Generals and Bulldogs compete for first

Oshawa, Ont., – The Oshawa Generals return home to take on the Brantford Bulldogs in a battle for first in the East Division.

The Gens come into this one picking up points in their last seven games and are coming off an important 5-3 win over the Kingston Frontenacs that has kept the team in the hunt for first. Oshawa is 7-1-1-1 over the last 10 games and is looking to continue their strong play.

Brantford enters this one after dropping their last game to the North Bay Battalion 6-4, after erasing two multiple-goal leads. The Bulldogs have also been playing well in their last 10 games playing to the tune of a 7-2-0-1 record over that span.

Last Meeting

The Oshawa Generals fell to the Brantford Bulldogs last time out as they had their five-game win streak snapped.

After the Bulldogs scored two goals in the first period the Generals would storm back in the second getting a pair of their own as it was Rasmus Kumpulainen and Connor Punnett finding the back of the net.

But the comeback was all for nothing as in the third period the Bulldogs would score making it 3-2 and that is how the game would end.

Player to Watch (Oshawa)

Calum Ritchie: The Oshawa Generals centre is red hot riding a seven-game point streak in which he has picked up 18 points including seven goals and 11 assists. Since returning from shoulder surgery, the Colorado Avalanche prospect has played 30 games collecting 53 points only six points off his career best.

Player to Watch (Brantford)

Marek Vanacker: The Brantford Bulldogs winger is having a career-best season leading the team in points with 55 and sitting in second for goals and assists with 26 and 29 respectively. The second-year Ontario Hockey League player has the third-longest active point streak sitting at 12 games only trailing London’s Easton Cowan and Oshawa’s Stuart Rolofs.

Tonight you can tune in on Rogers TV, CHL TV, or listen live on Oshawa Generals Radio at http://bit.ly/3NVyu5z. Puck drop is at 6:05 p.m.