Adam Payerl must be saving his best for last.
The 19-year-old forward scored four times to pace the Belleville Bulls to a 5-3 win over the Oshawa Generals in their final home game of the season on Wednesday.
Payerl, who had never had a multiple goal game in the OHL and had scored just one goal in the past eight games, scored two goals in the first period then added singles in the second and third. Three of his markers were on the powerplay.
Alain Berger counted for the Generals midway through the second period to break up Payerl’s four goal effort. Michael Curtis added a powerplay goal late in the third period to seal the win for the Bulls.
Defencemen Stephen Silas and Shawn Lalonde – who played in his final game at Yardmen Arena after four seasons with the Bulls – had three assists in the win. Richard Panik had a pair of helpers while captain Luke Judson and sophomore defenceman Bjorn Krupp – who may have played his best game as a Bull – chipped in with singles.
Rookie netminder Tyson Teichmann made 30 saves in the win.
Belleville native Kevin Bailie got the start for the Generals but was pulled after giving up two goals on 11 shots in the first period. Michael Zador came in and gave up three goals on 23 shots.
Christian Thomas and Tony DeHart also counted for the Generals.
Notes: Judson left the game in the second period after taking a knee-on-knee collision in the neutral zone…there have been just three goalies selected in the first round of the OHL Priority Selection in the past decade and all three played in the game tonight…veteran Kyle DeCoste missed his third straight game with concussion-like symptoms. Andy Bathgate was also scratched and will miss the rest of the season with a shoulder injury.
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