{"id":133433,"date":"2026-03-09T11:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/133433\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T11:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:45:17","slug":"london-knights-close-gap-to-one-point-behind-soo-greyhounds-with-win-in-erie-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/133433\/","title":{"rendered":"London Knights close gap to one point behind Soo Greyhounds with win in Erie – London"},"content":{"rendered":"

Braiden Clark\u2019s goal late in the second period stood up as the game winner as the London Knights defeated the Erie Otters 3-1 on Saturday at Erie Insurance Arena.<\/p>\n

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It was London\u2019s second win against the Otters in as many nights, coming on the heels of their 10-2 win at Canada Life Place on Friday.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s victory brought the Knights back to within one point of Sault Ste. Marie for fourth place in the OHL\u2019s Western Conference.<\/p>\n

Londoner Owen Miniotas, making his OHL debut, took all of 16 minutes and 43 seconds to hit the scoresheet.<\/p>\n

Miniotas used his speed down the left wing side of the ice and fired a low shot off the pad of Erie goalie Noah Erliden, which Rene Van Bommel slammed home on the rebound and the Knights led 1-0.<\/p>\n

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The Otters tied the game before the end of the first period as Kase Kamzik got to a rebound in the London crease, making it 1-1 at the 18:14 mark.<\/p>\n

The score remained tied deep into the second, with Erliden making 13 saves to stymie the Knights through the first 19-plus minutes of play. But a hard forecheck by Braidy Wassilyn freed up a puck to Ryan Brown. Brown the found Braiden Clark, who snapped home his 21st goal of the season to put London in front 2-1 with 37.3 seconds left on the clock.<\/p>\n

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The Knights shut the door in the third period and got an empty-net goal from Will Nicholl to finish the scoring.<\/p>\n

London outshot Erie 34-21.<\/p>\n

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The Knights were 0-for-5 on the power play.<\/p>\n

The Otters went 0-for-1.<\/p>\n

Duelling hat tricks<\/p>\n

Teammates recording hat tricks in the same game would seem to be a rare feat.<\/p>\n

After all a team has to score at least six times in a game just to make it happen.<\/p>\n

But the spread between duelling hat tricks on the London Knights was actually less than a year.<\/p>\n

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Cohen Bidgood and Braiden Clark completed the feat against the Erie Otters on March 6 \u2014 only 362 days after Rene Van Bommel and Sam O\u2019Reilly did it against the Sarnia Sting in a 9-0 London win over the Sarnia Sting on March 9, 2025.<\/p>\n

Patrick Kane and Sam Gagner also score a pair of tricks on Nov. 17, 2006 in a 9-1 victory over the Erie Otters.<\/p>\n

Rob Schremp and Corey Perry combined for seven goals against Windsor on Oct. 8, 2004. Schremp had four goals and Perry had 3 in an 8-0 win.<\/p>\n

Perry and Dave Bolland paired up for nine goals later that season when Perry had five and Bolland scored four in a 14-1 drubbing of the Kingston Frontenacs on Jan 30, 2005.<\/p>\n

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London will host the Guelph Storm on at Canada Life Place on Friday, March 13. The game starts at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

The Knights are 2-2 against Guelph this year with two games remaining in their season series.<\/p>\n

London knocked off the Storm 5-2 at home on March 4.<\/p>\n

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

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