Sunday Highlights: Generals skate into break with fifth-straight win

Oshawa Generals 5 vs. Peterborough Petes 1

Colorado Avalanche prospect Calum Ritchie was the game’s first star with a goal and an assist while Ben Danford and Luca Marrelli each had a pair of helpers
Connor Lockhart opened the scoring against his former club, netting his 14th of the season 3:22 into action
New York Rangers prospect Dylan Roobroeck scored the deciding goal with 2:04 left in the first period
Jax Dubois followed-up Friday’s hat-trick with his 12th goal of the season for Peterborough
Jacob Oster stopped 22-of-23, helping the Generals complete a perfect 3-0 week
Petes netminder Easton Rye made his OHL debut in a relief appearance, stopping all seven shots he faced
The Generals improve to 14-12-3-1 with a fifth straight win, drawing even with Peterborough at 32 points
Oshawa has won three of the five meetings between the two rivals this season
The Petes have lost four in a row, falling to 14-13-3-1

Kingston Frontenacs 6 vs. Brantford Bulldogs 5 – OT

Trailing 5-3, Brantford goals from Ben Bujold and Marek Vanacker in the final five minutes forced overtime
2024 NHL Draft prospect Gabriel Frasca scored 1:31 into overtime, his second OT winner in eight games this season
Vanacker was the game’s second star with two goals and two assists for Brantford
Paul Ludwinski, Luke McNamara and Matthew Soto each had a goal and an assist for the Fronts
Frontenacs defenceman Cameron Bergeron scored his first OHL goal
Ben Bujold scored twice and added an assist for the Bulldogs while rookie Jake O’Brien had a goal and a helper
Kingston outshot Brantford 29-25, closing out the first half with a record of 15-16-1-0 for eighth in the Eastern Conference
Brantford earns a point in a fifth straight game, sitting at 15-9-6-1, one point back of first place Ottawa in the East Division

London Knights 4 vs. Sudbury Wolves 3 – OT

Ruslan Gazizov tied the score at three with 1:35 left in the third period, stepping up to score the OT winner in highlight reel fashion with 11 seconds remaining
Max McCue extended his goal-scoring streak to seven games, opening the scoring 28 seconds into the first period
2024 NHL Draft prospect Sam O’Reilly picked up a pair of assists for London
Quentin Musty, Nolan Collins and Evan Konyen scored Sudbury goals
Nick DeAngelis extended his point streak to 14 games with an assist
Sudbury hasn’t won in London since Nov. 28, 2010; Sunday’s game marked the 19th anniversary of Sudbury ending London’s record-setting 31-game unbeaten streak during the 2004-05 season
Michael Simpson stopped 28-of-31 for the win opposite London-area native Marcus Vandenberg, who made 29 saves for Sudbury
London closes out the first half with three straight wins, improving to 20-11-0-1
Sudbury earns three of a possible six points on their weekend road trip, wrapping up the first half with a record of 16-11-3-1

Mississauga Steelheads 3 vs. Ottawa 67’s 1

Rookie netminder Jack Ivankovic was the game’s first star, stopping 35-of-36 as the Steelheads got past Ottawa
Jack Van Volsen and Mason Zebeski scored Mississauga goals before Zander Veccia would hit the empty net
Charlie Hilton scored the lone goal for Ottawa, ending Ivankovic’s shutout bid with 6:58 remaining in the third period
Ivankovic improves to 6-1-2-0, and earns his fourth win while making 35+ saves on the campaign
Collin MacKenzie made 25 saves for the 67’s
Mississauga leads the Central Division at the break, owning an 18-11-2-0 record, identical to that of the East Division-leading 67’s