The London Knights feature a line full of players with interesting NHL futures, and all three of those forwards came up big on Sunday.
Matthew Tkachuk, Mitch Marner and Christian Dvorak combined forces to pull London to a 3-2 overtime win against the Rouyn-Naranda Huskies, winning the 2016 Memorial Cup.
Things looked pretty shaky for London; its winning streak looked like it was in danger with Rouyn-Naranda taking a late 2-1 lead. The Knights failed on what seemed like a golden 5-on-3 opportunity, but they didn’t let that deter them.
Tkachuk scored two goals, Dvorak generated a goal and an assist and Marner was named tournament MVP as the Knights’ 17th consecutive win wrapped up the Memorial Cup for that special group.
Tkachuk (a high-end prospect for the upcoming draft) and Marner (the fourth pick to Toronto back in 2015) are the bigger names, but Dvorak - the 58th pick back in 2014 - came up big, too.
Again, youth of LDN is really noteworthy. Tkachuk, Juolevi, Jones, Mete, Pu and Parsons could all go in first three rds next month.
— Damien Cox (@DamoSpin) May 29, 2016
