Sunday Highlights: Ludwinski leads Fronts on St. Patrick’s Day
Kingston Frontenacs 4 vs. North Bay Battalion 3 – OT
- Chicago Blackhawks prospect Paul Ludwinski completed his hat-trick with 10 seconds remaining in overtime as the Fronts edged the Troops at home
- Matthew Soto provided Kingston’s other goal while Jacob Battaglia collected a pair of assists
- Anthony Romani scored his 53rd of the season while Owen Van Steensel joined the 40-goal club and Dalyn Wakely had two assists
- Florida Panthers prospect Sandis Vilmanis scored his 35th of the season
- Mason Vaccari made 20 stops for the win while Dom DiVincentiis helped the Battalion earn a point, stopping 24
- The 31-31-4-0 Fronts will enter the first round of the playoffs as the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference
- North Bay’s three-game winning streak is snapped; they sit third in the Eastern Conference and one point back of first place Mississauga in the Central Division
Game Centre & Highlights | Kingston Post-Game | North Bay Post-Game
Mississauga Steelheads 7 vs. Brantford Bulldogs 2
- Mason Zebeski scored twice and added an assist while Steelheads captain Chas Sharpe led with a goal and three helpers in the lopsided win
- First-year blueliner Jakub Fibigr recorded three assists, giving him 41 points (7-34–41) on the season
- Dallas Stars prospect Angus MacDonell scored his 30th goal of the season
- Mississauga climbed out to a 5-0 lead early in the third period
- Adrian Rebelo broke the shutout 39 seconds into the third frame before Calvin Crombie would later score
- Jack Ivankovic stopped 28-of-30 for the win opposite David Egorov, who made 24 saves
- The Steelheads take sole possession of first in the Central Division, stretching their point streak to 10 games for a record of 37-21-8-0
- Brantford falls to 35-20-8-2, five points behind first place Oshawa in the East Division
Game Centre & Highlights | Mississauga Post-Game | Brantford Post-Game
Guelph Storm 5 vs. Kitchener Rangers 4
- Charlie Paquette scored his second of the game and 18th of the season with 1:32 remaining for the deciding goal
- Gavin Grundner had a goal and an assist while Michael Buchinger and Jett Luchanko each recorded two helpers
- Kitchener rookies Luca Romano and Tanner Lam both scored while Carson Rehkopf netted his 52nd and blueliner Simon Motew scored his 10th
- The Rangers outshot the Storm 30-24; Guelph didn’t have a power play the entire game
- Damian Slavik stopped 26-of-30 for the win as the Storm gain two big points, moving up into a tie for fifth with Erie
- Kitchener falls to 41-22-2-0, they’ll be the fourth seed in the Western Conference in the first round of the playoffs
Game Centre & Highlights | Guelph Post-Game | Kitchener Post-Game
Oshawa Generals 7 vs. Sarnia Sting 2
- Oshawa fell behind early before rallying to go up 3-1 enroute to a lopsided win
- First round 2023 OHL Priority Selection choice Owen Griffin scored his first career OHL goal 2:22 into the second period
- Draft eligible forward Beckett Sennecke led the Generals with a goal and two assists while Rasmus Kumpulainen had a goal and a helper
- Luke Torrance, Luca D’Amato and Luca Marrelli both recorded two assists for Oshawa
- Easton Wainwright and Carter Kostuch scored Sarnia goals
- Jacob Oster made 28 saves for the win, giving him 33 on the season
- Oshawa’s 10th straight win has the Generals on top of the Eastern Conference and on the brink of clinching first place in the East Division
- Sarnia falls to 24-37-3-1
Game Centre & Highlights | Oshawa Post-Game
Niagara IceDogs 3 vs. Barrie Colts 0
- Charlie Robertson was perfect, stopping all 30 shots he faced for his first shutout as an IceDog
- Gavin Bryant broke a scoreless game at the midway point of regulation, his first of two goals on the afternoon
- William Stewart rounded out the scoring for Niagara as the IceDogs won despite being outshot 30-26
- Sam Hillebrandt stopped 23-of-25 for the Colts, who have lost five in a row and will open the playoffs as the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference
- Niagara snaps a 10-game losing slide, improving to 17-40-6-1
Game Centre & Highlights | Niagara Post-Game
Owen Sound Attack 6 vs. Sudbury Wolves 4
- Winnipeg Jets prospect Colby Barlow put together a first star performance, scoring a hat-trick to give him 37 goals in 48 games this season
- Servac Petrovsky scored his 18th and 19th goals of the season in the Attack win while Cedrick Guindon also lit the lamp
- Sam Sedley, Sam McCue and Ethan Burroughs all had two assists for Owen Sound
- San Jose Sharks prospect Quentin Musty had two goals and an assist in the loss
- David Goyette and Donovan McCoy each had two assists for the Wolves
- Carter George made 27 saves for the win as Owen Sound outshot Sudbury 33-31
- The Bears rebound and improve to 29-29-5-3, good for seventh in the Western Conference
- Sudbury’s loss drops the Wolves to 36-22-4-3 for fifth in the Eastern Conference, one point back of fourth place Brantford
Game Centre & Highlights | Owen Sound Post-Game
London Knights 7 vs. Windsor Spitfires 4
- Ruslan Gazizov turned in another first star performance, scoring twice while adding an assist
- Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Easton Cowan recorded two assists, setting a new London Knights franchise record as he stretched his current point streak to 34 games
- San Jose Sharks prospect Kasper Halttunen had three assists in the win while overage veteran Kaleb Lawrence hit the 20-goal mark
- 2024 NHL Draft prospect Sam Dickinson had two assists for London
- Ryan Abraham and Valentin Zhugin each had a goal and an assist for Windsor
- Joey Costanzo stopped 37-of-43 in the loss while London’s Owen Willmore made 20 saves to help the Knights earn two points
- London owns first place in the OHL standings following a fifth straight win, four points up on Saginaw with a 48-14-1-3 record for 100 points
- Windsor loses their 10th in a row, falling to 18-39-5-3