On This Day … April 21st

2010:  Game 3, Sutherland Cup Round Robin
Stoney Creek Warriors 2 at LaSalle Vipers 4  (SCW 0-2, LAS 2-1)
David Sharpe scored 2 goals – including the game winner – as the Vipers defeated the Warriors for the second time in three days

2012:  Game 6, Sutherland Cup Round Robin
Brantford Golden Eagles 2 at St. Catharines Falcons 1  (BGE 4-0, 1-3)
Jeff Swift scored the eventual game winner midway thru the first period and AP call-up Talon D’Orazio stopped 38 of 39 shots faced as the Golden Eagles finished the round robin with a perfect 4-0 record.  Despite the loss, the Falcons – by virtue of a better goal ratio than the London Nationals who also finished 1-3 – claimed the other berth in the Sutherland Cup final

2017:  Game 6, Sutherland Cup Semi-final
London Nationals 3 at Listowel Cyclones 2 (OT)  (LON 4-2)
After the Cyclones tied the game with 26 seconds remaining in the third period, Brandon Glover scored his second goal of the game and 12th of the playoffs at 15:31 of overtime and the Nationals clinched their second straight berth in the Sutherland Cup final

2017:  Game 5, Sutherland Cup Semi-final
Elmira Sugar Kings 0 at Caledonia Corvairs 2 (ELM 3-2)
Daniel Chenard made 24 saves for his 2nd shutout of the series and the Corvairs avoided elimination and forced a sixth game of the series

2019:  Game 6, Sutherland Cup Semi-final
Niagara Falls Canucks 1 at Waterloo Siskins 3 (WAT 4-2)
Sam Cherry scored 2 goals and the Siskins clinched their 13th appearance in the Sutherland Cup final and first since 1994

2022:  Game 1, Western Conference Semi-final
St. Marys Lincolns 2 at Leamington Flyers 1
Bryce Walcarius (left) made 39 saves and Noah Vandenbrink scored the winner with 2:32 left in the third period to give the Lincolns the series opening win

2024:  Game 3, Sutherland Cup Round Robin
Listowel Cyclones 1 at St. Marys Lincolns 2 (LIS 1-1, SMY 1-1)
Brandon Abbott made 42 saves and the Lincolns earned their first Sutherland Cup playoff win since 1994

2026:  Game 7, Western Conference Championship
Stratford Warriors 2 at St. Marys Lincolns 4
In front of 1450 at the Pyramid R.C., the Lincolns erased a 2-0 deficit with three unanswered goals in a span of 2:06 midway through the third period and went on to claim the Joe Thornton Trophy as Western Conference champions, advancing to their 5th Sutherland Cup final and second in the last three years.  Ryan Hodkinson had an assist for his 14th point of the series, extending his point streak to 12 games.