Road to Memorial Cup daily: Battalion, Knights take 3-2 series leads
CHL Three Stars
A pair of goals from North Bay’s Kyle McDonald (DAL) earned him Friday’s first star. McDonald scored twice as the Battalion took a 3-2 series lead over Sarnia and now has 14 postseason goals, tied for the CHL lead.
Ryan Winterton (SEA) also scored twice as he helped London win Game 5 over Sarnia to claim the night’s second star. Winterton, who won an OHL Championship a year ago with Hamilton, has 20 playoff points.
Ty Nelson (SEA) had two points (1G, 1A) from the North Bay blue line in Friday’s Game 5 victory to earn the third star. Nelson’s 24 postseason points are the second most in the CHL among defencemen.
OHL
Eastern Conference
(2) North Bay vs. (4) Peterborough — Battalion lead series 3-2
Game 5: Battalion 6-2 Petes
- The Battalion collected a second straight victory as they now find themselves a win from advancing to the OHL Championship Series
- Liam Arnsby (FLA), Josh Bloom (BUF) and Liam Van Steensel also scored for North Bay
- Kyle Jackson (SEA) and Nikita Tarasevich each had two assists
- Dom DiVincentiis (WPG) made 22 saves with Owen Beck (MTL) and Tucker Robertson (SEA) the only Petes skaters to get onto the scoresheet
- Game 6 is May 7 at 7:05pm ET live on CHL TV
Western Conference
(2) London vs. (3) Sarnia – Knights lead 3-2
Game 5: Knights 5-2 Sting
- The home team kept its perfect record in the series as the Knights have the Sting on the ropes after a Game 5 win
- In addition to Winterton’s pair, Denver Barkey, Easton Cowan and Ruslan Gazizov also found the back of the net
- Jackson Edward had two assists from the London blue line
- Zach Bowen made 30 saves with Nolan Dillingham and Sasha Pastujov (ANA) acting as the Sting goalscorers
- Game 6 is May 7 at 2:05pm ET live on CHL TV
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