The Windsor Spitfires are riding a three-game losing streak.

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Jim Parker  •  Windsor Star

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A pair of weekend highway losses has the Windsor Spitfires using the group’s first three-game shedding streak since Casey Torres was named interim head coach on Nov. 22.

The membership has allowed 16 objectives in its final three video games and produced simply three objectives on offence after Sunday’s 5-0 loss to the Oshawa Generals earlier than a crowd of 5,087 on the Tribute Communities Centre.

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That adopted a 5-1 loss to the East Division-leading Brantford Bulldogs on Saturday earlier than 3,137 on the Civic Centre.

“It’s powerful whenever you’re enjoying actually good groups on the schedule,” mentioned Torres, who has guided the group to a 9-9-2-1 report. “There are not any straightforward video games and also you’ve obtained to be ready or the sport can get away from you.”

Windsor has failed to complete on high quality scoring probabilities, produced some obtrusive miscues at inopportune occasions defensively and light down the stretch through the three-game slide.

“(Oshawa’s) an excellent opponent and I assumed we performed properly for 2 durations,” Torres mentioned. “We simply made some errors.

“It was one other good goalie and we hit two or three posts, had 5 – 6 breakaways and, if we rating, it will be 2-2 after the second (interval).”

Attempting to interrupt out of their very own zone, the Spitfires turned the puck over and Oshawa’s Luca Marrelli fed Tristan Delisle for the one aim of the opening interval.

Windsor had a few probabilities to get even within the second interval, however couldn’t beat Jacob Oster, who made 27 saves for his second shutout of the season.

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Within the closing minute of the second interval, the Spitfires allowed a two-on-none on goalie Max Donoso and Matthew Buckley scored to place the Generals up 2-0 after the 40 minutes.

“Some self-inflicted (miscues) and we’ve to discover a approach to not make it straightforward on different groups,” Torres mentioned.

The Generals poured in on within the third interval with an 22-6 shot benefit and a 52-27 edge in photographs total within the sport.

Rasmus Kumpulainen poked residence a rebound simply 68 seconds into the third interval, on an Oshawa energy play, and Stuart Rolofs and Calum Ritchie accomplished the scoring for the Generals, who sit four-points again of Brantford for first place within the East Division.

“There are actually rising pains,” mentioned Torres, who’s leaning extra on youthful gamers because the OHL commerce deadline. “We generated offence off the push, however we’ve to perhaps discover methods to generate offence contained in the zone.

“Our energy play has struggled and the way in which we’re giving up photographs, particularly within the third interval, has to enhance dramatically.”

The Spitfires return residence on Thursday to Saginaw Spirit on the WFCU Centre. Sport time is 7:05 p.m.

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Sport Abstract

Sunday Consequence

Generals 5 Spitfires 0

Windsor 0 0 0 – 0

Oshawa 1 1 3 – 5

First interval: 1. Oshawa, Delisle 5 (Marrelli, Toms) 14:20. Penalty: Sandhu O (tripping) 11:17.

Second interval: 2. Oshawa, Buckley 20 (Roobroeck, Torrance) 19:16. Penalties: Sennecke O (tripping) :50, Graham O (tripping) 6:20, Greentree W (roughing), Zito W (roughing), Kumpulainen O (roughing) 13:16, Spellacy W (holding) 20:00.

Third interval: 3. Oshawa, Kumpulainen 17 (Torrance, Sennecke) 1:08 (pp), 4. Oshawa, Rolofs 19 (Lockhart) 11:38, 5. Oshawa, Ritchie 14 (Marrelli, Lockhart) 15:54. Penalties: Toure W (combating), Roobroeck O (combating) 2:43, Martin W (combating, sport misconduct), Punnett O (combating) 4:17, Spellacy W (tripping) 5:50, Eichler W (checking from behind) 12:45, Cristoforo W (misconduct) 15:38, Roobroeck O (misconduct) 20:00.

Sport stats – SOG – Windsor 9 12 6 – 27 Oshawa 18 12 22 – 52 Purpose (shots-saves) – Windsor: Donoso (L,10-13-2-0) (52-47). Oshawa: Oster (W,19-14-3-1) (27-27). Energy play (goals-chances) – Windsor 0-3. Oshawa 1-4. Referees: Blake Beer (28) and Lacey Senuk (39). Linesmen: Will Dykeman (53) and Scott Lawson (98). Att.: 5,087 on the Tribute Communities Centre.

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