David Egorov made 39 saves because the Brantford Bulldogs shut out the London Knights 2-0 on the TD Civic Centre on Dec. 14.
Egorov stymied the Knights in tight all day, even making three of his 40 stops along with his head.
The loss marked the primary time since March 12, 2023, that London was saved off the scoreboard. That got here in a 4-0 street loss to the Battalion in North Bay.
Sunday’s first objective got here early and stood up till late within the sport as Cooper Dennis flew down the ice and snapped in a short-handed objective at 5:31 of the opening interval to offer the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead.
London was denied a number of instances by the pads, arms and masks of the Brantford goaltender on probabilities in tight via the primary 20 minutes of the sport.
The goaltenders and the Bulldogs’ penalty kill did the work within the second interval as the sport continued 1-0 into the third interval.
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Brantford killed off three London energy performs within the second.
London continued to place pucks on the Bulldogs’ web within the third interval and Egorov continued to knock them away. Then Philip Govedaris was capable of get to a puck in a scramble in entrance of the Knights’ web and backhand residence his first OHL objective to make it 2-0 with 6:36 remaining within the sport.
Egorov and Brantford held from there.
London was 0-for-5 on the ability play.
The Bulldogs had been 0-for-1.
The Knights outshot Brantford total 39-22.
OHL debut for Jake Ritson of the Knights
After placing up 14 objectives and 41 factors with the Strathroy Rockets as a 16-year outdated, Jake Ritson bought to make his Ontario Hockey League debut on Dec. 14 towards Brantford.
Ritson is from Thunder Bay, Ont., and performed final yr in Winnipeg with RINK Hockey Association.
He was a fifth spherical decide of the Knights in 2025.
Up subsequent
London will head to Owen Sound on Dec. 17 for a sport towards the Attack. The sport will mark the fourth assembly between the golf equipment this yr.
Owen Sound gained in extra time on opening night time at Canada Life Place however the Knights have gained the previous two matchups: profitable 3-2 in a shootout on the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre, and 5-2 in London on Nov. 14.
Coverage will start at 6:30 on 980 CFPL, at www.980cfpl.ca and on the iHeartwork Radio and Radioplayer Canada apps.
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