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LONDON – Dan Rose doesn't expect the Sarnia
Legionnaires to go gently into that good night when
they play the London Nationals at home tonight.
"I know we will give the fans a good effort in our
barn,” the head coach said after watching his team
drop a 4-3 overtime decision to the hometown Nats.
London leads the best-of-seven Western Ontario
Hockey Conference quarterfinal series 3-0 in games.
But the series has been much closer than that would
indicate, with two of the three contests having been
decided in overtime.
Neither team showed much emotion for the first half
of last night's encounter. The Legionnaires looked
especially tentative during that stretch, falling
behind 3-0.
But veteran Owen Rogers started a furious comeback
with a second period blast from the point that went
through a screen and beat goalie Taylor Edwards.
Captain Tyler Cicchini and rookie Nathan Mater
assisted on what was the second goal of the post
season for Rogers.
In the final period, Tanner Tomlinson scored a
brilliant shorthanded marker to cut the lead to 3-2.
Tomlinson roared over the London blueline, went
around the lone Nats defender like he was a pylon,
and fired a hard drive that beat Edwards high on the
glove side.
The tying goal came off the stick of Thomas Moxley,
a defensive defenceman who banged in a loose puck
during a wild scramble with just over five minutes
left in regulation time.
But London won early in OT, with Aaron Dartch doing
the damage after the Legionnaires missed an easy
chance to clear the zone.
Sarnia outshot London 33-32.
Kyle Washer took the loss in net.
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