PLYMOUTH - Goaltender Brandon Maxwell stopped 24 shots and Mika Partanen and Eric Diodati scored power plays goals as the Mississauga St. Michaels Majors defeated the Plymouth Whalers, 2-0, in an Ontario Hockey League game played before 3,111 at Compuware Arena on Saturday night.

Mississauga (now 19-17-1-5) snapped Plymouth's seven-game winning streak.  The Whalers have won 12-of-14 and are 23-4-0-1 since Oct. 29. 

Plymouth is currently 29-10-2-1, good for 61 points and first place in the OHL's West Division.  The Whalers are two points behind London (31-9-0-1, 63 points) as the top team in the Western Conference.  London defeated Saginaw, 5-4, tonight in a shootout at the Dow Event Center in Saginaw.

Partanen scored at 11:13 of the first period to give Mississauga a 1-0 lead.  Plymouth goaltender Matt Mahalak stopped Trevor Carrick's shot from the left point, but allowed a rebound and it was batted home by Partanen on the right wing side of the goal.

Plymouth forechecked Mississauga all night, but the Majors played a safe defensive game for sixty minutes.  Diodati scored at 5:41 of the third period to give the Majors a 2-0 lead on a shot from the left point through traffic past Mahalak, who was screended on the play.

Plymouth head coach Mike Vellucci pulled Mahalak with 2:40 remaining and the Whalers had a six-on-four man power advantage when Riley Brace was whistled for dealy of game, but the Whalers could not score.

Mississauga outshot Plymouth, 26-24.

Plymouth remains home Monday afternoon, hosting Windsor at 2:00 pm at Compuware Arena (1:45 pm, 88.1FM WSDP).