OHL
Steven Stamkos has been on fire in his past five games.
The red-hot centre scored a goal and an assist Sunday against the Ottawa 67s to lead the Sarnia Sting to a 3-1 victory, and now has seven goals and five assists in his past five OHL games.
"They basically controlled the puck in their end and Stamkos controlled the puck in our end," 67′s coach and general manager Brian Kilrea said. "Like all good players – John Tavares, Stamkos – the puck follows them around.”
Matt Martin added a goal and an assist in the victory and Finnish rookie goaltender Tomi Karhunen came within 29 seconds of producing his second straight shutout, allowing a late goal to Ottawa’s Mike Latta for the 67′s lone marker.
Karhunen, who had shut out the Kingston Frontenacs on Friday, finished with 30 saves against a 67′s team that had scored 10 goals in their last outing, a 10-3 victory over the Guelph Storm also on Friday. He had a shutout streak of 141 minutes 42 seconds going before Latta’s goal.
Elsewhere in the OHL, it was: Mississauga 3 Sudbury 2; Barrie 6 Brampton 2; Kingston 5 Guelph 3; Saginaw 5 Kitchener 4 (SO); London 4 Plymouth 3 (SO); Sarnia 3 Ottawa 1 and Oshawa 7 Niagara 2.
At Ottawa, Justin DiBenedetto chipped in with a pair of assists for Sarnia. The Sting (14-9-0-0) have won three straight games and four of its past five contests.
Adam Courchaine finished with 22 saves for Ottawa (9-11-0-2), which had its modest two-game win streak on home ice stopped. The 67′s have lost two of their past three overall.
Mississauga 3 Sudbury 2
At Sudbury, Ont., Casey Cizikas and Kaspars Daugavins both collected a pair of assists as the Majors (9-11-1-0) downed the Wolves (7-16-0-0).
Barrie 6 Brampton 2
At Brampton, Ont., Daniel Michalsky and Vladimir Nikiforov each scored a pair of goals and Michael Hutchinson turned aside 31 shots as the Colts (14-9-1-0) cruised to the victory over the Battalion (12-8-1-2).
Kingston 5 Guelph 3
At Kingston, Ont., Nathan Moon scored his first Ontario Hockey League hat-trick to lead the Kingston Frontenacs (7-13-0-1) to the victory over the Guelph Storm (8-12-3-0).
Saginaw 5 Kitchener 4 (SO)
At Kitchener, Ont., Ryan McDonough scored the shootout winner and the tying goal as the Saginaw Spirit (9-9-2-1) edged the Kitchener Rangers (18-3-0-1).
London 4 Plymouth 3 (SO)
At London, Ont., Sean O’Connor scored the shootout winner as the Knights (14-8-0-1) edged the Whalers (13-7-1-1).
Oshawa 7 Niagara 2
At Oshawa, Ont., the Generals (14-7-0-2) got goals from seven different players as they defeated the visiting Ice Dogs (12-11-0-1).
Source: OHL: Stamkos leads Sting past 67s
