OHL Roundup: Rohrer’s OT winner lifts 67’s to 6-5 win over Firebirds
By The Canadian Press on February 3, 2023.
FLINT, Mich. – Vinzenz Rohrer scored the game-winning goal 1:50 into overtime Friday as the Ottawa 67’s narrowly edged the Flint Firebirds 6-5. Jack Beck had two goals and one assist, while Logan Morrison added a goal and three assists for Ottawa (33-9-2-2). Brady Stonehouse and Anthony Costantini provided the rest of the offence. Max Donoso made 30 saves in the win. Tristan Bertucci, with two goals and an assist, Riley Piercey, Gavin Hayes and Coulson Pitre replied for Flint (22-22-3-1), which dropped its fourth straight. Will Cranley stopped 28 shots. — KNIGHTS 5 SPIRIT 1 LONDON, ONT. – Denver Barkey had a goal and two assists to help lead the London Knights to a 5-1 blowout win over the Saginaw Spirit. Logan Mailloux, Ryan Humphrey, Ryan Winterton and Sam Dickinson also scored for London (31-13-1), which got 30 saves from Brett Brochu. Hunter Haight scored the lone marker for Saginaw (25-19-2). Tristan Lennox surrendered four goals on 16 shots in the first period before Andrew Oke stopped 24-of-25 shots in relief. — COLTS 4 GENERALS 3 OSHAWA, ONT. – Tai York scored twice to fuel a run of four unanswered goals as the Barrie Colts came back to edge the Oshawa Generals 4-3. Ethan Cardwell and Beau Jelsma added the others for Barrie (26-13-4-2), which won its third in a row. Beckett Sennecke, Stuart Rolofs and Cameron Butler scored for Oshawa (18-22-1-3), which was up 2-0 by the end of the first period before the Colts’s run. — FRONTENACS 5 PETES 2 KINGSTON, ONT. – Christopher Thibodeau scored twice as the Kingston Frontenacs used a three-goal third period to fuel a 5-2 win over the Peterborough Petes. Mitchell Brooks, Maddox Callens and Ben Roger also scored for Kingston (22-21-1-2), which got 26 saves from Ivan Zhigalov. Tucker Robertson and Connor Lockhart replied for Peterborough (25-19-1-2). Liam Sztuska stopped 21-of-25 shots. — WOLVES 4 STEELHEADS 0 SUDBURY, ONT. – Nate Krawchuk earned a 21-save shutout, Ethan Larmand scored two goals and the Sudbury Wolves cruised past the Mississauga Steelheads 4-0. Evan Konyen and Marc Boudreau added the others for Sudbury (19-21-4-2). Ryerson Leenders stopped 20-of-23 shots for Mississauga (23-20-4). — STING 12 GREYHOUNDS 1 SARNIA, ONT. – Luca Del Bel Belluz and Ty Voit each had three goals and an assist as the Sarnia Sting dominated the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds en route to a 12-1 win. Marko Sikic, with two goals, Cooper Way, Brenden Anderson, Sasha Pastujov and Nolan Burke provided the rest of the offence for Sarnia (25-14-4-2), which won its sixth in a row. Kalvyn Watson was the lone scorer for Soo (14-21-7-5), which dropped its sixth straight. — RANGERS 4 STORM 3 KITCHENER, ONT. – Francesco Pinelli had two goals and an assist as the Kitchener Rangers edged the Guelph Storm 4-3. Francesco Arcuri, with a goal and an assist, and Carson Rehkopf added the others for Kitchener (20-22-2). Marco Costantini made 30 saves. Braeden Bowman, Ben McFarlane and Cooper Walker answered for Guelph (21-21-4-1). Patrick Leaver stopped 33-of-37 shots. — BULLDOGS 5 ICEDOGS 4 HAMILTON – Patrick Thomas scored the eventual winner at 8:45 of the third period as the Hamilton Bulldogs edged the Niagara Icedogs 5-4. Nick Lardis, Sahil Panwar, Florian Xhekaj and Jorian Donovan also scored for Hamilton (22-20-4), which won its third straight. Kevin He, Declan Waddick, Andrew LeBlanc and Zakary Lavoie replied for Niagara (9-29-6-1), which had its losing streak extended to four games. This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 3, 2023. 43-42
