Brody Pepoy scored three goals and added an assist, and the Saginaw Spirit routed the Sarnia Sting 9-2 on Friday night in Sarnia, Ontario, for their fourth straight win. Braidy Wassilyn had a goal and three assists, and the Spirit outshot the Sting 49-22 while going 4-for-5 on the power play.
How the goals came
Pepoy opened the scoring with a short-handed goal at 11:01 of the first period. Wassilyn followed at 12:18 with his 10th of the season, from Gordei Khotkov and Blake Barnes. Matthew Manza answered on a Sarnia power play at 19:19.
Saginaw scored five times in the second period. Khotkov made it 3-1 at 3:42, and Dima Zhilkin scored his 10th of the season on the power play. Pepoy added his second at 13:05, Easton Walos scored on a Sarnia power play at 15:02, and Pepoy completed the hat trick from Levi Harper at 16:35, his second career three-goal game. Jacob Cloutier closed the period with a power-play goal, extending his point streak to seven games.
Alex Milojevic scored his first OHL goal on the power play 42 seconds into the third, and Drew Bate, who was named to Canada Red for next month’s World Under-17 Challenge this week, added his second of the season at 3:25.
In goal
Brady Knowling made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win. Sarnia starter Ivan Tkach-Tkachenko stopped 24 of 31 shots and did not return for the third period. Kale Osipenko made 16 saves on 18 shots in relief. Barnes finished with three assists, and Saginaw led 19-6 in shots after one period.
What’s next
The teams finish the home-and-home on Saturday at 7:05 p.m. at the Dow Event Center in Saginaw.
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