Tag: Hockey
Attack players choose to carry the weight of past playoff failures
It’s not their cross to bear alone, but the Owen Sound Attack’s players and coaches have decided to carry the load. The years of disappointment, what-ifs, and here-we-go-agains. When the calendar flips to Thursday, March 26 — Game 1 of the Ontario Hockey League playoff series between Owen Sound and Flint — it will have […]
GOHL playoffs: London Nationals brace for ‘rowdy’ Game 7 in Stratford
For the second straight spring, the London Nationals are facing a do-or-die Game 7 in the Greater Ontario Hockey League playoffs.
OHL playoffs: Seeding, schedule all set (finally) for the London Knights
The London Knights will start the Ontario Hockey League playoffs on home ice Friday. They can thank Windsor forward Jack Nesbitt for it. The Sarnia native and Flyers first-rounder scored a hat trick – including the third-period game winner – in the Spitfires’ 5-3 victory at Sault Ste. Marie Sunday afternoon. That result cemented the […]
Owen Sound Attack secure sixth place in ludicrous fashion
It’s never easy with this team. For weeks now, the Owen Sound Attack have had their eyes set on sixth place in the Western Conference. Sixth place represented the highest conceivable standing for Owen Sound as the regular season wound down. They achieved that goal Saturday night inside the Bayshore with an 8-7 overtime victory […]
Enigmatic Owen Sound Attack collapse in Guelph
What is the deal with this Owen Sound Attack team? Two nights after downing a powerful Flint Firebirds squad at home and looking like an underdog capable of making some noise in the post-season, or at least being a little annoying, the Scenic City Skaters laid an egg at the Sleeman Centre. Owen Sound lost […]