blanking the Knights 4-0<\/a> on Friday night at London\u2019s Canada Life Place to end the best-of-seven first round series between the two clubs with the Greyhounds prevailing in five games.<\/p>\n\u201cThe fourth one\u2019s always the hardest to win, the series clincher. To come in and play a game like we did is incredible,\u201d said forward Brady Martin<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted to win this one badly,\u201d added overage forward Marco Mignosa.<\/p>\n
Greyhounds coach John Dean said his team looked determined in the win.<\/p>\n
\u201cExtremely determined to right the wrong of game four,\u201d Dean said. \u201cThe guys know they had a lot more to give, and they weren\u2019t going to let that happen again. We talked about process and learning from your mistakes really quick in the playoffs and to our guy\u2019s credit, they did.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe put in a really complete game,\u201d Dean also said.<\/p>\n
Dean also spoke of the timing of goals from Mignosa in the game, one of which came late in the second period with the Knights pushing while trailing by a pair of goals.<\/p>\n
\u201cLondon was really pushing us in the second period. We did not like our second period at all and Marty makes an incredible play to Miggy in the back door. That was probably really tough on London to have such a great push there and for Marty and Miggy to make such a spectacular play, but that\u2019s what special players do.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c(London) had their push there and for our line to go out and make it 3-0 was massive for us going into the third period,\u201d Martin added about the goal.<\/p>\n
Dean said he was pleased with the Greyhounds compete and energy in the win.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur guys (were) dogged, determined,\u201d Dean said. \u201cEven when we fought the puck, (we were) determined to make up for their mistake, block shots. That\u2019s the stuff we care about. It\u2019s the action after the mistake that\u2019s most important and after we made mistakes, guys really dug in, blocked shots (and) did what it took to make sure the puck didn\u2019t go in our net.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were on top of pucks a lot,\u201d Mignosa said. \u201cGuys were tracking, especially in the first and third periods. We had a little lull there in the second period and then, one of the best goalies in the league comes up big for us. It was an all-around good effort.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter George picked up the shutout for the Greyhounds in the series-clinching victory, stopping 25 shots.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew our team was going to have a good response after game four,\u201d George said. \u201cWe weren\u2019t very happy with our performance, and I knew we were going to come out gunning and that\u2019s what we did. We were really good. The boys playing their game allowed me to do what I do best and that\u2019s give them a chance to win. They were really good in front of me.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Greyhounds opened the scoring in game five as Mignosa took a shot from near the blueline that found its way past Jeremy Martin and a London defenceman battling at the edge of the crease, beating Knights goaltender Aleksei Medvedev stick side 2:14 into the contest.<\/p>\n
The visitors would take a 2-0 lead thanks to a goal by Chase Reid at 7:52 of the opening period. Reid took a pass in the high slot from Lukas Fischer and beat Medvedev with a shot high glove side, extending the Sault lead.<\/p>\n
Mignosa would give the Greyhounds a 3-0 lead in the late stages of the second period. The veteran forward stepped out from below the goalline after going behind the London net and redirected a back-door pass from Brady Martin on the left wing past Medvedev with 3:16 to go in the frame.<\/p>\n
Brady Martin would seal the win for the Greyhounds at 14:14 of the third period when he beat Medvedev from the side of the net off a pass from Jeremy Marin in the slot on the power play.<\/p>\n
Mignosa finished the night with two goals and two assists while Brady Martin added a goal and a pair of helpers with the Greyhounds also getting a pair of assists from Jeremy Martin.<\/p>\n
Medvedev made 23 saves for the Knights in the loss.<\/p>\n
The Greyhounds will now face the Kitchener Rangers in round two. A schedule for the series isn\u2019t set at this point, though the Rangers have home ice advantage as the top seed in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n
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