What a start to the season for the Owen Sound Attack.
Gavin Bryant scored a pair, including the spark in a three-goal second period as the Owen Sound Attack rallied from 1-0 down to cruise past the London Knights 5-3 in their Ontario Hockey League regular season opener at Budweiser Gardens Friday night.
Kaleb Lawrence, Thomas Chafe and Colby Barlow also scored the Attack, who pulled away with a dominant second period in which they outshot London 15-1.
Oliver Bonk, Bryce Montgomery and Easton Cowan supplied the offence for London.
Bonk converted on a 2-on-1 rush at 11:05 of the first period to put the Knights ahead.
Bryant scored his first of the game six minutes into the second on a strong solo effort, chipping the puck off the board and around a defender before cutting toward the crease off the right wing and beating Brett Brochu with a shot blocker side.
Four minutes later it was Kaleb Lawrence snapping a high-shot from the slot off a pass from Cedrick Guindon from behind the goal-line to put the Attack in front 2-1.
Chafe scored his goal at 12:53 of the second period skating towards the net and having the puck bounce off him and into the London goal after Brochu made an initial save on a shot off the rush.
The Attack made it 4-1 just over three minutes into the third period. Cal Uens led a breakout and sent a long stretch pass up the middle to Ethan Burroughs, who found Bryant streaking off the left wing. Bryant fired it past Brochu.
Montogomery pulled the Knights within two near the midway mark of the third, blasting a one-time shot on the power play past Nick Chenard.
Barlow would restore the Attack’s three-goal advantage at 17:08, scoring an empty-netter.
Cowan deflected a Connor Federkow point shot past a screened Chenard in the final minute.
Chenard made 17 saves in the win, while Brochu stopped 23 taking the loss. The Attack outshot London 28-20 while going 0 for 2 on the power play; London finished 1 for 3.
Saturday night, the Attack play their home opener against the Kitchener Rangers. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre.