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OHL: Kitchener withstands a late Attack; London holds off Flint; Suzuki sparks Guelph to victory

Kitchener 7 Owen Sound 4

The Kitchener Rangers jumped out to an early two goal lead and survived a late push by the Attack to beat Owen Sound 7-4.

The Rangers were led by Riley Damiani with a pair of goals and two assists. Jonathan Yantsis scored twice and had an assist. Rickard Hugg had a goal and an assist. Joseph Garreffa and Greg Meireles set up two for the Rangers.

The Rangers were up 2-0 until the final 18 seconds of the opening frame when the Attack's Barret Kirwin scored on the power play to make a 2-1 game.

Kitchener's Mike Petizian scored early in the second and the Ranger would fire another four into the Attack's net before the period was over. Sergey Popov and Zach Poirier answered for the Attack before the period was over, making it a 7-3 game heading into the third.

London 4 Flint 3

Liam Foudy scored twice back-to-back to help London overcome a first period deficit and the Knights beat Flint 4-3.

Connor McMichael and Gerard Keane also scored for London. Keanes goal early in the third stood as the game winner.

Guelph 8 Saginaw 2

Nick Suzuki struck twice, back-to-back with the man advantage, and set up another to lead Guelph to an 8-2 win over Saginaw.

Isaac Ratcliffe and Sean Durzi each had three assists in the victory and Nate Schnarr scored and set up two more for the Storm.

The Spirit scored first just 3:06 into the game but the Storm took over...scoring seven times in the first and second periods.

Suzuki's power play goal late in the first would stand as the game winner.

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