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-V*v PAGE B8 The Canadian Statesman November 29,2006 www.durhamregion.com It was a night to forget for Generals Sunnyvale Trailer Park near Player emotions bubble over after Generals blown out by Sarnia Sting By Brian McNair bmcnair@duiliamregion.com OSHAWA -- John Tavares succinctly summed up the effort turned in by the Oshawa Generals Sunday. "It sucks losing, especially like that," he said after a 7-3 defeat to the Sarnia Sting before 3,824 fans at the General Motors Centre. "It's not like we came out and played a great game and deserved to win. We blew it, we took stupid penalties, we didn't do little things right, we left (goalie Anthony) Peters out to dry, we were terrible in our own zone. It was just terrible." Hard to argue. If there was some good news to come from the game, it's that Tavares and the rest of the team recognize they're not playing up to their potential potential and are prepared to work hard to change it. The team had a lengthy meeting meeting after the game and tried to sort out their issues. When they finally emerged, there were some long faces and possibly even some moist eyes. "We just tried to figure out what's ■ going on and what's the problem," Tavares relayed. "It seems every week we lose a game like this, where we get beat pretty bad, and we can't have this anymore. It's unacceptable. We've got to start winning." The game was particularly frustrating frustrating for Cal Clutterbuck, who didn't see the ice again after being slapped with a two-minute unsportsmanlike conduct minor and 10-minute misconduct misconduct for arguing a penalty against A.J. Groen / Mctrolarid Durham Region Media Group --" Oshawa Generals goalie Anthony Peters makes a stop on this r s tory during the third period of Sunday's game at the General General Motors Centre. The Sarnia Sting defeated the Generals Generals 7-3. ik WATCH VIDEO Peters early in the second period. "In a game like that, when you lose 7-3 and get pretty much embarrassed in your own building, it kind of puts , salt in the wound," he said of the benching. : "It's just a question of playing better better together, as a team," Clutterbuck durhamregion.com added. "Once we do that, you'll see us win more games. Our defence has to get better, obviously. We're letting up six goals a game and it doesn't cut it." Peters, who doesn't turn 16 until Dec. 31, has been put in an awkward position as tire No, 1 goalie while general manager Brad Selwood tries to sort out an ongoing problem in the crease. Selwood was not readily available available following tire game and did not return a call placed to his office Monday. Monday. Although Peters has shown signs hé will be a dandy down the road, he's clearly not ready for prime time yet. On Sunday, he allowed a deflating goal to Brandon Mashintcr late in the first period on a high shot that handcuffed handcuffed him, bounced high into the air and fell into the net to make it 2-0. The Sting made it 3-0 before the period was done, then took advantage advantage of a string of Oshawa penalties to build the lead to 7-1 by the end of two. Sarnia scored three times in a span of 2:30, each one with a five-on-three man advantage, and none of which were Peters' fault. "He's going to be a great goalie, you see it tiie way he plays," Tavares says of Peters. "I don't think he played that bad, maybe one or two weak goals, but lie's young and he's learning^ We have to support him back there and we definitely don't give him that." The Generals at least came out strong in the final frame, outshooting the Sting 16-7 and narrowing the gap by two on goals from Brett MacLean and Tavares. . Dale Mitchell scored the other Oshawa goal, on a power play early in the second period. GENERALLY SPEAKING: The Generals remain in ninth place in the Eastern Conference with a 9-12-0-3 record... It's a busy weekend ahead for the Generals, with a home-and-home against the Ottawa 67's, Friday in Ottawa and Saturday in Oshawa, and another home date Sunday against the Kingston Frontenacs. Saturday's game at the General Motors Centre is scheduled for 2:05 p.m., while-/ Sunday's has been switched to 7 p.m. to accommodate Sportsnet coverage. the top Strong start has Atom AAA Toros in battle for first place in ETA CLARINGTON -- The Clarington Sunnyvale Atom AAA Toros have completed the first half of the regular regular season with a 9-5-1 record to sit one point out of first place in the East division of the ETA. Combined with a tournament record of 7-1, it brings the season total to an impressive 16-6-1 with 93 goals for and 47 goals against. The team consist of Mark Robb and Mike Bergman in nets, Tyler Gaulton, Nick Lubenko, Mack Morissette, Nathan Verbeek, Mitch Skelly and Mike Hibbard on defense and Zach Cole, Liam Osbourne, Mitch Burghardt, Ryan Taylor, Cody Kean, Brody Monro, Liam Rowe, Keenan Cook and JJ Leigh as forwards. forwards. The team is looking forward to the Bell Capital Cup Tourney in Ottawa over the Christmas holiday season where they will get to play the very best teams at their age group. The boys continue to work hard and look forward to an even more successful successful second half of the season. FINANCING 628181 1234 5b' your Sears Card or Sears® MasterCard 6 ON ALL MAJOR APPLIANCES, ON ALL FURNITURF & SLEEP SETS, ON ALL HOME ELECTRONICS, ON ALL SNOWBLOWERS, ON ALL FITNESS EQUIPMENT NI I2IG706 ' 2006 Soars Canada Inc. Oshawa Centre 905-576-1711 r ISH BIG