Sunday Highlights: Evangelista marks off milestones in Knights win

 

LONDON 4, GUELPH 0
– Nashville Predators prospect Luke Evangelista scored his 50th goal and 100th point of the season as the Knights blanked Guelph. It marks the 18th time a Knights player has recorded 50 goals and 100 points in one season.
– Rookie netminder Owen Flores stopped 31 to earn his first career OHL shutout.
– Cody Morgan scored twice and added an assist for London as the Knights won despite being outshot 31-27.
– Owen Bennett made 23 saves in the Storm crease.
– London improves to 37-18-3-1 with five of a possible six points on the weekend. The Knights trail first place Windsor by four points in the Western Conference.
– Guelph drops a fourth straight decision, falling to 29-23-5-2 for sixth in the Western Conference.
GAME CENTRE & HIGHLIGHTS

.@levang22 ???? @AntonioStrange7pic.twitter.com/pPlLw13iXT

— London Knights (@LondonKnights) March 28, 2022

WINDSOR 5, SAULT STE. MARIE 4
– Daniel D’Amico and Wyatt Johnston both scored twice as Windsor took a second straight win in Sault Ste. Marie, increasing their cushion atop the West Division to four points.
– D’Amico scored in a seventh straight game, and Johnston extended league scoring lead, giving him 40 goals and 112 points on the campaign. The Dallas Stars prospect scored the game winner on a breakaway midway through the third period.
– Hounds rookie Bryce McConnell-Barker scored his 20th goal of the season, the first 20-goal campaign by a Hounds rookie since Boris Katchouk and Jack Kopacka in 2015-16.
– Kalvyn Watson, Jack Thompson and Tye Kartye added Sault Ste. Marie goals as the Hounds went 2-for-7 on the power play.
– Matt Onuska made 23 saves for the win opposite Sault Ste. Marie’s Tucker Tynan, who stopped 21.
– Windsor climbs to 38-16-3-3 for top spot in the Western Conference while Sault Ste. Marie drops to 33-20-6-1 for fourth place in the Conference.
– Windsor takes seven in a row in eight meetings against the Hounds this season to close out the season series.
GAME CENTRE & HIGHLIGHTS

You know who on a breakaway ????????????#OHL scoring leader Wyatt Johnston’s (@johnston0055) second of the afternoon is the game winner as @SpitsHockey takes back-to-back wins in the Soo, extending their winning streak to seven ???? pic.twitter.com/8mU0FTnkHA

— OntarioHockeyLeague (@OHLHockey) March 27, 2022

BARRIE 2, OTTAWA 1
– The Colts clinched a playoff spot in front of a 31-save effort from Mack Guzda.
– San Jose Sharks prospect Ethan Cardwell scored the deciding goal with one second left in the second period after Anthony Tabak opened the scoring late in the frame.
– Calgary Flames prospect Jack Beck ended Guzda’s shutout bid 49 seconds into the third.
– Brandt Clarke returned to the Colts lineup having served an eight game suspension.
– Barrie improves to 31-21-5-1 for fifth place in the Eastern Conference.
– The 67’s have lost eight of 10, falling to 24-29-2-6 for seventh in the Eastern Conference.
GAME CENTRE & HIGHLIGHTS

Post-season bound! ????????????

With today’s victory, we have clinched playoffs!#BackInTheSaddlepic.twitter.com/CBu9DIxk8f

— X – Barrie Colts (@OHLBarrieColts) March 27, 2022

NIAGARA 3 – ERIE 1
– Rookie netminder Joey Costanzo made 39 saves and earned an assist, picking up first star honours as the IceDogs defeated Erie for their fourth win in five games.
– Ilia Chmelevski scored his first career OHL goal for the IceDogs while Anthony Agostinelli netted the third period game winner.
– Niagara won despite being outshot 40-22.
– Aidan Campbell made 19 saves in his second straight start for the Otters.
– The IceDogs earn their 20th win, giving all 20 teams at least 20 victories for the first time in the League’s 20-team history (since 1998).
– Erie has lost seven of 10 and sits three points back of Sarnia for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
GAME CENTRE & HIGHLIGHTS

Joey Costanzo (@Joeycostanzo6) gettin’ it done at one end and Anthony Agostinelli (@aagostinelli3) netting the game winner at the other!@OHLIceDogs win their fourth in the last five games to hit 20 victories on the season ???? pic.twitter.com/94f1s0cPjM

— OntarioHockeyLeague (@OHLHockey) March 27, 2022

 

FLINT 3, KITCHENER 1
– Luke Cavallin set a new Firebirds single season mark with his 30th win, making 24 saves as the Firebirds ended a four-game drought.
– Rookie forward Gavin Hayes scored his 17th and 18th goals of the season.
– Sahil Panwar scored the deciding goal with 36 seconds left in the second period.
– Reid Valade scored his 24th of the campaign with nine seconds to go in the second for Kitchener’s lone goal.
– Pavel Cajan earned third star honours with 40 saves on the afternoon.
– Flint gets back in the win column, improving to 36-19-1-4, five points back of first place Windsor in the West Division.
– The Rangers sit 27-28-2-2, three points up on Sarnia and Erie for seventh in the Western Conference.
GAME CENTRE & HIGHLIGHTS

Another night, another record!

