Easton Cowan and Jacob Julien every scored twice and Denver Barkey and Sam Dickinson every had 4 assists because the London Knights prolonged their profitable streak to double digits with a 5-3 victory over the Sarnia Sting on Nov.15 at Canada Life Place.
London has now gained 10 straight video games and 13 of their previous 14.
And the workforce’s profitable streak wasn’t the one streak that continued.
Cowan saved his common season run alive and hit the massive 5-0.
Cowan had come inside 21.9 seconds of seeing his common season scoring streak finish in opposition to the Guelph Storm on Nov. 10 earlier than he scored an empty-net aim to increase it to 49 consecutive video games.
The Maple Leafs prospect obtained an opportunity to hit 50 a lot earlier in opposition to the Sting and made good. Cowan drilled a Denver Barkey cross into the again of the Sarnia internet on a Knights energy play 4:02 of the opening interval to tie the sport 1-1.
Fifty video games tied Cowan with Alexander Radulov on the Canadian Hockey League record of longest stretches with at the least one level in each sport. Radulov went 50 video games with the Quebec Remparts in 2005-06.
The one gamers in CHL historical past with longer streaks are Jimmy Fox at 52 and Doug Gilmout with 55.
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Cowan’s aim got here after Zach Filak had opened the scoring simply 2:51 into the sport.
The primary aim of the second interval was scored by a Londoner however not a London Knight.
A turnover within the London zone led to a quick-developing two-on-oh for Sarnia the place former Knight Kaedon Johnston discovered Beckham Edwards and he deposited the puck behind Alexei Medvedev for a 2-1 Sting.
The aim obtained the eye of the London aspect as they cashed in on one other energy play as Barkey and Sam Dickinson mixed to arrange Cowan from the fitting aspect of the ice on the 16:09 mark of the second interval.
Barkey and Dickinson recorded their third assists of the sport with 8.3 seconds remaining within the center interval as Dickinson obtained a puck forward to Barkey. Barkey then slid a ravishing little cross to Will Nicholl who obtained in behind the Sarnia defence after which slid a puck by means of Nick Surzycia within the Sting internet and the Knights carried a 3-2 lead into the ultimate 20 minutes.
Julien obtained his first of the sport at 4:41 of the third interval as he fired dwelling a ricochet off a aim publish from the left aspect of the Sarnia finish.
Time ticked down beneath a minute and with the goalie pulled, the Sting obtained a aim from Zach Filak to tighten the rating to 4-3 however London responded proper off the faceoff with lower than 30 seconds to go as Dickinson flipped a puck down the ice that Barkey raced after to beat out an icing.
Barkey did beat out the icing after which fed Julien for his second of the sport and that sealed issues for the Knights.
London outshot Sarnia 43-23.
The Knights stayed atop the ability play rankings within the OHL by going 2-for-3.
They have been 2-for-2 on the penalty kill and rating short-handed within the course of.
San Jose Sharks return Kasper Halttunen to London Knights
After scoring 17 targets in 18 playoff video games to steer all aim scorers and to assist lead the London Knights to a 2024 OHL Championship, Kasper Halttunen is coming again for an encore. The San Jose Sharks introduced on Nov. 15 that that they had reassigned Halttunen to London for the rest of the 2024-25 season. Halttunen started the yr with the San Jose Barracudea of the American Hockey League the place he put up two targets and 4 factors in six video games.
Up subsequent
The Knights return to Guelph to face the Storm on Saturday, Nov. 16, at 4 p.m.
The groups mixed for 15 targets in an 8-7 London victory on Nov. 10.
Evan Van Gorp had a aim and 4 assists for a profession excessive 5 factors in that sport whereas Max Nemestnikov had 4 targets for Guelph.
Protection will start at 3:30 p.m. on 980 CFPL, at www.980cfpl.ca and on the iHeart Radio and Radioplayer Canada apps.
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