Whalers Beat Windsor, 7-2, on Saturday

Published on January 13, 2007 under Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Plymouth Whalers News Release


PLYMOUTH - For the second straight game, Plymouth Whalers right wing Jared Boll scored two goals and was named the game's first star. And for the second straight game, Plymouth won, 7-2, this time against Windsor in an Ontario Hockey League game played Saturday night before 2,891 at the Compuware Sports Arena.

Boll also scored two goals Friday night as the game's first star in Plymouth's 7-2 victory over Saginaw at the Dow Event Center.

Plymouth remains in first place in the OHL's West Division with a record of 28-11-1-2, good for 59 points, two points up on Sarnia (26-12-2-3), who lost, 4-3, to Saginaw on Saturday. The Whalers have shown excellence balance this season, going 14-4-0-2 at home at the Compuware Sports Arena and 14-7-0-1 on the road.

Windsor is now 13-25-1-1.

Boll now has 18 goals on the season. Steve Ward (11th), Ryan McGinnis (3rd), Dan Collins (14th), Wes Cunningham (2nd) and Sean O'Connor (10th and second as in many games with Plymouth) all added single goals in the victory. Windsor got third-period goals from Brad Snetsinger (12th) and John Kurtz (first OHL goal).

Plymouth led 2-0 after twenty minutes and 4-0 after two periods.

Boll started the scoring at 3:35 of the first period, capping good Plymouth pressure in the he snapped a hard shot from the right faceoff dot underneath the bar past Windsor goaltender Andrew Engleage. Ward scored on a power play at 6:25 when his hard shot from the high slot beat Engleage. Plymouth pulled away in the second period with two short handed goals. McGinnis made it 3-0 at 5:35 of the period with a solo rush through neutral territory, cutting right wing to the left hash mark in the Windsor zone and beating Engleage with a hard shot. Collins scored at 18:59 when he took a good hand-manning pass from McGinnis out of the Plymouth zone, skated to the top of the right circle of the Windsor zone and beat Engleage with a shot under the cross bar.

Boll (power play at 4:30), Cunningham (11:25) and O'Connor (13:44 closed out the scoring for Plymouth in the third period. Plymouth outshot Windsor, 38-30.

Plymouth is back in action Monday afternoon, hosting Saginaw at 2:00 p.m.at the Compuware Sports Arena. Tickets are available by calling the Compuware Sports Arena box office at (734) 453-8400 or by going to Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com.

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