The London Knights defeated the Erie Otters in a captivating matchup on January 31, 2025. Barkey and Cowan's return to the lineup energized the Knights, and Julien's impressive goal-scoring display put them ahead. Despite Erie's valiant efforts to tie the game, the Knights ultimately prevailed with a decisive display of skill and teamwork.
London, Ont. - London Knights captain Denver Barkey celebrated a second-period goal in a game between London and the Erie Otters on January 31, 2025. Barkey and Easton Cowan both returned to the lineup after missing time on the Knights' northern road trip, and Cowan immediately factored in on the first goal of the game. Killing a penalty, Cowan took a puck out to center ice and then took a sharp turn at the Otters blue line and fed a puck back into his own zone to Jared Woolley.
Erie took the opportunity to try to make a line change, and Woolley caught them. He zipped a pass ahead to Jacob Julien, and the former London Jr. Knight raced into the Otters zone and, like the mirror image of Darryl Sittler deking out Vladimir Dzurilla of Czechoslovakia in the 1976 Canada Cup, Julien got around Otters goalie Noah Erliden and slid the puck home for a 1-0 lead. The play was reviewed to determine whether it was onside, and the goal stood, and the Knights took a one-goal lead to the second period. Erie tied the game just 1:27 into the second period as Quinn McCall scored his first Ontario Hockey League goal. London jumped back in front of the Otters on a goal by Jared Woolley as he slipped a third rebound past Erliden at the 9:50 mark of the middle period. Toronto skating coach returns from Kansas after fatal D.C. plane crash Kasper Halttunen set up Barkey for Barkey’s 17th goal of the year just over five minutes later, and the Knights were ahead 3-1. Before the end of the second, Malcolm Spence cut London’s lead to 3-2 as he grabbed a puck on the left side of the Knights zone and got to the net where he lifted a backhand off the goal post and in. After he completes his overage year in the OHL with the London Knights, goaltender Austin Elliott will head to the NCAA. “It’s a great league down there with lots of high-end talent and it just gives me a little bit of a longer runway to get some NHL eyes on me,” Elliott admitted. “You can ask the rest of the team. I was doing homework on the bus and in the hotels (on the road trip) and grinding it out.” Elliott is currently 20-0-0-0 on the season as is expected to get the start against the Windsor Spitfires on Groundhog Day. London and Windsor will meet for the fourth time this year at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 2 at 7 p.m. www.980cfpl.c
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