{"id":163854,"date":"2022-01-23T01:29:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T06:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ontariohockeyleague.com\/?p=163854"},"modified":"2022-01-23T01:29:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T06:29:03","slug":"saturday-highlights-firebirds-heating-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.chl.ca\/ohl\/article\/saturday-highlights-firebirds-heating-up","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Highlights: Firebirds heating up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FLINT 7, KITCHENER 1<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211; The Flint Firebirds are winners of three straight for the first time this season as Sahil Panwar (2-1&#8211;3) and Tag Bertuzzi (1-2&#8211;3) each had three points and Ethan Keppen scored twice.<br \/>\n&#8211; Carson Rehkopf scored Kitchener&#8217;s lone goal.<br \/>\n&#8211; Flint outshot Kitchener 36-30 as Luke Cavallin made 29 saves for the win opposite Rangers rookie Jackson Parsons.<br \/>\n&#8211; The Firebirds are the League&#8217;s fourth team to win 20 games this season, improving to 20-13-0-2 for third place in the Western Conference.<br \/>\n&#8211; Kitchener falls to 14-16-1-1 for seventh in the Western Conference. This was Kitchener&#8217;s first road game since Dec. 11th.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ontariohockeyleague.com\/gamecentre\/25117\/boxscore\">GAME CENTRE &amp; HIGHLIGHTS<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Firebirds Win Three-Straight for the First Time This Season, Defeat Rangers Saturday. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAreFlint?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeAreFlint<\/a><\/p>\n<p>????: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J2aFNrBc9p\">https:\/\/t.co\/J2aFNrBc9p<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JNJH8iZbSB\">pic.twitter.com\/JNJH8iZbSB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Flint Firebirds (@FlintFirebirds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FlintFirebirds\/status\/1485085322119561217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>BARRIE 3, NORTH BAY 2 &#8211; OT<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0San Jose Sharks prospect Ethan Cardwell tipped-home a Brandt Clarke point shot for the OT winner 55 seconds into the extra period.<br \/>\n&#8211; Declan McDonnell and Beau Jelsma each had a goal and an assist for Barrie.<br \/>\n&#8211; Rookies Dalyn Wakely and Owen Outwater accounted for North Bay goals.<br \/>\n&#8211; Mack Guzda stopped 34 of 36 to improve to 9-2-0-0 in a Colts uniform. Battalion netminder Joe Vrbetic made 25 saves.<br \/>\n&#8211; Barrie climbs to within one point of fourth place in the Eastern Conference with an 18-9-3-0 record.<br \/>\n&#8211; The Battalion have lost seven of their last 10, falling to 19-12-3-2 for third in the Eastern Conference.<br \/>\n&#8211; Barrie has won five of seven matchups between the two teams this season.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ontariohockeyleague.com\/gamecentre\/25132\/boxscore\">GAME CENTRE &amp; HIGHLIGHTS<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Overtime hero!????<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SanJoseSharks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SanJoseSharks<\/a> prospect Ethan Cardwell (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EthanCardwell2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EthanCardwell2<\/a>) tips it in off Brandt Clarke&#8217;s (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brandtclarke55?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@brandtclarke55<\/a>) shot, leading the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OHLBarrieColts?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OHLBarrieColts<\/a> to the overtime win???? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8E2kCw7Yf2\">pic.twitter.com\/8E2kCw7Yf2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OntarioHockeyLeague (@OHLHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OHLHockey\/status\/1485034516724994051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>KINGSTON 6, NIAGARA 2<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211; Frontenacs win at home on a second straight night as Martin Chromiak, Lucas Peric and Francesco Arcuri all scored twice.<br \/>\n&#8211; Jordan Frasca and Lucas Edmonds both had three assists while Shane Wright had two and went 14-for-15 in the faceoff circle.<br \/>\n&#8211; The Frontenacs racked up 52 shots, including 22 in the opening frame.<br \/>\n&#8211; Aidan Spooner made 26 saves for the win while Niagara&#8217;s Josh Rosenzweig made 46 saves.<br \/>\n&#8211; Kingston reclaims first place in the East Division, moving ahead of Hamilton with a 19-9-3-0 record.<br \/>\n&#8211; The IceDogs have dropped three straight, falling to 9-18-1-1 at the bottom of the Eastern Conference.