OHL Roundup: A look at Friday's games

The surging Barrie Colts proved why they're currently the hottest team in the Ontario Hockey League.

Mark Scheifele scored two goals and the Colts defeated the London Knights 6-2 on Friday for their fifth straight victory and moved Barrie to within two points of first place in the Central Division.

Aaron Ekblad and Daniel Erlich each had a goal and an assist for the Colts (13-8-3), while Josh MacDonald and Steven Beyers added singles to round out Barrie's scoring.

Seth Griffith and Jared Knight scored for London (18-5-1).

Mathias Niederberger made 32 saves for the win as Michael Houser stopped 27 shots in defeat.

Barrie went 2-for-6 on the power play while London failed to score on three opportunities with the man advantage.

The Brampton Battalion currently sit two points ahead of the Colts in Central Division standings.

Elsewhere in the OHL, it was: Peterborough 4, Plymouth 3; Niagara 4, Windsor 3; Belleville 6, Guelph 0; Kingston 4, Mississauga 3; Kitchener 7, Erie 3; Oshawa 5, Ottawa 3; Saginaw 1, Sault Ste. Marie 0 (SO); Sudbury 4 Owen Sound 3 (SO).

At London, Ont., Griffith opened the scoring at 9:55 of the first period to give the Knights a 1-0 lead.

Scheifele scored 1:18 into the second period to tie the game and Beyers scored less than a minute later to give Barrie a 2-1 lead.

Knight tied the game for London at 4:33 but Ekblad scored on the power play at 15:23 to give the Colts a 3-2 lead heading into the third period.

Erlich scored early in the third period before Scheifele added his second of the game on the power play at 10:55.

MacDonald added one more with less than a minute remaining in the game to make it a 6-2 final for Barrie.

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Petes 4 Whalers 3

At Plymouth, Mich., Alan Quine's goal with 1:49 to go in the third period snapped a 3-3 tie and lifted Peterborough (14-7-3) over the Whalers (17-7-3).

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IceDogs 4 Spitfires 3

At Windsor, Ont., Alex Friesen scored two goals and Mark Visentin made 26 saves as Niagara (13-10-2) defeated the Spitfires (12-13-4).

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Bulls 6 Storm 0

At Guelph, Ont., Brendan Gaunce scored twice and Malcolm Subban made 34 saves as Belleville (15-9-0) shut out the Storm (10-9-4).

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Frontenacs 4 Majors 3

At Kingston, Ont., Igor Bobkov turned aside 37 shots as the Frontenacs (7-15-3) squeezed by Mississauga (12-10-4).

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Rangers 7 Otters 3

At Kitchener, Ont., Radek Faksa scored two goals and added an assist as the Rangers (16-7-1) crushed Erie (3-21-0).

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Generals 5 67's 3

At Ottawa, Boone Jenner had a goal and an assist as Oshawa (11-13-4) defeated the 67's (14-7-4).

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Spirit 1 Greyhounds 0 (SO)

At Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Vincent Trocheck scored the shootout winner and Tadeas Galansky made 32 saves as Saginaw (9-15-2) defeated the Greyhounds (14-10-1).

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Wolves 4 Attack 3 (SO)

At Sudbury, Ont., Josh Leivo scored the winner in a shootout, leading the Wolves (11-10-1) over the Attack (12-11-4).