OWEN SOUND — Noah Read had a hat trick and one assist as the London Knights completed the first-round sweep with an 8-4 win over the Owen Sound Attack on Thursday in Ontario Hockey League playoff action.
Denver Barkey, Sam Dickinson, Easton Cowan, Kasper Halttunen and Cam Allen provided the rest of the offence for London. Austin Elliott made 15 saves.
Masen Wray, with a hat trick of his own, and David Bedkowski scored for Owen Sound, which got 45 stops from Carter George.
The Knights scored at least six goals in each of the four games they won, outscoring the Attack 27-12 in the series.
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FRONTENACS 3 WOLVES 2
(Frontenacs win best-of-seven series 4-0)
SUDBURY, Ont. - Jacob Battaglia knocked in the game-winning goal at 11:52 of the third period and the Kingston Frontenacs edged the Sudbury Wolves 3-2 to advance to the second round.
Ben Pickell and Cal Uens also scored for Kingston, which got 37 saves from Charlie Schenkel.
Nathan Villeneuve scored twice for Sudbury. Nate Krawchuk stopped 26 shots in the loss.
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OTTERS 7 SPIRIT 3
(Otters lead best-of-seven series 3-1)
ERIE, Pa. - Pano Fimis had two goals and two assists, Sam Alfano had a goal and three assists and the Erie Otters pushed the defending Memorial Cup champion Saginaw Spirit to the brink of elimination with a 7-3 win.
Gabriel Frasca, with two goals, Dylan Edwards and Alexis Daviault also contributed to the offence for Erie, which scored four unanswered goals in the third period after entering the frame tied 3-3.
Kristian Epperson, with two goals, and Carson Harmer put Saginaw on the board.
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BATTALION 6 BULLDOGS 3
(Bulldogs lead best-of-seven series 3-1)
NORTH BAY, Ont. - Jacob Therrien scored twice, Mike McIvor made 44 saves and the North Bay Battalion staved off elimination with a 6-3 win over the Brantford Bulldogs.
Nolan Laird, Ihnat Pazii, Ethan Procyszyn and Nick Wellenreiter added the others for North Bay.
Luca Diplacido, Nick Lardis and Calvin Crombie replied for Brantford. Ryerson Leenders stopped 27-of-32 shots.
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COLTS 6 ICEDOGS 3
(Colts lead best-of-seven series 3-1)
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Dalyn Wakely led the way with a goal and three assists as the Barrie Colts downed the Niagara Icedogs 6-3.
Tristan Bertucci, Carter Lowe, Anthony Romani, Owen Van Steensel and Beau Jelsma provided the rest of the offence for Barrie, which has yet to score less than four goals in a game in the series.
Alex Assadourian, Mathieu Paris and Andrei Loshko replied for Niagara.
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RANGERS 5 FIREBIRDS 1
(Rangers lead best-of-seven series 3-1)
FLINT, Mich. - Trent Swick had a goal and two assists as the Kitchener Rangers topped the Flint Firebirds 5-1.
Tanner Lam, Christian Humphreys, Jack Pridham and Matthew Hlacar also scored for Kitchener, which rebounded from a 2-0 loss on Tuesday.
Connor Clattenburg had the lone goal for Flint.
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GENERALS 4 STEELHEADS 1
(Generals lead best-of-seven series 3-1)
BRAMPTON, Ont. - Beckett Sennecke scored twice as the Oshawa Generals defeated the Brampton Steelheads 4-1.
Luke Torrance and Owen Griffin, with an empty-net goal, also contributed to the goal-scoring for Oshawa, which is now one win away from advancing.
Porter Martone had the lone goal for Brampton.
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This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 3, 2025.
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