Friday Highlights: Generals unseat Bulldogs atop East Division

Oshawa Generals 6 vs. Brantford Bulldogs 4

Oshawa climbed out to a 4-0 first period lead, one they’d hold onto with help from a third period pair from Beckett Sennecke
New York Rangers prospect Dylan Roobroeck earned first star honours with a goal and three assists
Newly-signed Dallas Stars prospect Connor Punnett scored his 10th goal of the season
New Jersey Devils prospect Cole Brown scored twice for Brantford while draft-eligible winger Marek Vanacker had a goal and two assists
Jacob Oster made 27 saves for the win as Oshawa climbed ahead of Brantford and into first in the East Division
The Generals and Bulldogs split their eight-game season series with four wins apiece
The Gennies have won six in a row, improving to 34-19-7-2
Brantford falls to 33-18-8-2

Sudbury Wolves 9 vs. Windsor Spitfires 8 – OT

San Jose Sharks prospect Quentin Musty scored the OT winner, capping a career-high four goals, adding two assists for his second six-point effort of the season
St. Louis Blues prospect Dalibor Dvorsky finished with a season-high five points (2-3–5) and joined Musty as a plus-6
Wolves captain and Seattle Kraken prospect David Goyette recorded two assists, including one on the OT winner to become the OHL’s first 100-point scorer of 2023-24
Goyette’s 100-point season is Sudbury’s first since Michael Sgarbossa in 2011-12
Sudbury rallied from a 5-2 deficit early in the second period to come back and win
2024 NHL Draft prospect Liam Greentree scored twice for Windsor while Colton Smith and Ethan Martin had a goal and two helpers each
Sudbury outshot Windsor 35-32; the Spits went 2-for-3 on the power play
The Wolves maintain their Central Division lead, improving to 35-19-4-3
Windsor has lost six in a row, falling to 18-35-5-3

Kitchener Rangers 9 vs. Flint Firebirds 5

First-year forward Luke Ellinas scored his first career hat-trick, with the three goals coming within a span of 7:13
Flint veteran Nolan Dann scored a hat-trick of his own, giving him 27 goals on the season
Rangers rookie Luca Romano collected two goals and an assist
Overage forward Matthew Sop scored his 40th of the season for Kitchener as the Rangers collected their 40th win
Flint captain Coulson Pitre recorded three assists in the loss
The Firebirds outshot the Rangers 36-32
Kitchener has won four in a row, improving to 40-20-2-0, four points back of third place Sault Ste. Marie in the Western Conference
Flint falls to 27-30-3-1, leading Sarnia by eight points for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference

Ottawa 67’s 7 vs. Niagara IceDogs 1

Will Gerrior scored twice while Luca Pinelli and Brady Stonehouse each registered a goal and two assists
Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Braeden Kressler was the game’s first star with a goal and an assist
Ottawa native Mathieu Paris scored Niagara’s lone goal
Collin MacKenzie stopped 31-of-32 for the win
Ottawa outshot Niagara 38-32, going 2-for-2 on the power play
The 67’s have won seven of their last 10, improving to 33-21-5-2 to sit tied for fifth with Mississauga in the Eastern Conference
Niagara has lost seven in a row, falling to 16-37-6-1

Saginaw Spirit 7 vs. Kingston Frontenacs 2

Alex Christopoulos bagged his fourth career hat-trick, giving him 23 goals in his overage season
Sophomore forward Michael Misa recorded three assists in the win while Rodwin Dionicio picked up a pair
Draft eligible blueliner Zayne Parekh scored goal #31 on the season
Nathan Poole and Christopher Thibodeau scored Kingston goals
Nolan Lalonde made 21 saves for the win opposite Kingston rookie JJ Salajko, who stopped 20
The Spirit have points in six straight, improving to 45-15-1-1 for a first-place tie with London
Kingston has lost four in a row, falling to 28-30-3-0, five points up on eighth place Barrie in the Eastern Conference

Soo Greyhounds 3 vs. Guelph Storm 1

Caeden Carlisle scored the deciding goal 4:28 into the third period before Justin Cloutier scored his 23rd of the season to put things out of reach
Overage forward Jack Beck also scored for the Greyhounds while Christopher Brown picked-up two assists in the win
Charlie Paquette’s 16th of the season ended Charlie Schenkel’s shutout bid with 4:37 remaining
Schenkel stopped 23-of-24 to earn second star honours as the Greyhounds continued a seven-game point streak
Sault Ste. Marie improves to 41-16-3-1, four points up on fourth place Kitchener in the Western Conference
The Storm drop to 28-26-5-1, holding fifth in the Western Conference with a one-point edge on Erie

London Knights 6 vs. Sarnia Sting 1

Ruslan Gazizov hit the 30-goal mark with a pair in the victory while Kaleb Lawrence was the game’s first star with a goal and an assist
Denver Barkey, Landon Sim and Sam Dickinson each recorded two assists
Easton Cowan extended his point streak to 31 games with an assist; its the longest point streak the league has seen in a decade
Owen Willmore carried a shutout into the third period before Sarnia’s Easton Wainwright scored the lone goal for the Sting
The shorthanded Sting have ruled-out a trio for the rest of the season including injured overage forward Kai Schwindt, rookie defender James Barr and blueliner Owen MacDonald
London improves to 44-14-1-3, tied with Saginaw for first place in the OHL standings
Sarnia has lost four straight, falling to 23-34-3-1