While two Owen Sound Alumni, Andrew Shaw and Andrew Brunette had their National Hockey League playoffs come to an end last night at the hands of the Phoenix Coyotes, many ex Owen Sounder’s still have their eyes firmly glued to Lord Stanley’s Cup. Shaw (coming off a 3 game suspension) and Brunette were unable to solve Phoenix Coyotes goaltender Mike Smith in game 6 of their Western Conference Quarter Final Series and fell 4 games to 2. Former Attack forward Paul Bissonnette has dressed in two games for the Coyotes, collecting 15 penalty minutes.

With two Attack Alumni in their line-up, the Los Angeles Kings conducted possibly the biggest first round playoff upset, knocking of the President’s Trophy winning Vancouver Canucks in Game 5. Former Attack forwards Brad Richardson and Trevor Lewis had a hand in the upset as Richardson notched the game tying goal in the 3^rd period of the deciding game while Lewis forced the turnover and assisted on the game winning goal in overtime. Former Attack General Manager Mike Futa is also the Co Director of Amateur Scouting with the Los Angeles Kings.

Former Attack fan favourite, Wayne Simmonds is off to the 2^nd Round after a thrilling six-game series with former Platers goalie Brent Johnson and the Pittsburgh Penguins. The scrappy forward has tallied a goal and three assists through the first six games and will be a huge part of Philadelphia’s success should they continue to advance.

Two former members of the Attack organization are also heading to a Game 7 in their first round series’. Forward Joel Ward is heading to a 7^th and deciding game with the Washington Capitals as they dropped game 6 to the defending Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins. Ward has picked up two assists thus far. Also heading to a familiar spot (with a familiar colleague in Dave Cameron) is Ottawa Senators Assistant Coach, Mark Reeds. Ottawa dropped game 6 of the Eastern Conference Quarter Final by a score of 3-2 on Monday evening and will now head back to New York to take on the Rangers in game 7 on Wednesday night.