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PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - Matthew Santos and Ben Thomson scored two goals each as the North Bay Battalion edged the Peterborough Petes 6-4 in Ontario Hockey League action on Monday. Barclay Goodrow had a goal and an assist, and Alex Henriksson also scored for the Battalion (30-21-6). Thomson added an assist for a three-point night. Josh MacDonald scored two for the Petes (24-27-5) and Michael Clarke added another. Andrew DAgostini made 39 saves. Brendan ONeill started in goal for North Bay but was pulled after allowing three goals on nine shots. Evan Cormier stopped 15 of 16 shots in relief. --- STORM 9 WHALERS 3 GUELPH, Ont. — Robbi Fabbri scored twice and Zac Leslie and Scott Kosmachuk had a goal and an assist apiece as the Storm toppled the Whalers. Jason Dickinson and Kerby Rychel each scored one goal and helped on another, and Matt Finn, Ryan Horvat, and Chadd Bauman also scored for Guelph (44-9-3), who has won six in a row. Nick Ebert had three assists. Ryan Hartman and Yannick Rathgeb had a goal and an assist apiece for Plymouth (21-29-6), and Carter Sandlak rounded out the Whalers offence. Storm goalie Justin Nicols made 27 saves for the win while Plymouths Zack Bowman stopped 41 of 50 shots in defeat. --- FRONTENACS 6 BULLS 4 KINGSTON, Ont. — Sam Bennett scored a hat trick and Matt Mahalak made 28 saves to lead the Frontenacs over the Bulls. Spencer Watson had a goal and an assist, and Robert Polesello and Darcy Greenaway also scored for Kingston (31-20-4). Remi Elie scored twice for Belleville (17-34-5) and Aaron Berisha and Scott Simmonds contributed with a goal apiece. Cameron Brace racked up four assists. Charlie Graham started in net for the Bulls but was pulled after giving up two goals on four shots. Michael Giugovaz stopped 21 of 25 shots in relief. --- RANGERS 6 OTTERS 3 KITCHENER, Ont. — Matthew Greenfield made 31 saves and the Rangers got goals from six different skaters to double up the Erie Otters. Scott Teskey, Nick Magyar, Darby Llewellyn, Curtis Meighan, Mike Davies and Ben Fanelli all scored for Kitchener (21-32-3). Logan Schmidt had two assists. Brenan Gaunce had a goal and an assist for Erie (43-11-2), while Kurtis McDermid and Connor McDavid picked up the other Otters goals. Oskar Dansk stopped 25 of 31 shots in defeat. --- WOLVES 4 STEELHEADS 1 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Nicholas Baptiste scored two goals and helped on another as the Wolves downed the Steelheads. Radek Faska had a goal and two assists, and Danny Desrochers also scored for Sudbury (30-17-9). Andrew Goldberg had the lone goal for Mississauga (21-32-4), who has dropped three straight. Franky Palazzese turned aside 32 shots in the victory. Steelheads goalie Spencer Martin made 26 saves. --- ATTACK 5 67S 4 OTTAWA — Kyle Platzer had two goals and an assist, and Holden Cook scored twice as Owen Sound edged Ottawa. Santino Centorame also scored for the Attack (25-24-7), while Brayden Rose, Jeffrey Gilligan and Kurtis Gabriel each chipped in with two assists apiece. Connor Brown and Erik Bradford both scored twice for Ottawa (20-32-4). Travis Konecny had two assists. Owen Sounds Brandon Hope stopped 26 shots while his 67s counterpart, Philippe Trudeau, made 32 saves in defeat. --- KNIGHTS 6 GENERALS 3 OSHAWA, Ont. — Gemel Smith scored twice and added an assist to lift the Knights over the Generals. Brett Welychka scored one goal and assisted on two others, Michael McCarron and Nikita Zadorov had a goal and an assist apiece, and Max Domi also scored for London (39-12-5), who extended its winning streak to four games. Dylan Smoskowitz and Michael Dal Colle had a goal and an assist apiece for the East division-leading Generals (36-16-5) and Cole Cassels also scored. Jake Patterson stopped 27 shots for the Knights, while Oshawas Daniel Altshuller made 27 saves. --- SPIRIT 3 STING 1 SARNIA, Ont. — Kristoff Kontos scored a goal and helped on another as the Spirit toppled the Sting. Justin Sefton and Andrey Alexeev also scored for Saginaw (27-25-5). Hayden Hodgson scored the lone goal for Sarnia (15-36-6), who was outshot 35-22. Jake Paterson stopped 21 shots for his 20th win of the season, while Sting goalie Justin Fazio made 32 saves in the losing effort. Brent Burns Jersey . -- Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera has a broken bone below his right eye after being struck by a bad-hop grounder, sidelining the star slugger for at least a week with opening day on deck. Joe Thornton Jersey . "I only want to go through this one more time," Crosby said Friday. The 24-year-old captain hasnt played since the symptoms resurfaced following a loss to Boston on Dec. 5. 