Knight Night: The Knights' lucky number is 13

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The Knights' backup goalie, Emanuel Vella, started in place of Tyler Parsons on Friday, Nov. 13's game against the Guelph Storm.

On Friday, Nov. 13 the London Knights defeated the Guelph Storm 10-4 in an intense game filled with penalty minutes.

No one scored a hat trick, but Mitchell Marner, JJ Piccinich and Kole Sherwood were among those who scored two goals, and goalie Emanuel Vella filled in well for Tyler Parsons, stopping 16 of 20 shots.

Forward Max Jones received a two-game suspension for engaging in fights twice in the same game.

And Vella hopes to get more starts after having a strong game in net.

“That’s everyone’s goal, but you just have to keep working hard and show the coaches you deserve to be out there,” Vella said. “Obviously Parsons is an incredible goalie as well, and he’s going to get a lot of the time, but [I] just have to keep working hard and be prepared when the time comes.”

With their game against Erie the next night, when asked if he was worried about what the Otters or the Kitchener Rangers are doing, Marner had a confident reply for the Knights.

“We just want to play our game. We’re Knights hockey. We’re not Erie hockey or Kitchener hockey, we’re London hockey. Our fans come out every night and support us, and we want to play for them and make sure we’re winning for this logo on the front.”

Unfortunately the Knights’ game against Erie ended their five game winning streak with a 3-1 loss that put them seven points behind Kitchener and five behind Erie in OHL standings.