Greyhounds overcome late goal in win (update)

There’s a sense of satisfaction for the Soo Greyhounds following the second game of its three game road trip on Saturday night.

After giving up the game-tying goal with 2:55 left in the third period, the Greyhounds would eventually use shootout goals by Blake Speers and Zach Senyshyn to pick up a 4-3 victory over the Owen Sound Attack.

“For a majority of the game, they outworked us,” said Greyhounds Coach Drew Bannister. “Certainly you’ve got to be happy with how we kept in the game and found a way to win.”

Goaltender Joseph Raaymakers stopped 38 shots in the game and two of three Owen Sound shooters in the shootout.

“Joseph was fantastic,” Bannister said. “Both goalies were actually lights out. The quality scoring chances that both goalies saved tonight made it an exciting hockey game.”

Bannister said that Raaymakers would likely get Sunday’s start in Hamilton.

“Right now I would say yes,” Bannister said when asked if the sophomore would start Sunday. “As long as he’s feeling well in the morning and rested, there’s a good chance he would be starting tomorrow.”

Bannister credited the Attack, who took a 2-1 lead after falling behind 1-0 in the opening minute of the contest.

“We came out and scored a goal early and thought it was going to be easy,” said Bannister. “Give credit to Owen Sound. For most of the game, they just outworked us but we still found a way to win.”

Senyshyn, scored a pair of goals in regulation time for the Greyhounds while Gabe Guertler added a goal and an assist. Defenceman Gustav Bouramman assisted on a pair of goals.

Petrus Palmu, who scored Owen Sound’s shootout goal, had a goal and an assist in the game while Jaden Lindo and Jonah Gadjovich also scored for the Attack.

Owen Sound goaltender Michael McNiven stopped 37 shots.

The Greyhounds wrap up the three-game trip on Sunday afternoon in Hamilton against the Bulldogs. Puck drop is set for 3 p.m.

Following the road trip finale, the Greyhounds return home to begin a three-game homestand on Wednesday night against the Flint Firebirds.

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OTHER SCORES

In Erie, Nick Betz had the shootout winner as the Erie Otters beat the Flint Firebirds 3-2. Christian Girhiny and Shaun Bily scored in regulation time for the Otters while goaltender Devin Williams made 30 saves and stopped all three Firebirds shooters in the shootout. Zack Bowman stopped 44 shots for the Firebirds while Zack Pittman had a goal and an assist. Will Bitten also scored for the Firebirds.

In Peterborough, Greg Betzold’s goal at 17:22 of the third period lifted the Peterborough Petes to a 3-2 win over the Niagara IceDogs. Hunter Garlent and Eric Cornel also scored for Peterborough. Vince Dunn had a goal and an assist for the IceDogs while Josh Ho-Sang assisted on both Niagara goals. Brenden Perlini also scored for the IceDogs.

In Saginaw, Mitchell Stephens scored three times to lead the Saginaw Spirit to an 8-5 win over the Guelph Storm. Brady Gilmour and Connor Brown chipped in with a goal and two assists each for the Spirit while Blake Clarke, Devon Paliani and Artem Artemov also scored. Defencemen Greg DiTomasso and Marcus Crawford assisted on two goals each for the Spirit. Sault Ste. Marie native Nic Sicoly scored his first two OHL goals for Guelph while Isaac Ratcliffe, Luke Burghardt and Tyler Boston also scored in the loss. C.J. Garcia picked up a pair of assists for Guelph.

In Barrie, four unanswered goals helped the Barrie Colts to a 4-2 win over the Kingston Frontenacs. Roy Radke scored three times for the Colts, including a pair of power play markers with the other goal coming shorthanded. Kevin Labanc had the other Barrie goals while Julius Nattinen and Cordell James had two assists each for Barrie. Kingston goaltender Lucas Peressini stopped 39 shots while Ted Nichol and Spencer Watson had the Frontenacs goals.