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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, JANUARY 31,2001 PAGE 9 Sport SHORTS I JAN. 31, 2001 ! • i j I Three in a row for i Bowmanville Travel $ i minor novice Toros The Bowmanville Travel minor novice Triple A Clarington Toros won back-to-back games from Peterborough Peterborough to break the tie for first in the division. division. On home ice, Bowmanville downed Peterborough 6-5. Leading the way was Mitchell Heard with a pair of goals and one each to Nick Weiss, Jordan Bailey, Chris Moore and Chad Tutton. . Assists were earned by Nathan Zavitz (2), Jonathan Cusack, Justin Dymond, Rory Craddock, Moore, Bailey Bailey and Rory McDowell. The next game in Peterborough, Cusack scored twice in a 5-3 win. Dan Lintner, Moore and McDowell chipped in one goal apiece. Assists went to Weiss (2), Dymond, Tutton, Heard and McDowell. The defence was strong in both games for the minor novice Toros led by Dillon Corcoran, John Wood, Stefan Stefan Diachenko, Lintner, Dymond and Craddock. Kirk Campbell and Matthew Bruno split the goaltending duties. The winning streak continued for the Toros with a convincing 7-1 victory victory over Lindsay. Collecting points were Heard (3- 2), Moore (2-2), Bailey (1-1), Cusack (1-1), Zavitz with two assists and one each to Connor, Sargeant and Dymond. Dymond. Good news, bad news weekend for Gens isn ANDREW IWANOWSKI/ Statesman photo Pat Montgomery ( 14) of the Oshawa Generals and Belleville 's Adam Paiement collided during Sunday 's OHL game. Osltawa won the game 5-4. BY BRIAN LEGREE Staff Editor Let's start with the good news. The Oshawa Generals managed managed to upset the East Divisionleading Divisionleading Belleville Bulls by a 5- 4 count Sunday at the Civic Auditorium. Rebounding from two earlier earlier losses on the weekend, a 5-1 setback Saturday in Owen Sound and a 3-2 overtime loss to Peterborough Friday at the Civic, Sunday's win allowed the Generals to escape the three outings with three of a possible six points, thanks to the regulation-time regulation-time tie with the Petes. Now the bad news. The Generals (13-26-6-3) are still 10 points behind the North Bay Centennials, who own the eighth and final playoff playoff berth in the Eastern Conference. Conference. With just 20 games remaining remaining in the regular season, the math is firmly stacked against the Generals qualifying for the post-season. Still, Oshawa clings desperately desperately to the vision of a playoff oasis, not entertaining the mirage mirage possibilities. "I think our team has lots of hope, I don't think that's a concern," concern," says Oshawa coach and general manager George Burnett. Burnett. "I think when they continue to hear it from you guys (the media) every day about the playoffs it becomes a little bothersome at times, but we're trying to win every game and right now the scenario is we just have to try and continue to get a little stronger. We'd like to get healthy, that's first and foremost." foremost." Against the Bulls, the Generals Generals took advantage of some 5- on-3 power-play time to overcome overcome a 3-1 first period deficit. Oshawa scored twice with the two-man advantage in the second period on markers by Jamie Johnson and Ryan Healy. John Kozoriz also scored to give Oshawa a 4-3 lead after two periods. The teams traded third-period third-period markers, including Healy's second of the game and 10th of the season. Pavel Shtefan scored Os- hawa's other goal. OHL scoring leader Kyle Wellwood had two goals and an assist, boosting his totals to 23-57-80 in 46 games. Nathan Robinson and Randy Rowe also scored for the Bulls. Rowe's goal was his OHL- leading 42nd of the season. Oshawa goalie Derek Dol- son made 32 saves, including a couple of spectacular stops late in the third period to preserve the victory. The Generals, who have been hit hard by injuries all season, season, are finally getting some good news on the medical front. Rookies Brandon Nolan and Paul Ranger should return from extended absences for Os- hawa's next outing, Saturday in Ottawa. Winger Scott Rozendal hurt his shoulder Friday and didn't play the rest of the weekend, but could also be back this weekend. Mike Rusenstrom and Brad Woods remain out indefinitely. indefinitely. Following Saturday's game in Oshawa, the Generals play a rare Sunday road game, an interleague interleague matchup with the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League-leading Shawinigan Cataractes (39-10-4-2). GENERALLY SPEAKING: SPEAKING: Oshawa's penalty-killing tandem of Tobias Whelan and Pat Montgomery had a strong outing against Belleville, as the Bulls OHL-leading power play was limited to one goal in seven chances. Whelan was particularly strong winning defensive defensive zone draws and keeping Belleville off the scoresheet during a minute long 5-on-3 advantage in the third period.. .Time change: The Sunday, Feb. 18 home game against Peterborough Peterborough will start at 6:05 p.m., while the Sunday, Feb. 25 home game against Shawinigan Shawinigan has been moved to 8 p.m. Two more wins for Grand & Toy The Grand & Toy girls pulled out a 3-2 win over SS Pools. Amanda Hesson had two goals with one to Amy Milks. Assists went to Danielle Vanderstoop and Theresa McDonald. - In the next game, Grand & Toy was seeking revenge after suffering a' 5-3 loss to Zellers earlier in the season. season. Kristen Ryan scored four times in a convincing 6-1 win. Melissa McCarthy and Hesson scored one each. Assists went to Brecky Belbeck, Vanderstoop, Ryan, Milks and Hesson; Goaltender Samantha Paradis had a great game along with defencemen defencemen Robin Lajeuness, Kiersten Allore, Vanderstoop and Belbeck. Sport Shop tyke selects win Oshawa tournament Mi LU IV. • .*-GG . A JU.Vv /ltivi QJj With a 3-2 victory over Ajax Red, the Bowmanville Spots Shop tyke selects stand alone in third place in the York Simcoe Hockey League ahead of Markham, both Whitby teams, Uxbridge and now Ajax Red. The team is just behind Stouffville and Ajax White. During a recent Oshawa select tournament, the team outscored the opposition 37- 5 over four games to win the championship. The winning scores in the round robin were 8-0 • :j!j i Ah i'i >V un • \j\;;nuit. . }X< l j j/'w i Ut'l i 1 i i it over NASC, 11-2 over Oshawa Oshawa CYO and 7-1 over OCHL. In the championship game, the team beat CY0 11-2. 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