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Sunday, October 9, 2011

SPITS BEAT GENERALS IN SHOOTOUT

Kerby Rychel scored the only goal in a shootout, as the Spitfires escaped the WFCU Centre with a 5-4 win over the Oshawa Generals on Saturday night. 

Alexander Khokhlachev had two goals and two assists, and John Cullen won his first game of the season, as the upstart Spits boosted their record to (5-3-0-0). The win put the Spits in first place in the West Division and gave them a share of top spot in the Western Conference. 

Goals by KoKo and Nick Czinder gave the Spits a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes. 

But things came undone a little in the second, as a pair of shorthanded goals in just 12 seconds, gave the Generals (2-5-0-0) a brief 3-2 lead.

Zack MacQueen's fourth goal of the season got the Spits back to even at 19:06.

KoKo gave the Spits a 4-3 lead at 1:43 of the third period. Cole Cassels tied things back up late in the period.

Cullen stopped all three attempts in the shootout. 

SCORING

FIRST PERIOD
WIN KoKo (3) (Posa, Robertson) 5:35WIN Czinder (2) (Posa, KoKo) 15:20

SECOND PERIOD
OSH Thomas (2) (Jensen, Quinn) 1:31OSH Graves (2) (Suellentrop) 5:43OSH Thomas (3) (Laughton) 5:55WIN MacQueen (4) (Robertson, KoKo) 19:06

THIRD PERIOD
WIN KoKo (4) (Rychel, MacQueen) 1:43OSH Cassels (1) (Jenner) 14:31

OVERTIME
NO SCORING

SHOOTOUT WINNER
Rychel
SHOTS
WINDSOR 12 - 5 - 6 - 2 = 25
OSHAWA 11 - 16 - 12 - 4 = 43
PPS
WINDSOR 1-FOR-6
OSHAWA 0-FOR-4