Tag: London Knights
Pat Riggin becomes first goalie to join Knights’ hall of fame
Pat Riggin is rooting for a Brett Brochu return. The legendary London Knights goaltender suffered a hamstring injury after the first world junior tournament in 1978 and it cost him the better part of a month. He knows exactly how the current star netminder is feeling as he tries to recover from an ankle problem […]
Luke Evangelista sees good omen in Knights’ playoff opener
Luke Evangelista is a student of Knights history. The London captain knows that each of the four times the franchise won the OHL championship, they knocked out the Kitchener Rangers along the way. “I remember the 2016 Memorial Cup year watching that London-Kitchener series,” said Evangelista, who was 14 and a member of the Oakville […]
London Knights: A division title unlike few before it
Not many London Knights’ division titles have been clinched in such dramatic fashion. Few have required so many hurdles – COVID-19, injuries, suspensions – to overcome. But there was no celebrating or general back-patting over putting a lock on the OHL’s Midwest crown. Rookie winger Brody Crane forced overtime and the necessary single point in […]
London Knights-Owen Sound Attack: Tenth time’s the charm
How troubling is this late Knights’ swoon? Even Owen Sound has extracted a pound of flesh. London beat the Attack nine straight times this season, but the Bayshore Bears finally broke through in the season finale, 5-4 before 8,531 Friday at Budweiser Gardens. The Knights’ fifth consecutive loss cost them an initial shot at wrapping […]
Attack avoid season sweep with win over Knights
Nobody beats the Owen Sound Attack nine times in a row and gets away with it. The Scenic City Skaters had one last chance to exorcise their green-and-yellow demons Friday night in London or face a 10-game season-series sweep. Nick Porco’s two-goal third period ensured the Attack enjoyed the last laugh. The speedy Porco scored […]