It was an enormous evening within the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) on Friday as 20 groups hit the ice.
The Kitchener Rangers had a rocky begin, falling 5 – 2 to the Erie Otters in entrance of 1000’s of followers on the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium.
It was a completely totally different story in Guelph on the Sleeman Centre the place the Guelph Storm took a commanding lead over the Owen Sound Assault early on.
Ryan McGuire and Cam Allen each tucked away objectives for the Storm within the first interval earlier than Landen Hookey acquired one again for Owen Sound.
The Storm saved up the strain, main 5 – 1 by halfway by the second interval.
The Assault began to rally again late within the second interval, however the Storm in the end got here out on high 6 – 4.
Owen Sound will get an opportunity at redemption Saturday evening as they welcome the Storm to the Harry Lumley Bayshore Neighborhood Centre. Puck drops at 7 p.m.
In the meantime the Brantford Bulldogs had some huge holes of their roster as they took on the Brampton Steelheads. Nick Lardis, Aiden O’Donnell, Marek Vanacker and Ben Bujold had been all lacking attributable to coaching camps and accidents.
The Steelheads saved the Bulldogs out within the chilly whereas they tucked away seven objectives, together with one from former Kitchener Ranger Carson Rehkopf.
The Bulldogs misplaced 7 – 0 to Brampton.
They’ll host their dwelling opener in opposition to Oshawa on Saturday at 7 p.m.
