Colts out-race Barber Poles
The Ottawa 67’s couldn’t cap off their celebration of Brain Kilrea’s 90th birthday with a win, as the Barrie Colts used a track meet of a second period to take a 5-3 victory on Sunday afternoon.
The first period came and went rather silently, with neither team able to muster a goal, but if you thought that would repeat in the second period, you’d have been wrong.
Newly-acquired Dalyn Wakely struck first for the Colts, before Cooper Foster scored his seventh and eighth goals of the season to give the Barber Poles a 2-1 lead. Not long after, another new face in Barrie tied the game, as former 67’s forward Brad Gardiner beat Collin MacKenzie with a nice shot.
Riley Patterson restored a one-goal lead for the Colts, but Kohyn Eshkawkogan reeled Ottawa back with his first career OHL goal. Somehow, the second-period scoring still wasn’t over, as Patterson added another, putting Barrie up with a lead they wouldn’t relinquish.
Zach Wigle tacked on an empty netter, and the Colts took their 5-3 win to the bank.
Box score
| Teams | Score | Shots on goal | Power plays |
| Ottawa | 3 | 31 | 1/3 |
| Barrie | 5 | 33 | 1/1 |
First period
No scoring
Second period
1-0: BAR #81 Dalyn Wakely (4) scores. Assists: #71 Bode Stewart, #9 Zach Wigle POWER PLAY
1-1: OTT #29 Cooper Foster (7) scores. Assists: #9 Chris Barlas, #11 Henry Mews
2-1: OTT #29 Cooper Foster (8) scores. Assists: #34 Filip Ekberg, #19 Kohyn Eshkawkogan
2-2: BAR #25 Brad Gardiner (4) scores. Assists: #86 Beau Akey, #71 Bode Stewart
3-2: BAR #21 Riley Patterson (2) scores. Assists: #8 Grayson Tiller
3-3: OTT #19 Kohyn Eshkawkogan (1) scores. Assists: #34 Filip Ekberg, #11 Henry Mews POWER PLAY
4-3: BAR #21 Riley Patterson (3) scores. Assists: #71 Bode Stewart, #29 Cole Beaudoin
Third period
5-3: BAR #9 Zach Wigle (3) scores. Assists: #28 Emil Hemming, #86 Beau Akey EMPTY NET
Next up
The 67’s are headed on their annual northern trip next weekend. They’ll take on the North Bay Battalion, Soo Greyhounds, and the Sudbury Wolves over the course of five days, before returning to The Arena at TD Place on Friday, November 1st to take on the Guelph Storm. Tickets are available here.
