London into Memorial Cup final, beating Moncton

RIMOUSKI, Quebec -- Blake Montgomery broke a necktie astatine 3:35 of the 3rd play and the London Knights bushed the Moncton Wildcats 5-2 connected Friday nighttime successful the Memorial Cup semifinal to beforehand to look the Medicine Hat Tigers connected Sunday successful the final.

Montgomery slipped the puck past goalie Mathis Rousseau connected a interruption disconnected a abbreviated backhand provender from Sam Dickinson.

On Tuesday night, Western Hockey League champion Medicine Hat bushed Ontario Hockey lewague victor London 3-1 to beforehand to the last successful the four-team tournament. The Knights mislaid past twelvemonth successful the final, falling 4-3 to the big Saginaw Spirit.

Landon Sim, Denver Barkey, Jesse Nurmi and Easton Cowan -- into an bare nett -- besides scored for London. Austin Elliott made 21 saves.

Caleb Desnoyers and Dyllan Gill had power-play goals for Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League champion Moncton, with Gill tying it astatine 2 successful the 2nd period. Rousseau stopped 32 shots for the Wildcats.

Moncton won the QMJHL rubric successful Rimouski past week, beating the Oceanic successful six games. On Wednesday, the Wildcats bushed big Rimouski 6-2 to scope the semifinal.