Win #30 for Cavy!!! pic.twitter.com/hhr31z1Jtl

— X – Flint Firebirds (@FlintFirebirds) March 27, 2022

NORTH BAY 2, MISSISSAUGA 1
– Montreal Canadiens prospect Joe Vrbetic turned aside 33 of 34 shots, backstopping the Battalion to a win in Mississauga.
– Mitchell Russell extended his point streak to 10 games with his 38th goal of the season before rookie defenceman Ty Nelson scored his ninth for the difference-maker.
– San Jose Sharks prospect Brandon Coe picked up two assists, giving him 91 points in 57 games.
– Jake Uberti scored Mississauga’s lone marker with 5:09 left in the second.
– The Steelheads outshot the Battalion 34-19 in the loss.
– North Bay improves to 37-18-3-3 with wins in nine of 10, holding a three-point lead over Mississauga for first in the Central Division.
– The Steelheads have lost seven of 10, falling to 35-21-2-5 and sit tied for third with Kingston in the Eastern Conference.
GAME CENTRE & HIGHLIGHTS

Went fishing for the Sunday W! #WeBleedGreenpic.twitter.com/GqJOcrKCse

— X – North Bay Battalion (@OHLBattalion) March 27, 2022

 

 

OWEN SOUND 5, SARNIA 3
– The Sting battled back from a 3-0 deficit before Cedrick Guindon scored the game winner unassisted and shorthanded midway through the third period.
– Guindon’s goal was his 27th while Colby Barlow scored his 28th for the Attack and Lorenzo Bonaiuto finished with a goal and an assist.
– Nolan Burke’s 31st of the campaign came shorthanded while Nolan DeGurse had a goal and an assist for Sarnia.
– Attack rookie Corbin Votary stopped 26 of 29 for the win opposite Sarnia’s Anson Thornton, who made 27 saves.
– The Attack keep rolling, improving to 31-24-4-3 for fifth place in the Western Conference.
– Sarnia loses a fourth in a row, faling to 25-29-4-1, holding a three point lead over Erie for the last playoff spot in the Western Conference.
GAME CENTRE & HIGHLIGHTS

Big time players make big time plays in big time moments! ????

After three straight Sting goals to tie things at three @GuindonCedrick steals the puck shorthanded and goes in to score the game-winner for the @AttackOHL for the weekend sweep in Sarnia ???? pic.twitter.com/IAhInT2yw6

— OntarioHockeyLeague (@OHLHockey) March 27, 2022

HAMILTON 3, OSHAWA 0
– Marco Costantini wasn’t terribly busy, but stopped all 16 shots he faced in his return to the crease for his league-leading fifth shutout of the season.
– Logan Morrison scored his 32nd goal of the season before Giordano Biondi and Artem Grushnikov tallied for Hamilton.
– The Dogs outshot the Generals 37-16, rebounding from a Friday night loss in Sudbury.
– Hamilton improves to 42-12-3-2 atop the OHL standings.
– Oshawa has lost seven of 10, falling to 27-28-1-4, three points up on Ottawa for sixth in the Eastern Conference.
GAME CENTRE & HIGHLIGHTS

He had his sixteen game point streak snapped on Friday, so he decided to start a new one by opening the scoring! ????@LoganMorrison02 continues to build on his career-year firing home his 32nd on the campaign to start things right for the @BulldogsOHL ???? pic.twitter.com/RHz5qgmpWE

— OntarioHockeyLeague (@OHLHockey) March 27, 2022

KINGSTON 8, PETERBOROUGH 1
– LA Kings prospect Martin Chromiak dazzled with three goals and two assists to lead the Fronts to a lopsided win on home ice.
– Pittsburgh Penguins signee Jordan Frasca scored goals 40 and 41 on the season, marking the 36th time in Fronts all-time franchise history a player has scored 40.
– Shane Wright scored a goal and an assist, extending his point streak to six games.
– Ottawa Senators prospect Leevi Merilainen stopped 32 of 33 in his return to the crease.
– Kingston has won seven of 10, improving to 37-19-3-0 for a third place tie with Mississauga in the Eastern Conference.
– Peterborough falls to 24-31-5-0, three points up on Sudbury for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
GAME CENTRE & HIGHLIGHTS

MILESTONE

For the 36th time in franchise history, Kingston has a 40 goal scorer.

Jordan Frasca scored his 40th and 41st goals of the season on Sunday, March 27 against the Peterborough Petes. The @penguins prospect hit the 40 goal mark in 56 games.#FrontsHockey | @OHLHockeypic.twitter.com/anBR6VkPS5

— X – Kingston Frontenacs (@KingstonFronts) March 28, 2022