Tag: Hockey
Knights defenceman’s world junior journey ends as IIHF bans Russia
Kirill Steklov will not get a world junior hockey championship do-over.
Beijing 2022: Area players set sights on Paralympics hockey gold
Four Southwestern Ontario men are lacing up to represent Canada on the para hockey team at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games next month. Ranked No. 2 in the world behind the U.S., Canada won silver at the 2019 and 2021 world championships and 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. This year, they’re back to clinch gold. […]
London Knights’ Luke Evangelista, Brett Brochu snatch win in the Soo
Whenever the Knights need to dig themselves out of a ditch, Luke Evangelista and Brett Brochu usually grab a shovel. The Knights captain provided a natural hat trick and the star goalie recorded a tidy 27-save shutout in a 3-0 victory over Sault Ste. Marie before 2,476 Saturday at GFL Memorial Gardens. Evangelista now has […]
‘We came out flat’: Knights get thumped in Soo double-header’s opener
The Knights had plenty of rest and prep time before their first of back-to-back games in Sault Ste. Marie this weekend. None of it helped. London surrendered four first-period goals, yanked its starting goaltender after 40 frustrating minutes and dropped a 6-3 decision to the Greyhounds before 2,476 Friday at GFL Memorial Gardens. “We came […]
PYETTE: Luke Evangelista leading Knights, eyeing OHL scoring crown
Luke Evangelista still has a good shot at 60 goals. He’s in the driver’s seat to become the first full-season Knight since Patrick Kane to win the OHL scoring title in 2006-07 (John Tavares did it two years later, but he started that season in Oshawa). The London captain has navigated a handful of tough […]