OHL roundup: Wainwright scores in OT, Sting beat Spitfires 6-5
By The Canadian Press on December 31, 2023.
WINDSOR, Ont. – Easton Wainwright’s power-play goal 36 seconds into overtime lifted the visiting Sarnia Sting to a 6-5 Ontario Hockey League victory over the Windsor Spitfires on Sunday at the WFCU Centre. Oliver Peer of the Spitfires scored his 22nd goal of the season at 18:56 of the third period to tie the game at 5-5 and force the overtime session. Ryan Brown scored twice for the Sting (13-21-1-0), while Mitch Young, Zach Filak and Kai Schwindt netted singles. Ryan Abraham scored twice for the Spitfires (11-20-3-0), while Liam Greentree, Cole Davis and Peer added singles. The Sting outshot the Spitfires 34-21. Elsewhere in the OHL on Sunday: — PETES 4 STEELHEADS 0 PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – Liam Sztuska stopped 52 shots as the Peterborough Petes defeated the visiting Mississauga Steelheads 4-0. Jax Dubois, Samuel Mayer, Sam McCue and Konnor Smith (empty-netter) scored for the Petes (15-15-3-1), who led 1-0 after the first period and 3-0 heading into the third. Goaltender Ryerson Leenders stopped 47 of 50 shots for the Steelheads (19-13-2-0). — GENERALS 4 BATTALION 3 (OT) NORTH BAY, Ont. – Dylan Roobroeck’s second goal of the game, scored at 1:09 of overtime, gave the visiting Oshawa Generals a 4-3 victory over the North Bay Battalion. Beckett Sennecke and Stuart Rolofs also scored for the Generals (15-13-3-1), who outshot the Battalion 31-27. Ethan Procyszyn, Dalyn Wakely and Anthony Romani scored for the Battalion (16-13-5-1), who have lost five overtime games this season. — SPIRIT 4 GREYHOUNDS 3 SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – Ethan Hay scored the game-winning goal at 10:42 of the third period as the visiting Saginaw Spirit edged the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 4-3. Michael Misa scored twice for the Spirit (22-10-0-1), while Sebastien Gervais added a single. Jack Beck scored twice for the West Division-leading Greyhounds (23-10-2-1), while Marco Mignosa netted a single. — OTTERS 7 BULLDOGS 4 ERIE, Penn. – Dylan Edwards scored twice and Brett Bressette added to assists as the Erie Otters beat the Brantford Bulldogs 7-4. Alexis Daviault, Brett Hammond, Pano Fimis, Kaleb Smith and Bruce McDonald also scored for the Otters (16-13-4-0). Marek Vanacker scored twice for the East Division-leading Bulldogs (17-10-6-1), while Nick Lardis and Patrick Thomas netted singles. — KNIGHTS 5 FIREBIRDS 3 LONDON, Ont. – Jacob Julien had a goal and three assists as the London Knights knocked off the visiting Flint Firebirds 5-3. Denver Barkey, Sam Dickinson, Rusian Gazizov and Sam O’Reilly also scored for the Knights (23-11-0-1), who outshot the Firebirds 29-23. Matthew Jenken, Coulson Pitre and Nolan Dann scored for the Firebirds (14-18-2-1). — ICEDOGS 6 STORM 5 (OT) ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Andrew Wycisk scored 16 seconds into overtime to give the Niagara IceDogs a 6-5 victory over the visiting Guelph Storm. Ethan Czata and Kevin He each scored twice for the IceDogs (9-21-4-1), while Daniil Sobolev added a single. Gavin Grundner, Jett Luchanko, Jake Karabela, Braeden Bowman and Max Namestikov scored for the Storm (21-12-2-1), who were outshot 34-33. The IceDogs led 2-0 after the first period, but trailed 4-2 heading into the third. — COLTS 5 ATTACK 2 BARRIE, Ont. – Cole Beaudoin scored on a penalty shot and added an assist as the Barrie Colts beat the visiting Owen Sound Attack 4-2. Riley Patterson, Tai York, Beau Jelsma and Olivier Savard also scored for the Colts (14-17-1-0), who led 1-0 after the first period and 3-1 heading into the third. Colby Barlow and Cedrick Guindon scored for the Attack (16-15-2-1), who outshot the Colts 41-31. * This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 31, 2023. 45-44
