OHL Roundup: A look at Saturday's games

Taking penalties against the league's top-ranked power play will always come back to hurt you.

The Niagara IceDogs scored four times with the man advantage as they defeated the visiting Brampton Battalion 5-2 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action.

Despite having the second best penalty kill in the OHL, Brampton gave up power-play goals to Alex Friesen, Steven Shipley, Brett Ritchie, and Freddie Hamilton.

David Pacan also scored for the IceDogs (32-15-3), who now have a four-point lead over Brampton for top spot in the Central Division.

Derek Froats and Brenden Miller each scored for the Battalion (27-15-9), who have now dropped three straight games.

Mark Visentin picked up the win, making 31 saves, to improve to 9-0-0 since returning from the World Junior Hockey Championship.

Matej Machovsky was pulled midway through the third period after allowing four goals on 26 shots.

Keegan Wilson allowed one goal on five shots in relief.

Brampton failed to score on four opportunties with the man advantage.

Elsewhere in the OHL, it was: Kingston 4, Ottawa 3; Saginaw 3, Erie 0; London 5, Mississauga 2; Sudbury 8, Peterborough 4; Plymouth 5, Windsor 1; Barrie 5, Sault Ste. Marie 0 and Owen Sound 2, Belleville 1.

At St. Catharines, Ont., Shipley scored the only goal of the first period and it came on the power play at 4:05.

Froats scored at 9:15 of the second period and Miller followed him up just over two minutes later to give the Battalion a 2-1 lead.

The IceDogs trailed after 40 minutes but scored four straight goals, including three on the power play, in the third period.

Friesen and Ritchie scored power-play goals only 20 seconds apart before Pacan scored at even strength at 9:44.

Hamilton added one final goal with the man advantage at 14:01.

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Frontenacs 4 67's 3

At Ottawa, Darcy Greenaway scored once and set up two more and Conor Stokes chipped in a goal and an assist as Kingston (15-32-4) edged the 67's (32-13-7).

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Spirit 3 Otters 0

At Erie, Pa., Jake Paterson made 40 saves and Brandon Saad had two goals and an assist as Saginaw (23-22-5) blanked the Otters (7-38-4).

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Knights 5 Majors 2

At London, Ont., Vladislav Namestnikov snapped a 14-game goalless streak and added two assists as the Knights (39-11-1) handed Mississauga (22-23-6) their third straight loss.

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Wolves 8 Petes 4

At Peterborough, Ont., Michael Sgarbossa and Andrey Kuchin had two goals and an assist each as Sudbury (26-18-4) doubled up the Petes (23-22-6).

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Whalers 5 Spitfires 1

At Plymouth, Mich., Jamie Devane and Rickard Rakell scored two goals each as the Whalers (35-13-3) beat Windsor (22-24-5).

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Colts 5 Greyhounds 0

At Windsor, Ont., Mathias Niederberger made 29 saves for his second shutout in as many nights as the Colts (28-19-3) beat Sault Ste. Marie (21-25-5) for their fourth straight win.

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Attack 2 Bulls 1

At Owen Sound, Ont., Daniel Catenacci and Mike Halmo scored a goal and an assist each as the Attack (23-21-7) snapped a six-game losing streak by edging Belleville (24-24-1).