Tyler Cooper scored with about two minutes left in regulation, and the Brampton Steelheads beat the Flint Firebirds 5-4 on Saturday night at the Dort Financial Center. Rylan Fellinger scored twice for Flint, his first multi-goal game in the OHL. The Firebirds are 11-5-1-0, and Brampton is 4-12-1-1.
How it happened
Ryland Cunningham opened the scoring for Flint, finishing the play after a Xavier Tessier shot hit the crossbar. Brampton answered with goals by Matej Stankoven and Nathan Amidovski, and Fellinger tied it 2-2 before the end of the first period, cleaning up a rebound of a Martins Klaucans shot.
Fellinger scored again early in the second period, and Cooper Williams made it 4-2 with assists from Darian Anderson and Jimmy Lombardi. Brampton tied it before the second intermission on Amidovski’s breakaway goal at 6:00 and a goal by Kieran Witkowski. Cooper won it late in the third, redirecting a point shot from Peter Green.
Notes
Mason Courville was in goal for Flint, and Neilan Johnson for Brampton. Fellinger extended his career-long point streak to four games. Jude Bray had two assists for his first OHL points, and Lombardi stretched his home point streak to 10 games, with 15 points in that span. Flint’s power play went 0-for-3 and is 0-for-19 over its last five games.
What’s next
The Firebirds host the Ottawa 67’s on Friday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m.
Friday’s game: Firebirds Game Recap: vs. Otters (Nov. 6).
Watch
Watch: Firebirds-Steelheads highlights from Nov. 7 (Flint Firebirds on CHL.ca)
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