19-year-old Blake Montgomery made his major junior debut after one practice and two weeks between games as the London Knights got by the Guelph Storm 8 - 7 at the Sleeman Center in Guelph.
The first goal came just 37 seconds into the game. The last goal came with only 3.6 seconds left, in between, anything and everything was happening
Montgomery didn’t figure in the scoring but it’s easy to see the potential there.
Evan Van Gorp rose out of the chaos on the London side with a career-high goal and four assists and several key defensive plays.
Max Namestnikov shone on the Guelph side with four goals – he had just two in 15 games coming into the afternoon.
Add to that the fact that Easton Cowan’s 48-game regular season scoring streak was extended with under 30 seconds to play and the game had just about as much drama as you would find anywhere.
The teams combined for three goals in just the first 74 seconds.
Namestnikov (37 seconds in), Cam Allen (59 seconds in) and Will Nicholl (74 seconds in) had a pair of goals on the scoreboard for the Storm and a single for London before some of the 4,769 fans were even in their seats.
Nicholl ended the game with a goal and three assists.
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