Justin Shugg scored twice in a four-goal first-period and goaltender JP Anderson posted his second shutout of the weekend as the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors blanked the Sudbury Wolves 4-0 in the Ontario Hockey League on Sunday.
Anderson blocked 29 shots for his league-leading sixth shutout of the season as the Majors (47-13-2) won their fourth in a row. They also closed to within two points of first place in the Eastern Conference standings.
"It's been a while since I can say I had a strong weekend," said Anderson, who had an easy time on Friday night when had faced only six shots in shutting out the London Knights 5-0. "It's good for the team and it's good for my self confidence."
"It's better now than it was a couple of weeks ago for us. Hopefully we can continue to roll like this for the rest of the season and in the playoffs."
Elsewhere in the OHL it was: Brampton 4, Peterborough 1; Barrie 5, Kingston 4 (SO); Ottawa 2, Kitchener 1 (OT); Windsor 4, Guelph 3; Oshawa 5, Belleville 4; Erie 8, Sarnia 2; and Plymouth 4, Sault Ste. Marie 1.
At Mississauga, Ont, the shutout also helped Anderson lower his league-leading goals-against average to 2.41.
The victory gave the Majors a 10-point lead over the idle Niagara IceDogs in the conference standings. Both Mississauga and Niagara have six games remaining in the regular season.
Should Niagara and Mississauga end up tied for first place at the end of the regular schedule, the Majors would own the tie-breaker because they have won six of seven meetings between the two teams this season. They meet for the final time on March 17 in St. Catharines, Ont.
Corey Bureau and Riley Brace scored the other Mississauga goals in the first period. Brace's tally with less than three minutes remaining in the period chased Sudbury (27-33-3) starting goaltender Alain Valiquette, who gave up the four goals on just nine shots.
Jacob Riley replaced Valiquette and was outstanding the rest of the way, stopping all 35 shots he faced.
Battalion 4, Petes 1
At Brampton, Ont., Scott Tanski scored twice as the Battalion outshot Peterborough 41-8.
Barclay Goodrow and Domenic Alberga also scored for Brampton (27-29-6).
Geoff Bezruchko replied for Peterborough (19-42-2).
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Colts 5, Frontenacs 4 (SO)
At Kingston, Ont., Eric Locke and Mark Scheifele scored in the shootout as Barrie beat the Frontenacs.
Scheifele scored twice in regulation for Barrie (13-46-4), while John Padulo and Colin Behenna had the other goals.
Mitch Lebar had two for Kingston (28-26-8), while Ryan Spooner added a goal and three assists. Erik Gudbranson chipped in with a goal and a helper.
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67's 3, Rangers 2 (OT)
At Ottawa, Cody Ceci scored at 4:29 of overtime to lift the 67's to a come-from-behind victory over Kitchener.
The defenceman jumped up into the play and beat Rangers goaltender Brandon Maxwell, sending the 67's (41-19-3) to their fourth straight victory.
With the win, Ottawa maintained its five-point advantage over the Oshawa Generals for the East Division lead, but needed a goal from Ryan Martindale midway through the third period and 40 saves from rookie netminder Shayne Campbell.
Tobias Rieder scored for the Rangers (38-17-8) in the first period.
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Spitfires 4, Storm 3
At Windsor, Ont., Tom Kuhnhackl and Taylor Carnevale scored in the shootout and Jack Campbell made 28 saves as the Spitfires defeated Guelph.
Campbell, the first-round pick of the Dallas Stars in 2010, made his return to the Windsor crease after missing Saturday's game in Plymouth with the flu. He was steady all afternoon and made saves on both of the shots he faced in the shootout.
Nick Ebert, Kenny Ryan and Kerby Rychel scored in regulation for Windsor (34-22-6) while Taylor Beck, Sam Lofquist and Michael Latta replied for Guelph (31-25-6).
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Generals 5, Bulls 4
At Oshawa, Ont., Nicklas Jensen scored twice to lead the Generals over Belleville.
Andy Andreoff added a goal and two assists as Oshawa (35-17-10) snapped a three-game losing streak.
Daniel Maggio had a goal and assist in the first period, while Alain Berger scored the other Oshawa goal.
Brendan Guance, Luke Judson, Mike Mascioli and Joe Underwood replied for the Bulls (19-39-4).
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Otters 8, Sting 2
At Erie, Pa., Mike Cazzola had a hat trick and Greg McKegg scored twice and added two assists as the Otters thumped Sarnia.
Sarnia surrendered eight goals to Erie after giving up 10 goals each in successive losses to Sault Ste. Marie and Niagara.
Shawn Szydlowski added a goal and an assist for the Otters (36-26-2), while Connor Crisp and Brett Thompson also scored.
Kale Kerbashian had a goal and an assist for Sarnia (22-34-6), while Nick Latta also scored.
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Whalers 4, Greyhounds 1
At Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Nick Cousins scored twice as Plymouth Whalers defeated the Marie Greyhounds.
Rudy Sulmonte and Carson Dubchak had the other goals for Plymouth (35-23-5), while Vern Cooper picked up two assists.
Robbie Czarnik had the only goal for Sault Ste. Marie (22-33-8).
Matt Mahalak made 24 saves for the victory, while Chris Perugini stopped 27 shots in defeat.
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