Preseason Report: September 21, 2023

Kitchener 6, Mississauga 5

16-year-old rookie Matheas Stark scored four goals, including a natural hat-trick as the Rangers improved to 3-1-0-1 in preseason play
Mississauga led 4-3 early in the third period before Stark scored three consecutive goals to give Kitchener the lead for good
Cameron Mercer (3A), Tanner Lam (2A) and Luke Ellinas (2A) had multiple assists for Kitchener, who won with 16 skaters in the lineup
Marc Boudreau scored in his first game as a Steelhead while Lucas Karmiris and Adam Zidlicky joined him with a goal and an assist
The Rangers went 2-for-7 on the power play to Mississauga’s 0-for-3 mark

London 3, Erie 2 (in St. Thomas)

Kaeden Johnston, Henry Brzustewicz and Blake Arrowsmith scored London goals as the Knights edged the Otters in St. Thomas
Newcomer Juan Copeland had a pair of assists for London, wearing #77
Malcolm Spence and Ondrej Molnar scored Erie goals
Rookie Alexei Medvedev stopped 16-of-16 for the Knights as he and Owen Willmore combined for the victory despite being outshot 34-18
London was limited. to 15 skaters in the lineup
The win came before a crowd of 1,967 at the Joe Thornton Community Centre

Oshawa 3, Niagara 6

A three-goal second period pushed Niagara ahead of Oshawa for good as Marcus Vandenberg made 18 saves for the win
Michael Podolioukh scored twice for the IceDogs while Kevin He and Ryan Humphrey each had a goal and an assist
Ryder McIntyre, Luke Torrance and Stuart Rolofs scored Oshawa goals
Niagara outshot Oshawa 35-21

Flint 7, Windsor 3

Simon Slavicek netted a hat-trick as the Firebirds scored seven times on 36 shots for the win
Flint led 3-0 midway through regulation before Windsor scored three straight goals to make a game of things
Flint rookies Jeremy Martin and Max Anderson got in on the offence with goals while Jack D’Arcy, Marko Stojkov and Zacharie Giroux each had two assists
Liam Greentree had a goal and an assist for the Spitfires
Firebirds rookie Jacob Brown earned the win in goal, stopping 30-of-33