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Houser, who was undrafted in the OHL, is just the fifth goaltender to receive the award following Andrew Raycroft (2000), Bill Harrington (1952), Glenn Hall (1951) and Gil Mayer (1949). He is also the fifth member of the Knights to win the award following Corey Perry in 2005, Jason Allison in 1994, Dave Simpson in 1982 and Dennis Maruk in 1975. "(Michael) is a leader both off and on the ice," said London head coach and general manager Mark Hunter. "He is definitely one of our hardest workers setting an example for the rest of the team. He is one of the biggest reasons we finished first overall and have made it all the way to the OHL championship series." The 19-year-old native of Wexford, Pa., is also just the third American-born player to win the award following David Legwand (1998) and Pat Peake (1993). Houser finished with six shutouts, a goals-against-average of 2.47 and a .925 save percentage. 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Smith, the presumed regular-season starter, said he never saw Shaughnessy drop into coverage. Both Smith and Harbaugh believe it was an error in recognizing coverage and not a reminder of past mistakes. "We talked about (the interception)," Harbaugh said. "We feel thats a correctable thing. I know why it happened. We just have to do a little better job of our eyes." The best highlight of the night for the 49ers came when new receiver Braylon Edwards made a one-handed catch on the sideline for 32 yards on final drive for the first-team offence. San Francisco settled for a 23-yard field goal by David Akers, who also had one punt blocked filling in for Lee. Not that the news was any better on the other sideline. The Raiders already were without several key players because of injuries, notably receivers Jacoby Ford and Louis Murphy and running back Darren McFadden. Now they could be adding another to the list. Campbell was hurt late in the second quarter when he scrambled to his left, was tackled by Justin Smith and appeared to take a knee to the helmet from linebacker Ahmad Brooks. Campbell was down on the ground briefly while being checked out by trainers. "The ball got knocked out of my hands. I tried to go dive on it and caught a knee to the head," Campbell said. He sat on the bench after being replaced by Trent Edwards, finishing with 74 yards passing. Sebastian Janikowski made a 46-yard field goal in the fourth quarter for Oaklands only score. Raiders coach Hue Jackson, still searching for his first win at the helm of the silver and black, didnt blame the injuries for the poor performance. "That has nothing to do with tonight," Jackson said. "Tonight we didnt play Raider football. We didnt play like a Raider. Thats just the truth. Lets call it like it is." Hunter had a 52-yard TD rush in the third quarter and Xavier Omon ran for another from five yards out in the fourth quarter. 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