Philadelphia Flyers prospect Noah Powell had a Sunday night to remember.
The 20-year-old winger suiting up for the OHL’s Oshawa Generals was having a somewhat normal game against the Kingston Frontenacs. Not a whole lot going on for the first half of his night, but then an on-ice explosion happened that sent the entire notion of hockey out the window and Powell was at the center of it.
A Frontenacs player was badly hit and remained face-down on the ice but his teammate Gage Hayes was recklessly looking for blood. In a careless scene of rage, Hayes jumped Powell, instigating a fight with the much larger Generals forward and then got completely rocked.
@TheLibertyYell @Flyers_Clips Great day for Powell with Oshawa!
Got jumped for a hit he didn’t throw then took over
Big hit leads to breakaway goal then chirps the guy who jumped him
Couple minutes later he scored a disgusting goal & gets jumped again & slams their biggest guy pic.twitter.com/u6Soy60Ea5
— Alex_Walsh (@alexwalsh6) February 24, 2025
Powell was on defense to start the fight, since he was probably not expecting for this random guy to just come barreling towards him and start throwing punches at him. Still with his gloves on, Powell was holding Hayes back with a sizeable reach advantage and all it took was for the Flyers prospect to shake his hand free from his mitts to hand the instigator some ice justice. As soon as Powell got his hand free, he delivered some of the most impressive punches thrown by a Flyers prospect in some time. Blows that almost certainly led both fighters to just getting tied up and ending the altercation.
For someone who unexpectedly was in the middle of a bout, the 6-foot-2 Powell more than held his own. And sometimes it just takes a spark like that to liven up your game.
After Powell served his five minutes and got to see the instigator Hayes get kicked out of the game for his rage episode, the Flyers prospect put all that confident energy into scoring a couple goals for the Generals in what would be a 5-1 win Sunday night.
Powell was able to blow up an opposing defenseman at his own blue line, ruining Kingston’s scoring chance. The dribbling puck went to a Generals stick and with some straight-ahead speed, Powell scooted past defenders and got to score on a breakaway that was entirely created by his hands.
Let ’em know big DAWG 😤#OSHvsKGN | #LetsGoFlyers | @NHLFlyers pic.twitter.com/NWJzbtuK7I
— Oshawa Generals (@Oshawa_Generals) February 24, 2025
Beauty.
And Powell wasn’t even close to being done. Seemingly oozing the confidence needed to take over an entire game, the 20-year-old winger scored a beautiful goal among beautiful goals. Set up in the offensive zone, Powell called for the puck near the top of the faceoff circle, toedragged around a Frontenacs defender, and absolutely ripped it past the netminder for his second of the game.
You mad 😭#OSHvsKGN | #LetsGoFlyers | @NHLFlyers pic.twitter.com/rjBt91NWbn
— Oshawa Generals (@Oshawa_Generals) February 24, 2025
That was a goalscorer’s goal if we have ever seen one.
Powell was bullying Kingston on Sunday night. A dominant performance that earned him the First Star for the game and he certainly earned it.
This was just his 18th game since joining the Generals midseason after being one of the players to benefit from the new NCAA-CHL agreement. Previously with Ohio State University after playing for the USHL’s Dubuque Fighting Saints last season, Powell did not find his game translate well to the college level. After 17 games and five points earned, he transferred to the OHL and found a home in Oshawa. In what will be his last experience with junior hockey, Powell has scored four goals and 14 points in 18 games — certainly not lighting the world on fire but he can more than hold his own in certain aspects of the game.
With the goals he scored on Sunday, anyone can see that he has some prime offensive talent and now it is just about developing his overall game. He could certainly be an interesting player to look out for in the future, depending on where he plays next season. Powell could turn professional and sign a contract with the Flyers, or because of the new ruling, could return to college to go again after playing in the OHL.
It’s always nice to have a guy who can beat guys up and score a couple goals in every game. It’s been missed in Philadelphia.