The top seed of the Hamilton Tigers Qualifying Tournament is out. The ’20-’21 Tigers are moving on after their seven game upset of the ’24-’25 Tigers. Offensive outbursts from Joe Malone, Goldie Prodgers and Mickey Roach spurred the underdogs onto victory. Just by taking a look at their four wins, you can see that those three were very instrumental in this upset. The trio of Malone-Prodgers-Roach combined for a total of 11 points in Game 3 and 14 points in Game 6. However, in the deciding Game 7, the ’20-’21 Tigers would not have won if their netminder, Howard Lockhart, played as well as he did. He did allow four goals to the ’24-’25 Tigers, but that is nothing compared to the 61 saves he made in that game.
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’20-’21 Tigers | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 4 |
| ’24-’25 Tigers | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | 6 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’24-’25 HAM – 6 ’20-’21 HAM – 4 (1-0 ’24-’25 HAM)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: F – Ken Randall (’24-’25 HAM) – 3 G 1 A 4 P +2 9 S 2 PIM
2nd Star: D – Leo Reise (’20-’21 HAM) – 1 G 2 A 3 P +3 2 S
3rd Star: G – Jake Forbes (’24-’25 HAM) – W 4.00 GAA .929 SV% (52 SV’s)
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’20-’21 Tigers | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| ’24-’25 Tigers | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’24-’25 HAM – 5 ’20-’21 HAM – 4 (OT) (2-0 ’24-’25 HAM)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: F – Shorty Green (’24-’25 HAM) – 2 G 3 A 5 P +3 12 S
2nd Star: F – Billy Burch (’24-’25 HAM) – 2 G 0 A 2 P +4 10 S
3rd Star: F – Thomas McCarthy (’20-’21 HAM) – 2 G 0 A 2 P +2 12 S
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’24-’25 Tigers | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 |
| ’20-’21 Tigers | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | 7 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’20-’21 HAM – 7 ’24-’25 HAM – 3 (2-1 ’24-’25 HAM)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: F – Mickey Roach (’20-’21 HAM) – 3 G 0 A 3 P +3 7 S
2nd Star: F – Joe Malone (’20-’21 HAM) – 2 G 2 A 4 P +1 14 S
3rd Star: F – Goldie Prodgers (’20-’21 HAM) – 0 G 4 A 4 P +3 13 S
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’24-’25 Tigers | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 |
| ’20-’21 Tigers | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 4 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’20-’21 HAM – 4 ’24-’25 HAM – 2 (2-2)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: F – Goldie Prodgers (’20-’21 HAM) – 1 G 2 A 3 P Even 18 S
2nd Star: G – Jake Forbes (’24-’25 HAM) – L 4.00 GAA .933 SV% (56 SV’s)
3rd Star: D – Billy Coutu (’20-’21 HAM) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +2 3 S 2 PIM
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’20-’21 Tigers | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| ’24-’25 Tigers | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’24-’25 HAM – 7 ’20-’21 HAM – 6 (OT) (3-2 ’24-’25 HAM)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: F – Red Green (’24-’25 HAM) – 3 G 2 A 5 P +2 16 S
2nd Star: F – Ken Randall (’24-’25 HAM) – 2 G 1 A 3 P +2 6 S
3rd Star: D – Leo Reise (’20-’21 HAM) – 1 G 2 A 3 P +1 5 S
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’24-’25 Tigers | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 4 |
| ’20-’21 Tigers | 6 | 1 | 1 | – | 8 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’20-’21 HAM – 8 ’24-’25 HAM – 4 (3-3)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: F – Goldie Prodgers (’20-’21 HAM) – 3 G 3 A 6 P +4 13 S
2nd Star: F – Joe Malone (’20-’21 HAM) – 2 G 3 A 5 P +5 18 S
3rd Star: F – Mickey Roach (’20-’21 HAM) – 1 G 2 A 3 P +1 7 S
| 1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
| ’20-’21 Tigers | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 |
| ’24-’25 Tigers | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’20-’21 HAM – 5 ’24-’25 HAM (4-3 ’20-’21 HAM)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: F – Joe Malone (’20-’21 HAM) – 2 G 2 A 4 P +2 11 S
2nd Star: G – Howard Lockhart (’20-’21 HAM) – W 4.00 GAA .938 SV% (61 SV’s)
3rd Star: F – Billy Burch (’24-’25 HAM) – 2 G 1 A 3 P Even 9 S
So, the reigning representatives pull of the upset over the top seed! Now, the #2-#3 matchup will take at 8 pm EST to see who will face off against the ’20-’21 Tigers to make the 2015 Ultimate NHL Playoff!
