ERIE, Pa. – The defending Memorial Cup champion London Knights opened their second-round Ontario Hockey League playoff series with a victory over the Erie Otters on Thursday.
Tyler Parsons stopped all 46 shots he faced as London blanked the league-best Otters 2-0.
Mitchell Stephens and Evan Bouchard scored all the Knights’ offence in a five-minute span in the second period.
Erie goaltender Troy Timpano made 10 saves in the losing effort.
Both teams were 0 for 4 on the power play.
The Otters host Game 2 of the best-of-seven series on Friday night.
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PETES 4 FRONTENACS 2
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Kyle Jenkins’s power-play goal in the second period stood as the winner as the Petes opened their second-round playoff series by doubling up Kingston.
Steven Lorentz, Nikita Korostelev and Christopher Paquette also scored for Peterborough.
Sam Harding and Linus Nyman supplied the offence for the Frontenacs.
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