London Knights win 16th in a row as they blank Peterborough 6-0

Aleksei Medvedev made 31 saves for his archetypal Ontario Hockey League shutout arsenic the London Knights defeated the Petes 6-0 connected Nov. 28 astatine the Peterborough memorial Centre.

The Knights scored 2 goals successful each of the 3 periods connected their mode to their 16th consecutive victory.

At 12:50 of the archetypal play Sam Dickinson rifled a cleanable walk done 2 zones to Will Nicholl who divided betwixt 2 defenders and slipped a backhand betwixt the legs of Peterborough goalie Easton Rye and that made it 1-0 for London.

The Knights went up 2-0 disconnected a faceoff successful the Petes extremity arsenic Blake Montgomery skated to the mediate of the bluish enactment and recovered Sam O’Reilly disconnected to the close of the Peterborough nett and O’Reilly deflected successful his sixth extremity of the twelvemonth astatine 15:08 of opening period.

London struck doubly successful the 2nd play connected Nicholl’s 2nd of the crippled arsenic helium was acceptable up by Henry Brzustewicz and past connected a powerfulness play extremity by Landon Sim with 1:25 remaining.

The Knights led 4-0 going into the last 20 minutes and added different brace of goals earlier the crippled ended.

Sim fed a walk to Blake Montgomery astatine the borderline of the crease and helium buried his 2nd vocation OHL extremity and past Noah Aboflan’s 2nd vocation OHL extremity finished the scoring arsenic Aboflan tipped successful a constituent changeable by Noah Jenken.

Montgomery and Sim each had a extremity and an assistance successful the game.

London outshot the Petes 38-31.

The Knights were 1-for-3 connected the powerfulness play.

The Petes were 0-for-2.

Easton Cowan did not play successful the crippled for London. helium remains retired day-to-day with a insignificant injury.

Cowan is expected to play astatine immoderate constituent connected the Knights eastbound roadworthy trip.

The 2nd Jenken Bowl

Ilderton, Ont., calved brothers Noah and Matthew Jenken met for the 2nd clip successful their OHL careers connected Nov. 28 erstwhile London played the Petes. The archetypal gathering happened connected New year’s Eve and erstwhile Noah and the Knights went head-to-head with Matthew and his erstwhile team, the Flint Firebirds. That time Noah got the triumph with London but Matthew scored successful the crippled for the Firebirds. The boys parents, Dan and Janine, were successful attendance successful Peterborough. Janine was successful a divided jersey with London connected 1 broadside and the Petes connected the other.

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Suspensions announced for Halttunen and Boulton

The Ontario Hockey League and their Director of Player Safety, Greg Kimmerly person reviewed 2 incidents involving Knights players and person fixed a four-game suspension to London guardant Kasper Halttunen for a deed connected Saginaw Spirit defenceman James Guo. Boulton received an eight-game suspension for a slash that occurred successful that aforesaid game. The ruling from the league connected Boulton’s slash stated that, “an further 4 games of the suspension person been attributed to Boulton’s caller and applicable past of on-ice behaviour that has travel nether reappraisal by the League’s Department of Player Safety.”

Up next

London heads further eastbound for a crippled successful Kingston against the Frontenacs connected Friday, Nov. 29 astatine Slush Puppie Place.

The Knights and Kingston person not played a crippled against each different this twelvemonth but they some beryllium successful apical spot successful their respective divisions.

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