London Knights rookie goaltender Zack Bowen made 26 saves for his first career Ontario Hockey League finish as the Knights beat the Saginaw Spirit 3-0 on Saturday night.
Late in the second period, Bowen completely robbed Hunter Height of the spirit. Haight grabbed the puck and cut into the net and dropped his forehand, but Bowen shot off his left foot and strengthened it to make the save. Bowen went into the net during the play but the puck stayed out.
The Kanata, Ontario, native made another heavy stop on Haight in the third period. With just over five minutes to go in the game, Bowen was there again as Zayne Parekh batted a puck out of the air on goal.
It was difficult to find clear nets all night, but London’s second man advantage of the night saw Logan Mailloux pull one right off the faceoff. He hit a wrist shot past New York Islanders prospect Tristan Lennox to score Mileux’s twelfth goal of the season and sixth in his last four games.
Ryan Winterton earned his first point as a Knight on the play. Oliver Bonk picked up the second assist. Bonk moved into a tie for third overall in OHL rookie scoring with Joey Willis of the Spirit.
Winterton and fellow former Hamilton Bulldog Ryan Humphrey registered their first goals for London late in the game as both scored empty netters to secure the Knights’ ninth consecutive win and 21st in their last 23 games.
London is now three points clear of first place overall in the Western Conference.
The Knights defeated Saginaw 29–26.
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Brett Brochu closing in on Michael Houser
On 6 January, Brett Brochu earned his 78th career win when London beat the Hamilton Bulldogs 5–1. He is 15 wins away from the Knights’ all-time record set by Michael Houser. Houser won 17, 42 and then 46 games in consecutive seasons from 2009 to 2012 and closed out his dominant junior career with an OHL Championship, OHL Goaltender of the Year Award and the Red Tilson Trophy as the OHL’s Most Outstanding Player.
Brochu has already been named Goaltender of the Year and his play in a London uniform can only be described as outstanding when at the age of 17 he managed to clear the crease from every other goalkeeper on the Knights’ roster. Were going back for
London Knights all-time wins by goalkeeper:
- 93 – Michael Houser
- 84 – Jean Chiarello
- 78 – Brett Brochu
- 75 – Tyler Parsons
- 74 – Jeff Reese
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They join Keira Harrie of London, Ontario, Shelby Laidlaw of St. Thomas, Ontario and Abby Stonehouse of Blenheim, Ontario. All five played for the London Devillats and made up more than a fifth of the Canadian roster. Team Canada will take on Finland in their first game on Sunday at 2PM. They will take on Sweden at 2pm on Monday 9th January and then complete a tough round robin schedule against the USA on Wednesday 11th January at 2pm.
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The Knights will have a quick turn-around as they head to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario for a match against the Greyhounds on Sunday at 2 p.m.
London is 2-1 against the ‘Hounds’ in 2022-23.
The Knights won the previous meeting in a shootout 4–3 after Oliver Bonk caught Charlie Schenkel from behind.
Coverage begins at 1:30 PM on 980 CFPL http://www.980cfpl.ca and on the Radioplayer Canada app.
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