SAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario (Interstat) — Noah Laus recorded a hat trick and added an assist as the Soo Greyhounds beat the visiting Saginaw Spirit 5-4 in overtime Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, in Ontario Hockey League play at GFL Memorial Gardens. Laus opened scoring 3:07 into the first, then struck twice more. Saginaw’s Braidy Wassilyn tied it early. Saginaw’s Gordei Khotkov and Dima Zhilkin scored in the third to erase a 3-1 deficit. Ryan Kaczynski answered for Soo, but Zhilkin tied it again with 1:47 left. Trevor Daley Jr. won it 1:18 into overtime from Jakub Winkelhofer and Laus. Daley also had an assist. Quinn McKenzie added two assists. Levi Harper had three assists for Saginaw, while Brody Pepoy added two. Wassilyn finished with a goal and an assist. Travis Hayes and Kade Meyer each had an assist. Laus was named the top star. The Greyhounds led after the opening period. Zhilkin had six shots. Laus had three shots and two penalty minutes. Soo improved to 1-0-0; Saginaw fell to 0-1-0. Attendance was 3,894.