OHL roundup: Travelling Knights slip past Spitfires 6-3
By The Canadian Press on March 25, 2023.
WINDSOR, Ont. – Easton Cowan scored twice and Ruslan Gazizov added two assists as the visiting London Knights defeated the Windsor Spitfires 6-3 in Ontario Hockey League action on Saturday night. Jackson Edward, Brody Crane, Isaiah George and Jacob Julien also scored for the Knights (44-21-2-0), who trailed 1-0 after the first period, but led 4-1 heading into the third. Brett Harrison, Matthew Maggio and James Jodoin scored for the Western Conference-leading Spitfires (44-18-4-2), who were outshot 37-29. Elsewhere in the OHL: — 67’S 5 COLTS 1 OTTAWA, Ont. – Brady Stonehouse scored twice and added an assist as the Ottawa 67’s defeated the visiting Barrie Colts 5-1. Logan Morrison, Pavel Mintyukov and Gavin Ewles also scored for the Eastern Conference-leading 67’s (51-12-3-2), who outshot the Colts 36-26. Morrison added three assists and Jack Beck chipped in with a pair of helpers. Ben Pickell scored for the Colts (42-17-6-3), who led 1-0 after the first but trailed 3-1 heading into the third. — PETES 4 STEELHEADS 2 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Connor Lockhart scored twice as the visiting Peterborough Petes defeated the Mississauga Steelheads 4-2. Quinton Page and Brennan Othmann also scored for the Petes (35-29-2-2). James Hardie and Kai Schwindt scored for the Steelheads (31-30-6-0). — STORM 7 SPIRIT 3 SAGINAW, Mich. – Max Namestnikov scored three goals as the visiting Guelph Storm defeated the Saginaw Spirit 7-3. Braeden Bowman scored twice for the Storm (35-28-4-1), while Charlie Paquette and Valentin Zhugin scored once. Zayne Parekh, Joey Willis and Matyas Sapovaliv scored for the Spirit (36-26-3-2). — OTTERS 5 STING 2 ERIE, Penn. – Kaleb Smith scored a goal and added two assists as the Erie Otters defeated the visiting Sarnia Sting 5-2. Noah Sedore, Taeo Artichuk, Malcolm Spence and Pano Fimis also scored for the Otters (21-40-2-5). Ty Voit and Marko Sikic scored for the Sting (40-18-5-4). — ATTACK 6 FIREBIRDS 4 FLINT, Mich. – Deni Goure scored a goal and added an assist as the visiting Owen Sound Attack defeated the Flint Firebirds 6-4. James Petrovski, Landen Hookey, Thomas Chafe, Servac Petrovsky and Cedrick Guindon also scored for the Attack (32-28-6-1). Kaden Pitre, Artem Guryev, Coulson Pitre and Matthew Jenken scored for the Firebirds (35-28-4-1). — BATTALION 5 ICEDOGS 2 NIAGARA, Ont. – Justin Ertel scored a goal and an assist as the visiting North Bay Battalion topped the Niagara IceDogs 5-2. Alexander Lukin, Josh Bloom, Owen Van Steensel and Lirim Amidovski also scored for the Battalion (47-17-2-1). Kevin He and Zakary Lavoie scored for the IceDogs (12-46-8-1). * This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 25, 2023. 37-36
