LONDON, Ont. — Jared Woolley's goal with just under nine minutes left in the third period snapped a 3-3 tie and lifted the London Knights to a 5-3 Ontario Hockey League victory over the Kitchener Rangers on Tuesday night at Canada Life Place.
Landon Sim, William Nicholl, Blake Montgomery and Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Easton Cowan (empty-netter) also scored for the Midwest Division-leading Knights (39-8-1-0), who led 1-0 after the first period but were tied 2-2 heading into the third.
Luca Romano, Cameron Mercer and Carson Campbell scored for the Rangers (35-11-3-1), who were outshot 41-31. Tanner Lam chipped in with two assists.
The Knights went 0-for-5 on the power play, while the Rangers were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Elsewhere in the OHL on Tuesday:
OTTERS 4 STORM 3 (SO)
ERIE, Penn. — Malcolm Spence scored the only goal of a three-round shootout and the Erie Otters defeated the visiting Guelph Storm 4-3.
Sam Alfano, Carey Terrance and Callum Hughes scored in regulation time for the Otters (24-19-3-1), who outshot the Storm 41-37.
Charlie Paquette, Lev Katzin and Justin Bottineau scored for the Storm (14-26-4-3), who led 1-0 after the first period and 3-2 heading into the third.
Storm goaltender Colin Ellsworth stopped 37 of 40 shots, while Otters netminder Noah Erliden stopped 34 of 37.
COLTS 3 FRONTENACS 2
BARRIE, Ont. — Beau Jelsma's power-play goal at 10:42 of the third period snapped a 1-1 tie and lifted the Barrie Colts to a 3-2 win over the visiting Kingston Frontenacs in a battle between the top two teams in the East.
Riley Patterson and Cole Beaudoin also scored for the Central Division-leading Colts (32-14-2-1), who were outshot 34-26.
Ethan Miedema and Jacob Battaglia scored for the East-Division-leading Frontenacs (28-13-5-2), who went 0-for-1 on the power play. The Colts were 1-for-7.
The teams were scoreless heading into the final period.
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