Sam O’Reilly of the London Knights acquired to the web 4:23 into additional time and Easton Cowan discovered him for the sport profitable aim because the Knights edged the Moncton Wildcats 3-2 to open their 2025 Memorial Cup schedule.
The groups mirrored one another by way of the primary 40 minutes in almost each method and created a hard-fought and heavy effort befitting of the 2 golf equipment who had the most effective profitable percentages within the Canadian Hockey League in 2024-25.
Each groups talked earlier than the sport about needing a quick begin and London acquired it when O’Reilly tipped in a Sam Dickinson shot from the left level simply 91 seconds into the sport. Blake Montgomery picked up the second help and the Knights lead 1-0.
Etienne Morin scored to tie the sport for Moncton at 6:59 of the primary interval when his shot modified path in entrance of Austin Elliott and the scored sat tied 1-1 by way of 20 minutes.
The groups saved it tight within the second interval as they exchanged energy play objectives to stay even.
London ahead Easton Cowan arrange Kasper Halttunen on a person benefit at 5:11 to make it 2-1 for the Knights after which at 12:22 Dylan Gill’s slap shot from the center of the blue line discovered its method by way of a display screen and the 2 golf equipment went to the ultimate interval sitting 2-2 on the scoreboard.
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The groups went scoreless by way of the third and located their strategy to additional time.
The Knights outshot Moncton 16-3 within the closing interval however couldn’t beat Mathis Rousseau.
The golf equipment mixed for a 6-0 document in playoff additional time video games with the Wildcats going 5-0 and London ending their sequence towards Erie with an OT victory of their solely journey past regulation.
After Rousseau made an enormous save on Dickinson on a two-one-one and Knights goalie Austin Elliott robbed Moncton star Caleb Desnoyers twice London entered the zone with the puck on Cowan’s stick. Cowan delayed and located O’Reilly in entrance for a second tip-in on the evening and the sport winner for the Knights.
London outshot the Wildcats 48-29.
Each groups had been 1-for-3 on the ability play.
London and Drugs Hat head into Sunday at 1-0. Moncton and the Rimouski Oceanic sit at 0-1.
Brett Brochu indicators in Germany
After two seasons within the AHL and ECHL former London Knights goalie Brett Brochu is heading to Europe. The 2023 OHL Goaltender of the Yr has signed with ERC Ingolstadt for the 2025-26 season. Since ending his Ontario Hockey League Profession in 2023 Brochu has spent nearly all of his time with the ECHL’s Fort Wayne Komets with stints that took him to the Bakersfield Condors, Manitoba Moose and Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League. Brochu performed in London from 2019 to 2023 and holds the document for many wins by a Knights rookie in a single season and ranks twenty first in all-time OHL goaltender wins.
Up subsequent
London will mee the host Rimouski Oceanic on Sunday, Could 25 at 6 p.m.
Rimouski misplaced 5-4 to the Drugs Hat Tigers of their match opening sport.
Tigers ahead Hunter St. Martin scored the profitable aim with 2:41 remaining within the sport.
Protection will start at 5:30 p.m., on 980 CFPL at 980cfpl.ca and on the iHeart Radio and Radioplayer Canada apps.
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