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Saturday Night Shootout Win Propels Plymouth Back To .500

October 18, 2008 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Plymouth Whalers News Release


PLYMOUTH - Ryan Hayes and AJ Jenks scored shootout goals and goaltender Matt Hackett stopped the two shootout attempts he faced as the Plymouth Whalers defeated the Oshawa Generals, 4-3, in an Ontario Hockey League game played Saturday night at Compuware Arena.

With the win, Plymouth gets to the .500 mark at 5-5-1-0. Oshawa is now 6-7-0-1.

The game featured no more than a one-goal differential the entire way. Monroe-native RJ Mahalak (5th), Jordon O'Neill (2) and Kaine Geldart (2) scored for Plymouth, while Jenks (Wolverine Lake), Leo Jenner and Patrick Lee contributed two assists apiece. League leading scorer John Tavares (14), Michael Del Zotto (2) and Brett Parnham (7) replied for Oshawa, with Del Zotto adding two assists.

After Mahalak (2:30) and Parnham (shorthanded at 17:05) traded first period goals, the Whalers took their first lead at 2-1 at 2:57 of the second period on O'Neill's point shot at 2:57. Del Zotto tied the game at 2-2 at 10:26 with a snap shot from the slot and Geldart gave the Whalers a 3-2 lead when he tipped Leo Jenner's point shot at 15:28. But Tavares scored at 15:28 to tie the game at 3-3 when he scored from the right wing with an accurate snap shot inside the far post.

After a scoreless third period and overtime, the Whalers won the game in the shootout when Hayes scored on a back hand stuff, top shelf under the cross bar and Jenks scored with a snap shot from the left hashmark that Oshawa goaltender Daryl Borden got a piece of, but the puck trickled over the line. Hackett stopped Del Zotto and Tavares on their shots.

"I saw his five-hole open up for a second and I went for it," Jenks said of his shootout goal. "I saw the puck trickling around in there. I didn't know if it was going stop or keep going. I just kept watching it (the puck) and it slid over (the line).

Plymouth outshot Oshawa, 35-31. The Whalers are off until next Saturday night until they host the top-ranked Windsor Spitfires at 7:05 pm. Tickets are available by calling the Compuware Arena box office at (734) 453-8400.

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