OHL roundup: Knights need shootout to knock off 67’s 4-3
By The Canadian Press on February 24, 2024.
The visiting London Knights blew a 3-1 lead in the third period, but scored the lone goal of a three-round shootout to edge the Ottawa 67’s 4-3 in Ontario Hockey League action on Saturday at TD Place. Sam Dickinson, Easton Cowan and Sam O’Reilly scored for the Midwest Division-leading Knights (42-12-0-3) in regulation. Caden Kelly, Brady Stonehouse and Cooper Foster scored for the 67’s (29-19-5-2), who outshot the visitors 34-31. The Knights went 1-for-1 on the power play, while the 67’s were 0-for-3. Elsewhere in the OHL on Saturday: — GREYHOUNDS 6 PETES 2 SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – Julian Fantino scored a goal and added an assist as the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds downed the visiting Peterborough Petes 6-2. Andrew Gibson, Kirill Kudryavtsev, Jordan D’Intino, Justin Cloutier and Christopher Brown also scored for the Greyhounds (37-16-2-1). Ryder McIntyre and Braydon McCallum scored for the Petes (17-32-6-1). — SPIRIT 5 BULLDOGS 4 (OT) SAGINAW, Mich. – Zayne Parekh scored 35 seconds into overtime as the Saginaw Spirit edged the visiting Brantford Bulldogs 5-4. Rodwin Dionicio scored twice for the West Division-leading Spirit (41-15-0-1), while Ethan Hay and Sebastien Gervais netted singles. Marek Vanacker scored three goals for the East Division-leading Bulldogs (32-16-7-2), while Florian Xhekaj scored once. — BATTALION 3 FIREBIRDS 2 FLINT, Mich. – Sandis Vilmanis scored the game-winning goal at 4:13 of the third period as the visiting North Bay Battalion edged the Flint Firebirds 3-2. Dalyn Wakely and Justin Ertel also scored for the Battalion (30-18-6-2). Coulson Pitre and Matthew Wang scored for the Firebirds (24-28-3-1). — OTTERS 3 STORM 2 ERIE, Penn. – Carey Terrance scored the game-winning goal 55 seconds into the third period as the Erie Otters edged the visiting Guelph Storm 3-2. Pano Fimis and Ondrej Molnar also scored for the Otters (25-26-4-1). Jett Luchanko and Vilmer Alriksson scored for the Storm (26-24-5-1). — FRONTENACS 8 ICEDOGS 1 NIAGARA, Ont. – Gabriel Frasca scored three goals as the visiting Kingston Frontenacs downed the Niagara IceDogs 8-1. Jax Dubois scored twice for the Frontenacs (27-27-2-0), while Luke McNamara, Christopher Thibodeau and Linus Hemström netted singles. Ryan Vannetten scored for the IceDogs (16-34-6-1). — COLTS 4 STEELHEADS 1 BARRIE, Ont. – Beau Jelsma scored twice as the Barrie Colts defeated the visiting Mississauga Steelheads 4-1. Bode Stewart and Zach Wigle also scored for the Colts (23-28-3-0). Parker Von Richter scored for the Steelheads (29-21-6-0). — ATTACK 6 SPITFIRES 3 OWEN SOUND, Ont. – Landen Hookey and Ethan Burroughs each scored twice as the Owen Sound Attack defeated the visiting Windsor Spitfires 6-3. Colby Barlow and Servac Petrovsky also scored for the Attack (26-24-5-2). Jack Nesbitt scored twice for the Spitfires (18-31-4-3), while Djibril Toure netted a single. * This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 24, 2024. 43-42
