OHL Roundup: Ritchie scores winner as Petes edge Sting 2-1 in overtime

SARNIA, Ont. - Nick Ritchie scored 46 seconds into overtime as the Peterborough Petes slipped past the host Sarnia Sting 2-1 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League play.

Eric Cornel forced extra time when he tied the game for the Petes (28-28-5) at 17:57 of the third period.

Nickolas Latta gave the Sting (16-39-7) a 1-0 lead 12:03 into the first.

Jason Da Silva made 31 saves for Peterborough as Sarnia's Taylor Dupuis turned away 38-of-40 shots in a losing cause.

The Petes went 0 for 3 on the power play while the Sting failed to score on five chances with the man advantage.

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ICEDOGS 5 WOLVES 2

SUDBURY, Ont. — Eric Ming had two goals and an assist as Niagara downed the Wolves.

Graham Knott, Billy Jenkins and Blake Siebnaler also scored for the IceDogs (20-33-8), who used a four-goal third period to break the game open.

Nicholas Baptiste and Connor Crisp scored for Sudbury (31-21-10).

Brent Moran made 34 saves for Niagara as Franky Palazzese turned away 36-of-40 shots in defeat.

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FRONTENACS 5 BULLS 2

BELLEVILLE, Ont. — Ryan Kujawinksi and Darcy Greenoway each had a pair of goals as Kingston toppled the Bulls.

Sam Bennett also scored for the Frontenacs (34-22-4) and Henri Ikonen chipped in with two assists.

Michael Cramarossa and David Tomasek supplied the scoring for Belleville (19-37-6).

Kingston's Matt Mahalak made 45 saves for Kingston as Charlie Graham stopped 28-of-33 shots in a losing cause.

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WHALERS 5 SPITFIRES 0

PLYMOUTH, Mich. — Francesco Vilardi had two goals and an assist and Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 26 shots as the Whalers blanked Windsor.

Matt Mistele scored once and set up two more for Plymouth (25-30-7) while Ryan Hartman and Brook Hiddink had the others.

Ryan Foss and Eric Diodati were both a team-worst minus-3 for Windsor (36-23-3).

Dalen Kuchmey started in net for the Spitfires and gave up four goals on 34 shots before being relieved by Brendan Johnston, who stopped 2-of-3 shots in 10 minutes of action.

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GREYHOUNDS 2 RANGERS 1

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — Blake Speers' goal at 8:04 of the third period stood up as the winner as the Greyhounds slipped past Kitchener.

Alex Gudbranson opened the scoring for Sault Ste. Marie (40-16-5) at 10:37 of the first period.

Brent Pedersen got the Rangers (22-37-3) on the board with less than two minutes remaining in the third period.

Brandon Halverson made 24 saves for the Greyhounds as Kitchener's Jordan DeKort turned away 19-of-21 shots in defeat.

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OTTERS 4 SPIRIT 4

SAGINAW, Ont. — Michael Curtis scored twice and Oscar Dansk kicked out 32 shots as Erie doubled up the Spirit.

Patrick Murphy and Brendan Gaunce also scored for the Otters (46-14-2) and Dylan Strome tacked on two assists.

Jimmy Lodge scored once for Saginaw (30-27-5) and also set up Luke Cairns.

Jake Paterson turned aside 29-of-33 shots for the Spirit, who lost for the first time in four outings.

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ATTACK 4 STEELHEADS 1

OWEN SOUND, Ont. — Brandon Hope made 36 saves as the Attack downed Mississauga to end their three-game slide.

Brett Hargrave, Kyle Hope, Kyle Platzer and Holden Cook supplied the scoring for Owen Sound (27-26-8).

Andrew Goldberg scored for the Steelheads (23-35-4).

Mississauga's Spencer Martin turned aside 31-of-34 shots in defeat.

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COLTS 7 67's 1

BARRIE, Ont. — Andreas Anthanasiou scored three times and Zach Hall assisted on each of them as the Colts crushed Ottawa.

Nick Pastorious, Tyson Fawcett, Matthew Kreis and Justin Scott also scored for Barrie (33-26-3) and Brendan Lemieux had two assists.

Sam Studnicka scored the lone goal for the 67's (22-35-4).

Mackenzie Blackwood made 30 saves for the Colts. Ottawa's Philippe Trudeau allowed four goals on 18 shots before giving way to Liam Herbst, who stopped 22-of-25 shots in 34 minutes of relief.

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