OHL Roundup: Brown with five points to lead the Otters over the Sting

SARNIA, Ont. - Connor Brown scored once and set up four more as the Erie Otters doubled up the host Sarnia Sting 6-3 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League play.

The Toronto Maple Leafs' prospect now has three goals and eight points in four games, which leads the OHL in scoring.

Dane Fox had two goals and two assists for the Otters (2-1-1) and Connor McDavid scored once and had three points.

Dylan Strome and Andre Burakovsky also scored to round out Erie's offence.

Nikolay Godobin scored twice and tacked on an assist for the Sting (1-2-0) and Craig Duininck had the other Sarnia goal.

Oscar Dansk made 33 saves for the win as Brodie Barrick stopped 38-of-43 shots in a losing cause.

Fox opened the scoring early in the first period for the Otters. But Duininck responded for the Sting at 19:26 to tie it 1-1 after 20 minutes of play.

McDavid regained the lead for Erie with his first goal of the campaign, however back-to-back power-play goals from Goldobin gave Sarnia a 3-2 edge.

It looked as if the Sting would hold the lead into the third period, but Strome scored late while on the man advantage to make it 3-3.

Burakovsky made it 4-3 Otters with a power-play goal at 13:01 of the third and Fox and Brown scored late to secure the victory.

Erie went 2 for 3 on the power play while Sarnia scored twice on seven chances with the man advantage.

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Frontenacs 5 IceDogs 1

KINGSTON, Ont., — Lucas Peressini made 27 saves in his first OHL start as his Frontenacs downed Niagara.

Samuel Schutt scored twice for the Frontenacs (3-0-0) while Sam Bennett, Lawson Crouse and Darcy Greenaway added a goal apiece.

Brendan Perlini scored for the IceDogs (0-1-1) and Christopher Festarini turned away 23-of-28 shots in a losing cause.

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Greyhounds 2 Battalion 1

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont., — Jared McCann scored the winner with just nine seconds remaining in the third period as the Greyhounds edged North Bay.

Sergey Tolchinksky had a goal and an assist for Sault Ste Marie (2-0-0) while McCann tacked on an assist for a two-point outing.

Nick Paul scored the lone goal for the Battalion (2-2-0).

Matt Murray made 29 saves for the victory. Brendan O'Neill turned aside 24 shots in defeat.

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Storm 5 Generals 1

GUELPH, Ont., — Robby Fabbri scored once and set up two others as the Storm downed Oshawa.

Brock McGinn had two goals for Guelph (2-0-0) while Scott Kosmachuk and Chadd Bauman added a goal and an assist.

Hunter Smith scored for Oshawa (2-1-0).

Matthew Mancina made 18 saves for his first OHL victory. Ken Abbleby stopped 24 shots in defeat.

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Petes 5 Rangers 4

KITCHENER, Ont., — Matt Spencer scored the winner midway through the third period as Peterborough came from behind to defeat the Rangers.

Nick Ritchie had two goals and an assist for the Petes (3-1-0), who trailed 4-2 in the second period, as Eric Cornel and Chase Hatcher added a goal apiece.

Eric Ming, Brent Pedersen, Ryan MacInnis and Matia Marcantuoni supplied the offence for Kitchener (1-1-0).

Andrew D'Agostini made 38 saves for the win while Tyson Teichmann allowed five goals on 23 shots in a losing cause.

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Knights 6 Spirit 3

LONDON, Ont., — Josh Anderson scored twice and Anthony Stolarz made 36 saves as the Knights doubled up Saginaw.

Kyle Platzer and Santino Centorame each had a goal and an assist for London (2-0-0) while Michael McCarron and Alex Basso added single goals.

Cody Payne, Zach Bratina and Justin Sefton scored for the Spirit (1-3-0) and Jake Paterson turned away 47 shots in a losing effort.

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Steelheads 4 Bulls 3 (SO)

MISSISSAUGA, Ont., — Dylan Smoskowitz and Bryson Cianfrone scored in the shootout as the Steelheads edged Belleville.

Smoskowitz scored twice in regulation as well for Mississauga (2-1-0) while Everett Clark had the other.

Scott Simmonds had two goals for Belleville (0-2-1) and Garret Hooey scored once.

Spencer Martin stopped 37 shots for the victory while Charlie Graham made 28 saves in defeat.

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Whalers 4 67's 2

OTTAWA, — Victor Crus Rydberg scored the winner early in the third period and set up two more as Plymouth doubled up the 67's.

Ryan Hartman had two goals for the Whalers (1-3-0) and Carter Sandlak added another.

Dante Salituro and Brendan Bell scored for Ottawa (1-2-0).

Alex Nedeljkovic made 19 saves for the win as Philippe Trudeau turned away 35 shots in a losing cause.

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Wolves 5 Colts 3

SUDBURY, Ont., —Dominik Kubalik and Connor Crisp each scored twice and combined for seven points as the Wolves downed Barrie.

Mathew Campagna also scored for Sudbury (1-1-0) while Jacob Harris had four assists.

Aaron Ekblad, Tyson Fawcett and Jake Dotchin supplied the scoring for the Colts (2-1-0).

Franky Palazzese made 31 saves for the win while Daniel Gibl stopped 18-of-22 shots in defeat.