London Knights wrap up five-game homestand with overtime victory against Brantford

Sam Dickinson scored the crippled victor 21 seconds into overtime arsenic the London Knights edged the Brantford Bulldogs 4-3 to extremity a five-game homestand astatine Canada Life Place connected Oct. 25.

Dickinson had a extremity and an assistance and recovered a uncommon spread successful Ryerson Leenders who faced 42 London shots successful the game.

Landon Sim’s archetypal extremity of the twelvemonth opened the scoring astatine 7:22 of the archetypal period.

Sim tipped successful a Henry Brzustewicz constituent shot. Brzustewicz has started the twelvemonth with 9 assists successful 9 games.

Easton Cowan’s 4th extremity of the twelvemonth made it 2-0 Knights astatine the extremity of a lengthy delayed punishment call. The extremity came astatine 17:12 of the archetypal period.

Before the horn sounded, Brantford chopped the London pb successful fractional connected a wrist changeable from the close broadside of the Knights extremity by New Jersey Devils imaginable Cole Brown.

The Bulldogs tied the crippled 4:22 into the 2nd play connected Parker Holmes’ archetypal Ontario Hockey League extremity aft sidesplitting disconnected a London two-man vantage and the crippled sat astatine 2-2.

Sam O’Reilly enactment the Knights backmost successful beforehand with 4 and a fractional minutes to spell arsenic helium started a play coming done centre ice, past recovered himself successful beforehand of the Brantford nett to decorativeness it for his 3rd extremity of the twelvemonth and a 3-2 London lead.

The Bulldogs evened the people for the 2nd clip arsenic Brown banged successful a rebound to the near of the Knights crease with 33.5 seconds to spell successful the mediate period.

Leenders made himself the communicative of the 3rd period. He turned speech 14 London shots and held beardown done immoderate relentless unit by the Knights.

London outshot the Bulldogs 14-3.

The Knights wasted nary clip successful OT arsenic Dickinson and William Nicholl raced into the Bulldogs zone. They play they wanted to marque didn’t hap but Dickinson stayed connected the puck, scooped up a escaped puck and turned and wired a changeable down Leenders.

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Both teams were 0-for-2 connected the powerfulness play.

NHL Central Scouting releases ‘Players to watch’ list

Three London Knights, a imaginable aboriginal Knight and 3 country players were each listed arsenic “Players to watch” for the upcoming 2025 NHL Entry Draft by National Hockey League Central Scouting.

Goaltender Alexei Medvedev, defenceman Henry Brzustewicz and guardant Blake Arrowsmith of the Knights each had their names appear.

Londoners Parker Snelgrove (Guelph) and Aiden Young (Peterborough) and Aylmer, Ont., autochthonal Cameron Reid besides made the list.

Gleb Semenov was besides recognized. He is an import prime of London’s successful 2024. Semenov is presently playing successful the USHL.

Up next

Next up, London volition instrumentality to the Dow Events Center successful Michigan for the archetypal clip since the 2024 Memorial Cup tournament.

The Knights sojourn the Saginaw Spirit connected Saturday, Oct. 26 astatine 7 p.m.

Coverage volition commencement aty 6:30 p.m., connected 980 CFPL, astatine www.980cfpl.ca and connected the iHeart Radio and Radioplayer Canada apps.