Memorial Cup -Monday May 23, 2011

The Owen Sound Attack will have to beat the top ranked team in the Canadian Hockey League without Joey Hishon.

The Attack will face Saint John tonight in the 4th game of the Memorial Cup round robin tonight with the club's leading point getterduring the regular season and a player who had 24 points during the OHL playoffs.

"He' not playing tonight. He did a basline test today and we'll have to wait on the results from it," said coach Mark Reeds.

Could he miss the rest of the tourmanment?

"I don't know that yet. I'm not going to speculate. That's all I have to say."

"Obviously it's disapointing for him," added the Attack head coach. "Again it's about the athletes that are involved in the game. Obviously he's worked very hard to get to this point, to get to this stage playing for a Canadian championship. I feel for him more than i do for myself. It's about him and he's unable to play tonight."

"He's been out a number of times this year so we just have to flip some lines around. We haven't been afriad to do that all year. We'll make adjustments as we need them."

Saint John comes in having beaten Mississauga in the opening game of the tournament, yet the Sea Dogs insist they can play better.

"We did not bring our "A" game," said defenceman Nathan Beaulieu.

The Sea Dogs say they have a lot more to offer. If that's the case then tonight's game - even without Joey Hishon - should be an entertaining affair.

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Entertaining is the not the word to desribe Mississauga's win over Kootenay on Sunday. Two teams playing a trapping style of hockey where hard work and defence wins out over high risk offensive plays, made the Majors 2-1 win tough to watch.

It was a big win for Mississauga, which had lost 3 straight games coming in.

``We were feeling the pressure," said Majors coach Dave Cameron. "I felt kind of like it snapped our energy. We were struggling. We were tight."

Funny, because 3 hours before the game Cameron was seen joking around with some members of the media. He was loose but his team was not.

Does a win take off some of the pressure? We'll find out Wednesday when the Majors face the Attack looking for some revenge after losing the OHL final in OT in game 7 on home ice.

"There's a little hate-on from our side because of what they have done to us in the past," said Majors captain Casey Cizikas.