A flat first period proved costly for the Kingston Frontenacs, dropping their home opener 6-2 to the Ottawa 67’s Friday night at Slush Puppie Place. Article content
The Frontenacs are going into the season with two goalies who had only nine career OHL games between them coming into the 2025-26 season. Article content Article content
Seventeen-year-old Gavin Betts had played all nine of them with last season’s Kingston side and is the likely No. 1 based on his selection and performance with the Canadian team at the Hlinka/Gretzky under-18 tournament in August.
Betts, the Frontenacs’ second-round pick in the 2024 Priority Selection, had some great moments this summer and Hockey Canada’s under-17 event, but this opening night was one that he’ll try to forget.
The tone was set in the f