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Bostons bats exploded in Mondays opener, as David Ortiz belted a pair of two-run homers, Stephen Drew homered and drove in four runs and the Red Sox pummeled the Blue Jays, 14-1.MELBOURNE, Australia - Sebastian Vettel has a warning for those already writing off his chances of a fifth-consecutive Formula One title — the season is long and the teams current engine problems wont last. The Red Bull driver has experienced a troubled off-season, with the team severely restricted in its testing because engine supplier Renault suffered a myriad of problems trying to make the sports new six-cylinder turbo hybrid powertrain function in anything approaching a reliable fashion. While Vettel acknowledged that Mercedes will be the team to beat in this weekends season-opening race in Australia — and Red Bull will likely be off the pace in early races — he was adamant another title was within his reach, even if it was not in the imperious style of 2013 when he won the last nine races. "We are not in the best position for this race, but its a different story when you talk about the championship," Vettel said Thursday. Vettel did not have far to look for inspiration about how to overcome early-season difficulties as he was speaking while sitting beside Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso, who found himself in a similar predicament in 2012. "Two years back Fernando was on the grid with 1.5 seconds to pole, and very close to beating us for the title at the very last race, so anything can happen," Vettel said. "We are a strong team. We have a lot of good people on board with a lot of strong resources. We should progress as the season goes on." Red Bull was not alone in suffering severe problems in the off-season. While the ongoing troubles are expected to particularly afflict the Renault-powered cars in the early races, all teams will be anxious heading into this Fridays practice sessions. The new computer-controlled engines must balance the poweer supply between the combustion engine, turbo charger, and the battery-stored electric power — the role of which is vastly greater than in previous years.dddddddddddd. Added to that is the need to reduce fuel use by about a third on last year to meet new rules, understand the altered aerodynamics and get used to new tires. Little wonder that F1 officials have relaxed the curfew restricting how many hours engineers and crew can spend in pit lane working on the cars. Some bleak forecasters are even predicting there will not be enough finishers on Sunday to fill the ten points positions, and race director Charlie Whiting on Thursday was asked questions about the contingency plans if no cars are running. Simple answer - the race will be stopped. While such doomsday scenarios are very unlikely, there was a strong possibility of several cars not getting within seven per cent of the pole sitters qualifying time and therefore being excluded from the race. Stewards have always had some discretion to exempt teams from that rule and Whiting said that Melbournes stewards will look upon such scenarios in Melbourne "very sympathetically." The men considered most likely to vie for that that pole-sitting yardstick are the Mercedes pair Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg who, in contrast to most drivers, had enjoyed smooth and impressive testing sessions. The Mercedes drivers are old colleagues from their childhood days, and Hamilton said their friendship will not be tarnished if they end up fighting each other for race wins and perhaps even the championship as many expect. "It (the relationship) will be the same at the start as at the end," Hamilton said. "We have been racing together since we were 13. This is a stronger championship but I dont see any issues." ' ' '