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The Peterborough Petes clinched the 2023 Ontario Hockey League championship with a 2-1 victory over the London Knights on Sunday night time on the Peterborough Memorial Centre.
All three objectives got here within the second half of the sport as Owen Willmore of the Knights and Londoner Michael Simpson made positive no objectives got here straightforward.
Willmore made 20 saves for London within the opening interval and 30 saves via 40 minutes and 34 general.
Simpson made 36 saves on the night time and was awarded the “99” Trophy because the Most Invaluable Participant of the OHL playoffs.
Petes winger Avery Hayes lastly broke the scoreless tie at 13:33 of the second interval because the Petes blocked a London clearing try and Tucker Robertson received the puck to Hayes. The overage ahead put a backhand into the Knight internet to make it 1-0 and that’s the best way the rating stayed into the ultimate 20 minutes.
London’s Max McCue tied the sport when Logan Mailloux dumped the puck into the Peterborough zone and Connor Federkow shortly received it to the entrance of the following the place Max McCue buried a shot into the again of the Petes internet with 12:01 left within the sport.
Petes defenceman Donovan McCoy took a go from his accomplice Cam Gauvreau and wristed a shot into the slot that was deflected by Tucker Robertson and located its approach in.
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The Knights pushed for the equalizer over the ultimate eight minutes and 50 seconds however huge saves from Simpson saved it rom taking place and Peterborough celebrated the tenth league championship of their franchises’s historical past.
The Petes will now head for the 2023 Memorial Cup in Kamloops, B.C. They are going to play their first sport on Day 2 of the match towards the QMJHL’s Quebec Remparts.
Tkachuk in elite firm
Matthew Tkachuk’s second consecutive additional time winner has the Florida Panthers forward 2-0 within the Nationwide Hockey League’s Jap Convention remaining and gave the previous Knight the keys to fairly the quartet in hockey historical past.
Tkachuk now has three OT winners within the playoffs to tie one other former Knight, Corey Perry, Maurice Richard and Mel Hill of the 1939 Boston Bruins as the one gamers ever to document three overtime-winning objectives in a single Stanley Cup playoff yr.
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