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How the London Knights fared in first game since star’s arrest, suspension

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Cam Allen’s impaired driving charge and his subsequent indefinite suspension drew a lot of attention in the Ontario Hockey League this week. So far, the star defenceman’s absence has not affected the London Knights on the ice. The Canadian Hockey League’s top-ranked team tuned out the distraction by throttling the Eastern Conference-leading Barrie Colts 8-4 […]

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Dennis Ververgaert’s biggest hockey break? ‘Coming to London’

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The first year of moving away from home is never easy. Dennis Ververgaert went through that homesick feeling in his first major junior hockey season with the London Knights in 1970-71. “I did some silly stuff,” said the Knights scoring legend, inducted with London teammate Dave Hutchison to the Don Brankley Hall of Fame before […]