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Connor Brown scored twice and set up two more as the Erie Otters downed the visiting Peterborough Petes 6-3 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League play. The Toronto Maple Leafs prospect now has 10 goals in his last seven outings and leads Erie with 16 goals and 25 points in 19 games. Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist for the Otters (5-11-3), who halted their five-game losing streak, while Anthony Cortellessa and Adam Pelech scored a goal apiece. Chase Hatcher, Greg Betzold and Alan Quine scored for the Petes (4-12-3), who have now dropped five straight contests. Oscar Dansk stopped 41-of-44 shots for the win while Peterboroughs Andrew DAgostini allowed three goals on 13 shots before getting pulled early in the second period. Michael Giugovaz stopped 11-of-13 shots in relief. Erie went 1 for 3 on the power play while Peterborough failed to score on four chances with the man advantage. Elsewhere in the OHL, it was: Kingston 2, Belleville 0; Plymouth 5, Windsor 3; Owen Sound 5, Brampton 3; Sarnia 4, Guelph 2; Kitchener 3, Sault Ste. Marie 1; London 4, Sudbury 1; Mississauga 6, Niagara 3; Saginaw 8, Ottawa 3 and Barrie 5, Oshawa 3. At Erie, Pa., Quine opened the scoring just 13 seconds into the first period and Hatcher put Peterborough up 2-0 by the 5:31 mark. McDavid responded for the Otters with a short-handed goal at 8:24 and Pelech added another goal while down a man at 16:10 to make it 2-2 after 20 minutes of play. Brown and Cortellessa scored seven minutes apart in the second period to give Erie a 4-2 lead heading into the final period. Brown gave his squad a three-goal lead with a power-play goal 7:47 into the third. Betzhold got one back for Peterborough at 10:35, but McDavid scored into an empty net in the final minute to secure an Otters win. --- Frontenacs 2 Bulls 0 At Kingston, Ont., Mike Morrison stopped all 28 shots he faced and Henri Ikonen scored the winning goal at 15:15 of the third period as the Frontenacs (9-9-0) blanked Belleville (9-6-2). --- Whalers 5 Spitfires 3 At Plymouth, Mich., Stefan Noesen scored twice and set up two more and Matt Mahalak made 34 saves as the Whalers (10-5-3) handed Windsor (8-8-4) its third straight defeat. --- Attack 5 Battalion 3 At Brampton, Ont., Daniel Catenacci scored a pair of goals, including the winner at 16:47 of the third period, and Brandon Hope stopped 23-of-26 shots as Owen Sound (13-3-3) beat the Battalion (6-8-5) for its first win in three outings. --- Sting 4 Storm 2 At Guelph, Ont., Alex Galchenyuk and Reid Boucher each had a goal and an assist as Sarnia (11-7-1) doubled up the Storm (12-7-1) for its third-straight victory. --- Rangers 3 Greyhounds 1 At Kitchener, Ont., John Gibson stopped 21-of-22 shots and Ryan Murphy and Ben Thomson each had a goal and an assist as the Rangers (12-5-2) slipped past Sault Ste. Marie (9-9-1) for their fourth win in as many outings. --- Knights 4 Wolves 1 At London, Ont., Jacob Jammes and Corey Pawley both scored their first OHL goals and Jake Paterson stopped 41-of-42 shots as the Knights (11-5-2) beat Sudbury (8-10-2) for its third win in a row. --- Steelheads 6 IceDogs 3 At Mississauga, Ont., Trevor Carrick scored a goal and added two assists and Spencer Martin made 28 saves as the Steelheads (12-5-1) doubled up Niagara (12-6-1), which had its three-game winning streak snapped. --- Spirit 8 67s 3 At Ottawa, Brandon Prophet scored twice and Vincent Trocheck had a goal and two assists as Saginaw (7-10-2) crushed the 67s (6-10-2). --- Colts 5 Generals 3 At Oshawa, Ont., Steven Beyers and Anthony Camara had two goals and an assist each as Barrie (14-4-1) won its third straight contest by beating the Generals (11-7-2). Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping . 