Frontenacs End Winless Streak In Ottawa, Other OHL News - Junior Hockey News

Henri Ikonen and Spencer Watson scored shootout goals, with Watson netting the game-clincher, as the visiting Kingston Frontenacs ended a five-game winless streak at the Scotiabank Place by beating the Ottawa 67's 3-2 in the annual School Day Game.

Ikonen and Roland McKeown scored regulation goals for the Frontenacs while the Taylors, Fielding and Davis, found the net for the 67's.

Frontenacs' netminder Mike Morrison stopped 31 of 33 shots for the win, while at the other end of the ice, Keegan Wilson stopped 34 shots in a losing cause for the host 67's.

Fielding opened the scoring for the 67's at 3:43 of the first period as he beat Morrison with a snapshot. After the 67's got on the board, the Frontenacs tied the game 62 seconds later as Ikonen got a pass from Sam Bennett and scored on a wraparound, making it 1-1 after 20 minutes.

Davis gave the 67's another one-goal lead 22 seconds into the second period, but the Frontenacs tied it up at 7:10 of the middle frame as McKeown blasted a shot past Wilson to make it 2-2. It remained tied after regulation, but nothing was settled in the five-minute overtime session, so it had to decided in a shootout.

Ikonen and Tyler Graovac exchanged goals in the first round of the shootout, but in the second round Watson found the net and Sean Monahan was stopped, giving the Frontenacs the edge in the shootout rounds. It was up to  defenseman Jake Cardwell to tie it up in the third round, but he hit the post as the Frontenaces leaving Ottawa with a win, while the 67's suffered their second shootou-loss in three games.

Other OHL News: Frank Corrado of the Sudbury Wolves was named the league's Player of the Week award ending the week of October 28. Corrado, a Vancouver Canucks prospect, scored a goal and added six assists in three games which included a five-assist performance against the Niagara IceDogs this past Friday. Corrado ranks third in scoring among defensemen with one goal and 15 assists in 16 games this season.

Photo of Spencer Watson, by Aaron Bell/OHL Images

Author: Alex Muscat