Generals take down Bulldogs for Eastern Division lead
Oshawa, Ont., – The Oshawa Generals took down the Brantford Bulldogs 8-3 as they move into first place in the East Division.
A pair of goals from each of Stuart Rolofs and Matthew Buckley propelled the team to a win as the Gens captain extended his point streak to 14 games. Jacob Oster made 15 saves on 18 shots on the way to victory.
The Gens got things going early in the first when Beckett Sennecke gained the zone making a little move before firing one past the Bulldogs goalie giving Oshawa a 1-0 lead.
That lead would grow a little later in the first when Owen GriffIn got the puck behind the Brantford net making a nice pass to Tyler Graham who shot the puck into the empty mesh making it 2-0 Gens.
With six seconds to go in the period, Oshawa would add another as it was Ben Danford making a beautiful pass to Rolofs who tapped the puck in making it 3-0 Generals.
Less than one minute into the second period the Gens would strike again when Buckley hammered a one-timer past Matteo Drobac straight from a faceoff giving Oshawa a 4-0 lead.
Later in the frame, it was Buckley striking again as the winger was sprung on a breakaway making a move to the backhand flipping it up and over Drobac and it was the last shot he would face as the Gens lead grew to 5-0.
It took less than 15 seconds for Oshawa to add another and it was the captain Rolofs picking up his second of the game taking a pass from Rasmus Kumpulainen before beating David Egorov on the first shot he would see making it 6-0 Generals.
Two minutes into the third, Oshawa kept things going as Sennecke made a nice pass to find Luca D’Amato streaking in and the defenceman made no mistake finding the back of the net making it 7-0.
The Bulldogs would get on the board 22 seconds later as Patrick Thomas took a pass from Calvin Crombie beating Oster ending the shutout bid and cutting the Gens lead to 7-1.
Oshawa would answer later in the third on a powerplay as Sennecke made a nice move spinning to his backhand finding Luke Torrance on the doorstep to make it 8-1 Generals.
Brantford would get another one back when Marek Vanacker made a nifty move cutting through the Oshawa defence before finding the back of the net making it 8-2 Gens.
The Bulldogs would strike again later in the third as it was Zakary Lavoie taking a pass from Tomáš Hamara before shooting it past Oster for an 8-3 Oshawa lead.
The Generals’ next home game is Tuesday, February 6th as Oshawa takes on the Kingston Frontenacs, get your tickets here.
