OHL Roundup: Mews’ two-goal effort leads 67’s past Frontenacs 5-1
By The Canadian Press on December 30, 2022.
OTTAWA – Henry Mews scored two goals to lead the way as the Ottawa 67’s grabbed their second win in a row, defeating the Kingston Frontenacs 5-1 on Friday. Will Gerrior, Jack Dever and Chris Barlas also scored for league-leading Ottawa (25-6-0-1). Max Donoso had 24 saves. Maddox Callens had the lone goal for Kingston (17-14-1-1). Mason Vaccari stopped 33 shots. Callens opened the scoring with 32 seconds remaining in the first period. But Mews responded 23 seconds later with his seventh of the season. The 67’s scored four more unanswered goals the rest of the way, with the final three coming on the power play. — SPIRIT 7 FIREBIRDS 4 FLINT, MICH. – Calem Mangone, Zayne Parekh and Joey Willis each had a goal and an assist as Saginaw (22-9-2) won its third in a row, topping Flint (17-13-2-1). The Spirit were down 4-3 3:22 into the third period before going on a run of four unanswered goals to grab the win. — KNIGHTS 7 STING 5 SARNIA, ONT. – Logan Mailloux and Denver Barkey each had a goal and two assists as London (22-8-1) earned its fifth straight win, defeating Sarnia (16-11-4-2). The Knights went up 5-0 before the Sting got on the board in the second period and held a 6-2 lead entering the third. — WOLVES 3 BATTALION 2 SUDBURY, ONT. – Landon McCallum netted the winning goal 10:18 into the third period as Sudbury (11-17-3) topped North Bay (23-10-0-1). McCallum’s goal capped a run of two unanswered goals for the Wolves who were down 2-1 entering the final frame. — COLTS 5 ATTACK 4 (OT) OWEN SOUND, ONT. – Beau Akey potted the game-winner with 45 seconds left in overtime as Barrie (16-9-4-2) edged Owen Sound (17-12-3-1). Entering the second period up 3-0, the Colts were outscored 4-1 the remainder of regulation before Akey halted the Attack’s comeback hopes. — SPITFIRES 3 STORM 2 GUELPH, ONT. – Noah Morneau scored the game-winning goal 15:35 into the third period to lead Windsor (20-8-3-1) past Guelph (13-17-3-1). Spitfires’ netminder Joey Costanzo stopped 33 shots. — PETES 6 RANGERS 2 KITCHENER, ONT. – Tucker Robertson had a hat trick and one assist as Peterborough (17-13-1-2) earned its fourth straight win, defeating Kitchener (15-14-1). J.R. Avon contributed two goals and an assist and Connor Lockhart had four assists in the win. — STEELHEADS 4 BULLDOGS 3 (OT) HAMILTON – Zander Veccia scored the game-winning goal 2:06 into overtime to lead Mississauga (15-15-3) past Hamilton (14-13-4). Steelheads goaltender Ryerson Leenders stopped 29 shots. — OTTERS 4 ICEDOGS 3 (OT) ST. CATHARINES, ONT. – Malcolm Spence netted the game-winning goal 3:01 into overtime as Erie (12-16-0-3) topped Niagara (7-17-4-1) in a battle of the last-place teams of each conference. The Otters scored four unanswered goals, including the winner, to grab the victory. This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 30, 2022. 32-31
