LONDON, ON – KNIGHTS DEFEAT MIDWEST DIVISION RIVAL STORM

 

London opened the scoring in the first, as Evan Van Gorp found the back of the net after 3 consecutive rebounds. 

 

Guelph challenged the goal for offside, but was unsuccessful and received a bench minor. On the resulting Knights powerplay, Jaxon Cover found William Nicholl on the doorstep for Nicholl’s 12th of the season. 

 

Just 91 seconds after London’s second goal, the Knights drew another powerplay, cashing in on a Henry Brzustewicz point shot for London’s third goal in the first six minutes of play. 

 

After just eight minutes of play, London had 12 shots and 3 goals. Guelph however, had yet to register a shot. 

 

A Brody Cook major for kneeing evened the ice out slightly, as Guelph recorded its first shot and goal on a redirection in front from Carter Stevens. 

 

The middle frame went scoreless until the final fourteen seconds, where Ethan Miedema beat Knights goaltender Sebastian Gatto’s blocker on the rush to cut the Storm deficit to just one. 

 

Just over one minute into the third, a Guelph pass landed on Braidy Wassilyn’s stick in the slot, where Wassilyn tucked the puck into the top corner to restore London’s two goal lead. 

 

Guelph responded with just 4 minutes left to play, as Seb Gatto turned the puck over to Layne Gallacher, who slotted the puck into the open Knights cage, cutting the London lead back down to one.

 

London would hold on, thanks to a couple of Guelph penalties securing the Knights 4-3 victory.

 

The Knights suit up on Sunday, March 15th, when they head to Windsor for a matchup with the Spitfires.