Friday Highlights: Night of firsts heading into the break

Niagara IceDogs 6 at Brampton Steelheads 4

Niagara wins their seventh straight game and get their third victory of the season against the Brampton Steelheads
Brampton has now lost their seventh straight game, the Steelheads have won just one game in the month of December
This game came down to special teams as the Steelheads went 0 for 6 on the powerplay whilst the IceDogs scored three of their six goals on the power play
Calgary Flames prospect Luke Misa’s point streak came to an end tonight at 16 games. Misa had 33 points in that stretch
Brampton came close to mounting a comeback in this game as they cut the deficit to one at 15:13 on Pittsburgh Penguins prospect Finn Harding’s third goal of the season
Ryan Roobroeck sealed the game for the IceDogs with an empty net goal for his 25th on the season
IceDogs goaltender Owen Flores made 26 saves in the win
Brampton Steelheads goaltender Anthony Paolini made his first career OHL start in this game, he had 34 saves in the loss

Peterborough Petes 1 at Kingston Frontenacs 4

The Fronts were powered to victory by a pair three point efforts from defenceman Vann Williamson (1G, 2A) and forward Cedrick Guindon (1G, 2A)
Calgary Flames prospect Jacob Battaglia hit the 20 goal mark on the season at 5:35 into the third period
The Petes’ lone goal of the game came courtesy of Caden Taylor on the powerplay
The Frontenacs bounced back into the win column after suffering a blowout loss to Brantford on Sunday
Kingston goaltender Nolan Lalonde wasn’t exceptionally busy but stayed solid with a 17 save performance in the win

Ottawa 67’s 3 at Kitchener Rangers 6

Rangers forward Haeden Ellis opened the scoring for Kitchener with his first career OHL goal, he would add an assist on fellow rookie Jack LaBrash’s second goal of the season, which came just 15 seconds later
Ottawa 67’s forward Nathan Amidovski recorded his first career OHL goal at 16:54 in the second period to tie the game at 3-3
Adrian Misaljevic scored at 18:04 in the second period to record the game winning goal for the Kitchener Rangers
Kitchener gets back in the win column after suffering two straight losses
Both teams are looking to get back in the win column as Ottawa dropped one in a shootout to Peterborough and Kitchener is looking to avoid losing their third straight game
Ottawa Senators prospect Luke Ellinas played in his 100th career OHL game
Jackson Parsons continued his strong play this season as he made 25 saves in the winning effort
Colin Mackenzie backstopped his team with 29 saves in the loss

Sarnia Sting 1 at London Knights 6

Sarnia’s three game win streak was put to an end tonight by the first place London Knights
The Knights, who recently bolstered their backend with the acquisition of Washington Capitals prospect Cam Allen, and have now won their last three games and extend their hold on first place in the league
Ottawa Senators prospect Blake Montgomery scores in his fourth straight game as he hits the 10 goal mark on the season. Montgomery has been on fire as he has 10 goals in his last 12 games
The Knights offence was also powered by a matching pairs of goals from Philadelphia Flyers prospect Denver Barkey and rookie forward Logan Hawery
The Sting’s lone goal came from Ryan Brown midway through the first period
London goaltender Austin Elliott backstopped his team with 26 saves in the win

Brantford Bulldogs 2 at Oshawa Generals 6

The Bulldogs five game win streak was snapped tonight as the Oshawa Generals close out the pre-holiday schedule with their second straight victory
Brantford Bulldogs defenceman Ben Radley scored his first career OHL goal to open the scoring for his team at 6:23 in the first period
After the Bulldogs took a 2-1 lead at the end of the first courtesy of Cole Brown, Oshawa would score five unanswered goals in the second and third period to take it 6-1
Winnipeg Jets prospect Colby Barlow had a three point night (2G, 1A). The forward recorded two goals in 3:23 in the second period to lift the Generals offence in this one
The Generals stayed disciplined in this game as they managed to take just one penalty which came in the third period
Oshawa goaltender Jacob Oster wasn’t very busy in net as he only faced 18 shots, making 16 saves in the victory
Buffalo Sabres prospect Ryerson Leenders was significantly busier facing 38 saves and making 32 saves in the loss

Flint Firebirds 6 at Saginaw Spirit 3

Calem Mangone opened the scoring for the Firebirds to send the teddy bears flying from the stands. This marks the second time in his OHL career that he’s scored the teddy bear toss goal.
Flint Firebirds forward Jack D’Arcy scored his first career OHL goal to open scoring in the game at 7:03 into the first period
Flint forward Chris Thibodeau reached the 10 goal plateau with a pair of goals in the second period
Edmonton Oilers prospect Connor Clattenburg’s 10th goal of the season stood as the game winner for the Firebirds
Alex Kostov picked up his fourth goal of the season as he scored in his third straight game
Flint is picking up momentum as they win their fourth straight game
The Saginaw Spirit fall to 3-4-0-0 in the month of December

North Bay Battalion 3 at Sudbury Wolves 6

Seattle Kraken prospect Nathan Villeneuve recorded his first career OHL hat trick and added an assist for a four point night
Winnipeg Jets prospect Kieron Walton had a two point night (1G, 1A) as he scored a highlight reel end-to-end goal to tie the game at 8:10 in the second period
Shamar Moses had a solid night for the Troops as he opened the scoring at 4:30 into the first period and had primary assists on his team’s remaining goals for a three point night
Sudbury gets back in the win column after dropping a game 5-3 to the IceDogs last Sunday
The Battalion lose their third straight game as their win total in the month of December stays at two
Nate Krawchuk played a critical role in the victory as he backstopped the Wolves with 32 saves

Soo Greyhounds 4 at Guelph Storm 6

The Guelph Storm came into this game having won just one of their last five games. Their win tonight leap frogs them over the Owen Sound Attack in the standings
This game saw a trio of first career goals coming from both sides, Noah Jenken opened the scoring with his first career OHL goal for the Guelph Storm. For the Greyhounds, Chase Reid and Hunter Solomon would score back to back goals for the Soo as they eached recorded their first career goals
Noah Jenken added another goal 5:16 into the second period to record the second of his OHL career
Max Namestnikov broke his scoring drought to get back in the goal scoring column with a highlight reel goal for his 10th of the season which tied the game at 4-4 in the third period
Alex McLean scored his seventh goal of the year on the power play which stood as the game winner for the Storm
Detroit Red Wings prospect Landon Miller faced 39 shots in net for the Greyhounds, stopping 34
Brayden Gillespie had a 21 save effort in the victory for Guelph