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Originally Posted by zukes

I was at the Kitchener-London game yesterday. Tkachuk was the best player on the ice. He drove the net 3 times holding a d-man off with one arm. He was in the corners banging. He ended up with a beauty goal and an assist as the Knights won 4-1. It should be noted that Marner had one assist and Dvorak was held off the score sheet.

I can't find a highlight but the goal was on one of those drives to the net, he used an arm to keep a guy off him, got past him and pulled a sweet toe drag, then tucked it between the goalie's pads. From my angle it initially looked like he faked losing the puck to slide it by the goalie, but he replay showed it was a toe drag and the goalie bit hook, line and sinker. Tkachuk was the best player on the ice outside of Tyler Parsons (Knights goalie) who played really well as well.

Side note: the Knights beat Erie 6-1 on Thursday as well and with Erie losing yesterday the Knights are only 2 points out of 1st with . The last CHL rankings had Erie at 1, London at 4 and Kitchener at 5. They all play in the same division! Thankfully, the OHL still uses conference seeding so they don't all have to play each other in the first two rounds. While home ice is important, finishing second in the division may be better. You get the 3 seed and play a better team in the 1st round, but the second round match up won't be Kitchener or Erie, instead likely Sarnia or Windsor who are inferior. You let Erie and Kitchener beat the holy hell out of each other and play the winner. Last 6 games will be interesting since they have Kitchener again tomorrow and Erie in the last two games of the season.

Highlights from the game