OTTAWA — Will Gerrior finished with a goal and an assist as the Ottawa 67’s survived a late comeback against the Niagara IceDogs to win 4-3 on Friday night.
Ottawa (18-19-1-2) had scored four unanswered goals before Niagara (10-22-1-1) scored three goals in two-and-a-half minutes in the third to lead to a nervy finish.
BATTALION 5, GREYHOUNDS 4
NORTH BAY, Ont. – The North Bay Battalion and Soo Greyhounds needed overtime to settle their match-up on Friday night.
Matvey Petrov snagged the winner to continue his impressive record of 26 goals in 38 games this season.
GENERALS 4, STEELHEADS 3
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – The Oshawa Generals and Mississauga Steelheads needed a shootout to determine a winner for their Friday night game.
Ryan Gagnier hit the shootout winner for the Generals (18-16-1-2) ending the Steelheads (28-8-1-3) five-game winning streak.
OTTERS 5, STING 2
SARNIA, Ont. – Otters’ captain Brendan Sellan grabbed two goals and six shots on goal in a 5-2 win over the Sarnia Sting.
It was Erie’s (13-18-1-2) third straight win and the Sting’s (14-15-3-1) third straight loss.
Entering the game Sellan had 10 goals in 32 games.
KNIGHTS 5, SPITFIRES 1
LONDON, Ont. – A dominant first frame helped carry the London Knights to a lopsided victory over the Windsor Spitfires.
London (21-10-1-0) had goals from five different scorers while Louka Henault grabbed the consolation goal for Windsor (21-11-2-2).
FRONTENACS 3, WOLVES 1
SUDBURY, Ont. – The Kingston Frontenacs snapped a horrific losing streak in Sudbury to beat the Wolves 3-1.
Kingston (23-10-3-0) triumphed with Jason Frasca notching two goals in the win.
The Wolves (13-22-3-1) have lost three of their last four.
ATTACK 2, STORM 1
GUELPH, Ont. – Servac Petrovsky scored a winner with 35 seconds left on the clock to lift the Owen Sound Attack to a 2-1 win over the Guelph Storm.
Nicholas Porco notched the tying goal a minute before the winner for the Attack (17-16-1-2 ).
The loss was Guelph’s (19-13-2-1) fourth straight.
FIREBIRDS 5, RANGERS 2
KITCHENER, Ont. – Three goals in the third period sealed a 5-2 win for the Flint Firebirds over the Kitchener Rangers.
Dmitry Kuzmin finished with two goals and a plus-2 rating for the Firebirds (23-14-0-2).
Joseph Serpa had a goal and an assist in the losing effort for the Rangers (16-17-1-1).