OHL Roundup: Barrie Colts race past Western Conference-leading London Knights 5-2
By The Canadian Press on March 9, 2023.
BARRIE, Ont. – Ethan Cardwell and Declan McDonnell each had a goal and an assist as the Barrie Colts handed the Western Conference-leading London Knights a 5-2 loss on Thursday. Jacob Frasca, Cole Beaudoin and Beau Jelsma also scored for Barrie (37-16-6-2). Anson Thornton turned away 26 shots. Logan Mailloux and Denver Barkey replied for London (41-17-2), which dropped its second in a row. Brett Brochu stopped 21-of-25 shots in 30:14 of action before Zach Bowen had a 19-save effort in 28:15 of relief. After surrendering an early second-period goal by Mailloux, the Colts scored three unanswered goals in a span of 7:24 in the middle frame to take a 5-1 edge into the third. — FRONTENACS 5 PETES 4 (OT) PETERBOROUGH, ONT. – Alec Belanger capped a two-goal effort with the game-winning score at 2:02 into overtime as the Kingston Frontenacs edged the Peterborough Petes 5-4. Owen Outwater, Paul Hughes and Gabriel Frasca added the others for Kingston (25-32-1-2), which got 39 saves from Ivan Zhigalov. Brennan Othmann, Quinton PagĂ©, Tucker Robertson and Owen Beck answered for Peterborough (31-25-2-2). Michael Simpson stopped 26 shots. — SPIRIT 4 OTTERS 1 SAGINAW, MICH. – Dean Loukus and Matyas Sapovaliv each had a goal and an assist as the Saginaw Spirit downed the Erie Otters 4-1. Theo Hill and Sebastien Gervais also scored for Saginaw (33-24-2-2). Tristan Lennox made 24 saves. Sam Alfano had the lone marker for Erie (20-35-1-5). Kyle Downey stopped 26 shots. — BULLDOGS 4 ICEDOGS 3 ST. CATHARINES, ONT. – Lawson Sherk scored the game-winning goal 8:34 into the third period as the Hamilton Bulldogs topped the Niagara Icedogs 4-3. Lawson Sherk scored two goals and Florian Xhekaj and Nick Lardis contributed the others for Hamilton (31-26-4). Tristan Malboeuf made 31 saves. Juan Copeland, Andrew Wycisk and Declan Waddick replied for Niagara (11-41-8-1). Owen Flores stopped 42 shots. This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 9, 2023. 23-22
