The Ottawa 67’s beat the Saginaw Spirit 4-2 on Thursday night at the Dow Event Center. Reid Hayes scored twice for Ottawa, while Spirit rookie Hudson Leenders scored his first OHL goal and captain Dima Zhilkin stretched his point streak to four games. Saginaw falls to 8-9-2-1, and Ottawa improves to 10-6-2-0.
How it happened
Hayes opened the scoring at 7:07 of the first period, picking up a loose puck near the red line after a Saginaw turnover and beating Brady Knowling high on the glove side. Ottawa outshot the Spirit 15-8 in the opening 20 minutes.
Brock Chitaroni made it 2-0 with a shorthanded goal midway through the second, chasing down a dump-in that bounced off the end boards and tucking it around Knowling. Saginaw answered on the power play at 12:36 when Jacob Cloutier fed Leenders from the right circle, and the rookie beat Jaeden Nelson over the right pad. Hayes restored the two-goal lead late in the period, finishing a pass from Nic Whitehead into an open side of the net.
With Knowling pulled for an extra attacker, Zhilkin one-timed a feed from Levi Harper off the post and in at 16:55 of the third for his 15th goal of the season. Kaleb Dietsch sealed it with an empty-net goal from his own zone, his first of the season.
Notes
- Knowling made 32 saves on 35 shots. Nelson stopped 28 of 30 for Ottawa.
- Ottawa outshot Saginaw 36-30. The Spirit went 1-for-6 on the power play and killed all seven Ottawa power plays.
- The loss snapped a two-game winning streak for Saginaw, which beat Erie and Brampton last weekend.
Saginaw hosts the London Knights on Saturday at 7:05 p.m. at the Dow Event Center, then visits the Windsor Spitfires on Sunday at 4:05 p.m.
Watch
Watch: Spirit vs. 67’s game video, Nov. 12 (Saginaw Spirit on CHL.ca)
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