OHL Roundup: Attack come back to edge Rangers

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Petrus Palmu of the Owen Sound Attack scored two goals in Wednesday's win. (Terry Wilson/OHL Images)

OWEN SOUND, Ont. – Petrus Palmu scored his second goal of the game at 16:06 of the third period as the Owen Sound Attack came from behind to defeat the Kitchener Rangers 4-2 on Wednesday in Ontario Hockey League action.

Ethan Szypula tied the game for the Attack (25-19-10) early in the third before Palmu converted the eventual winner. Josh Sterk added an insurance goal into an empty net with 17 seconds left in regulation.

Connor Bunnaman and Ryan MacInnis supplied the offence for the Rangers (37-12-5).

Owen Sound’s Daniel Dekoning made 24 saves for the win as Luke Opilka kicked out 31-of-34 shots for Kitchener.

The Attack went 0 for 3 on the power play while the Rangers scored once on six chances with the man advantage.

SPIRIT 5 STING 2

SAGINAW, Mich. — Evan Cormier made 32 saves — including one on a penalty shot by Troy Lajeunesse 1:07 into the second period — as the Spirit beat Sarnia to snap an eight-game skid.

Kirill Maksimov, Matthew Kreis, Kris Bennett, Tye Felhaber and Will Petschenig found the back of the net for Saginaw (21-29-6)

Devon Paliani and Sam Studnicka scored for the Sting (32-16-7), who entered on a four-game win streak. Charlie Graham turned aside 17-of-21 shots in defeat.

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