Tuesday Highlights: Knights, Rangers triumph in Teddy Bear Toss tilts

London Knights 4 vs. Sarnia Sting 1

Winnipeg Jets prospect Jacob Julien was the game’s first star with a goal and two assists, giving him 20 points (7-13–20) in his last 10 games
Jared Woolley’s first career OHL goal launched the teddy bears in London, coming 5:15 into the first period
Max McCue and Easton Cowan also scored for London while Oliver Bonk and Denver Barkey had two assists and Kasper Halttunen extended his point streak to 13 games
Rookie blueliner James Barr scored Sarnia’s lone goal
Knights forward Landon Sim made his season debut after recovering from offseason surgery; he squared-off against younger brother Lane, a rookie forward for the Sting
Michael Simpson stopped 22-of-23 for the win while Nick Surzycia stopped 40 for Sarnia
London improves to 16-10-0-1 while Sarnia falls to 10-17-0-0, having lost nine of 10
The Knights collected a new record of 11,924 teddy bears

Kitchener Rangers 5 vs. Guelph Storm 2

Cameron Mercer scored twice, bringing down the teddy bears 12:26 into the first period
Seattle Kraken prospect Carson Rehkopf scored his league-leading 30th goal, doing so in his 29th game
Kyle Morey and Luke Ellinas both scored for the Rangers while Hunter Brzustwicz and Matthew Sop both put up two assists
Max Namestnikov and Leo Serlin both scored for Guelph
Jackson Parsons stopped 23-of-25 for the win, improving to 15-5-1-0
The first place Rangers sit atop the OHL standings with a record of 21-7-1-0; the Storm fall to 16-10-0-1
The Rangers collected a total of 10,014 teddy bears