The London Knights gained their seventh recreation in a row as they downed the Soo Greyhounds 5-1 at GFL Memorial Gardens on Nov.6, 2024.
London piled up 43 pictures on aim on the highway and restricted the hometown Greyhounds to 13 pictures at Austin Elliott within the Knight web and Easton Cowan stretched his common season level streak to 46 video games with a pair of third interval targets.
The Knights got here out quick and put the primary seven pictures of the sport on the Greyhound web, nevertheless it was Sault Ste. Marie who opened the scoring as 19-year previous Justin Cloutier deflected a shot from the left level over Austin Elliott for a 1-0 lead at 6:07 of the primary interval.
London tied the sport on an influence play on the 15:25 mark as Easton Cowan began a play on the left aspect of the Greyhounds zone that went by means of Sam Dickinson and Jesse Nurmi who discovered Landon Sim within the slot for his fifth aim of the season and the groups sat tied 1-1 by means of 20 minutes.
Dickinson had a aim and an help and was named the sport’s first star.
An early second interval energy play for the Knights led to their second aim of the sport as Sam O’Reilly was stopped in entrance of the Sault Ste. Marie web however Oliver Bonk was not. Bonk lifted the rebound in for his second aim of the 12 months and a 2-1 London benefit.
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Dickinson made it 3-1 when he drilled a low slap shot behind Schenkel at 16:34 of the center interval.
O’Reilly assisted on that aim as effectively and the Knights carried a two-goal benefit into the ultimate 20 minutes.
Cowan buried back-to-back targets on first a partial breakaway simply 1:20 into the third interval after which on a full-fledged breakaway at 7:33 and London led 5-1.
The Knights gave up simply two pictures within the ultimate interval.
Austin Elliott improved to an ideal 5-0 in aim for the Knights.
London captain Denver Barkey had a pair of assists.
The Knights had been 2-for-5 on the facility play and 3-for-3 on the penalty kill.
Isaiah George makes NHL debut
After ending his main junior profession as an OHL champion Isaiah George has very quickly7 reached the highest of one other mountain.
The previous London Knight made his Nationwide Hockey League debut for the New York Islanders on Nov. 5 in opposition to Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins. George was a fourth-round decide of the Islanders in 2022. He performed 178 video games for the Knights and was a plus-72 with 75 complete factors as a defenceman.
Ryan Winterton made his season debut for the Seattle Kraken on Nov. 5 in opposition to Colorado. Winterton helped the Knights to the 2023 OHL Championship sequence. He performed in 9 video games for the Kraken in 2023-24.
Up subsequent
London will return residence to face the North Bay Battalion at Canada Life Place on Friday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m.
Former Knight Adam Dennis is in his sixth 12 months on the helm of the Battalion. He spent 5 as Basic Supervisor earlier than being given the title of President and Director of Hockey Operations for 2024-25.
The Battalion have reached the Jap Convention championship in every of the previous three seasons.
They’re 7-7-2 this 12 months and are at present winless of their final 4 video games.
Protection will start at 6:30 p.m., on 980 CFPL, at www.980cfpl.ca and on the iHeart Radio and Radioplayer Canada apps.
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