Tag: London Knights
OHL DRAFT: All London-area players selected; London Knights’ picks
LFP hockey writer Ryan Pyette recaps the London and Southwestern Ontario players selected in this weekend’s Ontario Hockey League draft, followed by the full list of selections by the London Knights: LONDON, SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO PLAYERS: 1st round: (12) Guelph: Jett Luchanko, RW, London Jr. Knights; 3rd round: (48) Soo: Broden McConnell-Barker, D, London Jr. Knights; […]
GAME 5: Rangers pout over no-goal as London Knights grab 3-2 series lead
Brett Brochu isn’t buying Kitchener’s outrage that a disallowed second-period goal should have been permitted to stand on Sunday. Fireplug forward Mike Petizian thought he put the Rangers within one in what turned into a tight 5-3 Game 5 London win before 7,340 Sunday at Budweiser Gardens, but the tally was eventually overturned by video […]
OHL DRAFT: London Knights grab scoring centre with first-round pick
The London Knights’ newest first-round pick is already a terrific problem solver. On Wednesday, Luca Testa suited up for the St. Catharines Falcons in Game 4 of their Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League second-round playoff series with Caledonia. Had the Corvairs won and averted the sweep, then Game 5 would have been on Friday – […]
Full throttle, empty seats: OHL battles fans’ COVID wariness in Round 1
Few playoff battles in junior hockey generate the buzz and atmosphere of London-Kitchener. So while attendance is down across the board in the first round of the Ontario Hockey League’s delayed postseason, rows of empty seats through the opening week of action are most noticeable and jarring at Budweiser Gardens and the venerable Memorial Auditorium. […]
Game 4: Rookie Kitchener goalie stymies Knights in 52-save stunner
KITCHENER – The London Knights have a Jackson Parsons problem. The rookie Kitchener Rangers goaltender stopped a mind-boggling 52 shots in his first playoff start and outdueled London counterpart Brett Brochu in a series-tying 3-2 Game 4 victory before 3,644 Tuesday at the Memorial Auditorium. The 17-year-old from Embrun, near Ottawa, got the nod in […]