LONDON, Ont.
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straight Memorial Cup stung because it was their earliest exit of the three. The
host team of the 2014 MasterCard Memorial Cup was a true contender among the
four teams in it. With seven Knights forwards who helped the Knights win the
last two Ontario Hockey League championships and with a team that scored over
300 goals this season, London was a threat to win the Cup on their third try in
as many years. But the hosts were eliminated by the Guelph Storm in a 7-2 loss
Wednesday. The Knights went 0-3 through the preliminary round and needed a win
against their OHL rival to get into a tiebreaker game. "We thought for sure wed
have a better chance of winning it this year," Knights forward Josh Anderson
said. "We didnt have the bounces we wanted. Its too bad it had to end this way.
"We wanted to have the Memorial Cup championship. I thought our organization
really deserved one after the hard work weve been putting through these past
three years. Looking at it now, Im glad I got the opportunity to come here and
play for the London Knights." The Knights lost the 2012 final 2-1 in overtime to
the host Shawinigan Cataractes. They fell in last years semifinal to the
Portland Winterhawks in Saskatoon. The Storm were the first team since the
Windsor Spitfires in 2010 to go 3-0 through the preliminary round. The OHL
champions had already secured a berth in Sundays championship game after their
second win. "It gives us confidence to know we can beat every team in the
tournament," Storm forward Scott Kosmachuk said. The Val-dOr Foreurs, 2-1, and
the Edmonton Oil Kings, 1-2, meet in Fridays semifinal in a clash of the Quebec
and Western league champions. The winner faces the Storm for the Cup. Kosmachuk
is a Winnipeg Jets prospect and led Guelph with a hat trick. Detroit Red Wings
draft pick Tyler Bertuzzi scored twice. Marc Stevens and Dallas Stars prospect
Jason Dickinson added a goal apiece for an explosive offence thats churned out
18 goals in three games in the tournament. The Storms Justin Nichols held off
London when they pressed late in the first period and midway through the second.
He made 45 saves for the win. Anderson, a Columbus Blue Jackets prospect, and
Brett Welychka replied for the Knights. London mustered just four goals in three
games. Two were scored by defencemen. The Knights were stopped on two penalty
shots in the tournament and they scored once on 12 power-play chances. London
outshot the Foreurs 51-28 in the first game of the tournament, but lost 1-0.
"Its a bad time to get cold for offence and for scoring goals," Knights forward
Max Domi said. London goalie Anthony Stolarz stopped 14-of-17 shots and was
replaced by Jake Patterson early in the second when he inadvertently kicked the
puck into his own net. Patterson allowed four goals on 21 shots. Guelph also
ousted London from this years OHL playoffs on Apr. 11. The Knights had five
weeks without a game, which may explain their lack of touch around the net. "Its
not easy being off for that long and coming back and playing at the high level
these guys have been playing through the whole thing and winning championships,"
Knights forward Bo Horvat said. "Weve been practising the whole time, but theres
no excuses." Londons goaltending felt unsettled as well. Because of an
eight-game playoff suspension in March, Stolarzs hiatus prior to the Cup was
even longer. In his first game in seven weeks, he made 27 saves in the loss to
Val-dOr. But the Philadelphia Flyers prospect was replaced by Patterson both
Wednesday and after two periods of Sundays 5-2 loss to Edmonton. Wednesdays
round-robin finale featured a pair of frightening knee-on-knee collisions,
although the players in each case escaped major injury. Storm assistant captain
Zack Mitchell was tossed at 6:56 of the first period for kneeing London
defenceman Dakota Mermis. The CHL suspended his Storm teammate Chadd Bauman for
the rest of the tournament Wednesday for the same hit on Val-dOr defenceman
Guillaume Gelinas on Monday. Knights defenceman Nikita Zadorov took a tripping
minor in a second-collision with Bertuzzi, who limped off the ice. But both
Mermis and Bertuzzi stayed in Wednesdays game, whereas Gelinas was unable to
play the following night against Edmonton. Londons frustration boiled over in
the final minutes and Stevens scored Guelphs fourth power-play goal of the game
on a two-man advantage at 17:14. The Windsor Spitfires of 2010 went 4-0 en route
to the Cup that year. But the Spitfires opened the 2009 tournament with a pair
of losses and ran the table to claim the trophy. For that reason, Guelph wanted
London gone so the Knights couldnt come back to haunt them Sunday. "This team is
a team that once they get this city and this building behind them, they can
really do some damage," Guelph captain Matt Finn said. "We didnt want to let
them back in because theyre a dangerous team. "We wanted to be the team that was
3-0 and knock London out of this tournament."
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goals of the season vs. Philadelphia on March 22 but struck with laser precision
from distance in the 56th and 75th minutes. Montreal (3-10-5) lost its third
straight and Impact coach Frank Klopas said it literally was a case of his
players not stepping up.
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(SportsNetwork.com) - Melo Trimble and Jake Layman each had a big first half to
help No. 14 Maryland in a 75-59 win over Michigan State. Trimble scored 21 of
his 24 points in the opening half, while Layman added 13 of his 23 over the
first 20 minutes. Layman also pulled down a team-high 12 rebounds for the
Terrapins (17-2, 5-1 Big Ten), who have won three straight. The Spartans (12-6,
3-2) had their three-game winning streak snapped, a run that started after a
double overtime home loss to Maryland on Dec. 30. Branden Dawson paced Michigan
State with 14 points and 10 rebounds and Matt Costello chipped in 12 points.
Both teams had trouble ramping up the offense during Marylands win in East
Lansing. The Terps led 17-14 at the half in that one, but their offense appeared
to be much more fluent on Saturday thanks to Trimble and Layman. The Spartans
got out to a 10-5 lead after Costello and Dawson each contributed four points to
an 8-0 run. Laymaan then scored the final seven points of a 9-0 spurt for
Maryland as it regained control.
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straight for the Terps -- including three consecutive 3-pointers -- to help them
grab a 27-16 advantage. He closed the half with a vicious crossover of Lourawls
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a 40-26 lead. Trimble did not get on the scoresheet in the second until the
11-minute mark, but his trey gave the Terps a 60-40 lead. The Spartans could not
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season sweep of their new Big Ten rival. Game Notes Trimble went 5-of-7 from
beyond the arc in the first half ... The Spartans were limited to 3-of-17
shooting from 3-point range ... Maryland scored 20 points off 12 Michigan State
turnovers ... The Spartans had a 38-20 edge in the paint.
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