OHL: Colts defeat top seed Generals 4-2 in playoff series opener
By The Canadian Press on March 29, 2024.
OSHAWA, Ont. – Zach Wigle had one goal and two assists and the Barrie Colts earned a 4-2 win over the Oshawa Generals on Friday in Ontario Hockey League playoff action. Beau Jelsma, Cole Beaudoin and Shamar Moses also scored for Eastern Conference eight seed Barrie, which took a 1-0 series lead. Sam Hillebrandt made 31 saves. Dylan Roobroeck and Beckett Sennecke replied for top-seeded Oshawa. Jacob Oster stopped 22-of-25 shots. Wigle’s goal made it a 3-0 game 46 seconds into the third period. Jelsma later sealed the win with an empty-netter with eight seconds remaining after the Generals’ comeback effort. — KNIGHTS 3 FIREBIRDS 0 (Knights lead series 1-0) LONDON, Ont. – Kaleb Lawrence netted two goals, Michael Simpson earned a 23-save shutout and the London Knights downed the Flint Firebirds 3-0. Easton Cowan scored an empty-netter with 50 seconds remaining in the contest for London, the top seed in the Western Conference. Nathan Day made 17 saves for Flint. — BULLDOGS 5 67’S 2 (Bulldogs lead series 1-0) BRANTFORD, Ont. – Nick Lardis had two goals and one assist in leading the Brantford Bulldogs past the Ottawa 67’s 5-2. Marek Vanacker, Lawson Sherk and Calvin Crombie also scored for Brantford, which went 3 for 9 on the power play. Caden Kelly and Luca Pinelli replied for Ottawa. — RANGERS 6 OTTERS 3 (Rangers lead series 1-0) KITCHENER, Ont. – Luke Ellinas had two goals and one assist to pace the Kitchener Rangers in a 6-3 win over the Erie Otters. Matthew Sop, Eduard Sale, Max Dirracolo and Carson Rehkopf, with an empty-netter, provided the rest of the offence for Kitchener. Dylan Edwards, with two goals, and Sam Alfano, who trimmed the deficit to 4-3 at 8:34 of the third period, replied for Erie. — This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application. This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 29, 2024. 26-25
