GOHL: Warriors ‘Cruz’ to weekend shutout wins

Cruz Ferguson’s first period marker stood up as the game winner for Stratford Warriors in their 2-0 victory in Waterloo on Sunday.

Quinn Kipfer added an empty netter with 52 seconds left to seal the deal against the Siskins.

Noah Bender stopped 18 shots for the shutout, his second of the weekend.

Elsewhere in the GOHL on Sunday, Alex Smyth scored the game winner for host St. Thomas Stars in their 5-4 win over Listowel Cyclones.

Wyatt Cameron had a hat trick for the Stars and Jimmy Sutherland added a single.

Jack O’Donnell scored twice for the Cyclones, giving him 20 goals on the season. Hudson Wiles and Colton Henderson also scored for the visitors.

On Friday, the Warriors shutout the St. Thomas Stars 3-0 behind goals from Evan Arnold, Grady Murphy and Ferguson.

Bender had 17 saves for the win.

Also Friday, St. Marys Lincolns were tripped up 5-3 at home by Strathroy.

Eddie Hickson had two goals for the Rockets.

Quinn Gavin-White, Zachary LeBlanc and Macklin Brimmell added singles.

Ethan Weir, Blake Elzinga and Owen Kalp scored for the Lincolns.

The Cyclones won their Friday night home game 4-3 over Komoka.

Dylan Szymanowski scored twice for the Cyclones, with Ethan Fischer and O’Donnell adding singles.

Morgan Payne had two goals for the Kings and Nash Jacobs added a single marker.

Stratford host Strathroy Rockets tonight at 7:30 p.m.

Former Lincoln contributing to London Knights

Cohen Bidgood had a big game for the London Knights on Sunday.

The former St. Marys Lincolns player scored two goals and added an assist in a 4-2 win over Sudbury Wolves at Canada Life Place.

The right winger has 11 goals on the OHL season.

He’s a seventh round draft pick of the team and was up and down between the Lincolns and Knights last season but has established himself as a key contributor for London this season, with 31 points in 40 games.

 

Paul Cluff
Paul Cluff
Paul is a veteran journalist with decades of experience in newsrooms across Canada. He has served as sports editor at the St. Thomas Times-Journal, a general assignment reporter at the Stratford Beacon Herald, editor of the Goderich Signal Star, and founding editor of StratfordToday.ca. Paul is a graduate of St. Clair College’s journalism program and holds a credential in Inclusive Journalism – Fair Representation in Media from Seneca College.

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