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Playoff Game 5 Preview: Guelph Storm vs. London Knights

Published on April 11, 2019 under Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
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Game 5 of the Western Conference Semi-Finals takes place Friday April 12th at 7:30pm at Budweiser Gardens in London.

London is heading back home with a 3-1 series lead after splitting games three and four in Guelph earlier this week.

After a close 3-2 game one in London, the Knights won game two 7-0 and game three 7-4 to take a commanding series lead against the Guelph Storm.

In game four, the Storm were able to take their first lead of the series when Nate Schnarr scored on a first period power play. The Knights battled back and tied the game late in the first to bring the game tied 1-1 into the second period. The Storm scored two goals in the opening 6 minutes of the second period with goals by Nate Schnarr and Nick Suzuki to give the Storm a 3-1 lead heading into the final frame. 12 seconds into the third period, London's Billy Moskal scored to bring the game within one goal, before Liam Hawel scored to give the Storm a 4-2 lead. The Knights would add a power play goal late to bring the game within one, but the Storm would hold on to win game four by a score of 4-3.

HEAD TO HEAD

2019 Playoffs

GUE 1-3-0-0 LDN 3-1-0-0

2018 Playoffs

GUE 0-0-0-0 LDN 0-0-0-0

Last Five Years

GUE 1-3-0-0 LDN 3-1-0-0

Last Five Years At Guelph

GUE 1-1-0-0 LDN 1-1-0-0

Last Five Years At London

GUE 0-2-0-0 LDN 2-0-0-0

TOP SCORERS

LAST 5 GAMES

MATCH UP

Guelph London

Season Record 5-3-0-0 7-1-0-0

Last 10 Games 5-3-0 7-1-0

Streak 1-0-0 0-1-0

Last Game 4-3 W vs London (2019-04-10) Final 4-3 L @ Guelph (2019-04-10) Final

Home Record 3-1-0-0 4-0-0-0

Away Record 2-2-0-0 3-1-0-0

Goals For 32 40

Goals Against 26 18

Power Plays 8/29 (27.6%) 14/33 (42.4%)

Power Plays - Home 5/15 (33.3%) 6/11 (54.5%)

Power Plays - Away 3/14 (21.4%) 8/22 (36.4%)

Penalty Killing 7/31 (77.4%) 4/32 (87.5%)

Penalty Killing - Home 4/16 (75%) 2/16 (87.5%)

Penalty Killing - Away 3/15 (80%) 2/16 (87.5%)

Leading Rookie Guskov (2-2-4)

Most Penalty Minutes Isaac Ratcliffe Cole Tymkin

Team PIM/GM 10.5/8 10.5/8

Players to Watch

Guelph Storm

Isaac Ratcliffe had a career season with the Storm collecting 50 goals and 32 assists for 82 points in 65 games throughout the regular season. In the first round of the 2018-2019 playoffs, Isaac scored 2 goals and added 4 assists for 6 points in the first round sweep over Kitchener. In the second round, Isaac has 1 assist in 4 games against the Knights, and will need to chip in offensively for the Storm to comeback in this series.

London Knights

Liam Foudy had a strong season for the London Knights by collecting a career high 36 goals and 32 assists for 68 points in 62 regular season games. Throughout the 2018-2019 playoffs, Liam has scored 4 goals and 6 assists for 10 points through 8 games thus far.

Upcoming Games

The Western Conference Semi-Finals Schedule:

Game 1: Guelph @ London - Friday April 5th at 7:30pm

Game 2: Guelph @ London - Sunday April 7th at 2:00pm

Game 3: London @ Guelph - Monday April 8th at 7:00pm

Game 4: London @ Guelph - Wednesday April 10th at 7:00pm

Game 5: Guelph @ London - Friday April 12th at 7:30pm *

Game 6: London @ Guelph - Saturday April 13th at 7:00pm *

Game 7: Guelph @ London - Tuesday April 16th at 7:00pm *

* If Necessary

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