Wednesday Highlights: Spirit's Parekh makes OHL history with 20th goal

Wednesday Highlights: Spirit’s Parekh makes OHL history with 20th goal

Saginaw Spirit 6, Soo Greyhounds 2

On his 17th birthday, Zayne Parekh scored his 19th and 20th goals of the season in the final three minutes of the third period, passing London Knights defenceman Rick Corriveau’s 1987-88 OHL record for goals by a 16-year-old rookie defenceman
Parekh finished the game with two goals and an assist while fellow rearguard Mitchell Smith had a goal and two helpers
Spirit rookie Bode Stewart scored his first career OHL goal
New York Islanders prospect Tristan Lennox made 29 saves for the win
The win is Saginaw’s first on the road of 2023, ending a run of five straight road losses

Barrie Colts 5, Niagara IceDogs 1

Evan Vierling had two goals and an assist while Connor Punnett and Ethan Cardwell both had a goal and a helper
Barrie outshot Niagara 61-21, with IceDogs netminder Owen Flores making 56 saves in the loss
The Colts improve to 29-14-6-2 for third place in the Eastern Conference

Hamilton Bulldogs 2, Oshawa Generals 3

Second period goals from Nikita Parfenyuk, Stuart Rolofs and Ryder McIntyre came within a span of under five minutes to power the Generals to victory
Dylan Roobroeck extended his point streak to seven games with a pair of assists
Lawson Sherk and Sahil Panwar scored Hamilton goals
Oshawa outshot Hamilton 42-32 as Jacob Oster stopped 30, improving to 6-2-0-1 since joining the Generals
Matteo Drobac made 39 saves, earning third star honours in the loss
Oshawa leap-frogs Sudbury for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, improving to 22-23-1-4

Guelph Storm 1, Sarnia Sting 9

Nashville Predators prospect Nolan Burke earned Wednesday’s OHL “Performer of the Night” following the four-goal performance
Sasha Pastujov finished the night with a goal and two assists against his former club while Easton Wainwright also had a goal and two helpers
Ethan Del Mastro and Ty Voit each recorded three assists
Max Namestnikov scored against his former club, ending Ben Gaudreau’s shutout bid 56 seconds into the third period
Sarnia outshot Guelph 38-23, improving to 27-17-4-2