Andrew Gibson scored two power for the generals of Oshawa when they won match 1 of the OHL championship series with a 4-2 victory against the London Knights on March 8 in Canada Life Place.
Oshawa entered the series with a success rate of 35.8% on the advantage of man and scored three of their four goals in this way to take a 1-0 lead in the best of 7.
The first period showed how tight things can be when two elite teams hit the ice.
The dashboard read 0-0 to 20 minutes and the gunshots were 4-4.
This changed at 4:05 a.m. from the second period when Noah read skates through Oshawa’s blue line on the left side and found René Van Bommel going on the net and the native of Strathroy, Ontario, scored his first goal of the playoffs and the first goal of the series to give the Knights an advance of 1-0.
Gibson equaled the match for the generals on a power game at 10:08 am, but London came out in the lead when Kasper Haulttunen made a wrist in front of Jacob Oster on an advantage of Knights Man with 1:03 remaining in the middle and London took a 2-1 lead in the third period.
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Gibson equaled the match a second time at 8:18 am from the last period he scored with three remaining seconds on a double minor.
Oshawa took his first advance on a power game of 4 against 3 when Cal Ritchie entered the slit and was noisily in his seventh goal of the playoffs at brand 16:35 of the third.
The Knights shot the goalkeeper Austin Elliott with just over two minutes in regulation, but could not find the equalizer and Matt Buckley sealed things for the generals when he marked in an empty net with 40.7 seconds to play.
London exceeded Oshawa 32-26.
The generals were 3-en-9 on the advantage of man.
The knights were 1 for 3.
Denver Barkey appointed Humanitarian a humanitarian aid of the year
London Captain Knights, Denver Barkey, was appointed humanitarian aid of the year 2025 of the year. Barkey worked with the official fan club of London Knights to found Barkey’s Buds and played a decisive role in creating opportunities in the London community so that young people and their families attend matches but also for young people to play the Game of Hockey who would not otherwise have the means to do so. Barkey’s Buds was also responsible for giving more than 1,500 hockey equipment parts as part of a trip held during the season.
The next
London and Oshawa will play match 2 in Canada Life Place on Saturday May 10 at 7 p.m., before the series went to Oshawa 3 and 4 on May 12.
The coverage of the two games will start at 6.30 p.m. on 980 CFPL at 980CFPL.CA and on IHEART RADIO and Radioplayer Canada applications.
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