Kingston Frontenacs coach Troy Mann could have any complaints about the efforts and performance of his top players after his team rolled to a 9-1 victory over the Peterborough Petes at Slush Puppie Place on Friday night. Article content
After a 5-2 loss to the Petes in the front end of a home-and-home Thursday night Mann lamented that his best players had to be the Frontenacs’ best players on any given night, an old canard in the game but a pointed complaint delivered to captain Jacob Battaglia and his centre on the first line Tyler Hopkins. Article content Article content
On Friday night Battaglia and Hopkins weren’t just the best players on the ice—they looked like they were full-ledged members of the elite of the Ontario Hockey League.
Over-age centre Andrew Kuzma opened the scor