March 27, 2023

Sunday Highlights: Wolves, Attack move up standings on final day of regular season

Sudbury Wolves 5, Soo Greyhounds 2

2023 NHL Draft Prospect Quentin Musty scored twice and added an assist; he was named first star in the victory.
Seattle Kraken prospect David Goyette picked up three primary assists, finishing the season with 92 points (41-51–92).
With the victory the Wolves climbed to the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference and a first round series with the Peterborough Petes.
The game was the final in the OHL careers of Sault Ste. Marie’s Mark Duarte, Kalvyn Watson and Ryan Thompson.

Owen Sound Attack 6, Saginaw Spirit 4

Landen Hookey scored the game-winner with under five minutes remaining in the game; he was named first star in the win.
Recording one assist in the loss, Michael Misa secured top-scoring honours amongst OHL rookies in 2022-23 with 56 points in 45 games.
With the win and a Kitchener regulation loss to London, the Attack have secured the seventh seed in the Western Conference and a first round series with the London Knights.
Kaleb Lawrence returned to the Attack lineup from injury while Madden Steen and Colby Barlow both took warmup but did not play.

Sarnia Sting 10, Niagara IceDogs 4

Scoring twice, Sasha Pastujov became the third Sarnia skater to record forty goals on the season, it’s the first time in sting history three players have recorded 40+ goals.
The game was the second time the Sting have hit double-digits in the goal category this season, the Sting defeated the Greyhounds 12-1 back on February third.
Niagara outshot the Sting 39-38 – it’s the first time the IceDogs have outshot an opponent since December 9th against Kitchener, a stretch of 41 games. It’s the fifth time in the 2022-23 season Niagara has outshot their opponent.
The game was the final in the OHL careers of Niagara’s Gerard Keane, Nathan Ribau and David Jesus.

Mississauga Steelheads 2, North Bay Battalion 5

Charlie Robertson recorded 40+ saves for the first time in his OHL career, setting a new career-high with 44 stops Sunday afternoon.
The victory was the 11th consecutive for North Bay.
Brayden Hislop, Paul Christopoulos, Liam Arnsby, Josh Bloom, McDonald, Matvey Petrov and Dom DiVincentiis all missed the game for North Bay.
With the loss, the Steelheads remained the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference and secured a first round series with the Battalion.

Kitchener Rangers 1, London Knights 5

Easton Cowan opened the scoring early in the first, his 20th goal of the season.
Cowan became the sixth Knights skater to record 20 goals this season, the Knights won the Midwest Division without a 30 goal scorer, the first team since the 2015-16 Sarnia Sting to win their division without a player recording 30 goals.
Scoring midway through the second period, Montreal Canadiens prospect Logan Mailloux recorded his 25th of the season, the most amongst defencemen in the OHL in 2022-23.
Brett Brochu earned the win, wrapping up his OHL regular season career at 89-34-4-0, the second-most wins by a goaltender in Knights franchise history.
With the loss and an Owen Sound victory in Saginaw the Rangers fell to the eighth seed in the Western Conference and a first round series with the Windsor Spitfires.

Kingston Frontenacs 10, Oshawa Generals 2

Ethan Miedema burned the Generals for the second time in a week, following up his four goal performance from Wednesday with two goals and two assists.
Ten goals set a new season-high for the Frontenacs, the previous high was seven set also against the Generals on December 27th.
Eight different Frontenacs found the scoresheet, with fourteen different players recording a point.
Scoring twice, Beckett Sennecke became one of just six OHL rookies to score 20 goals this season.
With 6,065 on hand at the Tribute Communities Centre it was the largest crowd for a Generals home game since 2015.
The game was the final in the OHL careers of Kingston’s Alec Belanger, Ian Lemieux and Ben Roger.