Friday Highlights: George shuts the door as Attack win again

Owen Sound Attack 3 vs. Kingston Frontenacs 0

2024 NHL Draft prospect Carter George stopped all 34 shots he faced for his fourth shutout of the season, tying him for the league lead
All four of George’s shutouts have come on the road this season, tying him with Michael McNiven (2016-17) for the most single-season road shutouts in club history
Declan Waddick was the game’s first star with two goals and an assist for Owen Sound
Mason Vaccari made 21 saves in the Kingston crease
Owen Sound has responded from a four-game slide with back-to-back road wins, improving to 20-19-2-1 for sixth in the Western Conference
Kingston has lost three in a row, falling to 20-20-1-0

London Knights 4 vs. Kitchener Rangers 2

The Knights rallied from a 2-0 deficit with four unanswered goals to earn their 13th consecutive victory
Toronto Maple Leafs prospect led the way with two goals and an assist, stretching his current point streak to 11 games
San Jose Sharks prospect Kasper Halttunen extended his point streak to 17 games with his 22nd goal of the season
New York Islanders prospect Isaiah George recorded a pair of assists for the Knights
Matthew Andonovski and Cameron Mercer scored Kitchener goals
Kitchener’s Filip Mesar left the game with an injury in the second period and did not return
Michael Simpson stopped 23-of-25 for the win
The Knights pulled to within one point of Midwest Division-leading Kitchener, improving to 30-11-0-1
The game was played before a crowd of 7,523 at The Aud, the largest in that building since Oct. 19, 2012
The two teams meet again in London on Saturday at 4:00pm

North Bay Battalion 4 vs. Mississauga Steelheads 3 – OT

2024 NHL Draft prospect Ethan Procyszyn scored a highlight reel overtime winner, giving the Battalion a fourth straight win
Anthony Romani’s 36th goal of the season extended his point streak to 19 games, the second-longest in Battalion franchise history
Dalyn Wakely scored goals 20 and 21 on the season
Down 3-0, Mississauga rallied with three straight goals to tie the score and earn a point in overtime
Porter Martone and Angus MacDonell each had a goal and an assist for the Trout
Winnipeg Jets prospect Dom DiVincentiis made 31 saves for the win as North Bay won despite being outshot 34-24
North Bay climbs to 22-14-5-1 for first place atop the Eastern Conference standings

Saginaw Spirit 4 vs. Ottawa 67’s 2

Ottawa led 2-1 after one period before Saginaw responded with three unanswered goals
Michael Misa scored his 20th goal of the season while fellow sophomore Zayne Parekh scored goal #21 on the campaign
Lincoln Moore tied the score at two before overage winger Josh Bloom’s first of the season was the game-winner
Defencemen Matthew Mayich and Samuel Mayer scored for Ottawa
Ottawa’s Jack Dever played in his first game since Dec. 6th, and took the first penalty of his OHL career in his 77th regular season contest
Andrew Oke made 24 saves for the win opposite Ottawa’s Collin MacKenzie, who stopped 35
Saginaw outshot Ottawa 39-26, improving to 27-12-0-1

Guelph Storm 5 vs. Flint Firebirds 3

Brody Crane’s second of the night and sixth goal of the season was the game-winner with 1:56 remaining in the third period
Michael Buchinger, Max Namestnikov and Braeden Bowman also scored for the Storm while rookie defender Rylan Singh picked up a pair of assists
Anaheim Ducks prospect Coulson Pitre scored twice for Flint while Oliver Peer joined him in the goal-scoring department
Damian Slavik made 19 saves for the win opposite Flint’s Nathan Day, who made 20 saves
Guelph shakes-off a three-game slide, improving to 24-16-2-1
The 17-22-2-1 Firebirds continue to lead Sarnia by three points for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference

Erie Otters 7 vs. Sudbury Wolves 3

The Otters rebounded from a loss in North Bay as Ondrej Molnar led the way with four points (1-3–4)
Brett Bressette scored twice and added an assist while Carey Terrance and Martin Misiak each had a goal and an assist
Seattle Kraken prospect David Goyette had a goal and two helpers in the loss, scoring his 100th career OHL goal in the process
Goyette becomes the 15th member of the Wolves’ 100-goal club; his 100 goals are the most among active OHL skaters
Ben Gaudreau stopped 23-of-26 for his 20th win of the season
The Otters improve to 20-17-4-1 while Sudbury falls to 22-14-3-2

Soo Greyhounds 9 vs. Sarnia Sting 1

Owen Allard (1-2–3), Jack Beck (1-2–3), Andrew Gibson (1-2–3) and Brodie McConnell-Barker (0-3–3) each had three points in the lopsided win
Jacob Frasca opened the scoring with his first goal as a Greyhound
Sarnia’s Nathan Omeri ended Landon Miller’s shutout bid with just 3:17 remaining
Miller stopped 24-of-25, improving to 8-3-0-1 on the season for the Greyhounds
The Greyhounds outshot the Sting 32-25, improving to 28-12-2-1

Oshawa Generals 7 vs. Peterborough Petes 1

2024 NHL Draft prospect Beckett Sennecke and Colorado Avalanche prospect Calum Ritchie each piled up five points (2-3–5) in the lopsided win
Linemate Stuart Rolofs finished the night with a goal and two assists
Matthew Buckley and Luca D’Amato also scored Oshawa goals
Braydon McCallum scored Peterborough’s lone goal
Jacob Oster made 14-of-15 stops for the win as Oshawa outshot Peterborough 38-15
The Generals return to the win column, improving to 21-16-3-1
Peterborough has lost seven straight games, holding a four-point cushion on the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference