The Madison Excavating Minor Atoms made quick work of round one of the playoffs as they took on the Peterborough Petes and won the series in three straight. Adding to their 13 game winning streak the Devils have won a convincing 19 wins in the last 20 games played.
With home ice advantage, the Minor Atoms hosted the Peterborough Petes on Wednesday at the QSWC. Both teams came out ready to do battle but it was the Devils who got on the scoreboard first with a beauty shot by Landon Wright, assisted by Kirk Stevenson. Liam Philip found the back of the Petes net a minute later to round up the first. The Petes kept up the pressure and tucked one past the Devils netminder but Philip answered back with another unassisted. The third period was riddled with penalties for both teams and a number of power play opportunities gave both teams the chance to add a few more to the scoreboard. In the end the Devils came out victorious with a 6-4 win. Adding to the tally in the third were Gage Butcher,Philip added another for the hat trick and Brody Partridge. Assisting for the Devils were Jared Langdon, Stevenson and Wright. Dean Spry was solid between the pipes.
Saturday had the Devils on the road to Peterborough for game 2 of the series. The Minor Atoms took a commanding lead in the game and wasted no time getting on the scoreboard making it a 3-0 game before the end of the first. Scoring for the Devils in the first were Philip, Ryland Murray and Thomas Kuipers with the helpers coming from Stevenson, Partridge and Braedyn Rogers. Stevenson added 2 more goals in the second and another from Langdon gave the Devils a 6-0 lead by the end of the period. Assisting in the second were Philip with two and Butcher with one. The Petes tried to claw back from their deficit by sneaking two past the Devils but the Devils answered back with another two from Langdon and Murray, both unassisted, to finish the game with a 8-2 Devils win.
Back home on Sunday to host the Petes, both teams were fast on the puck and with the Petes battling to stay in the playoffs the pressure was on Quinte to finish the series. Ty McCambridge opened up the Devils scoring, capitalizing on a Peterborough change, to shoot a beauty past the Pete's goalkeeper and makeit a 1-0 Devils lead. The Petes came back to tie up the game early in the second but the Red Devils were unshaken and battled back with two of their own goalsin the second to once again take the lead. Goals in the second came from Wright, assisted by Nolan Donnelly and Philip, assisted by Butcher and Stevenson. DeanSpry made some key saves in the third and Philip added his second of the game to round out the score at 4-1 final and a sweep of the series.