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Hunter earns 900th coaching victory as Knights rebound against Spitfires – Ontario Hockey League

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London Knights 6, Windsor Spitfires 3

  • Trailing by a goal after 20 minutes, a four-goal second period carried the Knights to a win in Windsor
  • Dale Hunter became the third coach in OHL history to reach 900 wins, doing so in just 1,361 games; he joins Brian Kilrea and Bert Templeton in that elite category
  • NHL Draft-eligible forward Easton Cowan scored a pair of goals and was a plus-4, earning first-star honours
  • Islanders prospect Isaiah George scored the game-winner 12:24 into the second period
  • London scored twice in the same penalty kill, 8:00 and 8:36 into the third frame
  • James Jodoin, Matt Maggio, and London native Brett Harrison scored for the Spits
  • Kraken prospect Shane Wright picked up a pair of assists, taking his season total to 22 in 20 contests
  • The Western Conference Champions finish the season 44-18-4-2

Game Centre | Spitfires Post-Game

 

Barrie Colts 1, Ottawa 67’s 5

  • Sophomore forward Brady Stonehouse scored his 36th and 37th goals of the season and added an assist as the 67’s set new franchise records in wins (51) and points (107)
  • Pavel Minyukov scored his 24th goal of the season – tied for most among all defencemen – to reach the 150-point mark. The Ducks pick managed the feat in just 136 games
  • Logan Morrison reached the 40-goal mark and one of his three assists was on Mintyukov’s game-winner
  • 2021 Colts third-round pick Ben Pickell opened the scoring 9:53 into the opening frame, his first goal of the season and Barrie’s lone marker
  • Brandt Clarke did not play on Sunday, ending his season tied with Aaron Ekblad for the most single season goals (23) by a defenceman in franchise history; he wrapped things up joining teammate Evan Vierling on a 16-game point streak
  • The Colts finish the season with a 42-17-6-3 record
  • Ottawa ends the season with goaltenders Collin MacKenzie and Max Donoso earning the Dave Pinkney Trophy for fewest team goals-against, surrendering just 171 over 68 games.

Game Centre | 67’s Post-Game

 

Peterborough Petes 4, Mississauga Steelheads 2

  • Second-overall pick Malcolm Spence scored the game-winning goal and added an assist as the Otters closed out their season with a home victory
  • 2020 second-overall pick Pano Fimis scored and added an assist in a third-star performance
  • Marko Sikic and Ty Voit scored for Sarnia
  • Voit, the Leafs prospect, picked up his 81st assist of the season: only Peter Sarno (93), has more in Sting franchise history
  • The Sting had some fresh faces in the lineup including call-ups Sean Doherty and Carson Hall
  • The Otters end their season on a high-note, ending a nine-game losing slide before the home crowd at Erie Insurance Arena

Game Centre | Otters Post-Game

 

Owen Sound Attack 6, Flint Firebirds 4

  • OA forward Deni Goure scored the game-winning goal shorthanded 6:11 into the final frame
  • Goure, Landen Hookey, as well as Cedrick Guindon each chipped in a goal and an assist
  • Entering the final day of the regular season, the Attack sit just a point behind Kitchener for seventh place in the West
  • Firebirds first-round pick in the 2022 U18 Selection, Matthew Jenken, scored his first-career goal and added an assist
  • Coulson Pitre set up his brother Kaden Pitre just 2:48 after scoring a goal of his own in the first period
  • The Firebirds see an end to their franchise record 8-game home winning streak, finishing the season with a 35-28-4-1 record

Game Centre | Attack Post-Game | Firebirds Post-Game

 

North Bay Battalion 5, Niagara IceDogs 2

  • The Battalion scored four goals in the third period to finish the season series 5-1-0-0 against the IceDogs and secure their 10th-straight win
  • Canucks prospect Josh Bloom scored and added an assist in a first-star performance
  • Defenceman Alexander Lukin scored the game-winner 4:10 into the final frame
  • North Bay’s Lirim Amidovski scored on a breakaway in his OHL debut; Dylan Richter also made his OHL debut for the Battalion
  • Rookie forward Kevin He and OA winger Zak Lavoie scored for Niagara

Game Centre | Battalion Post-Game | IceDogs Post-Game

 

Guelph Storm 7, Saginaw Spirit 3

  • Max Namestnikov scored a hat-trick as the Storm scored seven goals in the second half of the game to earn a win in Saginaw
  • Winger Braeden Bowman netted a pair, including the game-winner
  • Bruins prospect Matthew Poitras added two helpers to take his season total to 79 – two behind Jeff O’Neill’s single-season franchise record
  • The Storm finish the season with a 35-28-4-1 record
  • Joey Willis and Matyas Sapovaliv each had a goal and assist
  • Zayne Parekh scored his 21st goal of the season, the most by a 16-year-old defenceman in league history

Game Centre | Spirit Post-Game

 

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