Tyler Graovac scored his league leading 11th goal
of the season and Keegan Wilson stopped 31 of 34 shots, but it wasn’t enough for
the Ottawa 67’s as they fell 4-1 to the Owen Sound Attack on Friday night.
After a disappointing loss Thursday night, the 67’s were
optimistic to come out strong.
Unfortunately, a quick goal from Cameron Brace put the 67’s in another
early first period deficit. Under two
minutes later, Tyler Graovac would respond on the powerplay to tie the game at
1 and extend his goal scoring streak to 6 games – currently the highest in the
league.
Both teams came out of the second competing hard. It wasn’t until Gemel Smith took advantage of
the extra ice during a 4-on-4 opportunity.
He skated in untouched off the half boards and shot the puck past Wilson
with quick wrist shot to take the lead for Owen Sound.
Halfway through the third period, sophomore defenseman Chris
Bigras skated in from the faceoff circle and flicked a wrist shot beating
Wilson through his fivehole to give the Attack a big two goal lead. Despite some good effort, Ottawa was unable
to capitalize. Jake Dotchin sealed the
deal after scoring on an empty net to spoil the 67’s chance to take a 1-1 road
split this weekend.
The Ottawa 67’s are off until Wednesday when they host the second
placed (in the East) Oshawa Generals at Scotiabank Place. Despite a good effort against some of the OHL’s
top teams, it is sure to be a long ride home.
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