Category: Sports
Major Game 1 upset opens Komoka Kings-London Nationals playoff series
The No. 1-ranked London Nationals opened the GOJHL Jr. B hockey playoffs against the No. 8 Komoka Kings on Wednesday night and it was the Kings who drew first blood in the best-of-seven series with a 4-1 win.
London Knights fall in Guelph, Easton Cowan point streak hits 30 games
GUELPH – The London Knights have company atop the OHL standings. Their puzzling 5-4 defeat to the Storm before 4,723 Wednesday at the Sleeman Centre coupled with Saginaw’s overtime loss in Flint means the Knights and Spirit are knotted up at 90 points apiece. Both teams have seven games remaining, although none head-to-head. The jousting […]
Slumping Attack continue to slide down the standings
Life comes at you fast in the Ontario Hockey League. In mid-January, the Owen Sound Attack won three straight games on the team’s annual Eastern Ontario road swing. Then, later that month, the Attack tuned up Guelph, beat Barrie, and narrowly lost to the London Knights in a shootout before buzzing past the Sarnia Sting. […]
PHOTOS: Medway Cowboys win WOSSAA boys hockey title
There were plenty of surprises at the WOSSAA (Western Ontario Secondary School Athletic Association) boys hockey playoffs at London’s Nichols arena. A favourite, St. Thomas Aquinas, finished out of the medals and the Medway Cowboys beat Mother Teresa 4-0 in the final to punch their ticket to OFSAA. Photos by LFP’s Mike Hensen GOLD-MEDAL GAME […]
U11 B Kincardine girls hockey team scores big at two tournaments and moves on to provincials
The Kincardine Kinucks U11 B Girls team is having a great season. The girls won gold at the Brock Junior Badgers Tournament in November and placed first at the London … Continue reading U11 B Kincardine girls hockey team scores big at two tournaments and moves on to provincials
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London Lightning claw back for 120-107 win over Sudbury Five
Nick Garth played just four minutes in the first half and six through three quarters. But when the London Lightning called his number during crunch time, his dead-eye shooting and energy helped turn a nail-biter into a laugher. The 6-foot guard was 5-of-6 from the floor for 11 points off the bench in an uplifting […]
PHOTOS: Western women’s flag football
The women’s flag football team at Western University is getting ready for a big tournament at Western beginning March 9.
Hockey Canada players’ lawyers back in London court as case speeds ahead
Five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior team accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a London hotel room are speeding toward a trial.
Jr. B playoffs preview: London Nationals gear up for Sutherland Cup run
The London Nationals surprised a lot of people this season in contending for first place.
Sport Notes: Brett Brochu gets AHL look; Denver Barkey signs with Philly
The Cleveland Monsters signed former London Knights goaltender Brett Brochu to a professional tryout contract Monday.