London goaltender Michael Simpson stopped 34 shots as the Knights earned an opening night victory.
The only shot that got by Simpson came off the stick of former Knight Mathieu Paris. Paris snapped a shot into the London net at the 3:02 mark of the game to make it 1-0 IceDogs.
San Jose Sharks prospect Kasper Halttunen tied the game on a power play at 15:36 of the first period as Denver Barkey slid a no-look pass to Halttunen and he fired a shot from a very sharp angle past former Knight Owen Flores in the Niagara net.O’Reilly’s first career OHL goal broke the 1-1 tie with 5:39 to go in the second period as he went hard to the IceDogs net after Kaeden Johnston flipped a puck on goal. O’Reilly got a piece of it and got it across the goal line to make it 2-1.
Simpson and the Knights shut the door in the third period. Simpson turned aside nine shots and earned his first win for his hometown team.Defenceman Noah Jenken has signed an OHL Scholarship and Development Agreement with the London Knights. Jenken joins what is shaping up to be a brand new core of stars on the London blue line who are currently 17 years of age or under.
Jenken was the Knights’ 4th round pick in the 2023 OHL Priority Selection. He is from Ilderton, Ont., and came up through the Elgin-Middlesex Canucks system. Jenken played his first pre-season game with London against the Erie Otters on Sept. 22.After the Boston Bruins reassigned defenceman Jackson Edward to London on Friday afternoon, Easton Cowan is the lone Knights player remaining in the NHL. Cowan has played in two pre-season games for the Toronto Maple Leafs and has a goal and an assist.
Edward had an impressive camp with the Bruins. Jacob Julien , Denver Barkey , Kasper Halttunen , Max McCue , Isaiah George and Oliver Bonk have all returned to London, Ont.
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