Junior Hockey

SAGINAW — Jack Nesbitt scored the overtime winner as the Windsor Spitfires defeated the Saginaw Spirit 5-4 in the first game of the 2024-25 Ontario Hockey League regular season on Wednesday.

TORONTO — Five Western Hockey League teams — including four Canadian clubs — are vying to host the Memorial Cup in 2026.

OWEN SOUND, Ont. — Rafik Varosyan and Taos Jordan scored third-period goals three minutes apart to lift the Owen Sound Attack to a 3-2 Ontario Hockey League victory over the visiting North Bay Battalion on Sunday.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Yoan Loshing scored three times, including once into an empty net, as the visiting Moncton Wildcats beat the Charlottetown Islanders 6-3 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Sunday.

REGINA — Nicholas Johnson scored a natural hat trick to break open a tight game and lead the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings to a 5-1 Western Hockey League victory over the Regina Pats on Saturday night.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa 67's scored the first four goals and then hung on for a 5-3 Ontario Hockey League victory over the Kingston Frontenacs on Saturday.

BOISBRIAND, Que. — Justin Carbonneau's second goal of the game, scored at 4:40 of overtime, lifted the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada to a 7-6 win over the visiting Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Saturday.

VICTORIA — Keaton Verhoeff scored the winner at 4:16 of overtime to give the Royals a 5-4 win over the Americans in Western Hockey League play on Friday night. It was his second goal of the night.

LONDON, Ont. — Evan Van Gorp scored a hat trick to lead the London Knights to a 6-3 win over the Sarnia Sting in Ontario Hockey League action on Friday night. Caleb Mitchell, Kaeden Johnston and Logan Hawery had the other goals for London.

SHAWINIGAN, Que. — Vince Elie had a hat trick to lead the Shawinigan Cataractes to a 7-3 win over the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League play Friday night.