London Knights win third Memorial Cup title

RIMOUSKI, Quebec -- Philadelphia Flyers imaginable Denver Barkey scored doubly successful the 2nd play and the London Knights bushed the Medicine Hat Tigers 4-1 connected Saturday nighttime for their 3rd Memorial Cup title.

Jacob Julien and Easton Cowan besides scored and Austin Elliott made 31 saves to assistance the Ontario Hockey League champion Knights triumph the inferior hockey title a twelvemonth aft losing successful the last to big Saginaw.

After a 3-1 nonaccomplishment to Western Hockey League champion Medicine Hat connected Tuesday nighttime successful round-robin play, London bushed Moncton 5-2 connected Friday nighttime successful the semifinal crippled to acceptable up the rematch with the Tigers.

London besides won the Memorial Cup successful 2005 and 2016. The Knights are owned by erstwhile NHL players Dale and Mark Hunter and Basil McRea, with Dale Hunter serving arsenic president and manager and Mark Hunter arsenic wide manager. Dale Hunter won his 3rd rubric to lucifer erstwhile Kamloops and Vancouver manager Don Hay's record.

Medicine Hat prima Gavin McKenna spoiled Elliott's shutout bid aboriginal successful the 3rd period, and Harrison Meneghin stopped 20 shots for the Tigers. They won the Memorial Cup successful 1987 and 1988.

Julien opened the scoring midway done the archetypal period. Cowan, a first-round prime by Toronto, and Barkey scored successful a 1:40 span aboriginal successful the 2nd and Barkey made it 4-0 connected a powerfulness play with 7:52 near successful the period.