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Team Cherry's Ryan Spooner, of the Peterborough Petes, scores the winning goal behind Team Orr's goalie Louis Domingue, of the Quebec Remparts, during third period of the CHL Top Prospects game, January 20, 2010, in Windsor, Ont.DAVE CHIDLEY

Ryan Spooner of the Peterborough Petes scored a short-handed goal with just over eight minutes remaining as Team Cherry defeated Team Orr 4-2 in the NHL-CHL Top Prospects game Wednesday.

Emerson Etem of the Medicine Hat Tigers, Jordan Weal of the Regina Pats and Louis-Marc Aubery of the Montreal Junior, into an empty net, had Team Cherry's other goals.

Nino Niederreiter of the Portland Winterhawks and Jeff Skinner of the Kitchener Rangers replied for Team Orr.

Niagara IceDogs goalie Mark Visentin stopped all 19 shots he faced while Louis Domingue of the Quebec Remparts made eight saves on 12 shots for Team Orr.

Calvin Pickard of the Seattle Thunderbirds made 13 saves on 14 shots while Maxime Clermont of the Gatineau Olympiques stopped 16 of 17 shots for Team Cherry.

The game included two fights - a Top Prospects rarity.

The game featured the top 40 draft eligible players from the Canadian Hockey League, including 18 from the Ontario Hockey League, 13 from the Western Hockey League and nine from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

The WHL's Portland Winterhawks had the most players competing in the contest. Defenceman Troy Rutkowski and forwards Brad Ross and Ryan Johansen competed for Team Cherry while forward Niederreiter competed for Team Orr.

Cherry's victory cut Orr's lead in their head-to-head coaching series to 7-4.

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