Early goals lift London over Edmonton at Memorial Cup
Written by on May 23rd, 2012 in Latest News.
Ryan Rupert and Bo Horvat scored in the first period and the tight-checking London Knights held on for 4-1 victory over the Edmonton Oil Kings in the final round robin game for both teams at the Memorial Cup on Tuesday night.
Greg McKegg also scored and Austin Watson added an empty-net tally for London, which outshot Edmonton 28-21 and held them to 0-for-6 on the power play.
Keegan Lowe scored for the Western Hockey League champion Oil Kings who were coming off a 5-2 loss to the defending champion Saint John Sea Dogs on Monday.
The Knights can take first place and get a bye to the final if Saint John beats the host Shawinigan Cataractes in the last round robin game on Wednesday night. If Shawinigan wins, the Cataractes will take top spot because they won their game against London.
There wasn’t a lot of atmosphere with London closing down the flow after taking the lead and with neither Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team playing. The dullest game to date drew the lowest attendance yet with 3,955 at the Bionest Centre.
For a second game in a row, Edmonton’s Laurent Brossoit let in an early goal, this time on the first shot of the game at 1:17 as Matt Rupert picked off a Griffin Reinhart pass and fed his brother Ryan in front for a shot that trickled between the pads.