (6^th Round, 2006)

                  Matt Beleskey, Anaheim Mighty Ducks (4^th Round, 2006)

                  Michael Neal, Dallas Stars (5^th Round, 2007)

                  Bryan Cameron, L.A. Kings (3^rd Round, 2007)

                  Eric Tangradi, Anaheim Mighty Ducks (2^nd Round, 2007)

Defenseman Matt Stanisz is listed as day-to-day with a fractured foot caused by blocking a shot in game one…..Defenseman Brett Halstead is listed as week-to-week with an upper body injury, and he will not likely return in this series…….On the Bulls side, Shawn Matthias and Nick Pageau have missed the first three games of the series, and will likely miss the rest….Matthias is ill with mononucleosis, and Pageau is recovering from a high ankle sprain