Saturday Highlights: Winning streak hits 14 as Knights take over first place

London Knights 10 vs. Kitchener Rangers 3

Four-point games from Philadelphia Flyers prospect Oliver Bonk (2-2-4), San Jose Sharks prospect Kasper Halttunen (1-3-4) and Russian Gazizov (1-3-4) help the Knights leapfrog Kitchener in the standings to gain the top spot in the Western Conference
Knights rookie Evan Van Gorp had a career high three-point night, scoring two and adding a helper
Kasper Halttunen extended his point streak to 18 consecutive games, while Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Easton Cowan increased his to 12 straight games and Oliver Bonk to 10 games
Recent addition and Seattle Kraken prospect Edward Sale scored his first goal as a member of the Rangers
Ottawa Senators prospect Matthew Andonovski scored his second goal in as many nights against the Knights
The Rangers were missing Filip Mesar from their lineup due to injury, while the Knights were without Denver Barkey who was serving his first game of a two game suspension
London peppered 45 shots on the Rangers net, while holding Kitchener to 21 shots on goal
The Knights win their 14th straight game and improve to 31-11-0-1, while Kitchener drops their second straight game to London and sit at 30-13-2-0
This is the first time that London has scored double-digits on home ice against the Rangers since December 9th, 1979

Brantford Bulldogs 5 vs. Windsor Spitfires 1

A goal and an assist each from Noah Nelson and Zakary Lavoie led the Bulldogs to a home win over Windsor
Lavoie’s two points give him eight in four games since joining the Bulldogs
Pasquale Zito scored the lone goal for the Spitfires, giving him three in as many games this season
Ryan Abraham and Liam Greentree had their point streaks snapped at 12 and 10 games respectively
Joey Costanzo stopped 35 shots for the Spits, while Matteo Drobac made 22 saves for Brantford; the win is Drobac’s 55th in a Bulldogs uniform, tying him for the most in club history
10th round 2023 OHL Priority Selection choice Briir Long made his OHL debut for the Bulldogs
Brantford has earned a point in their last five games and improve to 21-12-6-2

Sarnia Sting 6 vs. Flint Firebirds 2

A three-point night from Florida Panthers prospect Kai Schwindt (2-1-3) gives the Sting the win as they inch closer to eighth place Flint in the Western Conference
Carter Kostuch opened the scoring for Sarnia early in the second with a beautiful end-to-end goal
Goaltender Nick Surzycia stopped 30-of-32 shots to earn the win
Nathan Aspinall and Oliver Peer scored for the Firebirds
Nolan Dann was held off the scoresheet, snapping his point streak at 12 games
Sarnia improves to 17-25-2-0 and now sit only one point back of Flint, who drop their third straight and now sit at 17-23-2-1

Saginaw Spirit 3 vs. Peterborough Petes 1

2024 NHL Draft prospect Zayne Parekh had a goal and an assist to give the Spirit their second straight win on their eastern road-swing
With the goal, Parekh earns his 100th career OHL point; He also ties Patrick McNeill’s Spirit record of 22 for goals by a defenceman in a single season
Michael Misa scored the game winner for the Spirit with only five minutes remaining
Chase Lefebvre scored the lone goal for the Peterborough midway through the second
Liam Sztuska kept the Petes in it by stopping 44-of-46 shots, while Andrew Oke earned the win by stopping 34-of-35
Saginaw wins their third straight game and improve to 28-12-0-1

Barrie Colts 7 vs. Niagara IceDogs 0

Goaltender Sam Hillebrandt stood tall for the Colts, stopping all 42 Niagara shots to earn his first career OHL shutout
Colts captain Beau Jelsma had a career high five point night with two goals and three helpers
Sophomore Bode Stewart also had a career high four points night for the Colts, contributing one goal and three assists
Kyle Morey earned his first point as a member of the Colts with an assist on Zach Wigle’s goal
Alexey Kulikov made his OHL debut for the IceDogs
Barrie fired 45 shots on net throughout the game
This is the first time that the Niagara IceDogs have ever been shutout in Barrie
The Colts snap a three game losing skid to improve to 16-22-1-0; They now sit only two points back of Peterborough who currently sits in eight in the Eastern Conference