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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, DECEMBER 13,2000 PAGE B3 Generals down Guelph 4-1 Strong all-around effort translates into win BY BRIAN LEGREE Staff Editor This must have been the kind of win George Burnett envisions for his team on a more consistent basis. The Osliawa Generals beat the Guelph Storm 4-1 Sunday at the Civic Auditorium in a game which featured prominent performances performances by all aspects of his lineup. The offence was dominated by the line of rookie Brandon Nolan, sophomore Mike Rice and third-year veteran John Ko- zoriz, which accounted for all the goal-scoring by the home side. In goal, Derek Dolson was particularly sharp, losing his shutout bid at 8:19 of the third period and winding up with 30 saves. Special teams were actually special, with the power-play clicking on three-of-four opportunities, opportunities, while the penalty killing unit successfully nullified Guelph's four chances. Still, these kinds of efforts are few and far between for the Generals, Generals, who snapped off a six- game winless skid with the victory. victory. Osliawa entered Sunday's game after back-to-back losses on the weekend, 7-4 in Belleville Saturday and an 8-0 whitewash by the Storm in Guelph Friday. But the Generals rebounded in the return match witlMhe Storm, outworking Guelph and parlaying a two-goal effort by Rice and three-point nights from Nolan and Kozoriz (a goal and two assists each) into their seventh seventh victory of the season. "I think it's a real big win, these guys kind of thumped us pretty good on Friday," says Rice, acquired from Brampton in a trade earlier this season. "We kind of made a point of it to get revenge on them to let them know we're not the kind of team dial will roll over." Osliawa, now 7-19-4-1 on the season, has 19 points, nine back ofbodi Peterborough and Barrie, the teams which own the final two playoff berths in the Eastern Conference. The Generals, who have made the playoffs 23 straight seasons, have 37 games left in the regular season to make a bid at extending that streak. They'll get a crack at narrowing narrowing the gap on the Colts when they travel to Barrie Thursday. "Barrie's going through a similar stretch as we are right now, without a lot of wins and that's a game we have to win to get a little bit closer to them and whether it's them or Peterborough Peterborough or North Bay or whoever the team is we're going to pass, they're one of the team's directly ahead of us, so we have to beat the teams that are within sight," says Burnett. GENERALLY SPEAKING: SPEAKING: Sunday's game was the annual Teddy Bear Toss and the GEORGE BURNETT Civic Auditorium crowd of 2,391 threw 1,709 bears and stuffed animals on the ice following following John Kozoriz' goal at 2:21 of the second period. 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