Preseason Report: September 9, 2023

North Bay 5, Ottawa 4

Ottawa’s Josh Brady opened the scoring 2:43 into action before North Bay replied with four consecutive goals, eventually holding on to win 5-4
Newcomers Dylan Richter, Chase MacQueen-Spence and Stef Forgione all scored for the Battalion while Wyatt Kennedy had a pair of assists
Pittsburgh Penguins prospect Cooper Foster scored twice for the 67’s, who trailed 5-2 before scoring twice in the final two minutes of regulation
The 67’s went 3-for-8 on the power play while the Battalion were 1-for-5
Mike McIvor made 23 saves for the win in the North Bay crease
Brice Cooke made his Battalion debut
A crowd of 2,956 took in the preseason game at TD Place Arena

Sarnia 3, London 2

Trailing 2-0 after one period, Sarnia scored three in the second to pull ahead as Nick Surzycia and Karsen Chartier combined to make 39 saves in the win
Zach Filak was in on all three Sting goals, finishing with a goal and two assists
Filak’s linemates, Marko Sikic and rookie winger Ryan Brown had a goal and an assist
Max McCue and Kasper Halttunen scored London goals as the Knights outshot the Sting 41-19
Sarnia lost forward Easton Wainwright to injury in the first period as he was stretchered off the ice and did not return
A crowd of 7,479 took in the game at Budweiser Gardens

Kingston 3, Erie 7 (in Cornwall)

Anaheim Ducks prospect Carey Terrance, from nearby Akwesasne, scored twice as the Otters improved to 3-0 in preseason play
Ondrej Molnar also scored twice for Erie, netting his league-leading fourth of the preseason while Brett Hammond, Malcolm Spence and Kaleb Smith added singles
The line of Terrance, Spence and Sam Alfano (3A) combined for seven points
Jacob Gibbons and Kyle Downey combined to make 17 saves for the Erie win
Veteran defenceman Tommy Budnick scored twice for Kingston while Maddox Callens also found the back of the net

Guelph 4, Niagara 1 (in Beamsville)

The Storm defeated the IceDogs on a second straight night as Ryan McGuire scored twice and Matt Poitras finished the night with a goal and an assist
Michael Podolioukh scored Niagara’s lone goal with 5:16 left in the second period
Ethan Kowatsch stopped 22-of-23 for Guelph opposite Owen Flores who made 34 saves as Guelph outshot Niagara 38-23
Guelph improves to 3-0-0-1 in preseason play
A sold out crowd of 700 was on hand at Fleming Memorial Arena in Beamsville for the game

Flint 3, Windsor 5

Flint opened the scoring with a first period pair but Windsor countered in the final two minutes of the first to knot the score at two
The Spits pulled ahead in the second, with Ryan Abraham scoring the deciding marker with 2:58 left in the middle stanza
Aidan Castle, Jack Nesbitt and Kyler Morgan each recorded a goal and an assist while defenceman Carson Woodall also scored
Marko Stojkov, Owen Pitters and Zacharie Giroux scored Flint goals
Newly-signed netminder Carter Froggett made 36 saves for the win opposite Flint’s Nathan Day, who stopped 23