Sunday Highlights: Sedore's natural hat trick lifts Otters

Sunday Highlights: Sedore’s natural hat trick lifts Otters

Erie Otters 5, Flint Firebirds 2

Overage forward Noah Sedore scored his first career OHL hat trick in natural fashion, helping the Otters earn their first road win of 2023
Kyle Downey earned first star honours with a 41-save performance, helping the Otters win despite being outshot 43-28
Pano Fimis opened the scoring with a shorthanded marker for Erie
2023 NHL Draft prospect Coulson Pitre ended Downey’s shutout bid with 8:06 remaining in the third

Kitchener Rangers 5, London Knights 2

Dallas Stars prospect Francesco Arcuri scored twice, giving him 30 goals on the season as Kitchener prevailed in their first trip to London this season
The Rangers scored a pair of empty netters in the 5-2 final as Marco Costantini earned second star honours with 36 saves
Easton Cowan and Ruslan Gazizov scored London goals as the Knights lost despite outshooting the Rangers 38-28
Kitchener improves to 18-20-2-0, sitting two points back of eighth place Sault Ste. Marie in the Western Conference with three games in hand

Kingston Frontenacs 2, Guelph Storm 6

Max Namestnikov scored twice and St. Louis Blues prospect Michael Buchinger had a goal and two assists
Charlie Paquette had a goal and a helper while Braeden Bowman and Ryan McGuire each had two assists
Chris Thibodeau and Tommy Budnick scored Kingston goals
Guelph outshot Kingston 30-19, closing out the weekend with a record of 19-19-4-1 for seventh in the Western Conference

Niagara IceDogs 4, Mississauga Steelheads 5

Luke Misa scored the third period game winner with two minutes remaining as the Steelheads capped a 3-0 week
Porter Martone scored his first in a Steelheads uniform while Chas Sharpe and Zander Veccia each had two assists
Daniel Michaud had two goals and an assist and newcomer Alex Assadourian had a goal and a helper for Niagara
Josh Rosenzweig made 52 stops as the IceDogs were outshot 57-17 in the loss
The Steelheads improve to 21-18-4-0 for fifth in the Eastern Conference while Niagara suffers a 10th straight loss

Sudbury Wolves 1, North Bay Battalion 2

Seattle Kraken prospects Ty Nelson and Kyle Jackson hooked up for the third period game winner, with Jackson scoring 3:50 into the final frame
Oilers prospect Matvey Petrov scored his 20th of the season for North Bay
Kraken pick David Goyette provided Sudbury’s lone goal, his 27th of the campaign
North Bay outshot Sudbury 34-21, putting a pair of losses in the rearview mirror
Dom DiVincentiis made 20 saves to improve to 23-6-1-0 opposite Sudbury’s Kevyn Brassard, who stopped 32

Ottawa 67’s 1, Owen Sound Attack 4

Montreal Canadiens prospect Cedrick Guindon scored the deciding goal 7:40 into the second period before Colby Barlow netted his 33rd of the campaign
Corbin Votary earned first star honours, turning aside 32 of 33 shots as the Attack won despite being outshot
Landen Hookey picked up an assist, giving him five points (3-2–5) through his first seven games with Owen Sound
Rookie defenceman Henry Mews scored Ottawa’s lone goal as the Barber Poles lost their second straight
The 67’s were without forwards Logan Morrison and Vinzenz Rohrer to injury throughout the weekend
The Attack improve to 23-15-4-1 for third place in the Western Conference

Windsor Spitfires 5, Oshawa Generals 9

The Generals closed out the week’s action with a high-scoring victory as NHL Draft prospect Calum Ritchie earned first star honours with a goal and two helpers
Dylan Roobroeck had a goal and three assists while Joseph Serpa had a goal and two assists
Cameron Butler scored twice and added a helper for the Generals
Rookie forward Liam Greentree scored his first career OHL hat trick in the loss, doing it in his hometown
Islanders prospect Matthew Maggio scored twice, giving him a League-leading 34 goals on the season
Windsor outshot Oshawa 36-30 as the Spits surrendered at least seven goals on a second straight night
The Spits were missing Oliver Peer and Daniil Sobolev, who each played on Saturday, from their lineup