OHL Roundup: Burke powers Sting to 9-1 win over Storm

SARNIA, Ont. – Nolan Burke scored four goals to fuel the Sarnia Sting’s dominant 9-1 victory over the Guelph Storm on Wednesday.

Luca DelBelBelluz scored twice, while Easton Wainwright and Sasha Pastujov each contributed a goal and two assists for Sarnia (27-17-4-2). Zach Filak added a goal and an assist for the Sting.

Benjamin Gaudreau turned away 22-of-23 shots.

Max Namestnikov had the lone marker for Guelph (24-23-4-1). Patrick Leaver stopped 10-of-13 shots in the first period before Brayden Gillespie surrendered six goals on 25 shots in relief.

Sarnia went 2-for-4 on the power play, in addition to getting a short-handed marker from Filak.

—

COLTS 5 ICEDOGS 1

ST. CATHARINES, ONT. — Evan Vierling had two goals and an assist to pace the Barrie Colts to a 5-1 win over the Niagara Icedogs.

Ethan Cardwell, Declan McDonnell and Connor Punnett contributed a goal apiece for Barrie (29-14-6-2). Anson Thornton stopped 20 shots.

Juan Copeland was the lone scorer for Niagara (10-34-6-1). Owen Flores made 56 saves.

—

SPIRIT 6 GREYHOUNDS 2

SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT. — Zayne Parekh led the way with two goals and an assist as the Saginaw Spirit cruised past the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 6-2.

Mitchell Smith, Bode Stewart, Joey Willis and Hunter Haight also scored for Saginaw (27-21-2-1), which got 29 saves from Tristan Lennox.

Justin Cloutier and Brenden Sirizzotti replied for Soo (16-23-8-5). Charlie Schenkel stopped 28-of-33 shots.

—

GENERALS 3 BULLDOGS 2

OSHAWA, ONT. — Ryder McIntyre capped a run of three unanswered Oshawa goals in the second period as the Generals edged the Hamilton Bulldogs 3-2.

Stuart Rolofs and Nikita Parfenyuk added the others for Oshawa (22-23-1-4), which turned an early 1-0 deficit into a 3-1 lead. Jacob Oster made 30 saves.

Sahil Panwar and Lawson Sherk scored for Hamilton (24-23-4). Matteo Drobac stopped 39-of-42 shots.

This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 15, 2023.