Saturday Highlights: Spitfires hit double digits in the win-column

Niagara IceDogs 1 at Windsor Spitfires 2

AJ Spellacy gave the Spitfires a one goal advantage heading into the second period.
Sean Doherty tied things up for the IceDogs in the second period.
Jack Nesbitt’s ninth of the season stood as the game winner for Windsor in the third period.
The Spitfires improve to a league-best 10-1-1-0 following a fifth straight win.
Windsor netminder Joey Costanzo is a perfect 9-0 on the season

Peterborough Petes 3 at Brantford Bulldogs 4 (SO)

Bulldogs forwards Cole Brown and Aiden O’Donnell netted goals in the first 10 minutes of play, giving Brantford the edge.
The Petes came out hot and ready to strike back in the second period, with Ryder McIntyre and Liam Ladds (career first) scoring to tie it up at two.
With third period goals from Brantford’s Nick Lardis and Peterborough’s Chase Lefebvre, the game was tied 3-3.
The Bulldogs won this one in the shootout on goals from Brown and Patrick Thomas while David Egorov stopped 33 in the win.
Zach Bowen made 34 saves to help the Petes earn a point as they fall to 0-9-1-1.

Owen Sound Attack 0 at Flint Firebirds 3

Flint was busy in the first period, scoring three to head into the second period with some confidence. Goals came form Kaden Pitre, Karlis Flugins, and Nathan Aspinall.
The Firebirds maintained this lead until the end of the game, winning it 3-0.
Flugins scored his first career OHL goal for the Firebirds.
Edmonton Oilers prospect Nathan Day made 37 saves for his first career OHL shutout

Kitchener Rangers 4 at Erie Otters 3 OT

Veteran centreman Pano Fimis got the Otters on the board during the first frame.
Kitchener assistant captain Luke Ellinas ripped one on a shorthanded breakaway to tie it up for the Rangers in the second.
Luca Romano gave the Rangers the lead in the third period, but Pano Fimis got his second of the game to tie it up late.
Adrian Misaljevic’s second of the night and ninth of the season secured the win for the Rangers with 41 seconds remaining in overtime.
Jackson Parsons made 37 saves as Kitchener won a sixth-straight, extending their point streak to 11 games.

London Knights 4 at Saginaw Spirit 1

Edmonton Oilers prospect Sam O’Reilly opened up the scoring in the first for the Knights.
San Jose Sharks 2024 first round pick Sam Dickinson extended the Knights lead to two in the second period.
Easton Cowan found the back of the net for London, extending his run of consecutive regular season games with a point to 43.
Michael Misa scored his league-leading 16th of the season to get Saginaw on the board.
Third period goals from London’s Easton Cowan, and Evan Van Gorp solidified the win.
Rookie netminder Alexei Medvedev stopped 28 of 29 for the win.

Guelph Storm 1 at Barrie Colts 6

Dallas Stars prospect Brad Gardiner opened the scoring for Barrie early, but Guelph answered back quickly with a shorthanded goal by Leo Serlin.
Three second period goals from Parker Vaughan, Gabriel Eliasson, and Tristan Bertucci gave the Barrie Colts a major edge going into the third.
Two more for Barrie by Brad Gardiner and Emil Hemming in the third solidified the win; Gardiner has back-to-back three point efforts.
The shorthanded Storm were limited to nine forwards in the loss, their sixth in a row.