Tag: Kitchener Rangers
London hockey star Nazem Kadri reflects on racism, triumph in autobiography
Pulling out a chunk of his idol Joe Thorntonâs beard in a fight, riding the roller-coaster of being a Toronto Maple Leaf and becoming the first Muslim player to win a Stanley Cup are chronicled in Nazem Kadriâs book âDreamer: My Life On The Edgeâ.
The OHL’s new boss talks small-market teams, player movement, and staying on top
In early 2014, sports reporter Sunaya Sapurji, then working for Yahoo, asked a question in an article about the Owen Sound Attack and small-market Canadian Hockey League teams. “Are we at the point where the business of junior hockey has become too big for smaller markets?” Ten years later, and for the first time in […]
Bears can’t buck rookie tendy on Country Night, lose 3-2 to Blueshirts
Their eyes bulged but the net didn’t, not enough anyway. “I believe, honestly, we as a group looked and saw one of their rookie goalies in the net and expected it to be an easy night. There are no easy nights in the Ontario Hockey League — and that’s what happened,” said Owen Sound Attack […]
Brews News: Beer made with fresh hops a tasty treat
Brewing beer is a rush â especially when the cones come off the bines at Ontario’s hop farms.
Breaking down the breakup between the Owen Sound Attack and Colby Barlow
Dale DeGray said he needed to hear it from Colby Barlow. “I had heard from everyone else, the only person I hadn’t heard from was Colby, and I needed to hear from him what he wanted,” DeGray said. The Owen Sound Attack general manager knew all along he’d likely have to trade away his captain […]
Effort and jam not enough as Attack fall to Storm again
There may not be moral victories in hockey, but this must be the most admired winless Owen Sound Attack club in a long time. The Attack’s dogged determination through two games, both losses to Midwest Division rival Guelph, has earned the team a long leash in the Scenic City . . . so far. “I […]
Excitement and uncertainty in Attackland as regular season nears
Dale DeGray’s whiteboard is still empty. Every season DeGray will write notes on a whiteboard in his office to act as decision-making lodestars for the long Ontario Hockey Season. The notes guard against impulse and emotion taking hold of the ship’s wheel and swerving into waters unknown. Last year, a note on DeGray’s whiteboard said […]
Injury fells London Knights veteran, expected to miss four weeks
The London Knights could be missing 10 regulars when their Ontario Hockey League season begins Friday at home against Flint.
Attack captain Colby Barlow to skip training camp in Owen Sound
The captain isn’t coming — at least not yet. Owen Sound Attack GM Dale DeGray said Colby Barlow informed the team a few days before training camp that he’s decided to stay and prepare in the Toronto area before the Winnipeg Jets meet for camp next month. The Jets selected Barlow in the first round […]
London Knights’ Sam Dickinson on NHL draft: ‘I’m the best defenceman’ available
There are a lot of great defencemen available in the National Hockey League draft starting Friday in Vegas.