By The Canadian Press on January 5, 2025.
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Liam Greentree scored 50 seconds into overtime as the Spitfires edged the Niagara IceDogs 4-3 on Sunday to keep Windsor’s eight-game win streak in the Ontario Hockey League alive. Josef Eichler, Tanner Winegard and Ethan Belchetz had goals in regulation time for the Spitfires (29-7-3). Michael Newlove made 31 saves to earn the win in net. Noah Van Vliet, Ryan Roobroeck and Max Crete did the scoring for Niagara (23-12-3). IceDogs goaltender Owen Flores stopped 35-of-39 shots. — BULLDOGS 4 67’s 3 BRANTFORD, Ont. – Tomáš Hamara put away the overtime winner 1:49 into the extra period as the Bulldogs slipped past Ottawa. Patrick Thomas, Jake O’Brien, and Lucas Moore also scored for Brantford (19-15-4). Cooper Foster, Brady Stonehouse and Nathan Amidovski supplied the offence for the 67’s (14-15-8). — RANGERS 4 STORM 3 GUELPH, Ont. – Luca Romano scored in overtime as Kitchener eked out a win over the Storm. Cameron Mercer, Luke Ellinas and Trent Swick had the other goals for the Rangers (28-7-3). Max Namestnikov had a pair of goals for Guelph (11-22-4) and added a single Charlie Paquette. — GENERALS 7 FIREBIRDS 0 OSHAWA, Ont. – Jacob Oster stopped all 29 shots he faced as the Generals shut out Flint. Ethan Toms scored twice for Oshawa (23-13-3), while Lucas Rodriguez, Calum Ritchie, Beckett Sennecke, Brooks Rogowski and Harrison Franssen rounded out the attack. Noah Bender stopped 5 of 10 shots in net for the Firebirds (17-18-3) and Nathan Day stopped 20 of 22 shots. — PETES 5 WOLVES 1 SUDBURY, Ont. – Nico Addy struck twice as Peterborough topped the Wolves. Quinton Pagé, Jonathan Melee and Carson Cameron also scored for the Petes (8-24-6). Kocha Delic replied for Sudbury (20-11-5). This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 5, 2025. 27