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"I will say that when you are throwing deep balls, the idea is to take your shot. Its not the highest percentage play but were going to keep throwing them," Manning said. "As they always say, in a game if you throw five deep balls and you complete one of them, thats actually a great thing. I mean, youre taking a shot and trying to send a message to the defence to hopefully back them off." Coach John Fox also had some fun with the medias steely-eyed focus on the Mannings timing with his receivers on deeper routes. "You guys obviously pay a little more attention to that than I do, but I think our passing game is way further along than it was this time a year ago, obviously, because we werent even here," Fox said. "Again, were not keeping stats now, were just installing and getting guys a comfort level." The key right now with Manning isnt so much his accuracy down the field but his arm strength as he continues to rehab from a nerve injury that caused weakness in his throwing arm, forced him to sit out last season and led to his release from the Indianapolis Colts. And Manning showed excellent zing and zip Monday as the Broncos began four more days of voluntary off-season workouts, otherwise known as organized team activities, or OTAs. "I think hes doing tremendous," Fox said. "Physically, he looks the same to me as hes always looked. Like any new player out here, its a new language and hes making adjustments to that just like everybody else. Were hoping they get better every day." In the two previous practices that the media were allowed to watch, Manning looked good on short and intermediate passes but sometimes lacked oomph on the occasional deep ball. Not this time. If anything, some of his tosses were too strong, sailing past his receivers outstretched arms. In the two-minute drill that capped the workout, he hit a sliding Brandon Stokley with a sensational 40-yard throw, then faked the spike and found Eric Decker alone in the corner for the 5-yard TD. Manning said hes still searching for a comfort zone and that his recovery is an ongoing process. "Thats the good thing about these OTAs is you really see kind of where you are on certain plays," Manning said. "Because you are making different types of throws aand so youre learning a lot and you can know what to continue to work on even harder in your rehab.dddddddddddd And you know, some things you may just not quite be ready for yet." Manning would prefer to take each and every snap at practice but hes had to let the other QBs take plenty of snaps as he and head athletic trainer Steve "Greek" Antonopulos have worked out "pitch counts," which Manning expects hell adhere to for several more months. "I think that will play a role throughout the entire season," he said. Manning seems to be settling in nicely with the new terminology and playbook after 14 years in Indy. "The tough thing right now is were installing new plays, so were running each play one time, whereas what you really want to do is run one play 10 times versus every type of defence where you truly master that play," Manning said. "And so, thats, you know, sort of the growing pains that you go through because you dont have the exact feel for a new play that were putting in. ... "I think as minicamp comes up next week, well be able to start repeating some of those plays and then certainly in training camp, the install should be in and you should be repeating those plays from Day 1 and getting more and more comfortable each time." Monday was Mannings chance to show the Broncos and himself just how strong his arm has gotten by taking a series of shots down the field against the likes of veteran cornerbacks Champ Bailey, Tracy Porter and Drayton Florence. "We get great looks vs. our defence, you get great coverage. So, thats something that the more work you get, the better youre going to be," Manning said. "I keep going back to, its going to be hard to get a more challenging look than going against some of the guys in our secondary, which is only going to make us better." And this star-studded secondary would be hard-pressed to find a better test than it has in Manning. "I think it goes both ways," said Bailey, who picked off one of Mannings shorter passes Monday. "I dont think hes had a secondary -- at least on the corner -- thats been this good. It gives him a good look. Weve never seen a quarterback like that around here. That speaks for itself." Manning was particularly impressive in the 2-minute drill, looking every bit like the quarterback who used to pick apart defences in the hurry-up offence all those years in Indianapolis. "Well, its tough, because thats his thing," Bailey said. "Hes a quick guy; he knows what he wants to do. When he makes his mind up, the decisions made, and youve got to be in the right places, and thats tough on the defence." ' ' '