Memorial Cup Update: Offense in London

photo by Derek Elvin

For all of the troubles in goal that the London Knights had, they've never had too much of a problem with the Saskatoon Blades, and thanks to a 6-1 beating of the host team, the Knights will play tonight in the semi-final game against the Portland Winterhawks.

Seth Griffith, Bo Horvat, Ryan Rupert, Nikita Zadorov, Chris Tierney, and Kyle Platzer all scored for the Knights and Jake Patterson rebounded from a horrific effort against Halifax on Tuesday to stop the Blades on all but one shot.  The Blades didn't have that same sense of urgency that was present in the three previous games they played, and it led to Andrey Makarov's worst game this tournament, as he was pulled after the Zadorov goal made it 6-0.