London Knights end weekend with loss to Kitchener Rangers – London Globalnews.ca

Two goals from Francesco Arcuri helped Kitchener Rangers beat London Knights 5-2 at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario on Sunday afternoon.

The Rangers jumped out to a 2–0 lead with two Francescos on their roster.

Francesco Pinelli tipped in a Matt Andonowski point shot to make it 1-0 at the 8:27 mark of opening time and then less than two minutes later Arcuri made it 2-on-1 by directing Carson Rehkoff past Brett Brochu. signed off. ,

Easton Cowan put London on the scoreboard with a second by the eight-minute mark after Max McCue hit the goal post early in the second period. Denver Barki fouled Kitchener in a turnover and sent a puck back to the blue line to Jackson Edwards. The Bruins prospect sent a shot over the net and Cowan was there to flip in the rebound.

Francesco Arcuri restored the Rangers’ two-goal lead with his 30th on a one-timer bullet on the Kitchener power play at 11:21.

Again, the Knights pulled within a goal when Brodie Crane sent a pass across the slot to Ruslan Gazizov for his 15th goal of the year.

A diving stop by Brochu late in the period prevented Kitchener from pulling ahead by a pair. On the rebound on the right side of the London net, Brochu threw down to deny Leighton Moore.

Marco Costantini turned away 17 shots in the final 20 minutes for Rangers. Reed Valade and Danny Zhilkin added empty net goals as Kitchener won for the second time in three games.

The Knights defeated the Rangers 38–28. Kitchener was 1-for-4 on power plays. London was 0-for-2.

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Knights forward Mike Levin had a hat trick for the St. Thomas Stars on Saturday night which included the game-winner in overtime. Levine continues to climb the points-per-game charts in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League and he has some familiar company. Jacob Julian is still in second place at 1.86. He is now playing with the Knights full-time. Levine has moved up to fifth place with 45 points in 25 games. Sam O’Reilly and William Nicol, who was drafted by London in 2022, are both in the top-15, as is London National forward Lucas Chard.

1 – 1.91 – Blake Yeatman – Played for St. Catharines – Erie Otters

2 – 1.86 – Jacob Julian – London Nationals – Now playing full-time with the Knights

5 – 1.80 – Mike Levin – St. Thomas Stars – Has played four games with London in the OHL this year

9 – 1.60 – Lucas Chard – London Nationals – 2003 – Born forward in second season with the Nationals

10- 1.58 – Sam O’Reilly – London Nationals – Knights 2nd round pick in 2022

13 – 1.50 – Will Nicol – St. Thomas Stars – Knights third round pick in 2022

Where are they now?

Luke Evangelista and Tonio Strange went 1-2 with the London Knights last season and are both playing their first years as professionals. Evangelista leads the Milwaukee Admirals in scoring as a 20-year-old with eight goals and 30 points in 39 games. The former Knights captain registered his first hat-trick in the American Hockey League on January 10 in Tucson, Ariz.

Strange has appeared in eight games with the Texas Stars of the AHL this year and has one goal and four assists. Strange was loaned to the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL and scored six points in five games before being recalled.

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The Knights is heading east from January 26.

They will play the Petes in Peterborough to start the trip and then proceed to Ottawa, Ontario for a game against the 67’s on January 27 and then against the Kingston Frontenacs on January 28.

London defeated the 67’s 1–0 in a shootout in early December and then beat the Petes on home ice the following night.

Peterborough and Ottawa both made major moves at the trade deadline.

Coverage for all three games begins at 6:30 PM on 980 CFPL http://www.980cfpl.ca and on the Radioplayer Canada app.

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