Rangers on brink of elimination in series with Knights

The Kitchener Rangers are now down 3-0 in their best-of-seven playoff series with the London Knights.

The Kitchener Rangers are now down 3-0 in their best-of-seven playoff series with the London Knights.

The series came to the Aud Tuesday night after the first two games in London both resulted in losses.

The Knights found the back of the net just 15 seconds into the game and followed it with two more goals to give them a 3-0 lead in the second period.

The Rangers slowly began rallying with scores from Adrian Misaljevic, Trent Swick, and Eduard Šalé, while just giving up one other London goal.

By the time Cameron Mercer scored for Kitchener in the third period, the game was tied up at 4-4.

London then scored two more times in the final frame to give them the 6-4 victory and the 3-0 series leader in the OHL Western Conference semifinals.

The Kitchener Rangers are looking to avoid the sweep with a game four win back at home. The puck drops for that game back at the Aud at 7 p.m. on Thursday.