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Thursday Highlights: Eventful start to a busy weekend

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Windsor Spitfires 5 vs. Peterborough Petes 2

Windsor snapped an eight-game losing streak to kick-off their three game eastern road swing
2024 NHL Draft prospect Cole Davis scored the deciding goal shorthanded before setting-up Valentin Zhugin’s first as a Spitfire in the third period
Jacob Maillet scored two first period goals for the Spitfires
Petes captain Donovan McCoy extended his point streak to five games with his fourth goal of the season
Montreal Canadiens prospect Owen Beck registered a goal and an assist, giving him 12 points in the last five games
The win is the first in the OHL for newly-named Spitfires interim coach Casey Torres; Windsor GM Bill Bowler joined Torres on the bench
Zach Bowen stopped 42-of-46 shots he faced in his first start on home ice as a member of the Petes, while his Windsor counterpart Joey Costanzo stopped 37-of-39

Game Centre & Highlights | Windsor Post-Game | Peterborough Post-Game

Erie Otters 3 vs. Soo Greyhounds 2 – OT

Otters captain Spencer Sova scored two goals, including the game winner in overtime to give Erie the Thanksgiving victory
Malcom Spence scored and added an assist for the Otters; he forced OT with his tying goal 6:35 into the third period
New York Rangers prospect Bryce McConnell-Barker scored the opening goal to extend his point streak to 10 games for the Greyhounds
Otters forward Pano Fimis had his point streak snapped at 8 games
Ben Gaudreau stopped 39-of-41 to earn second star recognition
Erie improves their record on the season to 10-9-3-0; they own an all-time record of 14-7-1-3 with two ties in annual Thanksgiving games at Erie Insurance Arena
The Greyhounds drop their third in a row, continuing to sit atop the West Division with a 13-7-2-0 record

Game Centre & Highlights | Erie Post-Game | Soo Post-Game

Owen Sound Attack 3 vs. Barrie Colts 0

Carter George stopped all 50 shots that he faced to earn his third shutout of the season
George joins five other goaltenders to record 50 saves in a shutout since 1997-98; the most recent was Saginaw’s Tristan Lennox on Mar. 2, 2023 at Peterborough
The game was scoreless after two periods before Ethan Burroughs and Cedrick Guindon both scored and added a helper for two point evenings
Owen Sound went 2-for-5 on the man advantage, while holding Barrie to 0-for-6
The Attack improve to 11-9-2-0 with their fourth consecutive victory, while Barrie sits at 10-10-0-0

Game Centre & Highlights

London Knights 6 vs. North Bay Battalion 3

Ruslan Gazizov and Oliver Bonk each scored twice, while Jacob Julien earned four assists to help the Knights kick off their three-game road trip with a win
Seattle Kraken prospect Ty Nelson scored his 10th goal of the season for the Battalion, extending his point streak to 10 games in the process
San Jose Sharks prospect Kasper Halttunen picked up an assist to stretch his point streak to nine straight games
London went 3-for-4 on the power play, while holding the Battalion to 1-for-4
Michael Simpson stopped 24 for the win while North Bay’s Dom DiVincentiis returned to the crease, making 23 saves in the loss
The Knights improve to 14-7-0-1, while North Bay sits at 10-7-4-1

Game Centre & Highlights | North Bay Post-Game

Brantford Bulldogs 6 vs. Niagara IceDogs 3

Chicago Blackhawks prospect Nick Lardis and Montreal Canadiens prospect Florian Xhekaj each scored to extend their respective point streaks to seven games
Noah Nelson was named the game’s first star with a goal and an assist for Brantford
Kevin He’s goal streak was snapped at five games, however he chipped in with two helpers for Niagara
Eighth-round 2023 OHL Priority Selection choice Eric He made his OHL debut for the IceDogs
IceDogs blueliner Ryan Vannetten scored his first goal of the season
Matteo Drobac made 26 saves for the win; he hasn’t lost in regulation since Nov. 5th
Brantford hasn’t lost in regulation in seven consecutive games, while Niagara drops their third straight game
The Bulldogs win their 20th consecutive game against the IceDogs; Niagara’s last victory against them was on November 10th, 2019

Game Centre & Highlights | Brantford Post-Game | Niagara Post-Game

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