Braiden Clark and Jaxon Cover each scored once and set up two others as the London Knights defeated the Saginaw Spirit 8-5 on Nov. 29 at the Dow Event Center in Saginaw, Mich.

The eight goals by the Knights marked a season-high.

The London win coupled with losses by the Kitchener Rangers and the Owen Sound Attack allowed the Knights to leapfrog both teams and jump back into top spot in the Midwest Divison.

Just like the first game of the home-and-home between the teams London opened the scoring.

Unlike that first game the goal did not come with 0.9 seconds remaining in the opening period.

It came with 3:54 to go when Knights forward Rene Van Bommel of Strathroy, Ont., deflected an Andoni Fimis point shot past Stepan Shurygin for his fourth goal of the year and a 1-0 lead through 20 m

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