Cover’s overtime goal lifts London Knights past North Bay
NORTH BAY, Ont. (Interstat) — Jaxon Cover scored in overtime as the London Knights rallied for a 5-4 victory over the North Bay Battalion on Thursday at Boart Longyear Memorial Gardens. Cover finished with two goals and five shots on net. London’s Caleb Mitchell had a goal and an assist, Marcus Nordmark added a goal and an assist, and Cooper McAslan contributed two assists. Ryan Brown also had two assists. North Bay’s Evgeny Dubrovtsev had a goal and an assist, Cam Warren had a goal and an assist, Oskar Konobelj scored, and Arseny Pronin added a goal. London led 1-0 after the first period and 3-0 in the second before North Bay scored twice to pull within one. The Battalion tied it in the third, and Dubrovtsev forced overtime with a goal with one second remaining. Cover then won it 37 seconds into overtime. Attendance was 2,214. London improved to 9-4; North Bay fell to 6-9.