Kaeden Hawkins’ aim with 5:13 remaining in regulation lifted the London Knights to a 5-4 victory over the Assault in Owen Sound on Jan. 17.
The win was the third straight by the Knights and second in below 24 hours following a 4-1 determination in Sarnia the evening earlier than.
Former Sting ahead Ryan Brown scored twice for London and added an help. Henry Brzustewicz added three assists for London, and Knights centre Braiden Clark locked in a aim and an help.
London grabbed an early lead with an influence play aim from Brown that gave him three objectives in his previous 5 video games.
That got here simply 96 seconds into the sport.
After not surrendering a single shot to Sarnia within the third interval an evening earlier in Sarnia, the Knights didn’t permit a shot on aim for the primary 9:47 of the primary interval in Owen Sound.
The primary shot by the Assault that made it to the London internet was deflected into the online by veteran Assault ahead Jake Crawford, making the rating 1-1.
The Knights cashed in on one other energy play as Will Nicholl spun a go in entrance to Jesse Nurmi, and the Islanders prospect linked on his third aim of the 12 months at 10:48 of the opening interval and London led 2-1.
Simply over two minutes later the Assault tied the sport once more on one other deflected as Masen Wray tipped in a puck on the left submit and the groups ended the primary 20 minutes in a 2-2 tie.
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Owen Sound broke that tie on the 10:18 mark of the second interval on Wray’s second aim of the sport. That one additionally got here on the person benefit however some dogged work by Brown wound up in a steal and Brown fed Clark for his twelfth aim and a tie sport once more.
The Assault went in entrance earlier than the top of the second interval when Max Delisle completed a two-on-one for his second profession OHL aim and it was 4-3 for Owen Sound.
Assault ahead Caden Taylor was assessed a serious penalty for a test to the pinnacle with 1:05 remaining within the second, and simply eight seconds into the five-minute energy play, Brown scored. The rating sat 4-4 after 40 minutes and stayed that method till the late phases of the third, when Hawkins scored on a depraved spinning backhand after a go from Evan Van Gorp, placing the Knights forward to remain.
London outshot Owen Sound 41-29.
The Knights had been 3-for-6 on the ability play.
The Assault had been 2-for-2.
A real shutdown within the third interval
Of their 4-1 win over the Sting in Sarnia on Jan. 16, the London Knights stored the Sting with no single shot on aim within the third interval.
Knights goalie Seb Gatto touched the puck on dump-ins, however apart from that, it hardly ever got here close to him as London wrapped up their fourth win of the season over Sarnia.
The feat by the Knights got here precisely one 12 months and two days after the Buffalo Sabres had been held with no shot in a 3rd interval towards Carolina in a Nationwide Hockey League sport.
The Sabres truly scored a aim in that interval with out registering a shot.
With Buffalo forward 3-2 and the Hurricanes’ internet empty, former OHLer Ryan McLeod discovered himself chasing down a puck that had been shot off the top boards within the Carolina zone with the online empty.
McLeod was denied a tap-in on the play by Hurricanes defenceman Brent Burns however as a result of Burns tripped McLeod earlier than McLeod may put the puck within the internet, McLeod was awarded a aim with out taking a shot.
Up subsequent
The Knights will head to Sault Ste. Marie to play the Greyhounds on Jan. 21.
It will likely be London’s first take a look at Carter George in a Sault Ste. Marie uniform after he was traded north by the Owen Sound Assault on the deadline.
The Knights have confronted George within the playoffs in every of the previous two seasons, and the best way the OHL standings are shaping up with 25 video games remaining, there’s a risk that it occurs once more.
Protection will start at 6:30 p.m. on 980 CFPL, at 980cfpl.ca and on the iHeart Radio and Radioplayer Canada apps.
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