Saturday Highlights: Bulldogs heating up
Brantford Bulldogs 4 vs. Kingston Frontenacs 1
- Brantford skates to their fifth win in the last six games as Patrick Thomas, Jorian Donovan and Florian Xhekaj all had a goal and an assist
- Xhekaj scored a highlight reel marker, going coast-to-coast to score his 10th of the season
- Donovan hit the empty net for his 21st career OHL goal, one shy of Ben Gleason (2015-18) for the most all-time by a Bulldogs blueliner
- Matteo Drobac stopped 23-of-24 for the win opposite Kingston’s Mason Vaccari, who made 27 saves
- The Frontenacs honoured franchise great Bernie Nicholls with a banner-raising pre-game as #16 hangs at the Leon’s Centre
- Brantford improves to 9-7-3-1, one point back of second-place Ottawa in the East Division
- The Frontenacs fall to 10-11-0-0
Game Centre & Highlights | Brantford Post-Game | Kingston Post-Game
Erie Otters 4 vs. London Knights 2
- Anaheim Ducks prospect Carey Terrance scored his 14th and 15th of the season to lead the Otters over London for the second time this season
- Malcolm Spence picked up a pair of primary assists in the win while Owain Johnston also had two assists
- Brett Bressette and Ondrej Molnar rounded-out the Erie scoring as the Otters outshot the Knights 33-27
- Jacob Julien and Ruslan Gazizov scored London goals
- Ben Gaudreau made 25 saves for the win opposite London’s Owen Willmore, who made 29 saves
- The Otters improve to 9-8-3-0, one point back of Owen Sound and two points back of Guelph in the Midwest Division
- London drops a second-straight decision, falling to 13-7-0-1
Game Centre & Highlights | Erie Post-Game
Owen Sound Attack 4 vs. Flint Firebirds 2
- Ben Cormier put together his first career multi-goal game, helping the Attack rally from a 2-0 deficit on the road
- Minnesota Wild prospect Servac Petrovsky scored the deciding goal 9:54 into the third period to put Owen Sound up 3-2
- Sam Sedley scored while fellow blueliner Taos Jordan had a pair of assists
- Following his hat-trick on Friday, Anaheim Ducks prospect Coulson Pitre notched a goal and an assist
- Carter George followed-up Friday’s shutout with a 31-save performance for the win
- The Bears earn their third straight win, all victories that have come without captain Colby Barlow; they improve to 10-9-2-0
Game Centre & Highlights | Owen Sound Post-Game | Flint Post-Game
Barrie Colts 5 vs. Guelph Storm 4 – SO
- The Barrie Colts trailed by two on two separate occasions, but hung around to win in a shootout on home ice
- Down 4-2, third period goals from Cole Beaudoin and a last-minute winner by Beau Jelsma forced OT and a shootout
- Seattle Kraken prospect Eduard Sale, who put up three assists in the game, scored the shootout winner
- Washington Capitals prospect Jake Karabela had two goals and a helper for the Storm while Braeden Bowman had three assists
- Ben West made 28 saves for the win opposite Guelph’s Brayden Gillespie, who made 27 saves to help his team earn a point
- Barrie improves to 10-9-0-0 while Guelph sits at 11-8-0-1
Kitchener Rangers 6 vs. Windsor Spitfires 3
- Trailing the Windsor Spitfires 3-1 early in the third period, the Kitchener Rangers rallied for five unanswered to extend their winning streak to seven games
- Overage forward Matthew Sop bagged a third period hat-trick while Carson Rehkopf scored goals #23 and #24 on the season, with he winner coming 9:35 into the third
- Luke Ellinas had a goal and two helpers for Kitchener while Trent Swick and Adrian Misaljevic both logged two assists
- Tristan Malboeuf made 25 saves for the win while Windsor rookie Carter Froggett made his first OHL start, stopping 22
- The Rangers keep rolling, climbing to 16-5-0-0 while Windsor drops an eight-straight decision, falling to 4-16-1-0
Saginaw Spirit 3 vs. Niagara IceDogs 2
- Michael Misa assisted on all three goals, earning first star honours as Saginaw won a seventh straight contest
- New addition Rodwin Dionicio scored the deciding goal 1:39 into the third period for Saginaw
- Hunter Haight and Zayne Parekh each scored their seventh goal of the season
- Gavin Bryant brought down the teddy bears 1:21 into the second period before Kevin He would score his 10th of the campaign
- Andrew Oke stopped 23-of-25 for the win opposite Niagara’s Owen Flores, who made 28 saves
- The IceDogs remained without injured forwards Alex Assadourian, Brody Crane and Mathieu Paris along with Andrew Wycisk on the blueline
- Saginaw climbs to 11-7-0-1, four points back of first place Sault Ste. Marie in the West Division
Game Centre & Highlights | Saginaw Post-Game | Niagara Post-Game
Ottawa 67’s 5 vs. Mississauga Steelheads 2
- The 67’s rebounded from consecutive home losses, taking out a 5-0 lead on Mississauga before withstanding a pair of late goals
- Columbus Blue Jackets prospect Luca Pinelli scored his 16th and 17th goals of the season
- Will Gerrior was the game’s first star with a goal and two helpers
- Caden Kelly opened the scoring with his first goal of the season
- Mississauga rookies Gabriel Chiarot and Kieran Witkowski scored their first career OHL goals
- Max Donoso carried a shutout into the midway point of the third period, stopping 29-of-31 for the win
- Ottawa improves to 11-7-1-0 while Mississauga falls to 12-7-0-0, one point up on the 67’s in the Eastern Conference
Game Centre & Highlights | Ottawa Post-Game | Mississauga Post-Game