London Knights push Kitchener Rangers into a 3-0 deficit with a 3-2 road win
Sim began the scoring for the second time in three games when he set up in front of the Kitchener net and was able to direct a Sam Dickinson slap pass behind Jackson parsons to give London a 1-0 lead at the 7:33 mark of the first period.
Dickinson and Easton Cowan ended the game with a pair of assists apiece.
Sam O'Reilly had one assist. He and Cowan still have at least one point in every playoff game.
The win by the Knights set a new franchise record for most consecutive playoff victories with 11.
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The Rangers tied the game at 9:39 when Cameron Arquette slid a pass to Luke Ellinas skating right to left across the slot and the Ottawa Senators prospect picked up his seventh goal of the playoffs to make it 1-1.
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A power play for the Knights gave them the go-ahead goal as Jacob Julien backhanded a puck through the legs of Parsons and into the Kitchener net at the 16:20 mark for his third goal in two games and fourth goal of the post-season.
Before the opening period ended, London defenceman Jared Woolley was assessed a five-minute major and a game misconduct for kneeing after a hit on Luca Romano of the Rangers.
Kitchener scored once on the ensuing power play as Cameron Arquette got to a loose puck in the slot and wristed a shot behind Knights goalie Austin Elliott. The game sat tied until Dickinson and Sim connected for the second time in the game.
Sim deflected a Dickinson shot from the left point into the Kitchener goal at 10:47 of the second period and London led 3-2 going into the final 20 minutes.
Jack Pridham of the Rangers got about as close as a player can get to scoring in the second as he was sent in alone and got a puck to slide through the legs of Elliott, but it stalled in the snow along the goal line and did not completely cross.
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London killed off a double-minor to begin the third period and then stayed in front on the scoreboard.
The Knights outshot Kitchener 37-23.
London was 1-for-5 on the power play.
The Rangers were 1-for 4.
Michael Hutchinson in Liiga final
Former London Knight and Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Michael Hutchinson is three wins away from a championship in Finland.
Hutchinson is playing for SaiPa and Facing KalPa in the Liiga final
Hutchinson played the 2009-10 season in London before beginning a 14-year run through the American Hockey League and National Hockey League with NHL stops in Boston, Winnipeg, Detroit, Vegas, Columbus, Florida and Toronto.
The 34-year old arrived in Europe to start 2024-25.
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Game 4 between London and Kitchener will take place on Wednesday, April 30 at 7 p.m., at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium.
Coverage will begin at 6:30 p.m., on 980 CFPL at 980cfpl.ca and on the iHeart Radio and Radioplayer Canada apps.
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