Not every milestone goal can be memorable, but logan malloux It was definitely the 20th of the season.
Mailloux drove the puck down the board at the right point of the Kitchener end in overtime and cut in front where he beat Rangers goaltender Marco Costantini for the game-winning goal.
George Diako assisted in this. Diaco celebrated his 21st birthday on the night with three assistants.
The win was London’s ninth in a row and moved them one point ahead of the Windsor Spitfires for first place in the Western Conference. Each team has 17 games left to play.
Knights rookie goaltender Zach Bowen made his fourth consecutive start as Brett Brochu was out with a lower body injury. Brochu is getting closer to returning. Bowen has won all four of those starts and is now on a personal 14-game winning streak.
The teams actually came into the first round without any goals.
London started the scoring at 3:53 of the second period when Landon Simm tipped Marco Costantini’s Sam Dickinson shot into the Ranger net.
The lead lasted just one minute and 53 seconds when Reed Valde took a feed to the left of the London goal and fired a shot past the Knights’ Zac Bowen to make it 1–1.
Flip Messer was downed on a breakaway later in the period and awarded a penalty shot, and the Montreal Canadiens’ first goaler gave Kitchener a 2–1 lead with 40 minutes left.
Max McCue tied the game in the third period on a backhand as he found the puck bouncing in front of the Ranger net and put it in.
Valade’s second of the game came short-handed and put Kitchener ahead 3–2 with just over 10 minutes to go in the third period, but London tied the game again when George Diako scored on a separate Knight power play at 13. I found Easton Cowan in front: 13.
London kicked a late Ranger man advantage and the game went into overtime where Mailloux won it.
The Knights defeated Kitchener 37–24.
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Sean McGurn named Player of the Week
London Knights co-captain Sean McGurn has had a rough week.
On Monday afternoon the Ottawa, Ontario, native collected OHL Player of the Week honors after scoring five goals and eight assists for 13 points. McGurn was also plus-eight.
The thing is, McGurn’s numbers would have been even more impressive if the award week had been for plus-one games. Through five games played in a span of only eight days, McGurn had six goals and 10 assists for 16 points.
McGurn currently leads the Knights in scoring.
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Bowen named OHL Goaltender of the Week
Zach Bowen is starting to get some major recognition for his play as a rookie in the Ontario Hockey League.
Bowen has won 13 games in a row and his last three wins have led to Bowen being named the OHL Goaltender of the Week. After an injury to Brett Brochu on February 6, Bowen entered the Knights’ crease and posted a goals against average of 2.70 and a save percentage of .920 in wins over the Kitchener Rangers, Erie Otters and Guelph Storm.
London selected Bowen in the fourth round of the 2022 OHL Priority Selection when he was 16 in 2021.
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The Knights will play the third and fourth rounds of the Battle of the 402 against the Sarnia Sting on Friday, February 17 at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario and on Saturday, February 18 at the Progressive Auto Sales Arena in Sarnia, Ontario.
This season the Knights and Sting are playing a battle of the 402 where the winner of their regular season series will be crowned champions.
So far London has a 2-0 lead in the series with four matches left.
Coverage begins at 6:30 PM on 980 CFPL www.980cfpl.ca and on the Radioplayer Canada app.
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