OHL Roundup: Sop leads Rangers to fourth straight win, top Attack 5-3
By The Canadian Press on October 20, 2023.
KITCHENER, Ont. – Matthew Sop had two goals an assist as the Kitchener Rangers extended their winning streak to four games with a 5-3 victory over the Owen Sound Attack on Friday. Hunter Brzustewicz, Cameron Mercer and Carson Rehkopf also scored for Kitchener (7-2-0). Tristan Malboeuf made 23 saves. Ethan Burroughs, Colby Barlow and Landen Hookey replied for Owen Sound (4-3-1). Carter George stopped 28 of 32 shots. The Rangers entered the third period up 2-1 and ended up in a back-and-forth affair. Sop opened the scoring in the final frame with a power-play marker at 5:35 before sealing the win with an empty-net goal with 1:16 remaining. — GREYHOUNDS 6 FRONTENACS 0 KINGSTON, Ont. – Landon Miller earned a 26-save shutout as the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds cruised past the Kingston Frontenacs 6-0. Bryce McConnell-Barker, Spencer Evans, Owen Allard, Julian Fantino, Arttu Karki and Marco Mignosa all scored for Sault Ste. Marie (7-3-0). Mason Vaccari turned away 36 of 42 shots for Kingston (3-6-0). — PETES 4 67S 1 OTTAWA – Jonathan Melee scored twice as the Peterborough Petes handed the Ottawa 67s a 4-1 loss. Donovan McCoy and Tommy Purdeller also scored for Peterborough (5-2-1). Luca Pinelli netted the lone goal for Ottawa (4-3-0). — OTTERS 5 KNIGHTS 3 LONDON, Ont. – Carey Terrance led the charge with two goals and the Erie Otters scored three unanswered in the third period to defeat the London Knights 5-3. Spencer Sova, Martin Misiak and Pano Fimis added the others for Erie (3-4-1). Isaiah George, Sam O’Reilly and Jacob Julien replied for London (6-3-0-1). — FIREBIRDS 4 WOLVES 3 SUDBURY, Ont. – Zacharie Giroux scored two goals as the Flint Firebirds held off the Sudbury Wolves to prevail 4-3. Nathan Aspinall and Kaden Pitre provided the rest of the offence for Flint (3-5-0). Dalibor Dvorský, David Goyette and Landon McCallum scored for Sudbury (5-4-0), which scored two unanswered to trim the deficit to one but couldn’t tie it late in the third period. — STORM 3 COLTS 1 GUELPH, Ont. – Michael Buchinger and Max Namestnikov each had a goal and an assist as the Guelph Storm took a 3-1 win over the Barrie Colts. Vilmer Alriksson also scored for Guelph (5-2-0). Zach Wigle answered for Barrie (4-4-0). — STING 3 ICEDOGS 2 (OT) ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Jacob LeBlanc scored the game-winning goal three minutes into overtime and the Sarnia Sting edged the Niagara Icedogs 3-2. Tyson Doucette and Zach Filak scored in regulation for Sarnia (5-3-0). Michael Podolioukh and Mike Levin responded for Niagara (1-4-3). — BULLDOGS 5 GENERALS 1 OSHAWA, Ont. – David Egorov put on a 36-save performance in helping lead the Brantford Bulldogs to a 5-1 victory over the Oshawa Generals. Calvin Crombie, Nick Lardis, Masen Wray, Luca Testa and Patrick Thomas each scored for Brantford (2-5-1), which ended a four-game losing skid. Rasmus Kumpulainen scored for Oshawa (3-5-0). — This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 20, 2023. 43-42
