Not every day does a visiting player get a standing ovation for scoring a go ahead goal in a hockey game, especially in the third period, but that is exactly what happened Sunday afternoon in Windsor. John Tavares entered the WFCU in Windsor as a member of the London Knights needing two goals to surpass Peter Lee for career goals in the Ontario Hockey League. After some recent verification by the league, Peter Lee’s total goals during the 1971-1976 seasons was 213.
Tavares scored his record tying 213th goal of his career to open the scoring at 4:51 of the first period. With the game tied at two midway through the third period Tavares scored to take the lead in career goals and gave his London Knights the lead back. After Tavares’ feat was recognized by the public address announcer and a short standing ovation from the 6590 fans in attendance, Windsor was able to tie the game once more. Tavares struck again though completing the hat trick and giving the Knights a 4-3 lead with under two minutes to play.
Tavares not only scored a hat trick on the game winning goal and took the lead in career goals but he also dashed the hopes of the Windsor Spitfires to become the winningest team in OHL history. The London Knights earned 120 points in their Memorial Cup winning 2004/2005 season. Windsor came into this game against London with 113 points and four games to play (therefore needing to win all four remaining games to achieve that distinction).
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