It was a wild one at the K-Rock Centre in front of a crowd
of 3,022 in Kingston tonight. The
Kingston Frontenacs and Ottawa 67’s combined for a total of 16 infractions and 14
goals on the night. Both teams were
looking to snap a 3 game losing streak. It
was the OHL’s leading goal scorer, Tyler Graovac that put up big numbers scoring
three goals and adding two assists to lead his Ottawa 67’s to their second road
victory of the season.
It didn’t start off so well for the 67’s as they found
themselves down 3-0 with less than three minutes into the second period and chasing
Keegan Wilson from the Ottawa net after he allowed 3 goals on 16 shots. Jean Dupuy, Billy Jenkins, Mitchell Fitzmorris
scored the Frontenacs first three goals including a short-handed goal that beat
Wilson stick side.
The 67’s would come back with a force and erase a three goal
deficit by scoring five straight goals including two on the powerplay to lead
5-3 in early in the third. Tyler
Graovac, Taylor Fielding and Taylor Davis had a goal each while Cody Ceci added
a pair. Sean Monahan came up strong with
three solid set ups. Taylor Davis’ goal
was the first in his OHL career.
Less than two minutes after Davis’ goal, Ronald McKeowen
sent a quick cross-ice pass to Spence Watson who was standing in the slot and
one timed it past Jacob Blair to get the Fronts back within one. The 67’s would respond with Sean Monahan’s 4th
point of the night. After catching Colin
Furlong moving, he reversed the direction of the puck and right into the back
of the net.
A couple minutes later Watson used his speed to break
through both Ottawa defenders and was hauled down on the breakaway giving the
Frontenacs a penalty shot opportunity.
Watson capitalized on his opportunity after beating Blair cleanly. Henri Ikonen would add another Frontenacs goal
to tie the game at 6 with just over 5 minutes remaining in the third period. However, it wasn’t enough as Tyler Graovac
added two more goals before time expired to complete his hattrick and gave the
67’s a big 6-4 road win.
The 67’s have two days of rest before hosting the Kingston
Frontenacs on Monday morning for the back end of the home and home series.
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