Hamilton Bulldogs bounce back to even OHL Championship – Hamilton

Avery Hayes scored two targets and added two assists to energy the Hamilton Bulldogs to a 5-4 win over the Windsor Spitfires in Recreation 2 of the Ontario Hockey League Championship Sunday afternoon.

The victory evens the OHL last at one sport apiece after Windsor upset Hamilton 4-3 in extra time on Friday night time.

Hayes’ first purpose of the sport in entrance of 4,878 followers at Hamilton’s FirstOntario Centre put the Canines forward 2-1 with 5:39 to play within the first interval.

Louka Henault opened the scoring for Windsor lower than 5 minutes into the primary interval earlier than Mason McTavish pulled Hamilton even along with his eleventh playoff purpose.

The Bulldogs made it a 4-1 sport halfway by way of the second interval when Hayes recorded is second tally of the afternoon and eleventh of the playoffs.

Each groups traded targets earlier than the second body expired with Windsor’s Matthew Maggio and Hamilton Arber Xhekaj discovering the again of the web.

The Spitfires, who snapped Hamilton’s 22-game profitable streak, together with 12 straight within the post-season – on Friday, turned the sport right into a nail biter late within the third interval.

Andrew Perrott and Maggio scored 36 seconds aside with about 5 minutes to play to make it a one purpose sport however the Canines held on for the victory.

Recreation 3 is scheduled for Friday night time in Windsor.

OHL Championship Schedule

Recreation 1, Fri., June 3 at Hamilton (Spitfires 4, Bulldogs 3 OT)
Recreation 2 , Solar., June 5 at Hamilton (Bulldogs 5, Spitfires 4)
Recreation 3, Mon., June 6 at Windsor, 7:00pm
Recreation 4, Fri., June 10 at Windsor, 7:00pm
Recreation 5, Solar., June 12 at Hamilton, 2:00pm*
Recreation 6, Mon., June 13 at Windsor, 7:00pm*
Recreation 7, Wed., June 15 at Hamilton, 7:00pm*
*if crucial