Game Three - Halifax 9 London 2

Knights captain Scott Harrington meets Mr. Hockey in Saskatoon

Well, that was a turn of events.  

The London Knights lost to the Halifax Mooseheads 9-2 at the MasterCard Memorial Cup.  The Knights record fell to 1-2.   The Knights trailed 5-0 after one period and never threatened the powerful Moosehead, who lost just six regular season games and one playoff game this year.

The Knights looked fine to start the game when they had a couple of chances on a power play in the first five minutes of the game.   Halifax goalie Zach Fucale was put to work early and made a couple of decent saves. 

Alexis Normand redeeming performance of Canadian national anthem

When Halifax got a power play a couple of minutes later, they cashed in.  Stefan Fournier scored at 7:43 as he found some room in the slot and beat starting goalie Jake Patterson. 

The Knights seemed to sag after that and Halifax pounced.  Playing their second game in two nights, the Knights couldn't muster sustained pressure against the Mooseheads.  London perhaps is feeling the effects of two tough OHL playoff rounds vs. Plymouth and Barrie.  

The Knights scored two goals after Halifax had a 7-0 lead.  Seth Griffith and Matt Rupert scored  1:18 apart.  The Knights used the rest of the game to get some experience to some of their younger players and Kyle Platzer and Remi Elie acquitted themselves very well. 

The Knights will play the loser of Saskatoon vs. Portland in a tie-breaker game on Thursday.  Not much more the Knights can say except they can't be worse.

Halifax scored first goal vs. Knights.  Stefan Fournier sneaks into the slot on the PP

Knights had some chances on an early power play but were stopped by Zach Fucale