Three objectives in a span of 31.3 seconds and 23 saves from Austin Elliott led the London Knights to a 4-0 shutout victory over the Erie Otters in Sport 3 of their second spherical sequence on Apr. 15.
London now leads the best-of-seven sequence three video games to none heading into Sport 4 on Thursday, Apr. 17 on the Erie Insurance coverage Area.
The Knights had been 46.3 seconds away from their first scoreless interval of the playoffs when Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Easton Cowan drove the online off the suitable wing and backhanded a puck behind Charlie Burns to make it 1-0.
Simply 14.2 seconds later Landon Sim deflected a Sam Dickinson shot into the Erie internet for a 2-0 Knights lead and London was not finished there.
With 15.3 seconds left, Jacob Julien wristed house his personal rebound and the Knights led 3-0 by 20 minutes.
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The objectives got here a complete of 31.3 seconds aside.
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Kasper Halttunen wired his fourth aim of the playoffs off the glove of Burns and in on the 11:29 mark of the second interval on a London energy play and the Knights going into the third interval.
The Knights held the Otters off from there as they restricted Erie to only six photographs on aim over the ultimate 20 minutes.
London outshot Erie 39-23.
The Knights had been 1-for-2 on the facility play.
The Otters had been 0-for-5.
Ivan Demidov equals feat final completed by Mark Hunter
When Ivan Demidov scored in his debut for the Montreal Canadiens on April 14, he turned the primary Canadiens teenage rookie to get a aim in his first Nationwide Hockey League sport since London Common Supervisor Mark Hunter in 1981.
Hunter scored simply 2:09 right into a 5-5 tie with the Hartford Whalers. Hunter would go on to attain 18 objectives that season and the Canadiens would meet the Quebec Nordiques within the opening spherical of the NHL playoffs. Montreal misplaced in extra time in a deciding Sport 5. The sequence profitable aim was scored by: Dale Hunter.
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Denver Barkey named OHL Participant of the Week
Knights captain Denver Barkey is averaging higher than a point-per-period thus far within the playoffs.
On April 14, Barkey was named the OHL Participant of the Week after scoring 4 occasions and including three assists in two victories over the Erie Otters to start the Western Convention semi-final sequence between the groups.
Barkey opened the sequence with a hat trick in Sport 1 and adopted that with a aim and three assists in Sport 2.
Barkey was named the sport’s first star on each nights.
Up subsequent
The Knights and Otters will play Sport 4 on Thursday, April 17 at 7 p.m. at Erie Insurance coverage Area.
Protection will start at 6:30 p.m., on 980 CFPL, at 980cfpl.ca and on the iHeart Radio and Radioplayer Canada apps.
