OHL Roundup: Tough Bulldogs whip winless Wolves

Jake O’Brien had a goal and two assists, David Egorov made 31 saves and the Brantford Bulldogs showed their teeth in a 6-0 Ontario Hockey League victory over the visiting Sudbury Wolves on Friday.

The Bulldogs (5-0-1-1), ranked third overall in this week’s Canadian Hockey League rankings behind the OHL’s Windsor Spitfires and front-running Blainville-Boisbriand Armada of the QMJHL, also got goals from and Adam Benak, Parker Holmes, Caleb Malhotra, Layne Gallacher and Vladimir Dravecky.

The Bulldogs led 2-0 after the first period and 5-0 heading into the third at the TD Civic Centre.

Finn Marshall stopped 25 of 31 shots for the winless Wolves (0-6-1-0).

The Bulldogs went 0-for-3 on the power play, while the Wolves were 0-for-5.

Elsewhere in the OHL on Friday:

LONDON, Ont. — Henry Brzustewicz scored twice, Sam O’Reilly had three assists and the London Knights beat the visiting Erie Otters 6-1.

Ben Wilmott, Braiden Clark, Jaxon Cover and Noah Read also scored for the Knights (3-2-2-0), who led 1-0 after the first period and took a 3-1 lead into the third.

Aleksei Medvedev stopped 13 of 14 shots for London, which went 2-for-4 on the power play.

Callum Hughes scored for the Otters (2-6-0), who went 0-for-3 on the power play.

Noah Erliden stopped 35 of 41 shots.

GREYHOUNDS 5, RANGERS 4 (OT)

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — Quinn McKenzie’s second goal of the game, scored at 2:35 of overtime, helped the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds beat the visiting Kitchener Rangers 5-4.

Marco Mignosa, Chase Reid and Travis Hayes also scored for the Greyhounds (6-3-0), who trailed 4-1 late in the second period. Reid added two assists.

Landon Miller stopped 23 of 27 shots.

Cameron Arquette scored twice for the Rangers (4-2-1), while Jack LaBrash and Andrew MacNiel netted singles. Haeden Ellis had three assists.

Jason Schaubel stopped 24 of 29 shots.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Cooper Foster scored twice and Nolan Jackson and Kaleb Dietsch each had two assists as the visiting Ottawa 67’s beat the Brampton Steelheads 5-3.

Jasper Kuhta, Spencer Bowes and Thomas Vandenberg also scored for the unbeaten 67’s (6-0-0), who went 1-for-5 on the power play. Jaeden Nelson kicked out 36 of 39 shots.

Joshua Avery, Jakub Fibigr and Gabriel Chiarot scored for the Steelheads (3-3-0), who were 0-for-3 with the man advantage. Zach Bowen stopped 21 of 26 shots.

SARNIA, Ont. — Brooks Rogowski had a goal and assist as the visiting Oshawa Generals edged the Sarnia Sting 3-1.

Owen Griffin and Harrison Franssen also scored for the Generals (3-5-0), who went 1-for-4 on the power play. Jaden Cholette stopped 37 of 38 shots.

Beckham Edwards scored for the Sting (3-4-0), who were 0-for-4 with the man advantage. Evan Maillet stopped 29 of 31 shots.

KINGSTON, Ont. — Jacob Battaglia had three goals and an assist as the Kingston Frontenacs trounced the visiting Peterborough Petes 9-1.

Tyler Hopkins and Andrew Kuzma each scored twice for the Frontenacs (5-2-0-1), while Landon Wright and Nolan Snyder netted singles. Kieren Dervin chipped in with three assists, while Tomas Pobezal and Hopkins each had two helpers.

Matthew Minchak stopped 26 of 27 shots.

Adam Novotný scored for the Petes (3-4-0), while Dylan Lee-Stack stopped 38 of 47 shots.

GUELPH, Ont. — Lirim Amidovski scored twice as the visiting North Bay Battalion defeated the Guelph Storm 5-2.

Nick Wellenreiter, Nolan Laird and Bronson Ride also scored for the Battalion (4-3-0), who led 1-0 after the first period and 3-1 heading into the third. Jack Lisson stopped 24 of 26 shots.

Hunter McKenzie and Jaakko Wycisk scored for the Storm (3-3-2), while Zachary Jovanovski stopped 36 of 39 shots.

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