Maroons are red hot heading into playoff series against St. Thomas Stars

Like Will Ferrell in Old School, the Chatham Maroons are streaking.

Heading into their playoff opener on Sunday, the Maroons are on an 11-game winning streak.

The Maroons have the first seed in the GOHL Western Conference playoffs, as they finished two points ahead of the Elmira Sugar Kings.

The defending Sutherland Cup champs finished with a 37-8-2-3 record, while their first-round opponent the St. Thomas Stars had a regular season record of 24-23-2-1.

Playoff Schedule

Game 1 Sunday, March 15, in Chatham at 7 p.m.
Game 2 Tuesday, March 17, in St. Thomas at 7:30 p.m
Game 3 Thursday, March 19, in Chatham at 7 p.m.
Game 4 Friday, March 20, in St. Thomas at 7:30 p.m.
Game 5 Sunday, March 22, in Chatham at 7 p.m. (if necessary)
Game 6 Tuesday, March 24, in St. Thomas at 7:30 p.m. (if necessary)
Game 7 Thursday, March 26, in Chatham at 7 p.m. (if necessary)

Regular season series

September 14 Chatham 5 St. Thomas 3
November 2 Chatham 6 St. Thomas 2
January 18 St. Thomas 6 Chatham 5
January 23 St. Thomas 7 Chatham 5

Know your enemy

-The Stars are really young. They have only one 19 or 20 year-old (birth year) players. By comparison, the Maroons have eight.
-The Stars had the second lowest penalty minutes (670) of the Western Conference teams. Last spring the Maroons won the Sutherland Cup due in part to an explosive power play. This regular season the Maroons had the top offence in the Western Conference, and second overall in the GOHL.
-St. Thomas has a young team. Sarnia Sting draft pick Myles Dunn led the team with 57 points. London Knights draft pick Eloan La Gallic was tied for second in team scoring with 54 points. Fellow Stars rookie Wyatt Cameron also added 54 points. The potent trio could give the Maroons a challenge.
-Another Stars rookie who is familiar to Maroons fans is Chase Pettipiece. Pettipiece appeared as an affiliate player for the Maroons in 13 games the previous two years. Pettipiece was selected by the Flint Firebirds in the 2025 OHL U18 draft.
Pettipiece had 14 goals and 10 assists for 24 points in 47 games.
The Merlin native is the son of Meaggan Pettipiece (nee Wilton), who played on Canada’s national women’s softball team for six years, representing Canada at the 2000 Olympics and as an alternate on the 2004 Olympic team.