Majors Complete Impressive Road Swing

Published on February 1, 2004 under Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Mississauga St. Michael's Majors News Release


WINDSOR, ON – The Toronto St. Michael's Majors avenged their January 16th 5-0 home loss to the Spitfires when they came out of Windsor with a 5-1 win this afternoon. Toronto entered the 3rd period with a 2-1 lead and added three more goals to put the game out of reach.

David Bowman got the home squad on the board less than five minutes into the game when he struck on the power-play. Assists were credited to Craig Kennedy and Robert Hennigar. The Majors responded on the man-advantage at 13:40 when Evgeny Kadatskiy tallied off a feed from Ryan Rorabeck.

The Majors' Tim Brent provided the only goal of the 2nd period when he connected on the power-play at 7:25 with helpers going to Rorabeck and Sal Peralta. The Majors' three 3rd period goals came courtesy of Cory Vitarelli, Brent and Nathan McIver, at 5:51, 14:16 and 17:35, respectively. Vitarelli's was unassisted, Brent's came on the power-play with assists going to Ryan Wilson and Rorabeck and McIver's was an unassisted effort into an empty-net.

By virtue of being outshot 18-9 in the 3rd period, Toronto lost the overall shot battle 38-30. Justin Peters was solid between the pipes for the Majors once again and was named the game's 2nd star as a result. Rookie Kyle Knechtel played the entire game in goal for the Spitfires. The game's other stars were Brent (1st) and Rorabeck (3rd).

The Majors will visit the Kingston Frontenacs on Friday night (February 6th – 7:30 pm) before returning home to face the Plymouth Whalers on Saturday, February 7th at 2:00 pm. Then, they will host the Saginaw Spirit on Sunday, February 8th at 2:00 pm. All games are available via webcast on the Majors' web site, www.stmichaelsmajors.com. Individual game tickets can be purchased at the St. Michael's College School Arena box office, by calling Ticketmaster at (416) 872-5000 or online at www.ticketmaster.ca.

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