OHL Roundup: Lowly Storm blow Rangers away

Guelph-Storm;-OHL

Givani Smith had two goals and an assist for the Guelph Storm. (Wilson/OHL Images)

GUELPH, Ont. — Michael Giugovaz stopped 43 shots and James McEwan scored three times as the Guelph Storm toppled the Kitchener Rangers 7-3 on Sunday in Ontario Hockey League action.

Givani Smith had two goals and an assist for the Storm (5-28-3) while Jake Bricknell and Luke Burghardt added a goal apiece. Jacob Harris chipped in with three assists.

Jake Henderson, Mason Kohn and Nick Maygar found the back of the net for the Rangers (26-6-4) and Jeremy Bracco tacked on two helpers.

Dawson Carty started in net for Kitchener and lasted only 18:28 after giving up three goals on seven shots. Luke Richardson went the rest of the way and stopped 11-of-14 shots in relief.

Guelph went 2 for 3 on the power play while the Rangers failed to score on three chances with the man advantage.

STEELHEADS 1 67’S 0

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Jack Flinn stopped all 27 shots his way as the Steelheads blanked Ottawa.

Jason Smith scored the game’s only goal at 5:12 of the second period for Mississauga (20-16-4).

Leo Lazarev turned away 23-of-24 shots for the 67’s (18-19-1).

BATTALION 5 COLTS 3

NORTH BAY, Ont. — Matthew Santos struck twice as the Battalion downed Barrie.

Kyle Wood, Cam Dineen and Aaron Dart also scored for North Bay (19-14-3).

The Colts (22-13-1) got goals from Kevin Labanc, Anthony Stefano and Justin Scott.

SPITFIRES 7 SPIRIT 1

WINDSOR, Ont. — Christian Fischer had two goals and an assist as the Spitfires hammered Saginaw.

Cristiano DiGiacinto and Hayden McCool had a goal and two helpers each for Windsor (23-10-5), which also got goals from Luke Boka, Gabriel Vilardi and Kyle Auger.

Dylan Sadowy kept the Spirit (17-18-3) from being shut out.

OTTERS 2 BULLDOGS 1

HAMILTON — Kyle Maksimovich scored once and set up the winner as Erie slipped past the Bulldogs.

Taylor Raddysh scored the go-ahead goal at 8:38 of the third period for the Otters (32-4-1).

Niki Petti opened the scoring for Hamilton (14-20-3) in the second period.

GREYHOUNDS 4 FIREBIRDS 2

FLINT, Mich. — Gabe Guertler had a pair of goals as Sault Ste. Marie doubled up the Firebirds.

Bobby MacIntyre and Zachary Senyshyn also scored for the Greyhounds (17-15-5).

Dane Johnstone and Mathieu Henderson supplied the goals for Flint (14-18-4).

When submitting content, please abide by our submission guidelines, and avoid posting profanity, personal attacks or harassment. Should you violate our submissions guidelines, we reserve the right to remove your comments and block your account. Sportsnet reserves the right to close a story’s comment section at any time.