Friday Highlights: Sennecke completes first hat-trick in overtime

Oshawa Generals 3 vs. Peterborough Petes 2 – OT

2024 NHL Draft prospect Beckett Sennecke scored all three Oshawa goals, completing his first career hat-trick 1:33 into overtime
Minnesota Wild prospect Rasmus Kumpulainen gathered two assists, as did blueliner Luca Marrelli
Jacob Oster made 38 saves and recorded an assist in the win to earn second star recognition
Generals forward Ethan Toms left the game with an injury and did not return
Owen Beck and Sam McCue scored Peterborough goals in front of 27 saves by Zach Bowen
The Generals improve to 6-8-0-0 while Peterborough sits atop the East Division at 8-2-3-0

Erie Otters 4 vs. Flint Firebirds 3 – SO

Bruce McDonald scored a third period marker and netted the shootout winner for the Otters, who run their point streak to five games
Ondrej Molnar and Pano Fimis also scored for Erie while Brett Bressette had a pair of assists
Chicago Blackhawks prospect Gavin Hayes scored for Flint to stretch his point streak to 10 games
Braeden Kressler and Simon Slavicek scored goals in the latter half of the third period to force OT and help Flint earn a point
The Otters were outshot 38-25 but Ben Gaudreau made 35 saves and stopped all three Flint shooters in the shootout for the win
Erie improves to 6-7-2-0, even with Flint in the Western Conference with 14 points

London Knights 3 vs. Brantford Bulldogs 2 – OT

Easton Cowan and Max McCue hooked up in overtime in a second-straight game, with the former feeding the latter to push the Knights to victory
London outshot Brantford 55-27 as Denver Barkey and William Nicholl provided other goals
Luca Testa scored against his former club while Lucas Moore also lit the lamp for the Bulldogs
Matteo Drobac was busy, turning aside 52-of-55 to earn second star honours in the loss
Michael Simpson made 25 saves for the win as London improves to 8-4-0-1

Kingston Frontenacs 4 vs. Barrie Colts 2

Buffalo Sabres prospect Ethan Miedema was the game’s first star with the game winner and an assist, notching his 100th career OHL point
Chicago Blackhawks pick Paul Ludwinski scored in a third straight contest while Chris Thibodeau and Quinton Burns rounded-out the Kingston scoring
2024 NHL Draft prospect Jakub Chromiak had an assist and was plus-2 in his Frontenacs debut
Jacob Frasca and Zach Wigle scored Barrie goals
Mason Vaccari stopped 32-of-34 in the Frontenacs crease opposite Sam Hillebrandt, who made 33 saves for Barrie
Frontenacs radio play-by-play voice Jim Gilchrist was honoured pre-game on the occasion of his 3,000th career OHL game in the broadcast booth
Kingston improves to 6-8-0-0

Kitchener Rangers 5 vs. North Bay Battalion 2

Seattle Kraken prospect Carson Rehkopf kept on scoring, netting his 16th and 17th goals of the season including the second period game winner
Mitchell Martin, Tanner Lam and Cameron Mercer also scored Kitchener goals while Filip Mesar had two assists
Vancouver Canucks prospect Hunter Brzustewicz recorded an assist with 8:47 remaining to stretch his point streak to 14 games
Ty Nelson and Carter Kostuch scored North Bay goals in front of 24 saves by rookie goaltender Mike McIvor who made his season debut
Jackson Parsons turned aside 28 shots for the win as Kitchener improved to 10-5-0-0 atop the Western Conference

Ottawa 67’s 4 vs. Guelph Storm 1

Tied at one after two periods, Ottawa pulled away with three in the third as Jack Dever earned first star and finished with a goal and two assists
St. Louis Blues prospect Matthew Mayich scored his first goal of the season while Luca Pinelli and Brady Stonehouse rounded out the scoring
Ottawa blueliner Gavin Ewles recorded two assists
Collin MacKenzie stopped 22-of-23 for the win opposite Guelph’s Brayden Gillespie, who made 21 saves
The 67’s improve to 7-4-1-0

Saginaw Spirit 6 vs. Mississauga Steelheads 5

The Spirit prevailed in a back-and-forth game that saw them trail 2-0 after one period; Vegas Golden Knights prospect Matyas Sapovaliv scored the game-winner 7:13 into the third
Michael Misa scored twice while Calem Mangone recorded a goal and an assist as the Spirit outshot the Steelheads 40-21
Angus MacDonell and Jack Van Volsen both scored twice for Mississauga while Luke Misa put up three assists
Nolan Lalonde earned the win for Saginaw while Mississauga’s Ryerson Leenders stopped 34 at the other end
The Spirit snap-out of a four-game slide, improving to 5-7-0-1
The Steelheads continue to lead the Eastern Conference with a record of 10-4-0-0

Owen Sound Attack 6 vs. Sarnia Sting 4

Overage forwards Deni Goure (2-3–5) and Ethan Burroughs (2-2–4) combined for nine points as the Bears went 4-for-4 on the power play
Trailing 4-3 midway through the third, Owen Sound scored three unanswered goals, with Colby Barlow and Goure coming through in the clutch
Montreal Canadiens prospect Cedrick Guindon had a goal and an assist for the Attack, running his goal-scoring streak to five games
Sarnia’s Easton Wainwright had a goal and two assists in his season debut
Sting forward Marko Sikic played in his 200th career OHL regular season game
Corbin Votary made 22 saves for the win opposite Sarnia’s Nick Surzycia, who stopped 23
The Attack improve to 7-6-1-0, pulling one point behind the fifth-place Sting in the Western Conference

Sudbury Wolves 3 vs. Niagara IceDogs 1

Niagara’s Mathieu Paris scored 2:39 into the second period Sudbury responded with three unanswered goals
Quentin Musty, Landon McCallum and Evan Konyen scored Wolves goals while Kocha Delic had a pair of assists
Nate Krawchuk turned aside 31 shots for the win while Niagara’s Marcus Vandenberg was the game’s third star with 42 saves
The Wolves improve to 9-5-0-0 while Niagara sits at the bottom of the Eastern Conference, owning a 3-5-4-1 mark