Friday Highlights: Wakely's first hat-trick fuels Troops on the road

Friday Highlights: Wakely’s first hat-trick fuels Troops on the road

Kitchener Rangers 6 vs. Brantford Bulldogs 5 – OT

Trailing 5-1 to begin the third period, Kitchener rallied for five unanswered goals capped by a Carson Rehkopf OT winner for his 31st goal of the season
The Rangers outshot the Bulldogs 17-5 in the third period, 4-0 in overtime and 41-24 in the game
Rehkopf finished with a goal and three helpers, Trent Swick scored twice and Filip Mesar had a goal and two assists
Brantford’s Ben Bujold led with a goal and two helpers while Marek Vanacker and Nick Lardis each recorded a goal and an assist
Ottawa Senators prospect Jorian Donovan scored his 22nd career goal in a Bulldogs uniform, tying Ben Gleason’s club record for a defenceman set from 2015-18
Tristan Malboeuf earned the win in relief against his former club, stopping all seven shots he faced
Brantford rookie David Egorov made 35 saves in the loss
Kitchener improves to a league-best 22-7-1-0, with wins in five of their last six
The Bulldogs earn a point and own a record of 13-9-5-1 for fifth place in the Eastern Conference

Soo Greyhounds 7 vs. Kingston Frontenacs 5

Kingston climbed out to a 3-0 first period lead before the Hounds scampered back, scoring five third period goals in the comeback win
Canadian National Junior camp invitee Owen Allard was the game’s first star with two goals and three assists
Marco Mignosa scored twice for the Hounds while Jack Beck had a goal and two assists
Kingston’s Paul Ludwinski had four assists in the loss while 2024 NHL Draft prospect Jacob Battaglia had a goal and two assists
Charlie Schenkel made 11 saves to earn the win in a relief appearance while Kingston’s Mason Vaccari made 30 saves in the loss
The Greyhounds outshot the Frontenacs 37-22
Sault Ste. Marie earns a third straight win, improving to 19-8-2-0 while Kingston falls to 13-14-1-0

Owen Sound Attack 3 vs. Guelph Storm 2 – OT

Minnesota Wild prospect Servac Petrovsky wristed-home the game winner 1:37 into overtime for his ninth goal of the season
Ethan Burroughs and James Petrovski also scored for the Bears in front of a first star, 34-save performance by Carter George
Braeden Bowman and Gavin Grundner both scored for the Storm, with defenceman Adam Shillinglaw recording an assist in his OHL debut
Brayden Gillespie made 30 saves to help the Storm earn a point
Owen Sound has won seven of 10 and six straight on the road, improving to 14-11-2-0
Guelph falls to 16-10-1-1, one point up on Saginaw for fourth place in the Western Conference

North Bay Battalion 5 vs. Mississauga Steelheads 3

North Bay led 3-0 in the opening half of the first period before Mississauga fought back to even the score at three
Dalyn Wakely’s first OHL hat-trick led the way in a 5-3 Battalion road win
Blueliner Wyatt Kennedy’s first of the season was the game winner, coming 4:30 into the third period
Anthony Romani scored his 23rd goal of the season for the Troops as he joined Owen Van Steensel (0-3–3) with three points on the night
Luke Misa, Mason Zebeski and Adam Zidlicky scored Mississauga goals
Charlie Robertson stopped 27-of-30 for the win while Mississauga’s Ryerson Leenders made 26 saves
The Battalion improves to 14-10-4-1, drawing even at 33 points with Mississauga atop the Central Division

Peterborough Petes 5 vs. Ottawa 67’s 2

The Petes improve to 3-0 in Ottawa this season as Owen Beck led the way with a goal and two assists
Sam McCue, Donovan McCoy, Tommy Purdeller and Konnor Smith also scored for Peterborough while Samuel Mayer recorded a pair of assists
Henry Mews and Chris Barlas scored Ottawa goals
Kanata native Zach Bowen made 26 saves, improving to 6-3-1-0 on the season
Peterborough climbs to within two points of first place Ottawa in the East Division, improving to 14-9-3-1

London Knights 7 vs. Saginaw Spirit 3

London led 5-2 after one period en route to a 7-3 win behind two goals and two assists from Philadelphia Flyers prospect Denver Barkey
Toronto Maple Leafs pick Easton Cowan had a goal and two assists on the night while Jacob Julien had a goal and a helper
San Jose Sharks pick Kasper Halttunen’s 20th goal of the season extended his point streak to 14 games, tied for the longest in the league this season
St. Louis Blues prospect Landon Sim scored his first goal of the season for London
Rodwin Dionicio, Hunter Haight and Alex Christopoulos scored for Saginaw
The Knights outshot the Spirit 36-22, improving to 17-10-0-1 for second in the Midwest Division
Saginaw falls to 16-9-0-1, seven points back of first place Sault Ste. Marie in the West Division

Sudbury Wolves 8 vs. Niagara IceDogs 4

Sudbury scored eight times on 50 shots, with Pittsburgh Penguins prospect Nolan Collins scoring twice
Landon McCallum, Dalibor Dvorsky and Nathan Villeneuve each finished with a goal and two assists
Andre Anania scored in his return to the Wolves lineup, playing his first game since Nov. 26th
Gavin Bryant picked up a pair of primary helpers for Niagara
Newly-acquired forward Lucas Signoretti made his Wolves debut
Jakub Vondras made 20 saves in the win opposite Niagara’s Owen Flores, who stopped 42
Sudbury improves to 14-10-2-1, two points back of Central Division-leading Mississauga and North Bay
The IceDogs fall to 6-17-4-1