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ontariohockeyleague.com\/gamecentre\/25164\/boxscore\">GAME CENTRE &amp; HIGHLIGHTS<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Winning feels good ????<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FrontsHockey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FrontsHockey<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benroger27?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@benroger27<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aidanspooner30?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@aidanspooner30<\/a><br \/>\n???? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robert_boucher?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@robert_boucher<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tJI9BIVsWq\">pic.twitter.com\/tJI9BIVsWq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kingston Frontenacs (@KingstonFronts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingstonFronts\/status\/1485101751787266051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>LONDON 5, GUELPH 3<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211; Down 3-1, London scored four unanswered with Dallas Stars prospect Antonio Stranges scoring the game winner with 6:18 left in the third.<br \/>\n&#8211; Stranges, Cody Morgan, Luke Evangelista and Sean McGurn all had a goal and an assist for the Knights.<br \/>\n&#8211; Jake Karabela, Michael Buchinger and Braeden Bowman scored Storm goals.<br \/>\n&#8211; Owen Flores stopped 20 of 23 for the win in goal while Guelph&#8217;s Owen Bennett made 28 saves.<br \/>\n&#8211; The win is London&#8217;s first against Guelph this season in five tries.<br \/>\n&#8211; The Knights tighten their grip on first in the Midwest Division, improving to 21-9-1-0.<br \/>\n&#8211; Guelph drops a third straight decision, falling to 18-10-2-1.<br \/>\n&#8211; The two clubs meet again on Sunday afternoon in London.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ontariohockeyleague.com\/gamecentre\/25163\/boxscore\">GAME CENTRE &amp; HIGHLIGHTS<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">HOW BOUT DEM KNIGHTS?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoKnightsGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoKnightsGo<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D4TfqJbEpq\">pic.twitter.com\/D4TfqJbEpq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 London Knights (@LondonKnights) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LondonKnights\/status\/1485075049501573125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>SAGINAW 5, ERIE 4 &#8211; SO<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8211; 2022 NHL Draft prospect Pavel Mintyukov scored the shootout winner and Andrew Oke stopped all four shooters he faced as the Spirit took it 5-4.<br \/>\n&#8211; Dalton Duhart scored twice for Saginaw while Dean Loukus and Nick Wong each earned two assists.<br \/>\n&#8211; 2022 NHL Draft prospect Spencer Sova scored a pair of goals for Erie while Vancouver Canucks prospect Connor Lockhart had a goal and an assist.<br \/>\n&#8211; Erie outshot Saginaw 46-22 as Oke stopped a career-high 42 for the Spirit while Marshall Nicholls turned aside 18 in his third straight start for the Otters.<br \/>\n&#8211; Saginaw ends a five-game slide, improving to 14-18-1-0 for ninth in the Western Conference.<br \/>\n&#8211; The Otters sit four points back of Saginaw with an 11-18-1-2 record.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ontariohockeyleague.com\/gamecentre\/25161\/boxscore\">GAME CENTRE &amp; HIGHLIGHTS<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Andrew Oke walks away with a career high in saves as the Spirit come out on top, 5-4 over Erie!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SAGvsER?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SAGvsER<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SoarWithUs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SoarWithUs<\/a>???? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IqrqIEPcMp\">pic.twitter.com\/IqrqIEPcMp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Saginaw Spirit (@SpiritHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpiritHockey\/status\/1485079348810072065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sahil Panwar had two goals and an assist as the Flint Firebirds won their third straight contest on a five-game Saturday in the OHL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":163855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[{"term_id":2343,"name":"2021-22 Recaps","slug":"2021-22-recaps","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2358,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":171,"filter":"raw","term_order":"72"}],"class_list":["post-163854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-2021-22-recaps","category-186","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/cdn.ontariohockeyleague.com\/uploads\/ohl\/2022\/01\/23012848\/Jan22Highlights.jpg",1200,675,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.chl.ca\/ohl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}