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As the OJHL playoffs get under- way in Georgetown Thursday night at the Alcott Arena, the West Divi- sion-champion Raiders appear to again have netminding exhibits 1 and 1A against the South/West Conference's seventh-seeded St. Michael's Buzzers in the best-of-7 series, with accomplished veteran Troy Timpano and rising star Na- than Torchia in the fold. Pickering native Timpano, 20, was merely the starting keeper in last spring's Memorial Cup final for the Erie Otters in a 4-3 loss to the host Windsor Spitfires, while 17-year-old Waterloo resident Tor- chia earned the OJHL Goaltender- of-the-Month award for January with a 7-0-0 record. Each has taken different tra- jectories to arrive in Georgetown -- with Timpano released by the rebuilding Otters in early January, while Torchia was picked up from struggling Stouffville on Dec. 1 -- but both say they're on board with the platoon system. "The Memorial Cup was fun. The RBC (Royal Bank Cup) is next," remarked Timpano about the long road to the national Jr. A champi- onship tournament, to be held in Chilliwack, B.C. in mid-May. "Whoever has the hot hand should be in there. It's all about winning at the end of the day, so whatever it takes. (Nathan) brings it every game and for me being an older guy, to see that you owe the kid a lot of respect. It's been fun to share the net with him." During his eight years in charge of the Raiders, Walters has often brought in affiliate players during the playoffs to replace underper- forming regulars and hasn't hesi- tated to switch netminders mid- series with the intent on swinging momentum. "It helps a lot having Troy there," said Torchia, a fourth-round pick of the OHL's Oshawa Generals in 2016. "It's great to have someone to look up to and see the work he puts in and carries himself. That's been huge for me. (Since-traded Mario) Cavaliere was amazing too. When you see how they prepare before games, that's what you want to strive for." Torchia also has some goalten- ding pedigree through father Mike, who spent four years with the Kitchener Rangers and six games with the Dallas Stars before em- barking on a lengthy minor-league career. "Making (Oshawa) next year is the goal," he said. "I tried this year and just gotta keep working at it so I make the team next year." Last time the Raiders faced St. Mike's in the playoffs, a peewee- sized 15-year-old named Mitch Marner debuted in a stacked Buzz- ers' lineup that went on to capture the 2012-13 OJHL Buckland Cup title, knocking Georgetown out in the second round in five games. This time around, the 24-25-3-2 Buzzers have 16-year-old identi- cal twins Dylan and Ty Jackson amongst their leading scorers as the Oakville duo has combined for 111 points in their rookie Jr. A cam- paign. Twenty-year-old forward Cameron Searles led the team with 67 points. Meanwhile, the 36-12-3-3 Raid- ers scored 58 fewer goals than last year's powerhouse squad -- which sent star forwards Jack Jacome, and local native Josh Dickinson to star for the NCAA's top-10-ranked team at Clarkson University -- but allowed just seven more this sea- son thanks in part to an experi- enced defence corps. Another OHL castoff, 20-year- old centre Jason Smith, tied for the team lead in scoring with fifth-year Raider Andrew Court and Walters will be leaning on 1998-born for- wards Brendan D'Agostino, Jordan Crocker and Jonathan Hampton for some clutch goals. Georgetown Raider goalies Troy Timpano (35) and Nathan Torchia (1) discuss strategy prior to the overtime period in a recent game against the South/West Conference-champion Toronto Patriots at the Alcott Arena. The Raiders begin their first-round best-of-7 playoff series against St. Michael's Thursday night on home ice. Ryan McCullough/ OJHL Images photo By Eamonn Maher emaher@theifp.ca OJHL South/West Conference Best-of-7 quarterfinal series Game 1 Thursday March 1 St. Michael's at Georgetown, 7:30 p.m. Game 2 Saturday March 3 St. Michael's at Georgetown, 7:30 p.m. Game 3 Sunday, March 4 Georgetown at St. Michael's 2 p.m. Game 4 Tuesday, March 6 Georgetown at St. Michael's 7:30 p.m. x-Game 5 Wednesday March 7 St. Michael's at Georgetown, 7:30 p.m x-Game 6 Friday, March 9 Georgetown at St. Michael's 7:30 p.m. x-Game 7 Saturday, March 10 St. Michael's at Georgetown, 7:30 p.m. x-if necessary