Music: {allcanada} LATTA'S HAT-TRICK POWERS STORM PAST MIGHTY MAJORS

Sunday, December 5, 2010

{allcanada} LATTA'S HAT-TRICK POWERS STORM PAST MIGHTY MAJORS

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Michael Latta had a rare empty-net winner to cap his hat trick as the Guelph Storm shocked the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors 6-5 in Ontario Hockey League action Sunday.

The white-hot Majors had earned at least a point in their previous 18 games, winning 17 and losing once in the shootout. This was only their third loss in regulation all season.

That streak catapulted Mississauga to the top of the OHL standings as well as the Canadian Hockey League's weekly power rankings.

Justin Shugg scored his second of the game to bring the Majors within one of the Storm at the 15:02 mark of the third period.

With a minute left in regulation and Guelph leading 5-4, Mississauga head coach Dave Cameron opted to pull goalie JP Anderson.

The move backfired as Latta scored his third of the afternoon, adding what appeared to be some insurance and giving Guelph a 6-4 lead.

However, immediately after play resumed Anderson and Storm goaltender Brandon Foote were ejected from the game for removing their helmets during a fight.

Riley Brace then scored on Garret Sparks, Foote's replacement in Guelph's net, to make it 6-5.

Elsewhere in the OHL it was: Brampton 7, Sarnia 4; Kingston 6, Ottawa 5 (SO); Sudbury 5, Barrie 3; Windsor 6, Oshawa 3 and Owen Sound 7, Sault Ste. Marie 4.

At Guelph, Ont., Tyler Carroll scored and added two assists for the Storm (11-12-4), while captain Taylor Beck had a goal and set up one other. Peter Holland also tallied.

Justin Shugg had a pair of goals for Mississauga (24-3-1), while Riley Brace had a goal an assist. Joseph Cramarossa and Stuart Percy chipped in as well.

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Battalion 7, Sting 4

At Brampton, Ont., Matt McLeod scored his first two goals of the season as the Battalion defeated Sarnia.

Alex O'Neil and Michael Santini each chipped in with a goal and an assist for Brampton (11-12-4), while Dylan Blujus, Ian Watters and Stephon Thorne had the other goals for the Battalion.

JC Campagna struck twice for the Sting (13-12-4) and Kale Kerbashian and Brett Ritchie also scored.

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Frontenacs 6, 67's 5 (SO)

At Ottawa, Ryan Spooner and Sean Jones each had a goal in regulation before scoring in the shootout to help Kingston cool off the red-hot 67's.

Spooner, an Ottawa native, also added an assist as the Frontenacs (16-8-4) halted the East Division-leading 67's win streak at five games.

Mitch Lebar, Nathan Moon and Charles Sarault had the other goals in regulation for Kingston, which stopped a three-game winless slide.

Shane Prince scored twice for Ottawa (20-9-1), including the game-tying goal to force overtime, and added an assist. Tyler Toffoli and Marc Zanetti had a goal and an assist apiece and Cody Lindsay also scored for the 67's.

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Wolves 5, Colts 3

At Sudbury, Ont., captain Marcus Foligno scored a hat trick and added an assist as the Wolves defeated Barrie.

Mike MacDonald added two goals and an assist for Sudbury (10-18-1), including an unassisted goal near the end of the first period to tie the game.

Trent Hawke and Taylor Carnevale added singles for the Colts (4-22-2). Darren Archibald converted a penalty shot to pull the game within one near the end of the second.

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Spitfires 6, Generals 3

At Oshawa, Ont., Kenny Ryan scored twice to lead Windsor to victory over the Generals.

Ryan Ellis had a goal and set up two others for the Spitfires (17-11-1), while Tom Kuhnhackl, Zack Kassian and Zack MacQueen also scored.

Mark Petaccio, Christian Thomas and Lucas Lessio replied for Oshawa (16-7-4).

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Attack 7, Greyhounds 4

At Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Robby Mignardi had a pair of goals and added an assist as Owen Sound knocked off the Greyhounds.

Liam Heelis, Matt Stanisz, Andrew Shaw and Jesse Blacker each had a goal and an assist for the Attack (19-8-2), while captain Garett Wilson added a marker.

Brett Thompson had back-to-back power-play goals to open the scoring for Sault Ste. Marie (11-14-4), while Daniel Catenacci scored and had two assists. Brett Findlay chipped in as well. All four goals were on the power play.