London Knights win 15th straight game, move into 1st place overall in OHL standings

Down 3 cardinal veterans the London Knights got a fist prima show from overager Austin Elliott arsenic they edged the Ottawa 67’s 2-1 successful a shootout Sunday astatine Canada Life Place, earning their 15th consecutive victory.

Elliott stopped 29 shots successful the crippled and past turned speech 4 of 5 shooters successful the shootout to amended to 9-0 successful the London crease.

The triumph moved the Knights 2 points up of the Windsor Spitfires for the apical spot successful the Ontario Hockey League standings.

London was missing a full of 4 players pursuing their crippled against the Saginaw Spirit connected Nov. 23.

Kasper Halttunen and Ryder Boulton were some assessed five-minute large penalties and crippled misconducts – those plays volition beryllium reviewed by the league to measure further punishment, but each subordinate missed the crippled against Ottawa arsenic did Denver Barkey and Easton Cowan.

Cowan and Barkey are dealing with what London adjunct manager Dylan Hunter described as, “minor aches and pains” and said the determination was made to clasp them retired of the lineup to effort to minimize the hazard that those injuries could beryllium made worse.

Rene Van Bommel acceptable up Logan Hawery for the archetypal extremity of the crippled arsenic Van Bommel battled done postulation successful the close country of the 67’s extremity and got the puck to the borderline of the Ottawa crease wherever Hawery banged successful his 2nd extremity of the weekend.

The crippled stayed that mode into the 3rd play arsenic some teams fought done the rubbery legs and foggy attraction that comes with playing 3 games successful 3 days.

Will Gerrior tied the crippled with 6:49 to spell successful regularisation clip arsenic helium recovered a bouncing puck successful the slot and roofed a changeable from successful tight.

Overtime solved thing contempt chances some ways including a breakaway accidental for Knights guardant Jacob Julien successful the dying seconds.

Julien and Sam O’Reilly some scored successful the shootout for London.

Ottawa outshot the Knights 30-29.

The teams came into the crippled with the apical 2 powerfulness plays successful the OHL but neither 1 managed to score.

Marner conscionable keeps making magic

In his last play with the London Knights Mitch Marner had 39 goals and 116 points, won the Red Tilson Trophy victor arsenic the OHL’s Most Outstanding Player and was besides named Canadian Hockey League Player of the Year. From there, Marner has yet to dilatory down and successful the lack of chap Toronto Maple Leafs guardant Auston Matthews, Marner has stepped up adjacent more. Marner has been held disconnected the scoresheet conscionable erstwhile successful a 12-game span heading into the matchup betwixt Toronto and the Utah Hockey Club connected Nov. 24. Marner leads the Maple Leafs successful scoring with 26 points successful 20 games successful 2024-25.

Up next

The Knights caput eastbound for games against the Peterborough Petes, Kingston Frontenacs and Ottawa 67’s opening with a crippled against the Petes connected Nov. 28 astatine the Peterborough Memorial Centre.

London and Peterborough were the last 2 teams lasting successful the OHL successful 2023 erstwhile they met successful the league title series. This season, they find themselves astatine other ends of the standings. The Petes person conscionable 2 wins successful 23 games played this year.

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