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WHITBY WINS OJDL EAST TITLE IN SHOOTOUT

Date:  Source: OJDL - Ontario Junior Development League

The Whitby Fury are 2018 East champions of the Ontario Junior Development League.

Whitby won 7-6 in a shootout over the Pickering Panthers at Canlan Ice Sports in Scarborough to win the title Tuesday night.

Oliver Tarr scored two goals to pace Whitby

Ben Krauja netted the shootout winner.

Brennan Othman, Pickering’s leading scorer this season, had a goal and an assist.

Pickering was outshot 30-28.

The West championship will be decided at Westwood Arena in Toronto tonight at 7 p.m.

The OJDL featured two five-divisions this spring. Regular-season games were played in Oshawa and Trenton in the East and Etobicoke and Oakville in the West.