No comeback from the Knights this time

After closing the gap on Superleague leaders Sheffield Steelers to seven points after their overtime win at Bracknell on Saturday, London Knights crashed 4-2 to Manchester Storm yesterday.

On Saturday Knights had trailed 5-2 with under two minutes remaining before scoring three times to force the overtime period during which Rich Bronilla scored the winning goal.

A win yesterday would have seen London close to within four points of Sheffield but, after Claude Jutras had given Knights an early lead, a Mikael Tjallden mistake gifted Barrie Moore an equaliser 29 seconds later.

Storm then moved into a 3-1 lead through Corey Spring and Kevin Brown but a Bronilla strike early in the third period looked set to launch another London comeback. But, with under four minutes remaining, Dave Morissette lost the puck in his own zone and Brown's second goal put the match out of London's reach.

London head coach Chris McSorley said: "I thought our guys played really hard but they didn't play smart. We made some errors that are not customary at this hockey club. It was a disappointing loss in front of a good crowd."