MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Albert Michnac had two goals and two assists as the Mississauga Steelheads defeated the Sudbury Wolves 5-4 for their first win of the season on Friday night in Ontario Hockey League action.
Michnac knocked in the game-winning power-play goal for the Steelheads at 1:18 of the third period.
Cole Schwindt, Trent Fox and Ryan McLeod also scored for Mississauga (1-4-0).
Dmitry Sokolov, Blake Murray, Dawson Baker and Cole Candella supplied the offence for the Wolves (1-4-2).
Emanuel Vella made 25 saves for the win in net. Jake McGrath stopped 22 shots in defeat.
The Steelheads were 3 for 5 on the power play and Sudbury was 2 for 6.
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FRONTENACS 6 FIREBIRDS 3
KINGSTON, Ont. — Sam Field and Brett Neumann each struck twice as the Frontenacs toppled Flint.
Eemeli Rasanen and Jason Robertson had the others for Kingston (5-1-0).
Ty Dellandrea, Ryan Moore and Max Kislinger scored for the Firebirds (3-2-0).
Jeremy Helvig kicked out 33 shots for Kingston. Luke Cavallin made 30 saves for Flint.
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67’S 4 PETES 3 (SO)
OTTAWA — Sasha Chmelevski scored twice in regulation and again in the shootout as the 67’s topped Peterborough.
Austen Keating also found the back of the net for Ottawa (3-3-1). Olivier Tremblay turned away 19 shots.
Zach Gallant, Semyon Der-Arguchintsev and Nikita Korostelev had goals for the Petes (3-2-1). Dylan Wells made 38 saves in defeat.
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SPITFIRES 2 STORM 1
GUELPH, Ont. — Aaron Luchuk had the game-winning goal for Windsor in the second period and Michael DiPietro turned aside 45 shots as the Spitfires edged the Storm.
Daniel D’Amico also scored for Windsor (4-1-1).
Ryan Merkley scored for Guelph (2-2-1) and Anthony Popovich stopped 26 shots.
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STING 4 COLTS 1
SARNIA, Ont. — Adam Ruzicka struck twice and Justin Fazio stopped 31 shots as the Sting defeated Barrie.
Jordan Ernst supplied the game-winning goal for Sarnia (5-1-0) in the second period and Theo Calvas had the other.
Zachary Magwood scored for the Colts (4-2-1) and Leo Lazarev made 27 saves.
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RANGERS 5 OTTERS 3
KITCHENER, Ont. — Giovanni Vallati had a power-play goal in the second period that gave the Rangers a 4-0 lead and they held on for a win over Erie.
Jake Henderson, Riley Damiani, Adam Mascherin and Joseph Garreffa rounded out the attack for Kitchener (4-1-1).
Patrick Fellows, Kyle Maksimovich and Joseph Mack scored for the Otters (1-4-1).
Anthony Dumont-Bouchard turned away 30 shots for the Rangers. Anand Oberoi combined with Troy Timpano for 23 saves for Erie.
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ICEDOGS 5 GENERALS 4 (OT)
OSHAWA, Ont. — Matthew Philip scored the overtime winner as Niagara edged the Generals.
Ben Jones scored twice in regulation for the IceDogs (4-2-0), who also got goals from Danial Singer and Ian Martin.
Kenny Huether, Allan McShane, Domenico Commisso and Kyle MacLean chipped in for Oshawa (3-2-1).
Stephen Dhillon turned away 22 shots for Niagara. Logan Gauthier made 29 saves for the Generals.
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GREYHOUNDS 4 KNIGHTS 1
LONDON, Ont. — Boris Katchouk had a pair of goals to lift Sault Ste. Marie over the Knights.
Jack Kopacka and Hayden Verbeek supplied the rest of the offence for the Greyhounds (5-1-1).
Josh Nelson scored the lone goal for London (1-5-0).
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