Rough 'Knight' in London for Wolves

It's bad enough when you are beaten by a goalie who had a great night between the pipes. But it hurts ten times more when you are beaten by an opposing goalie's offensive output.

That's exactly what happened to the Sudbury Wolves in London Friday night as the Knights used a five goal second period on their way to a 6-2 win.

The game winning goal scored by London goalie Tyler Parsons.

It was one of those fluke plays. A delayed penalty was coming to the Knights, so the Wolves did what you're supposed to do, they pulled goalie Troy Timpano for the extra man.

After Parsons had cleared the puck into the corner, Wolves forward Matt Schmalz took it and passed it back to the point. However, there wasn't anyone there and the puck went all the way down the ice into the empty net.

To make matters worse, Wolves defenseman Reagan O'Grady, who was rushing back trying to stop the puck from crossing the goal line, crashed into the net and stayed down on the ice for several minutes before being helped off.

O'Grady did not return to the game after suffering an upper body injury.

The two teams played a scoreless first period with the Wolves outshooting the Knights 11-9.

The Wolves also outshot the Knights in the third period 22-9 and out scored them 2-1 with Jacob Harris scoring his second of the season while Dimitry Sokolov got his first ever OHL goal.

Wolves head coach Dave Matsos says the second period performance was disapointing considering how well they played in the first.

"We praised the guys for a good first period and we wanted to roll it into the second, but they got some bounces," said Matsos.

"I realize that's part of the game, but when a game starts getting away from you that much and you're playing catch up against a good team, it's hard."

With the loss, the Wolves season record drops to 1-4.

It was Sudbury's ninth straight loss to the Knights and their fifth loss in a row at Budweiser Gardens.

Wolves forward Jacob Harris says it was hard to figure out what happened in the second period.

"We haven't had the best of first periods all year and tonight we came out and had a good first and I think we let it get to our heads" said Harris.

"A lot of the bounces wern't going our way, but we re-grouped in the third and played a lot better, but it wasn't enough.

The Wolves are off Saturday but continue their weekend road trip Sunday afternoon in Sarnia and finish up with a Thanksgiving Monday matinee in Kitchener.

Wolves Note:

Wolves rookie David Levin has been selected to represent Canada in the 2015 World Under 17 Hockey Challenge.

Levin is one of 66 players, 24 from the OHL, who will be divided up to play on one of three Canadian teams in the international tournament Oct. 30 to Nov. 7 in Dawson Creek and Fort St. John, B-C.