Owen Sound Takes Series
March 30, 2018 - Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
London Knights News Release
Flip a coin four times and see if you can make it come up tails each time.
It isn't easy.
Doing it would give you the sense of what the Owen Sound Attack accomplished in a first-round series with the London Knights in the Ontario Hockey League's Western Conference quarterfinals.
The Attack won all four games in the series by one goal. Two of those wins came in overtime.
The results moved Owen Sound into the second round and it ended the 2017-18 season for the Knights.
When asked about how the series unfolded, Knights captain Evan Bouchard looked at one ingredient in particular that the Attack had, that London was only acquiring as the series wore on.
"They are an older group. They know what it takes to win," stated Bouchard. "That's something that we may not have had, but I think coming into next year [this season's playoff experience] will be really good for us."
Bouchard is expected to be a very high pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft in June in Dallas.
Liam Foudy, Alec Regula, Nathan Dunkley and Billy Moskal have also seen their names in draft rankings and all are eligible to be selected.
How the goals were scored
With the Attack killing a penalty, a puck was flipped high in the air by Nick Suzuki and Kevin Hancock caught up to it and went in on a breakaway. He moved across the crease and then lifted a wrist shot inside the goal post to open the scoring.
Hancock scored his second goal on a power play at 15:19 of the second period to put Owen Sound ahead 2-0.
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