Browsing: Firebirds

Sam O’Reilly’s second goal of the game, scored 58 seconds into overtime, lifted the London Knights to a 5-4 Ontario Hockey League victory over the visiting Flint Firebirds on Friday at Canada Life Place.

Linus Funck, Cohen Bidgood and Jared Woolley also scored for the Knights (1-2-2-0), who outshot the visitors 44-31 and went 1-for-3 on the power play for their first win of the season.

Nathan Aspinall scored twice for the Firebirds (1-2-1-0), who lead 2-0 after the first period but went into the third tied 3-3. Charlie Murata and Matthew Wang also scored for the Firebirds, who went 0-for-2 with the man advantage. Jimmy Lombardi and Alex Kostov each had two assists.

Knights netminder Aleksei Medvedev kicked out 27 of 31 shots, while Firebirds netminder Mason Vaccari stopped 39 of 44 shots.

Elsewhere in the OHL on Friday:

GUELPH, Ont. — Leo Serlin scored at 1:18 of overtime to lift the Guelph Storm to a 3-2 win over the visiting Saginaw Spirit.

Simon Belohorsky and Mykhailo Haponenko scored in regulation time for the Storm (3-2-0-0), who outshot the visitors 38-30.

Nikita Klepov and Nic Sima scored for the Spirit (1-1-2-1), who went 0-for-2 on the power play, while the Storm were 1-for-5.

Spirit goaltender Stepan Shurygin stopped 35 of 38 shots, while Storm goalie Zachary Jovanovski stopped 38 of 30 shots.

KINGSTON, Ont. — Aleks Kulemin had a goal and two assists as the Kingston Frontenacs beat the visiting Oshawa Generals 5-2.

Maleek McGowan, Tomas Pobezal, Robin Kuzma and Matthew Frost also scored for the Frontenancs (3-1-0-1), who outshot the visitors 28-23.

Brooks Rogowski and Jalen Lobo scored for the Generals (1-4-0-0), who trailed 3-1 after the first period and 4-2 heading into the third.

Both teams were 0-for-3 on the power play.

SUDBURY, Ont. — Ryder Cali scored the winner and Cam Warren and Bronson Ride each had two assists as the visiting North Bay Battalion edged the Sudbury Wolves 3-1.

Shamar Moses and Lirim Amidovski also scored for the Battalion (3-2-0-0), who outshot the Wolves 30-25.

Blake Clayton scored for the winless Wolves (0-5-1-0), who trailed 2-1 heading into the third period.

BRANTFORD, Ont. — Jake O’Brien and Marek Vanacker each had a goal and two assists as the Brantford Bulldogs defeated the visiting Peterborough Petes 6-3.

Edison Engle, Adam Jiricek, Luca Testa and Ryder Boulton also scored for the Bulldogs (3-01-0), who outshot the visitors 36-24.

Genc Ula, Leon Kolarik and Yanis Lutz scored for the Petes (2-3-0-1), who trailed 1-0 after the first period and 4-0 heading into the third.

STEELHEADS 5, GREYHOUNDS 0

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Zach Bowen made 36 saves to register the shutout as the Brampton Steelheads blanked the visiting Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 5-0.

Jakub Fibigr, Joshua Avery, William Eggleton, Troy Patton (empty-netter), and Matej Stankoven (empty-netter) all scored for the Steelheads (3-2-0-0), who took a 2-0 lead into the third period.

The Steelheads went 1-for-1 on the power play while the Greyhounds (4-3-0-0) were 0-for-4.

Greyhounds netminder Landon Miller stopped 27 of 30 shots.

KITCHENER, Ont. — Christian Humphreys scored twice, including the game-winning goal, as the Kitchener Rangers edged the visiting Owen Sound Attack 4-3.

Luca Romano and Cameron Arquette also scored for the Rangers (4-1-0-0), who outshot the visitors 33-30. Jack Pridham and Tanner Lam each chipped in with two assists, while netminder Christian Kirsch stopped 27 of 30 shots.

Pierce Mbuyi scored twice for the Attack (4-1-0-0), while Jacob Therrien netted a single. John Banks and Harry Nansi each had two assists in their team’s first loss of the season.

The Attack trailed 3-1 after the first period and 4-2 heading into the third.

Attack netminder Carter George kicked out 29-of-33 shots.

SARNIA, Ont. — Kevin He had a goal and assist as the visiting Niagara IceDogs scored the first four goals of the game and then hung on for a 4-3 win over the Sarnia Sting.

Ivan Galiyanov, Riley Patterson and Ryan Roobroeck also scored for the IceDogs (4-2-0-0), who were outshot 36-23. Alexander Hage chipped in with two assists, while goaltender Charlie Robertson stopped 33 of 36 shots.

Beckham Edwards, Jack Van Volsen and Easton Walos scored for the Sting (2-3-0-0), who trailed 4-1 heading into the third period.

Sting goaltender Evan Maillet stopped 19-of-23 shots.

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