London Knights defeat North Bay Battalion 4-1 to begin northern road trip

London Knights skipper Denver Barkey and Knights defenceman Oliver Bonk each had a extremity and an assistance arsenic London topped the North Bay Battalion 3-1 successful North Bay connected Jan. 23.

The Philadelphia Flyers prospects opened and closed the scoring for the Knights arsenic London began a three-game roadworthy travel done the north.

Knights goaltender Austin Elliott improved to 19-0-0-0 successful a London uniform.

Goals conscionable 36 seconds isolated got the scoring started and the 2nd extended Easton Cowan’s constituent streak to 62 games.

After North Bay defender Kent Greer drained a wrist changeable connected a rebound arsenic the puck bounced backmost to him wrong the near constituent astatine 4:35 of the opening play Cowan carried crossed the Battalion bluish enactment and slid a walk to Bonk successful the slot and Bonk enactment the puck successful the net.

The Knights extremity came astatine 5:11 and knotted the people 1-1.

Henry Brzustewicz enactment London up 2-1 astatine 15:52 of the archetypal erstwhile helium received a walk successful the slot from Blake Montgomery and snapped a changeable by Mike McIvor and into the North Bay nett and London took a one-goal pb into the dressing room.

Sam Dickinson made it 3-1 for the Knights arsenic helium zoomed into the Battalion portion connected a powerfulness play and ripped a changeable disconnected the near station and successful for his 18th extremity of the year.

The people stayed that mode until Denver Barkey sealed things with an empty-netter successful the last infinitesimal of the game.

London outshot North Bay 36-32.

The Knights were 1-for-7 connected the powerfulness play and 4-for-4 connected the punishment kill.

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Logan Hawery, Caleb Mitchell, Cohen Bidgood and Brendan Gerber volition each beryllium taking part. No OHL squad has much prospects participating than the Knights. Saginaw is adjacent with three.

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The Knights proceed to rotation done the bluish portion of the Ontario Hockey League arsenic they spell to Sudbury connected Friday, Jan. 24, to conscionable the Wolves for the 2nd clip successful little than a week.

London got 2 goals from Jess Nurmi and 4 assists from Kasper Halttunen successful an 8-1 triumph implicit Sudbury connected Jan. 19 astatine Canada Life Place.

The pregame amusement volition statesman astatine 6:30 p.m., connected 980 CFPL, astatine 980cfpl.ca and connected the iHeart Radio and Radioplayer Canada apps.