Bobby Orr made a brief return to Oshawa last Monday, or at least a trophy named in his honour did, and gave the Generals some inspiration. With the trophy at the GMC, the Generals were able to steal a win from Belleville in the OHL Eastern Conference final series. Belleville came back tonight and jumped all over Oshawa defeating them 11-0 at the Yardmen arena. Leading the Bulls offence was Matt Beleskey with a hat trick and an assist and Adam Perry with two powerplay goals and two assists. Twelve others had at least one point while Mike Murphy stopped 28 shots for the shutout.
I felt the Bulls played a very disciplined hockey game and did not allow Oshawa to sucker them into any foolish penalties. Belleville had just eight minutes on four penalties. Oshawa on the other hand, spent almost half the game in the penalty box with 29 minutes on 14 penalties. Belleville made the most of their chances as they scored six goals with the man advantage.
The Wayne Gretzky trophy was also awarded tonight. It went to the Kitchener Rangers as they shutout the Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds 5-0. The game was close heading into the final six minutes of the third but then the Greyhounds got into penalty trouble and allowed Kitchener to score three powerplay goals to put the game out of reach. The usual suspects are seen on the scoresheet for Kitchener with Matt Halischuk on top with two goals. Nazem Kadri had three assists, Justin Azevedo and Yannick Webber had two assists and Nick Spaling had one goal and one assist. Josh Unice was not tested much but was up to the task and stopped all 14 shots to record the third shutout of the day for Canadian hockey goaltenders.
With Kitchener heading to the OHL final, the Eastern Conference champion Belleville Bulls gets a berth in the Memorial Cup next month. Both teams are capable of winning so I expect a great series. I am looking forward to seeing the Rangers play on a bigger ice surface in Belleville too.
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