Saturday Highlights: Bulldogs heating up

Brantford Bulldogs 4 vs. Kingston Frontenacs 1

Brantford skates to their fifth win in the last six games as Patrick Thomas, Jorian Donovan and Florian Xhekaj all had a goal and an assist
Xhekaj scored a highlight reel marker, going coast-to-coast to score his 10th of the season
Donovan hit the empty net for his 21st career OHL goal, one shy of Ben Gleason (2015-18) for the most all-time by a Bulldogs blueliner
Matteo Drobac stopped 23-of-24 for the win opposite Kingston’s Mason Vaccari, who made 27 saves
The Frontenacs honoured franchise great Bernie Nicholls with a banner-raising pre-game as #16 hangs at the Leon’s Centre
Brantford improves to 9-7-3-1, one point back of second-place Ottawa in the East Division
The Frontenacs fall to 10-11-0-0

Erie Otters 4 vs. London Knights 2

Anaheim Ducks prospect Carey Terrance scored his 14th and 15th of the season to lead the Otters over London for the second time this season
Malcolm Spence picked up a pair of primary assists in the win while Owain Johnston also had two assists
Brett Bressette and Ondrej Molnar rounded-out the Erie scoring as the Otters outshot the Knights 33-27
Jacob Julien and Ruslan Gazizov scored London goals
Ben Gaudreau made 25 saves for the win opposite London’s Owen Willmore, who made 29 saves
The Otters improve to 9-8-3-0, one point back of Owen Sound and two points back of Guelph in the Midwest Division
London drops a second-straight decision, falling to 13-7-0-1

Owen Sound Attack 4 vs. Flint Firebirds 2

Ben Cormier put together his first career multi-goal game, helping the Attack rally from a 2-0 deficit on the road
Minnesota Wild prospect Servac Petrovsky scored the deciding goal 9:54 into the third period to put Owen Sound up 3-2
Sam Sedley scored while fellow blueliner Taos Jordan had a pair of assists
Following his hat-trick on Friday, Anaheim Ducks prospect Coulson Pitre notched a goal and an assist
Carter George followed-up Friday’s shutout with a 31-save performance for the win
The Bears earn their third straight win, all victories that have come without captain Colby Barlow; they improve to 10-9-2-0

Barrie Colts 5 vs. Guelph Storm 4 – SO

The Barrie Colts trailed by two on two separate occasions, but hung around to win in a shootout on home ice
Down 4-2, third period goals from Cole Beaudoin and a last-minute winner by Beau Jelsma forced OT and a shootout
Seattle Kraken prospect Eduard Sale, who put up three assists in the game, scored the shootout winner
Washington Capitals prospect Jake Karabela had two goals and a helper for the Storm while Braeden Bowman had three assists
Ben West made 28 saves for the win opposite Guelph’s Brayden Gillespie, who made 27 saves to help his team earn a point
Defenceman Justin Handsor made his OHL debut for Barrie
Barrie improves to 10-9-0-0 while Guelph sits at 11-8-0-1
The Storm haven’t won in Barrie since Oct. 22, 2016

Kitchener Rangers 6 vs. Windsor Spitfires 3

Trailing the Windsor Spitfires 3-1 early in the third period, the Kitchener Rangers rallied for five unanswered to extend their winning streak to seven games
Overage forward Matthew Sop bagged a third period hat-trick while Carson Rehkopf scored goals #23 and #24 on the season, with he winner coming 9:35 into the third
Luke Ellinas had a goal and two helpers for Kitchener while Trent Swick and Adrian Misaljevic both logged two assists
Tristan Malboeuf made 25 saves for the win while Windsor rookie Carter Froggett made his first OHL start, stopping 22
The Rangers keep rolling, climbing to 16-5-0-0 while Windsor drops an eight-straight decision, falling to 4-16-1-0

Saginaw Spirit 3 vs. Niagara IceDogs 2

Michael Misa assisted on all three goals, earning first star honours as Saginaw won a seventh straight contest
New addition Rodwin Dionicio scored the deciding goal 1:39 into the third period for Saginaw
Hunter Haight and Zayne Parekh each scored their seventh goal of the season
Gavin Bryant brought down the teddy bears 1:21 into the second period before Kevin He would score his 10th of the campaign
Andrew Oke stopped 23-of-25 for the win opposite Niagara’s Owen Flores, who made 28 saves
The IceDogs remained without injured forwards Alex Assadourian, Brody Crane and Mathieu Paris along with Andrew Wycisk on the blueline
Saginaw climbs to 11-7-0-1, four points back of first place Sault Ste. Marie in the West Division

Ottawa 67’s 5 vs. Mississauga Steelheads 2

The 67’s rebounded from consecutive home losses, taking out a 5-0 lead on Mississauga before withstanding a pair of late goals
Columbus Blue Jackets prospect Luca Pinelli scored his 16th and 17th goals of the season
Will Gerrior was the game’s first star with a goal and two helpers
Caden Kelly opened the scoring with his first goal of the season
Mississauga rookies Gabriel Chiarot and Kieran Witkowski scored their first career OHL goals
Max Donoso carried a shutout into the midway point of the third period, stopping 29-of-31 for the win
Ottawa improves to 11-7-1-0 while Mississauga falls to 12-7-0-0, one point up on the 67’s in the Eastern Conference