Gamdeday Preview: Greyhounds host Guelph

With a spot clinched in the Ontario Hockey League playoffs, the Soo Greyhounds now have an opportunity to move up in the standings.

The Greyhounds continue a three-game homestand on Friday night with the Guelph Storm in town and a Greyhounds victory would move them into fifth in the Western Conference, one-point ahead of the Storm.

The Storm are expected to have Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Matt Finn back in the lineup this weekend,. Finn has missed time due to mononucleosis.

Meanwhile, on the Greyhounds side, the team will be without Nick Cousins due to suspension. Greyhounds coach Sheldon Keefe will continue to tinker with his lineup as the team fills the hole left by Cousins. On wednesday night against Sudbury, the Greyhounds used defenceman Ryan Sproul, on the top line. Whether Keefe will return to the idea against the Storm isn't certain.

The standings in the Western Conference remain tight as eight points separate five teams in the standings. The Eastern Conference meanwhile, is slightly more spread out.

Western Conference standings (* - clinched playoff spot)

1. *London Knights – 92 points (8 games remaining)
2. *Plymouth Whalers – 79 points (7 games remaining)
3. *Owen Sound Attack – 80 points (8 games remaining)
4. *Kitchener Rangers – 78 points (8 games remaining)
5. *Guelph Storm – 73 points (9 games remaining)
6. *Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds – 72 points (8 games remaining)
7. Sarnia Sting – 69 points (7 games remaining)
8. Saginaw Spirit – 64 points (8 games remaining)
9. Windsor Spitfires – 55 points (7 games remaining)
10. Erie Otters – 42 points (7 games remaining)

Eastern Conference standings

1. *Belleville Bulls – 84 points (9 games remaining)
2. *Barrie Colts – 80 points (7 games remaining)
3. *Oshawa Generals – 76 points (7 games remaining)
4. Brampton Battalion – 65 points (8 games remaining)
5. Sudbury Wolves – 65 points (7 games remaining)
6. Niagara IceDogs – 58 points (7 games remaining)
7. Mississauga Steelheads – 55 points (9 games remaining)
8. Kingston Frontenacs – 53 points (8 games remaining)
9. Peterborough Petes – 51 points (7 games remaining)
10. Ottawa 67’s – 35 points (7 games remaining)

Other games around the league on Friday night include:

• Erie vs. Plymouth (7 p.m.)
• Kingston vs. Belleville (7 p.m.)
• London vs. Sarnia (7:30 p.m.)
• Mississauga vs. Barrie (7:30 p.m.)
• Owen Sound vs. Kitchener (7:30 p.m.)
• Oshawa vs. Brampton (7:35 p.m.)
• Sudbury vs. Peterborough (7:35 p.m.)

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