Author: Kris Baker

Justin Kea notched an empty-net goal and an assist Saturday to earn the game’s number one star as Saginaw got past Belleville 5-3. Kea was a complete two-way workhorse in the victory, winning key faceoffs and making several excellent defensive plays to power the Spirit attack. Eric Locke (-1) was unable to record a point…

Connor Hurley notched two goals and two assists Friday as the U.S. Junior Selects advanced to the championship game of the 2013 World Junior A Challenge with a 7-4 win over Switzerland. Hurley, who again shined at the left point on the USA power play, just missed the hat trick when he rung one off…

Nick Baptiste scored his 13th goal of the year Thursday to help Sudbury to a 4-3 win over North Bay. The speedy winger got the Wolves on the board with a power play goal just 5:34 into the first period to make it a 1-0 game. The marker, which snapped Baptiste’s three-game goal slumber, ups…

Chad Ruhwedel scored the first two goals of his AHL career Wednesday as Rochester skated to a 5-3 win over Hamilton. Goals from Mike Zigomanis and Matt Ellis got the Amerks out to a 2-0 lead after the opening twenty minutes before Ruhwedel potted a pair of second-period markers to give the Sabres’ farmhands firm…

Connor Hurley notched a goal and three assists Tuesday as the U.S. Junior Selects opened the World Junior A Challenge with an 8-3 victory over Russia. The Notre Dame commit, who has accumulated 10 points (3+7) in 12 games this season with the USHL’s Muskegon Lumberjacks, sparkled with his vision and puck handling to produce…

Justin Bailey ended his nine-game goal slumber Sunday when he outworked two defenders to connect on his fourth of the year as Kitchener stumbled to their sixth-straight loss 4-1 at Mississauga. The even-strength tally gives the right winger 10 points (4+6) through 14 games for the Rangers, who have now lost six consecutive contests. Kitchener…

Justin Kea scored a pair of first-period goals as Saginaw dropped a 4-3 decision to Sault Ste. Marie. The two-goal outing was Kea’s first of the year after posting a pair five times in 2012-13. Eric Locke logged a minus-one rating for the Spirit, who next travel to Ottawa on Friday. Elsewhere in the OHL,…

Linus Ullmark was a stud in net Friday, stopping 25 shots for his second straight shutout and second of his SHL career as MODO downed Linkopings 5-0. Ullmark’s second blanking in as many weeks keeps him atop all league netminders with a .946 save% and second with a 1.64 GAA. Gustav Possler maintained his spot…

Justin Kea scored a goal and an assist for the second straight game Wednesday as Saginaw handled rival Plymouth 6-2. Kea’s output puts him second in team scoring with 14 points (4+10) through 15 games. Eric Locke added an assist for the Spirit, who next host Owen Sound on Friday. In the SHL, Gustav Possler…

Justin Kea (+2) scored trailed the play to score his third goal of the year and added an assist Saturday to earn the game’s number three star as Saginaw skated to a 4-1 victory over Barrie. Eric Locke (+2) added an assist for the Spirit, who next take the ice Wednesday when they face in-state…