Final: Knights 7 | Attack 3
The London Knights beat the Owen Sound Attack 7-3 just one day after clinching a playoff spot.
Tye Mcsorely had his first career hattrick, landing him first star of the game – while hitting the first Mac Attack of the season, sending all 8,355 attendees home with a free big mac, courtesy of McDonald’s.
McSorely secured his first goal of the night on a rebound early in the second period.
What followed was a flurry of scoring opportunities in the offensive zone, where McSorely was able to net his sixth goal of the season which was followed by his third goal of the night halfway through the third, giving him the natural hat trick.
The Attack opened the scoring early in the first period, which was a catalyst for seven consecutive London Knights goals.
Knights overager Cody Morgan was quick to tie the score on the powerplay just four minutes later, assisted by Antonio Stranges who had a three-point night.
Stranges was able to follow up with another end-to-end goal, dancing around the Attack’s defensive zone using his speed and high calibre puck handling abilities, giving the Knights the lead.
Captain Luke Evangelista was quick to add to the Knights highlight reel late in the first, finding the back of the net after deking out the Attack, giving him his 49th goal of the season.
Ruslan Gazizov, who has just returned from the CHL top prospects game, netted his ninth goal of the season.
Rookie goaltender Owen Willmore stood strong in the net, securing his fourth consecutive career win with a record of 4-0-0 stopping 29 of 32 shots on net.
London sits second in the West, three points behind Windsor.
The Knights faceoff against the Kitchener Rangers on Saturday at Budweiser Gardens.
BY DENICE PEPE
