Rangers and Bulldogs take early lead in round two of the OHL playoffs

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The Kitchener Rangers and Brantford Bulldogs are both off to a strong start in round two of the OHL playoffs.

The Rangers won the first match of their best-of-seven series against the Soo Greyhounds in front of a hometown crowd on Friday night. The final score was 3-1.

Kitchener will now try to keep that momentum going into Game 2. The puck drops at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium.

The Bulldogs, meantime, can boast of back-to-back wins at the TD Civic Centre.

The team dominated in Game 1 with an 8-1 victory over the North Bay Battalion, followed by a 4-1 win in Game 2.

Brantford was leading the series 2-0 heading into Game 3 on Sunday in North Bay.