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December 29, 2004

Game Recap vs Oshawa (28-Dec)

67s win 4-1 over the Generals. See OHL game summary here. And the Gens have a game recap posted here. And in the news . . .

From SLAM! Sports: Ottawa beats the Generals 4-1. A snippet:

I just said to myself I just have to keep going," said Mancari, who has seven goals and eight points in his last four games and was the OHL offensive player of the week just before the break.

"We're missing a lot of guys and now's the time to step up. I had a slow start to the year so this is about time."

From Durham News, Brian McNair writes New coach, same old result for Oshawa Generals . A snippet:

With GM Brad Selwood behind the bench in place of the fired Bob McGill, the Generals lost yet another road game and yet another divisional game, this time by a 4-1 count to the 67’s.

And from the Ottawa Sun, Bruce Garrioch writes Killer deal lights fire under 67's. On letting Bonello take the penalty shot:

"I know people are going to question why I didn't give Mancari the chance at the hat-trick," said Kilrea. "Bonello has had a couple of breakaways and he's been successful."

Overall impressions:

The first game without Wharton. The 67s were missing 5: Kaspar, Petruzalek, McGinn, Lahey, and Wharton. Reid was back for the first time this season. He will need some time to get conditioned, I’m sure. Kiriakou called up to play from North York Rangers. He was the 67s’ 4th or 5th pick(?) in the OHL draft last year.

Line ups:
1st Bickell, Bonello, Mancari
2nd Todd, Talbot, Hulit (started)
3rd Akeson, McIlveen, Alphonso
4th Kiriakou, Ouellette, Aitcheson

Defence pairings:
Colbert, Joslin
Van Herpt, Reid
Lawrance, Beard

Battachio got the start.

Impressions of the 67s:

Todd. Had a really good night. Scored some goals, worked hard. Was awarded second star.

Bonello. Had a penalty shot . . . and missed! But, he came back to score an even strength goal right away, so he made up for it.

Mancari. Continues to play well. He has definitely stepped up as the leader of the team. He and Heshmatpour went at each other again, but no punches were thrown as they couldn’t get their arms free. Mancari ended up sitting on top of Heshmatpour who was flat on his back on the ice. These two seem to have developed an interesting hate relationship. Other stuff: there are some comments on the 67s' BB about Killer and Mancari not getting along during the game - hence the penalty shot given to Bonello. Lord knows what's wrong with this team behind the scenes - I don't care what happens behind the scenes/in the room, but on the ice - and I hope that they will sort it out before the season comes to an end . . .

Kiriakou. Played well for his first game.

Hulit. Seemed to take a couple shifts off. Maybe has the flu or something. He still played well though – better than most of the others.

Reid. Had a good solid game, especially considering this was his first. As mentioned above he will need some time to re-condition, but his presence is definitely noticeable.

Impressions of the Gens:

Piva. Super speedy rookie. He was wiley, too.

Nasby. Seemed steady in his end.

Trudell. Strong player for Oshawa. Captain.

Tsimikalis. Had an okay game. No boos, thankfully. He had a lot of face-offs against Talbot. (And an aside - we saw him singing along with the 67s’ theme song at the start of the game.)

Others that stood out: Kavannagh, Berti, and McBride.

OTTAWA SCORING
1, Mancari, (Bonello, Bickell), 17:01
2, Todd, (Talbot, Hulit), 12:05
3, Mancari, 03:55
3, Bonello, (Bickell, Beard), 17:18

OSHAWA SCORING
2, McBride, (Berti, Heshmatpour), 16:22 (PP)

OHL three stars were: 1. Mark Mancari OTT, 2. Brody Todd OTT, and 3. Elgin Reid OTT.

Attendance: A sell-out, 9832. there were a few empty seats, but the police have been giving out tickets at random RIDE stops during the holiday season and so that could explain the empty seats w/sell-out.

Reffing: Pearce. Not bad, not bad at all. One thing though . . . during the second period, Sawyer OSH and Alphonso went at each other, and then Akeson came flying into them. Akeson was only charged with roughing – not third man in or whatever – as well as Alphonso (roughing). But Sawyer ended up with 2 roughings. Does that mean he was charged with roughing w/Alphonso and then roughing w/Akeson? A couple goals waved off for both teams. They happened in the other end of the ice from our seats, so couldn’t really see anything. Apparently the one goal for the 67s that was called off was d/t a delayed penalty call – when the Oshawa player touched the puck the play was supposed to stop, but at the same instant the puck went in the net. Hence, the goal not allowed. They 67s went on the PP, but didn’t score.

Parking: Not a prob and all the Grey Cup seats are down.

Next game: Tonight in Kingston, then both teams travel to Ottawa to play at the Corel Centre Thursday.

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