4 factors from Sam Dickinson, three factors from Ruslan Gazizov and extra objectives from Max McCue led the London Knights to a 5-1 win over the Sarnia Sting at Budweiser Gardens on Dec. 29.
The victory gave London a sweep of a two-game, home-and-home set between the golf equipment and a six points-to-two lead within the annual 402 Rivalry sequence.
Who else however McCue acquired the scoring began.
McCue prolonged his aim streak to 9 video games when he fired a puck by means of Karsen Chartier at 5:34 of the primary interval.
The aim moved him up one other notch on London’s checklist of longest consecutive goal-scoring streaks courting again to the 1997-98 season.
McCue is now tied with Jared Knight and trailing solely Patrick Kane who scored in 13 straight video games within the 2006-07 season for longest streak in that span. Kane scored 25 objectives in that stretch.
For good measure, McCue added his second aim of the sport at 14:42 of the primary interval on a depraved shot that popped the water bottle off the highest of the Sting internet for his seventeenth aim of the yr.
London defenceman Sam Dickinson did all the scoring within the second interval as he struck twice in a single minute and 27 seconds. Each objectives got here on the ability play and each have been assisted by Denver Barkey, who handed the 50-point plateau.
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The Knights have now scored not less than one energy play aim in 14 consecutive video games.
Tyson Doucette picked up Sarnia’s lone aim at 12:12 of the ultimate interval solely to have Dickinson ship Gazizov and Jacob Julien in on a two-man breakaway 18 seconds later. Julien fed Gazizov in tight for his 14th aim of the yr to increase his level streak to seven video games after recording a aim and two assists within the recreation.
The Knights five-game successful streak is their longest to this point in 2023-24.
London outshot the Sting 40-26.
The Knights have been with out three common defencemen within the recreation. Oliver Bonk is with forwards Easton Cowan and Kasper Halttunen on the World Junior Hockey Championship, Alec Leonard was serving the primary of a two-game suspension for a slew-footing main penalty that he obtained on Dec. 28 and Ethan MacKinnon stays out with an upper-body harm.
World Junior event already fascinating
It’s proving tough to attain on Sweden on the 2024 World Junior Hockey Championship. In reality, to this point it has been unattainable, Sweden blanked Canada 2-0 on Dec. 29 to clinch high spot in Group A.
Sweden has not allowed a single aim by means of their first three video games of the event and their shutout of Canada was the primary time that has occurred in 26 years.
Meaning Easton Cowan, Oliver Bonk and the remainder of their Workforce Canada teammates will want a victory over Germany on New 12 months’s Eve to safe second place. The sport will probably be performed at 1:30 p.m., on Dec. 31.
Kasper Halttunen and Finland discover themselves in a greater spot than that they had been after a 4-0 win over Latvia on Dec. 29.
Finland had fallen to 0-2 off the beginning of the event. Beating Latvia all however assures them a spot within the quarterfinals. Halttunen has 20 objectives for London this season and has two objectives and an help in three video games to this point on the World Juniors. Finland will play Sweden of their ultimate recreation of the group stage on New 12 months’s Eve.
Knights import draft decide Daniil Ustinkov is enjoying for Switzerland. He’s a 17-year outdated defenceman and is enjoying within the Swiss Nationwide League with ZSC Lions. Switzerland performs a giant recreation towards Norway on Dec. 30 which may determine which of the 2 groups will head to the relegation spherical.
Up subsequent
The Knights shut out 2023 on New 12 months’s Eve with a house recreation towards the Flint Firebirds at 4 p.m., at Budweiser Gardens.
The groups have performed one another as soon as this yr in a recreation the Firebirds gained 7-4 on Nov. seventeenth. Flint at present sits in eighth place within the Western Convention.
Protection will begin at 3:30 p.m., on 980 CFPL, at www.980cfpl.ca and on the Radioplayer Canada app.
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