Generals fall short to Fronts with a chance to climb standings
Oshawa, Ont., – With a chance to move into the top spot in the Eastern Division the Oshawa Generals fall 6-4 to the Kingston Frontenacs.
Jacob Oster made 31 saves on 36 shots that he faced, while Matthew Buckley picked up a goal and an assist in the loss.
It was the Frontenacs controlling play to start the game, but after Oshawa got the puck down low, the Gens opened the scoring as Luca Marrelli found Tristan Delisle on the doorstep making it 1-0.
Less than two minutes later that lead would grow as it was Luke Torrance gaining the zone before dropping the puck to Matthew Buckley who fired a shot past Mason Vaccari giving Oshawa a 2-0 lead.
Kingston would cut the deficit in half later in the period as Matthew Soto got around a Generals’ defenceman before centring to Paul Ludwinski for a tap in, cutting the score to 2-1 Oshawa.
Nearly halfway through the second period, the Frontenacs would capitalize on a powerplay as a Soto shot squeaked through Oster and it was Jacob Battaglia jumping on the loose puck and tapping it in tying the game at 2-2.
A little under two minutes later, and again on the powerplay, Kingston would strike as a point shot from Roman Schmidt found its way through traffic and into the back of the net making it 3-2 Frontenacs.
But that lead was short lives as Buckley made a nice pass, springing Dylan Roobroeck on a breakaway, and after his first shot was turned away, he buried the rebound tying the game at 3-3.
The back and forth would continue as Kingston jumped back in front through Ludwinski again when the Frontenacs captain tucked in a rebound for a 4-3 lead.
Kingston added another in the third period, once again, on the powerplay as Linus Hemström took a one-timer that got under the arm of Oster, making it 5-3 Frontenacs.
Oshawa would get one back with an empty net it was Calum Ritchie skating behind the net centring the puck to Beckett Sennecke who jammed home the puck cutting the lead to 5-4.
The Frontenacs added an empty netter after the puck hopped over the blue line and Jax Dubois chased it down shooting it into the net making it 6-4.
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