{"id":131979,"date":"2026-03-07T04:50:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T04:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/131979\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T04:50:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T04:50:20","slug":"pair-of-hat-tricks-helps-london-knights-topple-erie-otters-to-begin-weekend-series-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/131979\/","title":{"rendered":"Pair of hat tricks helps London Knights topple Erie Otters to begin weekend series – London"},"content":{"rendered":"

Braiden Clark and Cohen Bidgood each recorded hat tricks as the London Knights<\/a> defeated the Erie Otters<\/a> 10-2 on March 6 at Canada Life Place in the first of back-to-back games between the teams.<\/p>\n

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Henry Brzustewicz had four assists for the Knights and Braidy Wassilyn had three.<\/p>\n

London had two goals before the Erie Otters had recorded their first shot of the game.<\/p>\n

Cohen Bidgood and Braiden Clark scored 27 seconds apart at 13:55 and 14:22 of the opening period.<\/p>\n

Knights goaltender Seb Gatto was not called on to make his first save until the 15:10 mark and that was the only save Gatto had to make in the first 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

Ryan Brown scored his second goal in two games and 21st of the year with 1:03 remaining on the clock and London took a 3-0 lead to the dressing room.<\/p>\n

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Bidgood\u2019s second of the game came on a power play at 1:30 of the second period and was followed by Evan Van Gorp\u2019s third goal in three games at the 8:00 mark, extending the Knights lead to 5-0.<\/p>\n

Tyler Cooper of the Otters managed to steal a puck deep in the London end and scored for the Otters at 11:26. However, that goal seemed to spark London as Jaxon Cover fed Bidgood to complete his hat trick and Braiden Clark wired in his 19th goal of the season.<\/p>\n

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The Knights led 7-1 through two periods and had held Erie to only seven shots to that point in the game.<\/p>\n

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London added three more goals in the third period as Clark completed his hat trick on a breakaway and Brody Cook scored short-handed on another breakaway.<\/p>\n

Evan Headrick of the Otters scored a power play goal at 9:07 of the third period and Max Crete finished the scoring and brought the Knights to double-digits for the second time in 2025-26.<\/p>\n

Alex Campeau and Cooper McAslan each earned their first OHL points with assists in the game.<\/p>\n

The pair was taken in the first and second rounds respectively in the 2025 OHL Priority Selection.<\/p>\n

Sixteen of the 18 London skaters recorded at least one point.<\/p>\n

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The Knights were 1-for-3 on the power play.<\/p>\n

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Erie was 1-for-1 on the man advantage.<\/p>\n

London outshot the Otters 37-18.<\/p>\n

Movement at the NHL trade deadline<\/p>\n

Several former London Knights changed teams at this year\u2019s NHL trade deadline.<\/p>\n

After Michael McCarron went from Nashville to Minnesota and Olli Maatta ended up in Calgary after a deal between the Flames and the Utah Mammoth on March 4 and 5, respectively, more ex-Knights were given new addresses.<\/p>\n

In a stunner, John Carlson went to bed as a member of the Washington Capitals and woke up on the Anaheim Ducks.<\/p>\n

Jackson Edward was traded from Boston to the Philadelphia Flyers. Londoner Brett Harrison also went to Philadelphia in that deal.<\/p>\n

Corey Perry also went back to the Tampa Bay Lightning from the L.A. Kings. Perry went to the Stanley Cup final with the Lightning in 2022.<\/p>\n

Nazem Kadri won the Stanley Cup with Colorado that year and Kadri was traded back to the Avalanche right before the deadline arrived.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

The Knights and Otters will meet again on March 7 in the second of their home-and-home series in a game that will complete their season series against one another.<\/p>\n

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Coverage will start at 6:30 on 980 CFPL, at www.980cfpl.ca<\/a> and on the iHeart Radio and Radioplayer Canada apps.<\/p>\n

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