Knight Night: Knights on a roll
On Nov. 27, the London Knights
defeated the Owen Sound Attack
6-1, with Christian Dvorak scoring
his second hat trick of the season,
with one goal on a power play. Other
goals were from Matthew Tkachuk,
also on a power play, Aaron
Berisha, and Max Jones. Goalie Tyler
Parsons stopped 17 of 18 shots
on goal.
Left-winger Matthew Tkachuk is at the top of NHL scouts’ lists, and second in points in the OHL in his first season with the league. He was happy to hear about being at the top of the list of players to watch out for, but said he is “just trying to play [his] game.”
On his second hat trick of the season, Dvorak said he doesn’t really think about it, and he certainly knows he didn’t get it on his own.
“I just have to thank my teammates for making good plays out there.”
He has also been named on the American team roster for the 2016 World Junior Championship.
Tyler Parsons felt the team made a good effort as a whole, and was hopeful about Saturday night’s game as well.
“I thought we came out a little slow for the first few minutes, but then we got back to our normal speed and we took it to them. We played pretty good offensively, we had some break downs in the defensive zone, but just something to work on and get better next game.”
The Knights faced off against the attack for a second night in a row, this time in Owen Sound, and came home with a 4-1 victory. Sam Miletic scored two goals, and Dvorak and Mitchell Marner had a goal each. Brendan Burke suited up to get in net, and stopped 28 of 29 shots on goal.
As a Toronto Maple Leafs prospect, Marner is also being watched closely by NHL scouts and has also been invited to the Canadian team roster of players auditioning to play in the 2016 World Juniors.
The Knights then went to Windsor on the 29th to face the Spitfires for the third game of the weekend, and came home with a 5-3 victory.
Parsons was back in net after his day of rest and stopped 27 of 30 shots. Dvorak scored another two goals, Marner scored one, and right-wingers Kole Sherwood and JJ Piccinich scored one each.
Left-winger Matthew Tkachuk is at the top of NHL scouts’ lists, and second in points in the OHL in his first season with the league. He was happy to hear about being at the top of the list of players to watch out for, but said he is “just trying to play [his] game.”
On his second hat trick of the season, Dvorak said he doesn’t really think about it, and he certainly knows he didn’t get it on his own.
“I just have to thank my teammates for making good plays out there.”
He has also been named on the American team roster for the 2016 World Junior Championship.
Tyler Parsons felt the team made a good effort as a whole, and was hopeful about Saturday night’s game as well.
“I thought we came out a little slow for the first few minutes, but then we got back to our normal speed and we took it to them. We played pretty good offensively, we had some break downs in the defensive zone, but just something to work on and get better next game.”
The Knights faced off against the attack for a second night in a row, this time in Owen Sound, and came home with a 4-1 victory. Sam Miletic scored two goals, and Dvorak and Mitchell Marner had a goal each. Brendan Burke suited up to get in net, and stopped 28 of 29 shots on goal.
As a Toronto Maple Leafs prospect, Marner is also being watched closely by NHL scouts and has also been invited to the Canadian team roster of players auditioning to play in the 2016 World Juniors.
The Knights then went to Windsor on the 29th to face the Spitfires for the third game of the weekend, and came home with a 5-3 victory.
Parsons was back in net after his day of rest and stopped 27 of 30 shots. Dvorak scored another two goals, Marner scored one, and right-wingers Kole Sherwood and JJ Piccinich scored one each.
