OHL Roundup: Christopoulos, Harrison lead Spitfires’ dominant 9-3 win over Firebirds
By The Canadian Press on February 8, 2023.
FLINT, Mich. – Alex Christopoulos netted a hat trick, Brett Harrison had two goals and three assists and the Windsor Spitfires dominated the Flint Firebirds en route to a 9-3 victory on Wednesday. Jacob Maillet, with two goals and one assist, Colton Smith and Rodwin Dionicio provided the rest of the offence for Windsor (33-12-3-1), which extended its win streak to five games. Joey Costanzo made 38 saves for the Spitfires. Amadeus Lombardi, Braeden Kressler and Ethan Hay replied for Flint (23-24-3-1). Nathan Day stopped 35 shots in the Firebirds’ second consecutive loss. — KNIGHTS 5 RANGERS 4 LONDON, ONT. – Denver Barkey scored the game-winning goal with 32 seconds remaining to cap the London Knights’s 5-4 comeback win over the Kitchener Rangers. Max McCue, Sean McGurn, Isaiah George and William Nicholl added the others for London (34-13-1), which came back from a 4-2 deficit for its sixth straight win. Filip Mešár, with two goals, Reid Valade and Roman Schmidt scored for Kitchener (21-24-2). — ATTACK 9 ICEDOGS 3 OWEN SOUND, ONT. – Deni Goure had two goals and an assist, Ethan Burroughs added another two goals and the Owen Sound Attack crushed the Niagara Icedogs 9-3. Cedrick Guindon, Landen Hookey, Kaleb Lawrence, Taos Jordan and Jackson Stewart provided the rest of the offence for Owen Sound (26-17-4-1). Corbin Votary made 19 saves. Andrew LeBlanc, with two goals, and Kevin He scored for Niagara (9-32-6-1), which got 43 saves from Josh Rosenzweig. — SPIRIT 4 OTTERS 3 SAGINAW, MICH. – Roberto Mancini scored the game-winning goal on the power play with 1:42 remaining as the Saginaw Spirit narrowly edged the Erie Otters 4-3. Nic Sima, Matyas Sapovaliv and Zayne Parekh also scored for Saginaw (26-20-2). Tristan Lennox stopped 20 shots. Ondrej Molnar, Malcolm Spence and Carey Terrance replied for Erie (16-27-1-4). Nolan Lalonde made 22 saves. This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 8, 2023. 22-21
