Preseason Report: September 8, 2024
North Bay Battalion 3, Owen Sound Attack 2 – SO
- Trailing 2-0 after two, third period goals from Lirim Amidovski and Andrew LeBlanc tied the score at two before North Bay won in a shootout on a conversion by Jacob Therrien
- Mike McIvor stopped 21-of-23 before denying all three Owen Sound shooters he faced in the shootout
- Pierce Mbuyi and Sam Ethier scored Attack goals while Carter George and Matthew Koprowski combined for 29 saves
Kitchener Rangers 4, Oshawa Generals 3 – SO
- The Rangers win their fifth consecutive shootout on a winner from Luca Romano while Jason Schaubel stopped all three Oshawa opponents
- Cameron Arquette tied the score at three 4:17 into the third period, joining Trent Swick and Adrian Misaljevic on the Kitchener scoresheet
- Tristan Delisle, Owen Griffin and Shawn Costello scored Oshawa goals while Zackary Sandhu had a pair of assists
- Kitchener outshot Oshawa 40-21, with goaltender Jacob Oster turning aside 36 shots for the Generals while Schaubel stopped 18
Sudbury Wolves 7, Peterborough Petes 4 (in Norwood)
- Seattle Kraken prospect Nathan Villeneuve led the way with three goals and an assist as Sudbury defeated Peterborough at the Norwood Arena
- Chase Coughlan scored a pair of goals while Kieron Walton had a goal and two helpers
- Chase Lefebvre scored twice for Peterborough, racking up 11 shots on goal
- Nate Krawchuk and Drew Gaulton combined for 37 saves in the win
Brantford Bulldogs 5, Niagara IceDogs 2
- Washington Capitals prospect Patrick Thomas scored twice while sophomore Jake O’Brien had three assists for Brantford
- Nikolas Rossetto, Cole Brown and Nick Lardis also scored for Brantford as they outshot Niagara 42-34 and went 3-for-7 on the powerplay
- Braidy Wassilyn and Ethan Czata scored Niagara goals
- David Egorov made 32 saves for the win while Niagara’s Owen Flores stopped 37
Windsor Spitfires 7, Flint Firebirds 2
- Noah Morneau had two goals and two assists while rookie Ethan Garden scored and tallied three helpers for the Spits
- Owen Outwater scored a goal and added an assist while Josef Eichler had three assists
- New York Rangers prospect Nathan Aspinall had a goal and an assist for Flint
- Carter Froggett made 27 saves to earn the win for Windsor