Sunday Highlights: Spits soar past Knights to end the weekend

 

WINDSOR 6, LONDON 3
The Windsor Spitfires soared past the London Knights 6-3, with three-point showings from Tyler Angle (17, 18) and Egor Afanasyev (12) leading the way. Luke Boka (10) got the teddy bears flying almost three minutes in, and Angle kept the Spits in flight with a snipe less than two minutes later. Nashville Predators prospect Afanasyev responded within the minute to widen his team’s lead to 3-0 under five minutes into action. The team’s third goal on six shots prompted the Knights to replace goaltender Dylan Myskiw with rookie Brett Brochu. Angle’s team-leading 18th goal had the Spits up 4-0 before the 10-minute mark of the first. Billy Moskal (4) finally got the Knights on the board before the end of the period, only for Daniel D’Amico (10) to reclaim the Spits’ four-goal lead well into the second. Late period goals from Minnesota Wild prospect Matvey Gustov (6) and San Jose Sharks pick Ryan Merkley (7) brought the Knights within two, but Jean-Luc Foudy’s (11) power play snipe would end things at 6-3. Rookie netminder Xavier Medina stood tall with a season-high 39 saves, while the Spits put 24 shots on Brochu. Windsor’s two points earned keeps them second in the West Division, and London’s third straight loss means they’ll maintain their second place spot in the Midwest at 18-10-1-1.
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OSHAWA 5, GUELPH 2
The Oshawa Generals earned a much needed win as they blew past the Guelph Storm 5-2 in their own barn. Leading scorer Pavel Gogolev (24) opened things early for the Storm, and they’d maintain that first goal lead into the second period. Montreal Canadiens prospect Allan McShane (12) tied the game 3:26 in, and Florida Panthers pick Serron Noel (10, 11) followed suit a couple minutes later to put his team in front. It didn’t take long for Josh Wainman (5) to get the Storm back into it, but markers from rookie Brett Harrison (7), Noel, and Ty Tullio (13) granted the Generals the three-goal lead they’d bring to the buzzer. Zachary Paputsakis stopped 25 of 27 shots, and Guelph rookie Owen Bennett put up a 27-save performance. The Gens’ win comes after a five-game losing skid that has kept them third in the East Division behind the Peterborough Petes and Ottawa 67’s. Guelph’s second straight loss drops them to 19-8-1-3, but their commendable record keeps them afloat atop the Midwest, four points ahead of the London Knights.
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MISSISSAUGA 5, KINGSTON 2
Two-goal performances from defender Duncan Penman (5, 6) and third-year centreman Aidan Prueter (6, 7) pushed the Mississauga Steelheads past the Kingston Frontenacs in a 5-2 home win, earning them four out of six points on the weekend. Penman’s first of two came 7:04 into the first on the Steelheads’ eighth shot before Zayde Wisdom (18) responded with a shorthanded, unassisted wrister to tie things up at 1-1. The Steelheads didn’t waste any time getting back in front, as Prueter scored one past Kingston’s Christian Propp less than a minute later. Another marker from Penman just over five minutes into the second period widened Mississauga’s lead, and it wasn’t long before William Portokalis (5) redirected the puck past Propp for the squad’s fourth of the night. Kingston’s second and final goal of the game came off a slapshot from winger Dawson Baker (13), and the Steelheads sealed a three-goal lead with one more from Prueter into the empty net with less than a minute on the clock. Propp made 44 saves in net for the Fronts, while Kai Edmonds rounded out the night with 28 to his credit. Prueter finished the game with three points to his name (2-1-3), as did overage Calvin Martin, who registered three helpers in the victory. The Trout remain fourth in the Central Division, improving to 11-12-2-0. The Fronts’ 18th loss on the year keeps them at 22 points in the East Division’s fifth place spot.
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OWEN SOUND 3, NORTH BAY 1
The Owen Sound Attack scored three unanswered goals in the third period to come back from a 1-0 deficit and defeat the North Bay Battalion 3-1, wrapping up a three-game weekend road trip that saw four points earned. Brad Chenier’s (14) first period goal at the 14:50 mark gave the Battalion a 1-0 lead that they would hold onto into the third period. Matthew Struthers (14) scored in his first game against his former team just over five minutes into the third, and rookie Joshua Samanski (1) would follow up with first career OHL goal mere seconds later. The insurance goal would come from Barret Kirwin (17) on the empty net as the final 10 seconds of the game counted down. Mack Guzda stopped 36 of 37 shots that came his way in net for the Attack, and Cameron Lamour totaled 24 saves in his Battalion debut. Owen Sound’s win would earn them four out of six points on the weekend, having shut out the Sudbury Wolves 4-0 the night before, after Friday’s 4-2 loss to the Soo Greyhounds. North Bay’s second loss in a row and 25th loss of the season rounds out their weekend with two of six points after edging the Erie Otters 4-2 Thursday night. Only 12 points and six wins keeps them at the bottom of the league, while Owen Sound sticks around at fourth place in the Midwest, a point above Erie and a point below Kitchener.
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ERIE 5, SOO 2
The Erie Otters snapped the Soo Greyhounds’ five-game win streak in a 5-2 road win that saw four straight goals and two-point nights from Maxim Golod (13) and Danial Singer (7). After a quiet first period, the Greyhounds were the first to strike with an individual effort from Zack Trott (12) a minute and a half into the second. Erie’s Drew Hunter (3) found the back of the net two minutes later to kickstart a four-goal showing from the Otters. Singer and Elias Cohen (2) put their team up in front by two, and Golod notched one just 19 seconds into the third to lift the score to 4-1. Alex Johnston (9) cut the Otters’ lead at the 13:52 mark of the third, but an empty netter on the power play from rookie Connor Lockhart (3) would maintain Erie’s three-goal cushion in the final minute.  Bailey Brkin finished the night with 30 saves and Daniel Murphy shut down 23 shots in net for Erie. The Soo’s 32 points keeps them hovering above the Sarnia Sting in the West Division, and Erie’s now 34-point total means they’re only one point below the Owen Sound Attack at the bottom of the Midwest.
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